Author: ChiliBoy

Lots of New Model Announcement information uploaded to the website today.

First off from Tecnomodel, a very short deadline (my fault) on a set of four 1/18 Ferrari F92A Grand Prix cars with Driver Figures and 5 different 1/18 Shadow DN8 versions offered with or without Driver Figures, including Alan Jones’s 1977 Austrian GP winner, (above) the first Grand Prix victory of the 1980 World Champion’s career.

Please reserve by Monday, April 13.

Also from Tecnomodel, a set of 4 x 1/18 scale March 881 GP cars from 1988 driven by Ivan Capelli and Mauricio Gugelmin with either rain tires or slicks.

Please reserve by Monday, April 20.

TopSpeed’s April 2026 lineup features two different 1/18 scale BMW M Hybrid V8 replicas from the 2025 season: the #20 WRT entry from Le Mans and the #24 RLL entry from the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Also on the list; a brace of 1/18 Lamborghini, a Mazda RX-7 and a Nissan Skyline.

Please reserve by Tuesday, April 21.

TSM Model announced they wiill produce the 2025 IMSA 24 Hours of Daytona winning #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 in 1/12 scale at a very competitive price.

TSM also announced 7 x 1/43 scale models for future release which included 5 GTP and GT3 race cars. Check out the whole list HERE.

Please reserve your 1/12 and 1/43 TSM Model selections by Tuesday, April 21.

Today’s final list features the 2026 Japan GP Ferrari SF-26 of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton from LookSmart. Leclerc scored his second podium of the year at Suzuka with Lewis finishing 6th. A 1/18 scale Leclerc will be produced along with 1/43 scale versions of both cars. Check them out HERE.

Please reserve by Monday, April 37 by 10am CDT.

Double Champion: Peter Gregg’s 1973 IMSA GT and SCCA Trans-Am Seasons

by Sean Cridland

Foreword by Hurley Haywood | Dedication by Bruce Meyer

At the end of 1972, Peter Gregg was known in the American sports-car racing world as a gentleman, semi-professional driver capable of taking small-bore class wins in the Trans-Am and as a mid-field racer in the Can-Am. But for the small cadre of people working with him at Brumos Racing and the engineers at Porsche, Gregg was a man with the vision, drive, and an ambition to become America’s best.

In that era, Porsche was undergoing significant changes in its racing and road-car programs. After winning Le Mans with the 917K and dominating the Canadian-American Challenge Cup with the all-powerful 917-30, they withdrew from prototype racing to concentrate their competition program on cars representative of their production line. At the same time, the FIA realigned their Championship of Makes to the “silhouette” formula which encouraged manufacturers to base their racing programs on street cars. Porsche was among the first to jump on the bandwagon with their new more powerful and better-handling 911 RS and RSR models. After years of carrying the Porsche torch in the lower classes, Peter Gregg was in position to claim the top step he so coveted in American GT racing.

Starting with back-to-back wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring with protégé Hurley Haywood, Gregg led the 1973 Porsche juggernaut to take the overall championships in both the SCCA Trans-Am and the IMSA Camel GT series. Those accomplishments put Gregg and Porsche at the forefront of the GT-racing world for years to come. This is the story of that year that put Porsche on the path to dominating the GT category for the next ten years.

Hardbound | 195 pages | 255 images

$49.95 – Reserve your copy HERE.

We recently acquired a small collection of handbuilt 1/43 scale models.

Check them out HERE.

21 Classic Formula 1, Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring, Nurburgring and Rally Cars

The latest announcement from Spark Models contains an excellent selection of 1/18 race and rally cars, including the 1979 Daytona and Sebring winning Porsches, the 1988 Le Mans winning Jaguar XJR-9, Jackie Stewart’s 1969 South African Grand Prix winning high winged Matra MS10, three different winning Lancia rally cars, the winning BMW Alpina 2900CS from the 1972 Nurburgring 24 Hour and much more.

Check out everything HERE.

Must reserve by 10am CDT on Wednesday, April 8.

We expect delivery of the 1/18 scale Replicarz Exclusives 1982 Indianapolis 500 winning Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing STP Wildcat Cosworth later this week.

SOLD OUT.

Today we spotlight two lists of 1/43 Limited Edition National Series models (25 total) to finish a busy week of New Product Announcements from Spark Model.

The first list features 10 entries from the 2025 Macau GT Cup – FIA World Cup 2025.

The second list contains an assortment of 15 models added to Spark’s Belgian, French, Japan, UK and US National Series.

Perhaps the most significant items announced are a trio of Porsche 550 Spyders that finished 1-2-3 in the Sports 1500 Class to give Porsche their first Class Victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring 70 years ago this month. Wolfgang von Trips and Hans Herrmann drove the winning #41 Porsche to 6th overall and the Class win, followed by the #43 Jack McAfee / Pete Lovely car that finished 7th and the Marshall / Brundage / von Hanstein #66 in 14th.

Pre-order all three of these special Porsche models for a 10% discount. We will confirm the discount upon receipt of your order.

Advance Order Deadline for these models is 10am (CDT) Friday, March 27.

1/18 & 1/43 scale models from Spark

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the unique 6-wheeled Tyrrell P34 Grand Prix car, Spark Model has announced plans to produce a series of 1/18 and 1/43 scale models tracing the evolution of the P34 from it’s Presentation in 1975 thru it’s maiden F1 season.

The 1/18 and 1/43 range from Spark Model will highlight the P34’s best finishes from the 1976 Formula One World Championship, including the fantastic 1-2 finish by Jody Sheckter and Patrick Depailler in the Swedish GP.

Ordering Details:

1/18 scale HERE.

1/43 scale HERE

Must reserve by April 8.

Additional Announcements from Spark Model have been slowly trickling out all week. A set of 1/18 Road Cars and 1/43 scale Le Mans racers have been posted to our New Model Announcements section.

The Road Car list contains 5 offerings; 2 Lamborghinis, 2 Porsches and a beautiful Maserati Bora. The Le Mans list contains 4 Porsche GT cars that competed in the 1990s, 4 sports cars (3 Jags and a Maserati 300S) from the 1950s and a Cougar C22 prototype from 1989 .

Only thumbnail photos were provided.

We expect more to come later this week. Stay tuned!

Spark Model will produce 1/12 scale resin replicas of the two Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercars that competed in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Must reserve by 10am Friday, March 20. Deposit required.

Details HERE.

1/18 & 1/43 BBR Competition – 1/18 TopSpeed – 1/43 TSM Model

There will be 4 different Ferrari 296 GT3 cars produced in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale in the BBR Competition line including the 2025 IMSA Laguna Seca livery of DragonSpeed , two Arise Racing versions from the 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour and a Presentation version of the new Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO.

Details and ordering information can be found HERE.

This month’s 1/18 scale TopSpeed lineup includes the 2025 Daytona winning #7 Porsche 963 of Porsche Penske Motorsport along with a stunning Aston Martin Valhalla in Podium Green, an equally beautiful McLaren 750S in Base White, a Nissan LB-Silhouette Works GT 35GT RR Ver.1 in Matt Gray and an Abarth 595 LB-Works x Abas Works IZTK.

Details and ordering information can be found HERE.

Last but not least, there are 8 forthcoming 1/43 scale road and racing models in this months announcement from TSM Model including the Mercedes-AMG GT3 #888 of Mercedes-AMG Team GMR from the 2025 Meguier’s Bathurst 12 Hour a Ford Mustang Dark Horse from the Ford Performance Racing School, assorted Honda Preludes, a pair of Nissan LB Silhouettes and a BMW M5.

Details and ordering Infomation can be found HERE.

The advance order deadline for all of the above is Monday, March 23.