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Category: Random Stuff!

Classic Motorsport Random Stuff!

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Reg Cook

May 25, 2018

For this week’s BLAST we head back to Pukekohe for the 72/73 season where Bank of New South Wales New Zealand Saloon Car Championship 0-1000 winner Reg Cook leads Rex Hart through the hill top chicane. Thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic!

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Jay Leno’s Garage: 2019 Corvette ZR1

May 21, 2018

Jay took the Corvette ZR1 to over 200mph at the Milford Proving Grounds, so he asked Chevrolet to bring it to his garage for a closer look with Shad Balcher.

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Five wildly different cars made from the same box of bits

May 21, 2018

Every week Damien writes a list of five things for www.stuff.co.nz. Here is this week’s list of random nonsense!

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Who cares about the royal wedding? The wedding car is more important!

May 18, 2018

Every week Damien writes a list of five things for www.stuff.co.nz. Here is this week’s list of random nonsense!

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Idris Elba searches for the soul of a car. In three minutes.

May 17, 2018

Car enthusiast – and sometimes actor – Idris Elba explores the characteristics of a car that make it a masterpiece and searches for an answer as to what gives a car its soul. All in three minutes.

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BayPark 1974. Graham Baker driving the PDL Mustang 1 leading Australian driver Jim McKeown in his Porsche 911. IMAGE/terry marshall Classic Motorsport Random Stuff!

BLAST FROM THE PAST: The Mighty PDL Mustang!

May 16, 2018

We head to Bay Park in 1974 for this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST where we see Graham Baker in the PDL Mustang 1 leading Australian driver Jim McKeown in his Porsche 911. As always, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the brilliant image!

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Random Stuff!

Five pieces of race technology in road cars

May 14, 2018

Every week Damien writes a list of five things for www.stuff.co.nz. Here is this week’s list of random nonsense!

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Jay Leno’s Garage: 1993 Toyota Supra

May 14, 2018

Jay Leno, along with Cody Walker, pays tribute to “The Fast and the Furious” star Paul Walker with one of Paul’s favourite JDM cars.

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News Random Stuff!

Your car brakes are suddenly a fashion statement

May 10, 2018

High-fashion brake calipers will be one of the next frontiers in automotive design, as big, low-profile tyres and open-faced wheels grow more common. At least that’s what the brake manufacturers are saying.

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New Cars Random Stuff!

Exploring The Lost Nürburgring in the Porsche 911 GT3 RS

May 9, 2018

Henry Catchpole drives the 991.2 Porsche 911 GT3 RS in search of the forgotten Sudschleife circuit.

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