Month: September 2020

The Porsche RS 3.0 was the weapon of choice in the Inaugural International Race of Champions in 1973/74.

The first three rounds of the original IROC series were held at Riverside International Raceway in the fall of 1973. Twelve drivers participated. Mark Donohue won two with George Follmer taking the third after Mark DNFd.

The top six from Riverside; Donohue, Follmer, Bobby Unser, Peter Revson, David Pearson and AJ Foyt, advanced to the title round at Daytona International Speedway, held the Friday before the Daytona 500 in February 1974 (I was there, actually).

Spark Model has just announced 1/43 scale Limited Edition models of all six Daytona finalists as part of their US National series ($80.00 each).

Donohue won again, scoring the final victory of his remarkable career and was crowned the first IROC Champion.

Along with the six Daytona finalists, Spark will also produce the #14 Porsche driven by Emerson Fittipaldi at Riverside.

Check everything out HERE. Please reserve by Wednesday, October 14.

David Tremayne’s acclaimed biography of Jochen Rindt was first published in 2010 and now, on the 50th anniversary of the Austrian’s death, Evro has revived Jochen Rindt: Uncrowned King of Formula 1 in paperback form. 

Rindt was widely acknowledged as the fastest man in Formula 1 by the time he reached his peak in 1970, when he tragically lost his life at Monza in Italy, four races before the end of the season. Such was his pre-eminence that year that no rival could overhaul his points total and he became the sport’s only posthumous World Champion. 

As his close friend Jackie Stewart observed in this book’s foreword, ‘David Tremayne is a wonderful writer who has done Jochen great justice in the words that he has chosen to depict a remarkable man and a remarkable career.’

Priced at just $19.99, Jochen Rindt: Uncrowned King of Formula 1 is highly recommended for anyone interested in motor racing history. 

The book has just arrived in the US and should be in our hands in a few days. Click HERE to reserve your copy.

It’s been a pretty good Friday so far. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway just announced that they have been allowed to invite 10,000 spectators to the Harvest Grand Prix weekend in two weeks time, allowing many of us to extend our ‘streaks’ with the new description of having attended “an Indy Car race at IMS” for (fill in the number here) straight years after being denied 500 access for the first time in history.

We also have the latest new product announcements from Tecnomodel, an interesting selection of 1966 Ferrari 312 F1 Grand Prix cars and 1953 250MM Vingale Coupes, the 1924 Le Mans winning Bentley 3L, and the stunning McLaren Speedtail as unveiled at the 2019 Geneva Auto Show.

You can check out the entire list HERE.

All the new Tecnomodel offerings are Limited Editions, with availability ranging from 120 to just 50 pieces. Please make your selections in the next few days so we can make sure we get to them before the rest of the world snaps them up. 

Spark Model has announced they will produce a 1/18 replica of the distinctive high air-box Ligier JS5 as it appeared in the inaugural Formula 1 Long Beach Grand Prix in 1976.

I will never forget the glorious scream of the Matra V12 engine echoing through downtown Long Beach as Jacques Lafitte blasted down Ocean Boulevard in that Ligier!

$199.00 – Reserve HERE.