This video is proof that it is possible to go from not even knowing something exists to loving it and everything about it in around 4 second. This is “Tigger” setting a new track record for a “Blown Mud Dragster” at Hellings Mud Park in the USA. We couldn’t find the actual time set anywhere, […]
Tag: Motorsport
This week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST comes from 1970 and is another of local artist Kieran Robert’s brilliant works – the mighty Gulf-liveried Porsche 917K. We will be featuring more of Kieran’s work over the coming weeks, but you can head to his website www.kieranrobertsart.com to see more, or buy some of his brilliant work.
Okay, they may well be slow, but the SsangYong ute series does provide some hilariously brilliant action shots for photographers like our own Terry Marshall! The high centre of gravity and a huge field makes them look spectacular – so here is a gallery of Terry’s pics from the latest round. Enjoy!
A bit of a different BLAST FROM THE PAST this week – Kieran Roberts is a talented young bloke from Invercargill who specialises in classic motorsport art and we LOVE his work, so will be featuring it our regular BLAST FROM THE PAST, alongside Terry Marshall’s fantastic photography. This week’s BLAST comes from Baypark in […]
This week we bring you a sobering BLAST FROM THE PAST that reminds us all of the inherent dangers of motorsport. The place was Manfeild in October of 1976. Red Dawson was in his Chevrolet Monza battling with Frank Gardner in the Chevrolet Corvair when he had his horrific accident. Dawson was still in the car when […]
This week we head back to 1965 for the Matamata road race, off the start/finish straight where Rod Coppins in the legendary Zephyr Corvette leads from Bryan Innes in the 1275/93 Morris Cooper S. Thanks, as always, to Terry Marshall for the pic.
For our latest BLAST FROM THE PAST we head to Teretonga for the 1975/76 season – the ShellSport days. Steve Emson leads Trevor Crowe and gets it on two wheels!
Aston Martin is entering the hypercar race with the Vulcan, a limited edition track only special. 24 of the 600kW+ hypercars will be released. XCAR spoke to the car’s designer, Marek Reichman, about his creation.
Only 100 will ever be made and it’s lighter, faster and stiffer than any standard Vantage. Even though not a lot of them will be made, there is rather a lot to like about the Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Especially that noise. The lads from XCAR get to spend some exclusive time with it in […]
Terry Marshal was at the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild and, once again, provided us with a fantastic gallery of all the action! Canadian Lance Stroll walked away with not only the NZGP trophy, but also the TRS title, wrapping up a dominant season for the 16-year old from Montreal. Read a full report of […]
