Latest News
Mar 18th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Historic Motor Racing, Latest News
The son of a farmer, Ilario Bandini trained as a mechanic before setting up his own workshop in 1938 at Forli (I). He became involved in motorsport, including
Tags: bandini, bandini dohc saponetta 1957, bandini saponetta, body by motto, crosley block, crosley sohc engine, dohc, dohc cylinder head, fiat 1100, ilario bandini, mille miglia, motto, saponetta, twin cam, twin cam cylinder head, twin weber carburettors, zagato Posted in Historic Motor Racing, Latest News |
No Comments »
Mar 15th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Historic Motor Racing, Latest News
The Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) was set up in 2001 by enthusiast racers who wanted to offer racing at grass roots level and since then has grown to over 600 members and runs over 10 race weekends each year.
Along with a full national race programme they also invite their members to attend some european [...]
Tags: 2010 calendar, Anglesey, brands hatch, brands hatch indy, cadwell, cadwell park, car clubc, classic car club, classic k series, classic sports car club, classic sports car club cscc, cscc, cscc vif form, drum braked v8 cars, dunlop l section tyres, eligibility scrutineer, fia historic technical passport, fia htp, francorchamps, gt, international competition history, mallory, mallory park, nürburgring, period e, pit lane penalty, provisional 2010 calendar, silverstone, silverstone national, silverstone national circuit, snetterton, spa francorchamps, sports car club, touring cars, vif form Posted in Historic Motor Racing, Latest News |
No Comments »
Mar 11th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Latest News, Retrospective
The first of this year’s Goodwood Breakfast meetings got off to lively start on Sunday 7 March 2010, with ‘Tax free’ Sunday for all pre 1973 classics.
Tags: 1973 classics, breakfast club meetings, christmas cracker special, classic sunday, cosworth, deutsch marques, espace, everything but the car, family favourites, ford, ford Cortina, ford cosworth, ford mustang, ford sierra cosworth, goodwood, goodwood breakfast, goodwood breakfast club, goodwood breakfast meetings, goodwood calendar, goodwood circuit, goodwood motor circuit, goodwood revival, Italian exotics, lotus, lotus cars, minor, morgan, morris, morris minos, motoring cars, performance car legends, pre 1973 classics, renault, Renault aspace, sierra cosworth, souped up sunday, sporting family favourites, super car sunday Posted in Latest News, Retrospective |
No Comments »
Mar 8th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Latest News, Retrospective
Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show in Stoneleigh, Coventry, will bring together racing Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show in Stoneleigh, Coventry, will bring together racing and rally legends to celebrate all aspects of motorsport.
Tags: 100 years of alfa romeo, alfa, alfa drivers, alfa restorers, alfa romeo 179/182 f1 car, alfa romeo clubs, aston martin, aston martin v8 rally gt, austin, austin healey, austin healey 100, bruno giacomelli, chrysler, cronin, dennis welch, dennis welch motorsport, f1, f1 car, giacomelli, grand prix, group b cars, healey, historic motorsport, historic motorsport show, keith cronin, motorsport show, race retro, race retro historic motorsport show, race retro stoneleigh, racing legends, rally champion, rally legends, welch Posted in Latest News, Retrospective |
No Comments »
Mar 4th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Historic Motor Racing, Latest News
U2TC is a series for pre-1966 under two litre Touring Cars, that was started only three years ago, but has gone from strength to strength since. Race format is a one hour
Tags: algarve historic festival, algarve motorpark circuit, appendix k, appendix k regulations, carol spagg, coppa intereuropa, dijon prenois, dijon prenois grand prix de l’age d’or, fia, fia appendix k regulations, grand prix de l’age d’or, historic circuits, historic meetings, historic motor racing news, historic news, historic racing news, historic trophy, historic zandvoort trophy, invitation series, monza, monza coppa intereuropa, portimão, racing news, silverstone, silverstone classic, six hours, spa francorchamps, spa francorchamps six hours, touring cars, u2tc, u2tc historic motor racing news, zandvoort trophy Posted in Historic Motor Racing, Latest News |
No Comments »
Mar 1st, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Latest News, Legendary Circuits Series
F.I.S.C. will be entering already its 17th consecutive motor racing season, but this year will be exceptional in a sense that this will be the first year offering a track day
Tags: 1, 650 class, 70 section, aluminium rims, avon, avon cr6zz, cars under 2l, classic motor racing series, Dunlop, Dunlop vintage, e-type, european historic & classic motor racing series, f.i.s.c., f.i.s.c. legendary circuits series, f.i.s.c. motor racing series, f.i.s.c. racing series, f.i.s.c. track day, f.i.s.c. trackday, fisc, fisc legendary circuits series, fisc motor racing series, fisc racing series, fisc track day, fisc trackday, historic & classic motor racing series, historic cars, historic motor racing series, jaguar, jaguar e type, legendary circuits, Legendary Circuits Series, mgb, motor racing series, pieter bakker, spoke wheels, spokes, steel rims Posted in Latest News, Legendary Circuits Series |
No Comments »
Feb 25th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Latest News, Retrospective
The 80th edition of the Geneva International Motor Show, where the “future” becomes the “present”, will run from 4-14 March 2010.
Tags: alfa romeo, alfa romeo giulietta, audi, audi a1, bentley, bufori motor car company, cayenne, citroën, concept cars, countryman, fiat, geneva international motor show, green pavilion, hispano suiza, international motor show, lancia, mini, mini countryman, motor show, opel, opel meriva, peugeot, porsche, porsche cayenne, renault, renault wind, vw sharan, vw touareg Posted in Latest News, Retrospective |
No Comments »
Feb 22nd, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Latest News, Track days
Aaltonen Motorsport driving events are organized in eastern Finland, in the beautiful Tahkovuori winter sport resort. Their track is built on a frozen lake, in the middle
Tags: aaltonen motorsport, anti lock brake system, arctic driving experience, car safety, closed circuit, racing techniques, rauno aaltonen, speed cameras, stability control, tahkovuori winter sport resort, traction control Posted in Latest News, Track days |
No Comments »
Feb 18th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Latest News, Retrospective
The Flanders Collection Car in Gent is an unique exhibition in a sense that everything you see is for sale. From veteran collection cars, oldtimers, classic cars, road
Tags: automobilia, books and magazines, car enthusiasts, classic cars, collection cars, curb appeal, dinky toys, flanders collection, flanders collection car, flanders collection car gent, front axis, lamborghini, lamborghini reventon, lamborghini supercar, long wheelbase, mid engined, miniature market, miniatures, oldtimers, retromobile, road sportscars, unique exhibition Posted in Latest News, Retrospective |
No Comments »
Feb 15th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Latest News, Retrospective
The 125th Anniversary edition of the Cresta Run in St. Moritz (CH), one of the world’s finest skiing resorts, started with the first Cresta Run on Friday 5 February and ended
Tags: cresta run, cresta run 125, james sunley, skiing resorts, st. moritz, steel toboggan Posted in Latest News, Retrospective |
No Comments »