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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 |
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Jan 4th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Latest News, Legendary Circuits Series
What are they, Legendary Circuits? If you ask someone in his twenties, I am sure you will get a different answer, then when you ask someone my age.
The first Grand Prix I watched live, was the 1967 Zandvoort Dutch GP. There I was, 14 years old at that time, buying myself a ticket with some [...]
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Dec 21st, 2009 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Latest News, Retrospective
Three-times Formula One World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart ’s sons have recorded a tribute song for their father’s 70th birthday and with a little help from Eric Clapton.
An expression of true love between a father and son is sometimes unspoken; not so with the Stewart family. Paul Stewart, Sir Jackie’s eldest son, wrote a song [...]
Tags: eric clapton, f1 mechanics, formula one world champion, grand prix, grand prix mechanics, grand prix mechanics charitable trust, jackie stewart, mechanics charitable trust, paul stewart, sir Jackie, sir jackie stewart, stewart, stewart family Posted in Latest News, Retrospective |
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Nov 2nd, 2009 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Track days
Disneyland for petrol heads is probably the best description for the Nurburgring Nordschleife and the surrounding area.
Completed in 1927 and initially built to help bring industry to the area, the Nurburgring Nordschleife has certainly put the small town of Nurburg on the map, helped in no small way by RMA course instructor Sabine Schmitz and [...]
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Oct 25th, 2009 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Retrospective
The future racing at the legendary circuit Spa Francorchamps – traditional home of the Belgian Grand Prix – is in jeopardy after it emerged that the Ardennes circuit has had its licence suspended by the local Council of State until 2026.
This bombshell was dropped following an investigation into noise levels in the wake of a [...]
Tags: ardennes circuit, belgian grand prix, circuit francorchamps, circuit spa, circuit spa francorchamps, defend francorchamps, defend spa francorchamps, defendons francorchamps, defendons spa francorchamps, f1, f1 calendar, f1 industry, francorchamps, grand prix, Historic Motor Racing, historic motor racing, legendary circuit, legendary spa francorchamps circuit, motor racing, verdedig francorchmaps, verdedig spa francorchmaps, verteidige francorchamps, verteidige spa francorchamps Posted in Retrospective |
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Sep 27th, 2009 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Retrospective
A red dot looms at the exit of the Thillois bend. The crowd gathers in the stands, holding their breath. The car accelerates towards the end of the home straight in a monstrous roar, hotly pursued by the chasing pack. This driver is too good for them, the car so finely tuned and the Alfa [...]
Tags: agostini, alesi, alfa romeo, barth, bruno saby, chequered flag, excellence automobile, excellence automobile de reims, fangio, ferrari, formula 1, formula 1 grand prix, giacomo agostini, grand prix, henri pescarolo, jabouille, jaussaud, jürgen barth, jean alesi, jean pierre jabouille, jean pierre jaussaud, juan manuel fangio, l’excellence automobile, patrick tambay, pescarolo, phil read, philippe streiff, read, saby, streiff, tambay Posted in Retrospective |
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Sep 21st, 2009 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Historic Motor Racing
The annual F1 Historic & Spa Six Hours event at the circuit Spa Francorchamps will be organized during the weekend of 25 – 27 September 2009.
The revised name clearly reflects the longing to bring to the fore one of the series internationally most enjoyed by the public. Only a few weeks after the modern F1 [...]
Tags: brabham, circuit spa francorchamps, emerson fittipaldi, f1, f1 grand prix, f1 historic, fittipaldi, francorchamps, graham hill, grand prix, hill, hunt, jackie stewart, james hunt, keke rosberg, lotus, march, mclaren, nelson piquet, peterson, piquet, pre 1965 gt, prototypes, ronnie peterson, rosberg, spa francorchamps, spa six hours, stewart, touring cars, tyrrell Posted in Historic Motor Racing |
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