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Now accepting advance orders for Greenlight’s 1/18 scale #06 Sirius/XM Honda of Meyer Shank Racing.

Demand will be high. $69.99 – Reserve HERE.

What a race!

Congratulations to Helio Castroneves and Meyer Shank Racing for their victory in one of the most exciting 500s ever!

While we were gone, two excellent new books arrived.

“Porsche Unseen Design Studies” is a Porsche Museum book that contains hundreds of unpublished photos of concept cars from the Porsche Design studios ($90.00 Reserve HERE).

“Formula 1 Car by Car 1990-99” is the latest release in Peter Higham’s decade by decade history of Grand Prix Cars ($79.95 Reserve HERE).

We also (finally) received the 2020 Formula 1 and Le Mans Review Blu-ray shipment from Duke Video. Reserve HERE.

Spark has finally announced 1/43 scale models of the Porsche GT Team entries from the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, including the LMGTE Pro Pole winning #91. Reserve HERE.

It’s on! See you there.

By Sam Posey with John Posey

PUBLICATION DATE August 2021

Sam Posey raced a huge variety of sports cars, saloons and open-wheel machines in numerous racing arenas — Can-Am, USRRC, Trans-Am, IMSA, Indy, NASCAR, Formula 5000 and Formula 1 — against rivals and friends such as George Follmer, Parnelli Jones, Mark Donohue, Peter Revson, Dan Gurney, David Hobbs and Brian Redman. Sam’s Scrapbook gives a first-hand account of a romantic era in racing, through pictures no one has seen and stories no one has heard. Running alongside the images, Posey’s commentary is fascinating and thoughtful, and in turns both amusing and emotional. This is an unusual and engaging memoir by one of America’s best-loved racing heroes and will appeal to all motorsports enthusiasts.

• Sam’s early days: racing around his mother’s house on a farm in Connecticut against his friend John Whitman.
• The start of his career: driving at Lime Rock, his local track, under the mentorship of John Fitch; a ride as the then-youngest American at Le Mans, with a Bizzarrini in 1966.
• Can-Am: racing against John Surtees, Bruce McLaren and Jim Hall in this famous ‘anything goes’ sports car championship with a car he and Ray Caldwell designed and built.
• Trans-Am: competing in this spectacular saloon series during its golden age, first for Roger Penske and then as a factory driver for Dodge, against George Follmer, Parnelli Jones and Swede Savage.
• Later years at Le Mans: finishing third overall in a Ferrari 512 M with the North American Racing Team (NART) team in 1971; driving the first BMW 3.0 CSL ‘Art Car’ in 1975, featuring a paint scheme by American sculptor Alexander Calder.
• Open-wheel racing: a duel with Dan Gurney in the USAC Championship, finishing fifth at Indy in 1972; two drives for John Surtees in Formula 1; battling his friend and rival David Hobbs on the track and off in Formula 5000.
• Even more variety: three years of off-road adventures in the Baja 1000; rides with the BMW factory team at Sebring and Daytona; and his late career in the IMSA championship with actor Paul Newman and Brian Redman.
• Sam Posey’s racing endeavours spanned 17 seasons, 1965–81, and included a famous victory in 1975 with BMW in the 12 Hours of Sebring. His second career as a TV commentator began at the 1974 Indy 500 and lasted for over 40 years, embracing spells with ABC, Speedvision and NBC. He has written three previous books: Where The Writer Meets The Road (2015, a collection of writings), Playing With Trains (2004, about his passion for model railways) and The Mudge Pond Express (1976, an early autobiography about racing). The front straight at Lime Rock Park — his local race circuit in Connecticut — is named after him, and in 2016 he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. He has co-authored this book with his son John.

• Publication date: August 2021
• Format: 270x210mm
• Hardback
• Page extent: 160
• Illustration: approximately 175 photos

TopSpeed has announced 1/18 scale resin models of the Action Express Cadillac DPi-V.R entries as they appeared in the 2021 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Please reserve by May 14, 2021 to insure availability.

The spectacular 1/18 scale Art Arfons ‘Green Monster 2’ from Replicarz Exclusives is here. It arrives extremely well packed inside an acrylic case that features a simulated ‘Salt Flats’ base.

A great value for $289.99. Reserve HERE.

Spark Model has announced their first 1/43 scale 2021 Formula One offerings. Seven teams will be produced: Mercedes, Alfa Romeo Sauber, Alpine, Red Bull, AlphaTauri, McLaren and Aston Martin.

Advance Order Deadline: May 10, 2021.

Check out the list HERE!

The latest 1/43 Spark National list is up. It contains 5 US National Series offerings, including George Follmer’s RC Cola Porsche 917-10 in 1973 Laguna Seca Can Am trim (above). All 19 models on the list are to be produced in limited editions of 300. Dealer deadline is May 7.

Due to limited US availability of non-US National Series items, advance orders for these models are required.

The 1/18 scale 2020 Daytona Corvette C8.R and Wynn’s Ford GT shipment arrived this morning. The Corvettes are all spoken for but we still have a handful of Wynn’s Ford GT still available. Shipping begins today!