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First Turn
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The Internet has changed our lives in so many ways. In just the past 20 years, the Internet has both opened up the expanse of our immediate world and at that same time made it all closer to hand than we ever could have imagined. It is as a result of this strange global “closeness” that I now sit here, mourning a man I’ve known for over 20 years and yet never met. It is with a heavy heart that I report that Vintage Road & Racecar’s longtime contributor and “Italian Bureau Chief,” Robert Newman, has passed away. Robert began…

Vintage Racecar Interviews Bill Wonder, GT40 Dale MacMahan
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There is something about racing which gets into the blood more thoroughly than a good dose of Castrol R and those people who cannot do without it are an inspiration to all of us who secretly harbor Walter Mitty fantasies about outduking Michael Schumacher into the Karussel at the Nürburgring or outbraking Jackie Stewart into...

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Fast Exposure
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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

Product Reviews
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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…

News–Racecar Diana Varga ©2018 Courtesy of RM Sotheby's
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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…

Time Capsule Duncan Dayton, rides up on the curbing in Mario Andretti's 1978 Lotus 79.
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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...

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News–Racecar
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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…

Art History
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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

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