The first post of a Land Rover Defender double-header today comes from our friends at XCAR who take a look at the inaugural year of the Defender Challenge racing series which saw some of these off-road beasts really show the world what they are capable of. XCAR caught up with the organisers and some of the competitors […]
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We head back to Manfeild in 1977 for this week’s BLAST, where Keke Rosberg (#4) leads from Tom Gloy (#7) in a Peter Stuyvesant Formula Pacific race. Thanks to Terry Marshall for the great pic!
Our BLAST FROM THE PAST this week comes to us from Wigram in 1974 and features Teddy Pilette in the VDS Team Chevron B24 heading into the loop on his way to second place in the Lady Wigram Trophy race. As always, thanks to Terry Marshall for the brilliant pic!
In this video XCAR takes a look at Roy “The Weasel” James, possibly the greatest getaway driver the world of crime has ever known. But at heart he was a racing driver and this video looks at how he went from racing other racers to racing the police and his role in the greatest heist in British […]
NASCAR and Nick Offerman. Need we say more? In case you are not a real man, or actually an actual woman (and therefore not an actual man) NASCAR is one of the most “full contact” professional motorsports in the world and Nick Offerman is one of the greatest actors in it, playing the great meat-eating, […]
Here is another great gallery of Terry Marshall pics, this time from the latest round of the Toyota Racing Series at Teretonga!
While the Mini racing series briefly flourished and then quietly died over here in New Zealand (new Minis that is, the classic Mini racing scene is still very strong!), it is still very much a thing in the UK, and damn does it look good! In this video Nick from XCAR takes a look at the […]
Once again our semi-domesticated photographer Terry Marshall was at Ruapuna to capture all the action of the Lady Wigram Trophy and the opening round of the Toyota Racing Series. Following the gallery is a press release for the round! Stroll Becomes Youngest Ever Winner of Lady Wigram Trophy Monday, 19 January 2015, 5:58 pm Press Release: Veritas […]
This week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST heads to us from Levin in March 1970 and features the legendary Paul Fahey in his superb FVA Escort. Many thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic.
We head back to Levin in 1971 for this week’s BLAST to witness Don Halliday in the Halliday Racing Developments Escort during one of his great scraps with Jim Richards in his similar car. As always, many thanks to Terry Marshall!
