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Ferrari For Sale

Available in Switzerland: 1957 Ferrari 500 TRC

What a beautifully photographed example of the Ferrari 500 TRC. This dramatic angle in particular is eye-catching. Hard to imagine an angle that this car wouldn’t look great from though. This paint is absolutely remarkable. I love the choice of this almost buttery english white for the stripe. It is so much richer and full […]

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Racing Ephemera

Happy Birthday, Steve.

Steve McQueen would should have turned 80 today. I bet he’d still be whipping his XI around the corkscrew at the Monterey Historics every year.

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Classic Cycle Classic Sportscar Event Historic Racing Photos

Goodwood!

Well my friends, The 2009 Goodwood Revival is already in the books. We spent an inordinate amount of time blasting you with every bit of minutia we could a few weeks back for the Monterey Historics. Sadly, the truth is very likely that the world’s greatest classic motorsport festival doesn’t take place on American soil […]

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Grand Prix Racing Ephemera

Jim Clark Racing Coveralls at Auction

Just when the mania of the Monterey weekend events and auctions die down, we’re getting ready for the Goodwood Revival and the associated auctions. There are, of course, many amazing racing cars coming available, but this lot from Bonham’s upcoming Collector’s Motor Cars and Automobilia auction really struck a chord with me. The set of […]

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Porsche Video

The World’s Greatest Traffic Jam

The Monterey Historics are underway. There’s more racing action today, but I’m pleased to see that video from day one is already arriving on YouTube. Here’s just another stroll through the paddock as the Porsches line up for the featured marque parade. Keep your eyes peeled for the yellow Porsche 917 – this is the […]

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Event

Octane’s Pebble Beach Tour Gallery

Octane Magazine is on the scene in Monterey this weekend and has a brilliant gallery of cars participating in the Pebble Beach Tour, the annual road trip event open to participants in the Pebble Beach Concours. Check it out.

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Historic Racing Photos Racing Ephemera

Take Me to the Track: the Joy of Transporters

Thanks to the photos that have popped up of the complete RAI team and transporter at this years’ Pebble Beach, there’s been quite a lot of interest in transporters lately. The Scarab transporter is exceedingly lovely, and re-sparked my interest in the cars that carry our racing cars to the track. Here’s a handful of […]

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Classic Sportscar

Absolutely Stunning Ferrari Featured on Hemmings

This month, the Hemmings Motor News blog is featuring Ferrari in their annual Days of Ferrari theme. Today they ran a post about this absolutely magical 1962 250 GT/L.There is a beauty to purpose built racing machines that is absolutely unparalleled in functional design. Yet somehow, this magnificently gorgeous machine was not conceived as a […]