To celebrate the kickoff of the 2021 Formula One season this weekend in Bahrain, we present our latest Marshall Pruett Charity Auction.
Thanks to the generosity of the McLaren F1 team, we are offering two 2020 Team Jackets (size Large) autographed by both Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz along with signed hero cards from both drivers.
All proceeds will benefit the Indy Family Foundation, managed by Heather Carpenter, the wife of Indycar Driver / Team Owner Ed Carpenter.
GT370 – Chevrolet Corvette C8 Pace Car – Arctic White – $139.95 Reserve HERE
GT Spirit has announced that they will produce a 1/18 scale Corvette C8 in the livery of the 2020 Road America Pace Car that made its debut during last year’s IMSA Weathertech Championship weekend.
Please reserve by April 5, 2021. Estimated ETA Fall 2021.
1/18 scale resin 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray by Real Art Replicas
The 2020 Corvette Stingray Pace Car is Torch Red and features the high Wing Spoiler and ground effects package. The Z51 Coupe will also wear the 104th Indy 500 livery on the doors.
Kyosho has announced that they will release a new model from their 1/12 scale Shelby 427 S/C tooling. The Viking Blue replica will feature opening doors, trunk and hood, a perfectly replicated, highly detailed 427 engine, fully detailed interior with all proper gauges, accurately replicated headers and exhaust system.
Tecnomodel will produce 1/18 scale Limited Edition resin models of the Lotus 77, Lotus 91 and Brabham BT33.
Four versions of each type have been announced. Drivers include Mario Andretti, Sir Jack Brabham, Nigel Mansell, Ronnie Peterson, Elio de Angelis and Gunnar Nilsson.
Between 1997 and 2014, Tom Kristensen won the world’s toughest motor race, the Le Mans 24 Hours, a record nine times and finished on the podium on five more occasions. Every time his car made it to the finish, in fact, he was in the top three. It is no wonder that this great sports car driver is known as ‘Mr Le Mans’ to motorsport fans around the world. Now retired from racing, Kristensen shares in this book his deepest personal reflections and insights from inside and outside the cockpit. He looks back on more than 30 years spent striving for perfection in racing and tells of the battles and setbacks that sometimes seemed impossible to overcome, including a terrible accident in 2007. Voted ‘Sports Book of the Year’ when originally published in Kristensen’s native Denmark, this thoughtful memoir is now available in English.
– Climbing the racing ladder, from karting into Formula 3 single-seaters, including championship titles in Germany (1991) and Japan (1993), then Formula 3000 and a Formula 1 testing role with Tyrrell.
– Winning as an underdog on his first visit to Le Mans, in 1997 driving an elderly Joest-run privateer Porsche in which he impressed all onlookers with a night-time charge to vanquish Porsche’s factory-entered favourite.
– His second Le Mans victory came in 2000 on his maiden drive for Audi in the R8, a car that was to become all-conquering.
– Kristensen won the next five editions of Le Mans, four times with Audi and once with Bentley (in 2003), his last victory in this sequence taking him past Jacky Ickx’s previous record at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
– His eighth win came in one of the all-time classic contests at Le Mans, in 2008, a rollercoaster of a race in which his ageing diesel-powered Audi was never expected to beat the fancied works Peugeots.
– One more victory with Audi in 2013 sealed his reputation as a true legend of Le Mans.
– His story includes exploits at other racetracks all over the world, none more prolific than Sebring, home of America’s long-established classic endurance race that Kristensen won six times.
– Personal reflections together with contributions from notable observers — including English journalists Gary Watkins and Charles Bradley — complete a truly rounded portrait of the man and his achievements.
I’d like to thank all of you who participated in our latest Marshall Pruett Charity Fundraiser benefitting Canteen, an Australian charity that supports young people and their families living with cancer. The sale of signed Scott Dixon ‘Start to Finish’ Championship prints raised nearly $11,000 USD for that worthy cause.
The print auction has ended but the RaiseIt.org.au page set up to accept the donations of winning bidders to Canteen in Australian Dollars is still active. Multiply the US Dollar amount you wish to donate by 1.3 for the Australian equivalent, then donate that amount HERE.
Additional fundraisers are in the planning stage. Stay tuned!
Marshall Pruett’s latest fundraiser honors the amazing run of Scott Dixon to his 6th IndyCar Championship title aboard the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara DW12 Honda in 2020.
Dixon led the 2020 NTT Indycar Series Championship from ‘Start to Finish’, winning the season opener at Texas Motor Speedway and sitting atop the point standings for the entire 14-race season, scoring 4 victories and 9 top five finishes along the way.
Graphic artist Andy Blackmore , well known for his Spotter Guides and livery design work, was commissioned to create this tribute to Dixon’s 2020 Championship. Beneath the profile view of Scott’s PNC Bank Honda are the point standings after each of last year’s NTT Indycar races showing Dixon’s name at the top from ‘Start to Finish’.
We are offering 25 copies of ‘Start to Finish’ at auction.
All proceeds to benefit Canteen, an Australian charity chosen by Scott and Emma Dixon that supports young people and their families living with cancer.
Each copy at auction has been signed by 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner and 6-time IndyCar Champion Scott Dixon, 4-time IndyCar and 3-time Indianapolis 500 Champion Dario Franchitti, 7-time NASCAR Champion and IndyCar rookie Jimmie Johnson, Ganassi Racing Managing Director Mike Hull, Performance Director Chris Simmons and Race Engineer Michael Cannon.
