Author: ChiliBoy

Spent my ‘weekend off’ taking a few photos at the Road America Indycar race and posted a few on the Motorsport Collector Facebook Page.

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IN STOCK:

TSM’s 1/43 scale model of the 1972 Can Am Championship winning #7 George Follmer L&M Porsche 917/10 is now in stock. $75.00 – Order HERE!

Today we received a restock of Maurice Hamilton’s McLaren Series book profiling 1976 World Champion James Hunt.

And we were able to knock five bucks off the original price!

$49.95.  Order HERE or scroll down for further information.

JAMES HUNT by Maurice Hamilton

Foreword by Emerson Fittipaldi

Celebrate 40 years since James Hunt’s World Championship and the legendary life, endless carouses and career milestones of a true legend of Formula 1. Written by the esteemed motor sport journalist Maurice Hamilton, this is an exclusive and personal insight into one of the world’s most charismatic racing drivers.

After discovering motor racing at 17, Hunt began by building and racing his own Mini. Moving into Formula Ford and Formula 3, his progress was noted for daring and aggressive driving rather than outright successes. Making the step up to Formula 1 with the colourful Hesketh team, Hunt came third in his first race. He finished second in the United States Grand Prix, and rounded off 1973 with the Campbell Trophy for best British driver. Hunt scored his first Grand Prix win in Holland in 1975, finishing fourth in the World Championship. His status as a superstar developed rapidly in 1976 when he joined McLaren, and fought for the title against his great rival, Niki Lauda. James Hunt became World Champion at the final race of a season so dramatic and controversial that it became the subject of a Hollywood feature film.

Hardbound | 352 pages | 300 color images

$49.95 – ORDER HERE

Thursday’s Email Update paid tribute to two great American racers and their victories – six years apart – at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps.

On June 18, 1967, 50 years ago this weekend, Dan Gurney and the Eagle won the Belgian GP, becoming the first American car/driver combination to win a Grand Prix since Jimmy Murphy and Duesenberg won the 1921 French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Six years earlier, also on June 18, Phil Hill led a Ferrari 1-2-3-4 finish in the 1961 Belgian GP on his way to becoming America’s first Formula One World Champion.

Both victories were subjects of Limited Edition prints published by The Motorsport Collector many years ago. Signed copies of both are still available.

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From David Bull Publishing

My Years Designing, Testing and Racing Carroll’s Legendary Mustangs

by Chuck Cantwell with Greg Kolasa

When Shelby hired Chuck from General Motors, he got more than an experienced project engineer. He also got an accomplished driver, a three-time SCCA Division class champion in cars that he prepared himself. That background helped Chuck engineer solutions for the Mustang and accurately evaluate them, even in competition. The Shelby GT350 won the SCCA’s B- Production National Championship three years in a row, and Ford won two consecutive Trans-Am Manufacturers Championships in Mustangs prepared and campaigned by Shelby American.

On a subject as popular as the Shelby Mustang GT350 fresh, definitive information is hard to come by, but that is exactly what Chuck provides. He shares fresh technical details, never-before-heard anecdotes, and corrects popular misconceptions about the GT350’s origins and development. Chuck also covers his work on later cars like the GT500, as well as his critical role with the Shelby racing team in the Trans-Am series. And his month-by-month narrative is supported by scores of photographs (including many rare images from his own collection and those of other Shelby insiders) as well as technical drawings and company memos. Additional background information, data, and details are provided by co-author Greg Kolasa, an automotive historian who has spent decades researching and writing about Carroll Shelby’s cars.

Shelby Mustang GT350 is a vivid, fact-filled account of how the man Carroll Shelby dubbed “Mr. GT350” led the effort to create an American automotive legend. It’s precisely the book that Shelby Mustang owners and other enthusiasts have been waiting for.

Available late June.

$49.95  – Reserve your copy HERE

Headlining today’s Email Update is LookSmart’s forthcoming 1/18 scale replica of the #12 Ferrari 312 T3 that carried Gilles Villeneuve to his first Grand Prix victory in his home town of Montreal in 1978.

Accepting orders for Fall 2017 delivery HERE.

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COMING NEXT WEEK:

1/18 scale Minichamps – #49 Porsche 906K – Vogele / Siffert – Sebring 1966. $195.00 – Reserve HERE.

Have a great weekend!

– Paul

Wednesday’s Email Update featured Spark Model’s 1/43 scale Nico Rosberg 2016 World Champion commemorative. Details and additional photos HERE.

We’re in the process of uploading an interesting selection of out of print books in our Estate Classic section. Great titles at bargain prices. Click HERE.

Spark’s 1/43 scale #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 HY 2016 Le Mans winner and Nico Rosberg Abu Dhabi Special Edition Mercedes lead the list of next week’s new arrivals from Spark and TSM Model.

Check everything out HERE.