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Spark Model has announced their initial range of 1/18 scale 2024 Formula 1 cars. Teams include Red Bull, McLaren, Mercedes, Stake, Alpine, VCARB, Williams, Haas and Aston Martin. Details HERE.

Must reserve by May 8.

Spark Model has announced they will produce the three 2023 Le Mans Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale. Details HERE. Please reserve by Sunday, May 12.

The Official Biography by George Levy

The highly anticipated release of George Levy’s extensively researched 500 page official biography of Jim Hall and Chaparral cars has been confirmed for July 9, 2024. Reserve your copy HERE.

One of the greatest drivers of his generation, Jim Hall is even better known as an innovator. From tiny Chaparral Cars in Midland, Texas emerged a series of vehicles that changed the face of racing. His high-winged Chaparral 2E Can-Am car and 2F World Sportscar Championship contender may be the most influential race vehicles of the 20th century. Today, every Formula 1 car uses net downforce, driver-adjustable wings, composite chassis, side-mounted radiators, semi-automatic gearboxes and advanced telemetry to optimize vehicle performance — all things Chaparral pioneered in the mid-1960s.

• First-ever book in which Hall tells his own story.
• The massive influence of his introduction of net downforce to racing, which is now incorporated into the design of every major type of four-wheel competition vehicle.
• How Hall shocked the world with innovative designs that won in every series in which they competed, including Can-Am, Trans-Am, the World Sportscar Championship, Formula 5000, United States Road Racing Championship, Canadian Sports Car Championship and the Indianapolis 500.
• How Jim and John Barnard created the Chaparral 2K “Yellow Submarine” that won the Indianapolis 500 and USAC national championship, setting the template for the modern Indy car.
• The massive resistance Jim faced from teams and sanctioning bodies intent on outlawing his legal but game-changing innovations. 
• The connection to Chevrolet and the crucial role Chaparral Cars played in the defense of GM during the Corvair trials of the mid-1960s.
• How Hall became a national celebrity, with Newsweek and Sports Illustrated covers, Coca-Cola commercials, and millions of “Jim Hall Authorized” slot cars and model kits.
• Text based on the author’s extensive interviews with over 100 racing standouts, including Jim and Sandy Hall, Roger Penske, Jackie Stewart, Dan Gurney, Sam Posey, Brian Redman, Phil Hill, Al and Bobby Unser, Bernie Ecclestone, Johnny Rutherford, Gordon Murray, Adrian Newey, Gil de Ferran, Mario Andretti, Bob Lutz and Tony Southgate.
• Big, beautiful and packed with facts and anecdotes, the book is lavishly illustrated with period photographs by many of the world’s best motorsports photographers, including Pete Biro, Bernard Cahier, Hal Crocker, Dave Friedman, Pete Lyons, Dan Boyd, Lionel Birnbom and Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Jackson.

In Texas Legend, Jim Hall tells his story — his life, his cars, his relationship with Chevrolet, his partnership with Hap Sharp, his battles with sanctioning body bureaucracies — for the first time to award-winning author George Levy in this authorized biography.

We will reconfirm with everyone who has already placed an advance order over the next few weeks.

Today’s 1/18 scale New Product Announcement from Spark Model contains an impressive selection of Le Mans, Daytona, Dakar and Formula One winners, including the #5 Gurney / Bondurant Cobra Daytona Couple that took 4th overall and the 5.0 GT Class victory in the 1964 24 Hour of Le Mans, the Lotus 79s of 1978 World Champion Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson, a total of 3 GP winners from Williams, including Clay Regazzoni’s first GP win for the Marque in 1979 and a pair of FW11Bs driven by Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell in 1987. The list also contains the 1951 Le Mans winning Jaguar XK 120 C-Type of Walker / Whitehead, a pair of Gulf Porsche 917s that competed in the 1970 and 1971 24 Hours of Daytona and the works Porsche 911 RSR-19s from the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. The company also threw in the 2023 Dakar winning Toyota to round things out.

Advance order deadline is April 26. You can review the entire 14 car list HERE.

Spark Model will produce 5 entries, including the Championship winning Supra, from the 2023 GT500 Super GT series. Details HERE. Must reserve by the Thursday, April 25 deadline.

Highlight of the latest announcement from TopSpeed / TSM Model is a 1/18 scale replica of the 1987 IMSA Laguna Seca winning Bayside Disposal Porsche 962 driven by Klaus Ludwig. Check out the entire list of 1/12, 1/18 and 1/43 scale offerings HERE. Please reserve by April 19.

LookSmart will commemorate Scuderia Ferrari’s 2024 Australian Grand Prix sweep by producing the Ferrari SF-24’s of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale.

Last Sunday, Sainz turned in a heroic performance just two weeks after an emergency appendectomy to score Ferrari’s first victory of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.

Teammate Charles Leclerc drove a steady race to finish second, giving the Scuderia their first 1-2 sweep since 2022.

We are now accepting advance orders. Click HERE for details.

The BBR Competition Series presents a new series of licensed Ferrari racing cars in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale resin at a more affordable price point.

The first 1/18 scale offerings ($255.99 each) are the AF Corse Ferrari 499P HyperCar entries from the 2023 World Endurance Championship and a pair of Ferrari 296 GT3s from the 2023 24 IMSA 24 Hours of Daytona and the 24 Hours of Spa.

The brace of Ferrari 499P HyperCars will also be produced in 1/43 scale priced at $135.50 each.

Advance Order Deadline is Monday, April 1. This is not a joke.

Some good news regarding the long-delayed Jim Hall biography ‘Texas Legend’. George Levy’s expanded 500 page manuscript is now at the printer and a July (2024) release with an $80.00 srp has been confirmed.

We will reconfirm with all of you who placed orders back when the book was announced a few years ago and new orders will be accepted HERE.

Today we uploaded information on the latest 1/43 Spark National Announcement. Along with the 2014 Petit Le Mans winning #10 WTR Corvette DP seen here, there is an excellent selection of 24H Spa veterans, several German and French Porsche 944 Turbo Cup Champions, a pair of C1 Corvette entries from the 1956 12 Hours of Sebring, a Callaway Corvette, a Toyota GR DTM Supra, and a David Hobbs BMW 320i Turbo.

26 Limited Edition models to choose from – before April 10 please.

Also added to MotorsportCollector.com today, a selection of 1/18 scale Jaguar C-Type models, including the 1953 Le Mans winner in development by Tecnomodel along with their latest 1/43 scale project, the Ferrari 225 S Spyder Vignale. Advance orders close April 1.