Everyone’s favourite mumbly alcoholic Finn looks to have a pretty strong future in lawnmower racing, if this video is anything to go by. Kimi Raikkonen took on ex-racers-turned-commentators Martin Brundle, Anthony Davidson and Johnny Herbert in the lawnmower race in the days leading up to the British Grand Prix. This one worked out a bit […]
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We are thrilled to bring you a selection of photos from that Le Mans race that was so nearly a Kiwi victory… sigh… but not to worry, as it is fair to say the Brendon Hartley pretty much proved to anyone who cared that he most certainly was the read deal in sports car prototypes […]
It has been a while since the incredible Mark Higgins broke his own lap record for a car around the Isle of Man TT course, but the video of his lap from inside the car and with a commentary from the man himself has just surfaced. And it is very much worth a watch..
Paddon and Kennard show impressive pace in WRC Poland Hayden Paddon and John Kennard impressed many with their pace on the opening stage of day two of WRC Lotos Rally Poland. Piloting their Hyundai i20 WRC car in just their second event with the Hyundai Motorsport team, the Kiwis were second-quickest and just 0.7 seconds […]
This week’s historic Terry Marshal shot comes from Bay Park during 1972/3 – the mighty Sidchrome Mustang driven by the equally mighty Jim Richards! Thanks, as always, to Terry Marshall.
We are all aware of the high percentage of Finns who are freakishly good drivers, and this video shows yet another one of them. But it seems they also possess the fine desire to drive wildly inappropriate cars in wildly inappropriate ways, which we just have to admire… The first video is awesome, but we […]
We are back at Baypark again for this week’s BLAST, this time featuring Allan Moffat getting a wee bit of oversteer in his mighty Coca Cola Ford Mustang! As always, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic.
Here we have a BLAST from 1974 with Dennis Marwood in his Camaro at Baypark. The “Develo Racing” sign on the nose signifies that the legendary Dick Bennetts was involved in the engineering of the car. Many thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic.
The giant killer! This week’s BLAST comes from Levin in 1971 where Paul Fahey’s FVA Escort splits the Camaros of Rod Coppins and Dennis Marwood on the grid. As usual, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic.
Icelandic looney and Formula Offroad driver Gudbjørn Grimsson recently set a world record for hydroplaning. Yes, that’s right, hydroplaning. He did it with four serious tyres and terrifying 1,200kW twin-turbo Nelson Racing engine powering all four wheels. He scampered 305 metres across a river and what is even more impressive, he achieved the record DURING A […]
