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Check out our latest Email Update HERE.

Acme Trading’s 1/18 scale model of Al Holbert’s 1976 IMSA Camel GT Championship winning Dekon Chevrolet Monza has finally arrived. Only 2 pieces available. Reserve HERE.

TopSpeed’s latest announcement contains a brace of Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 as raced in the 2023 IMSA 24 Hours of Daytona. Please reserve by Wednesday, November 29. Details on the latest list HERE.

Lots going on in today’s Email Update. Click HERE to download.

Both Spark Model and Minichamps have announced a selection of late-season 2023 Formula One cars with Special Liveries in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale.

MinIchamps will produce resin or die cast replicas of recent Red Bull, Williams, Haas and McLaren cars from recent races. Full details HERE.

We’re working with a very short ‘soft’ deadline of Monday, November 13 on these.

Spark Model will also produce 1/18 and 1/43 resin replicas of Red Bull, Williams and McLaren F1 cars. In addition, they will produce Alfa Romeo in their 2023 Italian Grand Prix livery in both 1/18 and 1/43.

November 28 is the advance order deadline for the Spark F1 models.

Details for the Spark 1/18 and 1/43 F1 models HERE.

Congratulations to EVRO and Crispian Besley.

Both ‘Driven to Crime’ and ‘Tyrrell’ are in stock at The Motorsport Collector.

The Royal Automobile Club presented its 2023 Motoring Book of The Year Award to Evro’s Driven to Crime: True stories of wrongdoing in motor racing by Crispian Besley at its prestigious London ceremony on Wednesday 1 November at its Pall Mall headquarters.

Entered in the category ‘Books On A Motor Sporting Subject Costing No More than £50’, Driven to Crime was a massive hit with the six-strong judging panel, chaired by Simon Taylor, and they were unanimous in crowning it their ultimate Motoring Book of the Year. One of the judges, Christian Whitehead, said: “The motor racing world is filled with stories involving drivers, team owners, manufacturers and sponsors behaving badly, and this fantastic book highlights the many cases that have made headlines in various ways. We Brits love a good true crime story, and this book was very hard to put down. Kidnapping, murder, drug-smuggling, robbery, cheating, corruption, punch-ups and downright dangerous driving are all represented well in this thoroughly researched book.”

Ben Cussons, Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, commented: “The awards, now in their tenth year, are globally recognised and celebrate the very best in automotive publishing. Authors and publishers from around the world submitted a record-breaking 56 titles this year, from compelling biographies and crime stories to marque-specific histories.

“No comparable event in the English language does so much to reward such high achievements within motoring and motoring racing books. The calibre for 2023 has been more impressive than ever.”

One other Evro title, Tyrrell: The Story of the Tyrrell Racing Organisation by Richard Jenkins, was also shortlisted, in the category ‘Books On A Motor Sporting Subject With No Price Limit’. Judge Ben Horton said: “It is so nice to have such a well written, beautifully produced, reasonably priced book on an important subject that up to now has been mostly untouched.”

Spark’s latest list of 16 forthcoming 1/18 scale models includes Ronnie Peterson’s 1974/1975 IROC Camaro in a 300 piece Limited Edition US National Series release, Jackie Stewart’s 1971 British Grand Prix winning Tyrrell 003, a pair of Monaco Grand Prix winners, interesting Le Mans entries including the works Porsche 911 RSR-19s from Le Mans 2021 and the #46 Porsche 356 that scored the Marque’s first Le Mans Class win in 1951.

Advance Orders required to guarantee delivery.

Deadline is November 16.

Check everything out HERE.

Just as I hit the ‘send’ button on our last Email Update,  Tecnomodel announced four versions of the classic BRM P261 in 1/18 scale, three of which were Grand Prix winners from 1965 and 1966 in the hands of Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart. 

Four versions of the Lotus 48 F2 car were also announced.

One of the most popular and fan-friendly teams in the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship season was AO Racing and their Porsche 911 GT3 R GTD #80 fondly known as ‘Rexy’. Both 1/43 and 1/18 scale versions of ‘Rexy’ are in this month’s new product announcements from TSM Model and TopSpeed. 

TopSpeed will also produce a 1/18 replica of the Le Mans HyperCar version of the Cadillac V-Series.R (#3) driven by Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande and Scott Dixon to fourth place in the Centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Please reserve by the deadline dates listed to insure availability. 

Tecnomodel will produce Limited Edition runs of the BRM P261 Grand Prix car and Lotus 48 F2 car. Four versions of each are offered, including Jackie Stewart’s 1965 Italian Grand Prix winning BRM (above) and Jim Clark’s 1967 Spanish F2 GP winning Lotus (below). All are priced at $280.00 each.

Dealers must submit quantities by Wednesday, November 1.

Details HERE.

We are now accepting orders for the 2024 Motorsport Classic Calendar from Germany. This unique wall decoration shows sports cars and formula racers as well as legendary rally cars and touring cars, in short, practically the whole range of motorsport from the middle of the Twentieth Century. As always, there is a mini-story about each picture, and there are a total of twenty-five photographs (2 for each month plus the cover) in an attractive format of sixty-seven by forty-eight centimetres (26.378″ x 18.8976″). $85.00 Reserve HERE.