Putting The Super Back Into Touring Cars
Touring car racing: people’s racing, with cars anyone can relate to, featuring door-to-door, smash-and-grab action and an emphasis on entertainment. It’s a category that I’ve always loved watching,...
View ArticleStorm Force At The Silverstone Classic
Rain beyond measure, saturating the track and soaking my gear. Drivers slithering round, desperately searching out the grip, the rasp of on-off throttles distinct over the relentless hammering sound of...
View ArticleI Like It Rare: The French Quattro Kick-Starter
Designed for the French Super Tourisme series in 1989, this is the Audi 80 quattro, the car that kick-started a slew of Audi touring car race wins and championships during the 1990s. The Audi 80...
View ArticleWedge Style At Silverstone: Worshipping The Esprit Club
For me, it was the Lotus Esprit from that most car-laden of film franchises, James Bond. The DB5 was before my time, so to my childhood eyes it was the ferocious white wedge of Wet Nellie screaming...
View ArticleA Train You Don’t Want To Miss: Bentley’s Blockade Runner
This was a Bentley, but amongst a marque’s output that by definition is already special this one was particularly superlative. It was a recreation of the Bentley ‘Blue Train’, a coachbuilt Sportsman...
View ArticleFeelings Of Nostalgia At The Silverstone Classic
I can remember, as a five-year-old, standing in the freezing cold, soaked to the skin, at the inaugural Rally of Ireland event in 2000. I have fond memories of watching single-seater racing cars battle...
View ArticleThe Classic At Silverstone
When Silverstone Circuit is mentioned, Formula 1 is normally the first thing that springs to mind. Regarded by many as the pinnacle of motorsport, opulence, excess and huge spending are the order of...
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