All Blog Posts Tagged 'motor' (8)

 

Fiat X1/9

The X1/9 is a mid engine sports car manufactured by Fiat from 1972-1982, then between 1982-89 Bertone took over manufacturing the car. The car had excellent handling, was rear wheel drive with a mid mounted gear box. The original X1/9 succeeded a 69 concept car called the Autobianchi Runabout. The cars styling was designed by…

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The Lotus 30

The Lotus 30 was the first and only attempt by Colin Chapman to build a group 7/CAN-AM race car. The machine was first built in 1964 and was designed by both Colin Chapman and Martin Wade, with a curvaceous fibre glass body with a pick fork back bone, which was first seen in the Lotus Elan. Lotus…

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MG Trophy - Thruxton UK

Well what a weekend that was, closing ceremony of the Paralympics, CarFest North and Hamilton winning the F1 race at Monza. Yet the real action was in a small corner of England at the Thruxton Race Track, where the Evans sponsored drivers in the MG Trophy had an outstanding…

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CarFest South

Bank Holiday weekend saw the event CarFest South kick off at Laverstone Park. Laverstone Park was founded in 1996 by former Formula 1 driver Jody Scheckter. Today the farm covers approximately 2,500 acres in size.

CarFest is the brainchild of Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans. The festival features a mixture of fast cars, food, live music…

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July 11, 2012 - 11:41AM

http://canberratimes.drive.com.au/motor-news/30-million-ferrari-wrecked-20120711-21v0x.html

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The latest issue of the free on-line magazine is now available at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com

This issue has photos from VSCC See Red and the HSCC Finals day at Silverstone plus much more.

Comments and feedback very welcome

Seven new Motor Racing books from Veloce!

Porsche Racing Cars – 1953 to 1975 (ISBN 978-1-904788-44-7) By Brian Long

Follows Porsche’s year-by-year progress in top flight racing, and looks in detail at the pure competition cars that brought the German marque such immense success and acclaim on the worlds tracks. Begins with the giant-killing 550 Spyders of 1953, then takes the reader, in definitive detail, through all the susbsequent… Continue