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Last chance to win a $17000 trip to the Goodwood Revival 2010

There are just two weeks left to purchase tickets in the HSRCA Goodwood Revival competition.
Tickets are just A$100 for 10 chances to win!
The prizewinner will receive a trip for two to England to see the …

Ride for your life – A Documentary about Grand Prix racer Mike Duff

Canadian born, Mike Duff was an excellent Grand Prix motorcycle racer of the 1960’s who won three Grand Prix in the 125cc and 250cc classes.
Ride for Your Life is a short documentary …

VMX: The famous Crawford River Classic will be held at Bulahdelah on June 26-27

It’s time for the Pre 78 Vintage Motocross racers to cut loose!
The 2010 the Crawford River Classic will hold it’s world famous trophy races for Pre 78 bikes to honour our lost VMX mates and …

Video Documentary: Love, Speed and Loss

I just received an email alerting me to this stunning documentary about the life of Kiwi Grand Prix racer Kim Newcombe. It’s a world class film and one that will leave you touched and saddened …

Custom Motorcyle Art

Take a look at this wonderful work by artist Gaston Vanzet from CustomMotorcycleArt.com.
Here is what Gaston has to say about  his art and how his passion was first ignited.
“It takes many weeks of careful …

Richards to debut new GT3 RS at Cootha Classic

Racing legend Jim Richards plans to debut his brand new $337,000 Porsche GT3 RS at this month’s Cootha Classic sponsored by Shannons at Brisbane’s iconic Mount Coot-tha this weekend, May 29-30.
The seven time Bathurst and eight …

Classic circuits: Brands Hatch

Very few of the world’s modern-day, sanitised, super-safe international race tracks command the sort of respect their tree-lined, blind-summitted, heart-in-the-mouth forbearers once did. Names such as Elkhart Lake (Road America), Mosport, Nurburgring Nordschleife, Rouen and …

Grand Prix de Monaco Historique 2010

Motorsport Retro Launches Car Event Calendar

Motorsport Retro is pleased to announce the launch of its new Car Event Calendar.
Happily for us, the world of vintage and historic motorsport does not exist in a time capsule, a piece of history locked …