Competition is the greatest spur to progress. And when, during a visit to Bonneville in October 1990 Richard Noble learned that the great American speed king Craig Breedlove was planning to attack his Thrust2 record, he reacted in the only … Continue reading #TheThrillOfSpeed – Thrust SSC – Breaking the sound barrier.
The CanAm – Canadian-American Challenge Cup – had been dominated for years by the mighty McLaren M8s. From 1968 to 1971, McLaren put on the show and won the championship 4 times in a row with the same model although it did … Continue reading #Focus – McLaren’s farewell to CanAm. The 1972 M20.
Back in 1966 the British Saloon Car Championship allowed Group 5 cars to join the already colourful field of Group 1 and Group 2 cars. Group 5 allowed almost anything to be fitted to the cars and in 1967 Lotus introduced … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – The 1967 FVA Powered Ford Cortina Lotus Mk2.
Coming-up for sale at the RM Auctions Amelia Island sale next March 2015 is the Works Jaguar XJR-9, chassis 388, which won the Daytona 24 hours in 1990. #388 is the third of just three cars constructed for the 1988 … Continue reading #Focus – IMSA GTP & The 1988 Jaguar XJR-9.
In 1983, the GTX class of the IMSA GT Championship became obsolete, and was replaced by the IMSA GTP category. Ford which had been racing the Ford Mustang GTX needed a new car and here comes the story of the Ford … Continue reading #Focus – IMSA GTP & The Ford Mustang GTP.
You’ve probably never heard of the Polimotor racing engine and its creator, Matty Holtzberg but in a modern and green world chasing ideas to make the automotive industry more efficient and greener to the public, the manufacturers should have a … Continue reading #Tech – Polimotor or Plastic and Racing Engine.
Mazda is still the only Japanese manufacturer which has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans to this date, this was back in 1991 when the #55 Mazda 787B GTP car driven by Johnny Herbert, Volker Weidler and Bertrand Gachot triumphed … Continue reading #Focus – Mazda & The 4 Rotor R26B Engine.
The two Trans-Am Championships in 1977 and 1978 in the Jaguar XJS’ history actually created international attention and not long after, Group 44 was approached to develop and campaign a car for the new IMSA GTP series. Jaguar wanted Bob … Continue reading #Focus – The 1977 Group 44 Jaguar XJS Trans-Am.
The Ferrari 212 E Montagna was a unique design engineered by Ferrari to tackle the European Hillclimb Championship. The car was created using a Dino 206 Spyder chassis and using a special engine. The engine design has its roots in … Continue reading #KingOfTheMountain – The Ferrari 212 E Montagna.
The Porsche 909 Bergspyder (Mountain Spyder) was the first Weissach purpose built car for the 1968 season of the European Hillclimb Championship. It had to be compliant with the FIA Group 7 regulations which was then enforced. One of the reason … Continue reading #KingOfTheMountain – The Porsche 909 Bergspyder.
If you want to remember a day in the so-called “modern Formula 1” era, the 6th of March 1981 can be regarded as one of them. On that day, McLaren unveiled the MP4-1 Chassis at Silverstone. It was the first … Continue reading #Tech – Setting the trend. The 1981 McLaren MP4
Following the 1986 results, work began on the next season and the ELF 4. Honda, and for the first time opened its HRC headquarters to Elf engineer Trema so he could work on the NSR 500C V4 GP engine and … Continue reading #Ride – The ELF 4 & ELF 5
