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VSCDA Blackhawk Octoberfest Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from the Oct. 13–14, 2018, VSCDA Blackhawk Octoberfest at Blackhawk Farms Raceway, in South Beloit, IL.
1970 Mid-Ohio Grand Prix
The Mid-Ohio Grand Prix, Mid-Ohio, September 27, 1970 John Eiteljorge with his Brabham BT21F (#74) leads the field to the start. He would ultimately finish 17th. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: klemcoll@aol.com • Web site: www.klemcoll.com
F1’s Turbo Era to be Featured at Race Retro
Race Retro, powered by Motor Sport, will pay tribute to the Turbocharged era of Formula 1 in the Motor Sport Hall of Fame Live at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from February 22-24, 2019. Marking the 40th anniversary of the first victory by a turbocharged car, the 2019 display celebrates this thrilling era with an exciting display of racing machinery which includes the Williams FW11 actually driven to a championship victory by Nelson Piquet. Powered by a 1.5-liter turbocharged V6 engine made by Honda, Nelson would score wins in the car’s debut season of 1986 and Williams would go on to clinch that…
’60s Heroes Theme for 2019 Castle Combe Autumn Classic
Heroes of the 1960s will take centre stage at the eighth Castle Combe Autumn Classic, which is confirmed for Saturday, October 5. The early details of the 2019 event include a celebration of 50 years of Formula Ford at the Wiltshire track, an all-Alfa Romeo race and displays to mark 60 years of Marcos. First run in 2012, the Autumn Classic is now firmly established as a must-do date on the classic racing calendar and consistently delivers glorious racing from grids full of cars of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The 2019 edition will celebrate a golden decade of motor racing,…
“Gulf 917” by Jay Gillotti
This new book from Dalton Watson about the Porsche 917—one of the most successful and iconic racing cars of all time—presents a detailed chassis-by-chassis and race-by-race history of the Porsche racecars entered by the John Wyer/Gulf team. Building upon the history of how the Porsche 917 program came about, and its early development, author Gillotti then examines the now famous partnership between Porsche, Gulf Oil and JW Automotive Engineering to tackle international endurance racing and its crown jewel, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The cars painted in the distinctive pale blue and orange of Gulf Oil would prove to…
Ferrari 290 MM Sells for $22 Million
This past Saturday, December 8, RM Sotheby’s achieved $39.8 million in total sales at the company’s final auction of 2018, at the renowned Petersen Automotive Museum. Leading the group of 64 vehicles and 77 lots of memorabilia representing a cross-section of significant eras and 10 categories in collector car history—of which 88 percent found new homes—was the remarkably rare 1956 Ferrari 290 MM, which sold for $22,005,000, entering the ranks of the top ten most valuable motor cars ever sold at auction. The Ferrari 290 MM, chassis no. 0628, ignited an extended bidding contest between three collectors over the phones…
December in Racing History
December 2018 1- Divina Galica tests a Hesketh 308E-Ford F1 car at Snetterton, in Norfolk, England (1977). 2- Vittorio Brambilla is announced as a driver for the Surtees F1 team for the next season (1976). 3- The last BRM, the P207 F1 racer, is launched at the Dorchester Hotel in London, England (1976). 4- The first Mille Miglia road...
VSCDA Blackhawk Octoberfest Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber Photo Gallery from the Oct. 13–14, 2018, VSCDA Blackhawk Octoberfest at Blackhawk Farms Raceway, in South Beloit, IL....
HSR Classic 24 Daytona Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from the November 9-11, 2018, HSR Classic 24 Hour at Daytona, Florida.
Canadian Legend Reg Hillary Passes Away
Reg Hillary, long time Canadian racer and rallyist died on Tuesday, December 4th in his 98th year, a life well lived. Born in England, Reg started his motorsports career on a Speedway bike, sans brakes on dirt tracks around London, England. He came to Canada in 1957 and immediately became involved in racing and rallying. Initially, he was a Renault driver and entered his Dauphine in five consecutive Canadian Winter Rallies, finishing every time. He also found time to compete at Harewood Acres and Mosport in Sprites and Daimler Darts. However, it was in a 1961 Studebaker Lark that he…
Rover-BRM
In 1963, Rover and BRM teamed up to construct a turbine-powered sports car to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. First entered at Le Mans—as an experimental entry and so not officially categorized at the finish—in 1963, drivers Graham Hill and Richie Ginther drove the Rover-BRM to what would have been an 8th place finish overall. The car would again be entered, in 1965, now as an official entry, finishing 10th overall and 7th in the prototype class. Medium: Watercolor, tempera, ink and pencil. Fernando Hoyos fhoyos.dl2@gmail.com www.hoyosfn.webs.com