The 1970s would be a big deal for Richard Petty, as he would win 5 NASCAR Grand National championships between 1971 and 1979. This is the car that got it all started, claiming the first-ever Winston Cup Series…
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From the first ever automotive competition in 1894 to the present day in motorsport, be it Formula 1 or Formula E, Mercedes-Benz and its predecessor brands have done it all. Since the 19th century the racing…
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Introduced in 1972, the BMW 3.0 CSL was a homologation special built to make the car eligible for racing in the European Touring Car Championship. The 'L' in the designation meant leicht (light). The lightness was…
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Giant killers come in all shapes and sizes, but none more elegant perhaps than the stunning 1959 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder. This lightweight, quick German car earned its nickname in endurance road racing events…
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In 1981 the FIA prepared new Group A regulations for the European Touring Car Championship to be implemented for the 1982 season. British racing car driver Tom Walkinshaw saw an opportunity to take…
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Rooted in development work led since 1962 by Zora Arkus-Duntov, Chevrolet's head of Corvette engineering, the ‘Heavy-Duty 427’ that eventually gained fame as RPO L88 was first ‘field tested’ with Roger Penske's…
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Peter Klasen is a German artist known for his collage-like Pop Art paintings and prints. Using an airbrush, the artist contrasts images of industrial objects like pressure gauges and hydraulic circuits, with sexually…
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Deep in the heart of Chrysler Engineering in late 1964, Jim Thornton was modifying a chassis in the Structures Lab. The just-completed drag-racing season had witnessed many things: the reintroduction…
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Recognised as the ‘Flying Mustang’, the first Shelby GT350 ‘R-Model’ ranks not only as the most historically important Shelby Mustang in the world, but it is also arguably the most important Mustang in the history…
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Born at a similar time to Porsche’s ubiquitous 911, the 904 was penned by F A Porsche, and for 1963 it featured the latest aerodynamic theories with a pointed bonnet overhang and a Kamm tail at the rear…
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This is the seventh customer D-Type ever built. When new it immediately found its way to Australia and into the ownership of Bib Stillwell, a future four-time consecutive winner of the open-wheel Australian Drivers’ Championship…
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This unparalleled collection of some of the world’s greatest Lancia race and rally cars has been carefully and diligently assembled by entrepreneur and racing driver John Campion. The Campion Collection…
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The 906, or Carrera 6, is a road-legal racer from Porsche, first released at the beginning of 1966 with 50 examples produced, thus meeting the homologation requirements of the FIA's new Group 4 Sports Car category…
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Amongst all racing Ferraris the rare family of Dino 206S and SP cars has the greatest intrinsic charm for its combination of exquisitely well-balanced, compact design and its vividly nimble agility whenever its inbuilt…
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This stunning Porsche 935 is the latest in a line of iconic vehicles to be given an electric heart transplant. Constructed by racing and tuning specialist Bisimoto of Ontario, California, this 935 K3V has been fully…
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Colourful stickers and paintwork are as much a part of Porsche Motorsport as the boxer engine. In the latest episode of the Porsche Top 5 series, the company looks back on five historical colour combinations…
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Arguably AMG’s most iconic vehicle, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL ‘Red Pig’ jump-started the small company’s rise to fame, leading to Mercedes-Benz’s eventual takeover of the tuning house roughly twenty years ago…
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Classic car auction disruptor, The Market, recently sold this stunning Porsche 911 RSR Recreation, which had been freshly built to the exacting standards of the 1975 Le Mans 24-Hour race car upon which it is based…
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