Jack Nazer, Victor Chevrolet (Miss Victorious) leads Grant Walker, Ford Cologne Capri. Levels, Timaru 1976. IMAGE/terry marshall Classic Motorsport

Blast from the Past: Miss Victorious

We head back to the mighty NZ Saloons for this week’s Blast – Jack Nazer in the Victor/Chevrolet known as Miss Victorious. In this Terry Marshall shot Nazer leads Grant Walker in the Cologne Capri at Levels Raceway in Timaru. There is a thoroughly excellent article on Nazer and Miss Victorious on The Roaring Season […]

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Keke Rosberg. Chevron B39. Wigram 1978. IMAGE/terry marshall Classic Motorsport

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Formula Pacific

Back for the New Year, this week’s Blast is a very special one! There is even a very cool story behind it. The pic itself is sensational and shows a very serious-looking, and at that stage unknown, young man from Finland who was in New Zealand to compete in the Formula Pacific championship. “It was […]

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Classic Motorsport

Classic F1 liveries on modern cars

The various versions of Lotus in F1 have given it a go, but very clever designer Escape Artist decided to see what other classic liveries would look like on modern F1 cars. Pretty damn good, we think. Check out the gallery above and let us know your thoughts! Image credit: Escape Artist Design

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Motorsport Random Stuff!

Transformula One: more than meets the wallet

Okay, so we’ve all seen those “Evolution of Formula 1” videos before, where the cars cycle through the years in an impressive show of CGI skill. This one from Shell is particularly impressive, as is this delightfully elegant one. But this new one is particularly special. It aired before the Brazilian GP and the level […]

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