Historic Racer

Driving in Paris The Historic Racer Way

If you love motorsport, track driving or those lovely European autoroutes and alpine passes, then you may well think that the centre of Paris is somewhere to avoid like the plague. In fact, driving in Paris is something that everyone should experience at least once in their lives, even if it’s only from the passenger seat. And if you love a little door to door competition and you happen to be…

Driving Tips – Why Learning to Drive a Porsche 911 Takes a Little Time

Some people look at me in a very strange manner when the subject of Porsche 911 driving techniques are mentioned. There’s actually a very large slice of people out there who just don’t ‘get it’. I know good drivers, experienced people, who’ve driven Porsche 911′s and simply don’t like them, cannot see what all the fuss is about. “Engine’s in the wrong bloody place, I prefer my Ferrari any day…”I…

The Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/8A 6

McLaren MP4/8A 6 is for sale, to be sold at the Bonham’s Monaco Auction in May. As someone who was an ardent McLaren and Senna follower of the period, this is an amazing car to be coming to market. The car that Senna drove to his 6th Monaco victory, it is a remarkable piece of history. Like many, I was of the belief that all McLaren Formula One cars in recent decades still resided at the secret…

Top Five Lightweight Porsches and the GT3 RS that is ‘Almost’ Lightweight

This great YouTube video is one of a series of Top Fives from Porsche. Anyone with even a passing interest in Porsche will be aware that Rennsport Porsches are minimalist and light weight.

The 2.7RS is considered the Holy Grail of collectable, lightweight Porsches. However this video highlights the fact that there are at least four other Porsches that are significantly lighter in weight. The cars…

Will The Porsche Cayman R Ever Be a Collectable Porsche?

A random thought occurred to me this week. Coming across a Porsche Cayman R in a car park, the subtle differences in stance of the R was more apparent than normal. As parked a short distance away, there was a plain, vanilla flavoured 2.7. The lower ride height, the fixed blade type rear spoiler and the carbon ceramic brakes in this example were more apparent than normal.

So my thought was. “Will…

Black and Gold On Track

We’ve written before about our love of the tobacco sponsored era of motorsport. The majestic colours that these brands brought to the grids of world championship motorsport make the modern era of ‘energy drinks’ and computer giants look rather tame.

Our other loves are the straight six howl of a BMW and the mountainous James Hardie 1000 track at Mount Panorama. The Australians poineered the use…

10 Instagram Accounts to Follow This Weekend

As we wind down for the weekend, we always enjoy taking the load off and finding some new people and brands to follow on Instagram. So here, in no particular order, are are our ten favourite Instagrammers this week.

Matt Howell

Not sure it can get any prettier than this. #cmc #carphotography

A post shared by Matt Howell (@matthowellf45) on Sep 29, 2017 at 2:07am PDT

Classic Racing School

Spread across some of the most pictureque circuits in France over seven weekends, the series takes in Paul Ricard, Dijon Prenois, Circuit de Charade, Circuit d’Albi,…

Rob Wilson and the Flat Car Mantra

Driver Coaching. A hot topic as ever in motorsport and an ever growing area for discussion in Historic Motorsport. This is something we’ve written about before, so it was interesting to spot this film about the legendary Rob Wilson. Karun Chandhok says almost word for our our own beliefs:

Tennis stars have them, golfers have them, footballers have them. Racing drivers have them too. But you’ll…

Automotive Shoulder Pads – The 1980’s Porsche Style

Remember the 1980’s? The time when excess was good, the more money you had, the more it was perfectly fine to flaunt it. For those with several sets of red braces, shoulder pads in their jackets, more than one Motorola Brick phone and a Guards Red 911 Turbo, the problem is, what to buy next?

Waiting for the call were a number of quite outrageous tuners and styling houses who’s vision of…

Red Barchetta – The Prophetic Lyrics of a Rock Band

“A gleaming read Barchetta from a better, vanished time…”

If you were a long haired collage student with RUSH proudly displayed on your bag in the Eighties, you will recognise those words. Back then, as I studied engineering drawing behind a huge A0 drafting board, the words of the Canadian group’s song sounded like a time so far into the future, it would never be in my lifetime. I didn’t ponder…

Three Porsche Drive Videos non-Porsche Owners Must Watch

If you are one of those drivers who doesn’t really ‘get’ the whole Porsche thing, then you must watch these three videos. People who are addicted to the Porsche 91 feel will know exactly what Richard Meaden is talking about. For those who are unconverted, perhaps you simply haven’t spent enough time behind the wheel of them.

There’s no doubt that Porsche 911’s aren’t for everyone. And I wouldn’t…

For The Love of Analogue

Air cooled Porsches, black and white analogue photography and a Leica rangefinder. What’s not to like?

Bart Kuykens’ project A Flat Six Love Affair is quite probably heaven on so many levels. Watching him in the film opening another roll of Kodak 35mm brings back many happy memories for me. Memories of a time when photography wasn’t quite as urgent, as instant as it has to be today. When photo…

The RM Sothebys Ferrari 70th Auction at the home of Ferrari in Modena promises to be a spectacular and glamorous event. Yet in amongst the auction listings of immaculate supercars and collectable memorabilia is a car we never knew existed and for me, is probably the most intriguing of the immensely varied lots for sale.

This is the mythical alloy bodied, road going Ferrari Daytona. The only one…

A Future Historic Racer Makes an Early Start

If you are a racing driver or track enthusiast, you learn an important lesson very early on. Never, ever travel to a track without dropping your kit bag into the boot. Even if you’re not scheduled to drive.

That’s the happy lesson that 15 year old Scott McKenna chose to remember when accompanying his father Andy at the recent Gold Track circuit day at Silverstone. Viewers of the Ginetta Junior…