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Barry Sheene Festival of Speed clicks into Top Gear with $20,000 Prize Money

The Post Classic Racing Association (PCRA) of NSW continues to lead the way in historic motorcycle racing in NSW, elevating the Barry Sheene Festival of Speed to new heights with unprecedented prize money of up …

Watkins Glen Racetrack Art

The Linear Edge – The Raggedy Edge Gone Zen

There is something Zen about the search for the perfect line. The perfect line is a minimalist thing, graceful, flowing, smooth and perpetual. Achieving it is almost a form of meditation in which the car, …

Ideas from the past to help F1 survive the future

At the start of the 2009 season I had been concerned that financing would be a problem for the F1 teams. When the Global Financial Crisis struck it was obvious the teams would be forced …

Retro motorsport t-shirts from Live2Race

Check out this cool selection of retro t-shirts from UK company Live2Race. The team set out to “create refreshingly distinctive racing-inspired streetwear with designs that look as good at the track as they do on the …

Race Retro international historic motorsport show 2010

Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show, is lining up a cracking array of motorsport legends for its 2010 show – from racing cars and drivers to track bikes and riders.
Held at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, …

Mick Doohan shares his winning secrets

It was an extraordinary gathering, almost pre-ordained. About 12 hours after the news of Mick Doohan’s retirement broke in Australia on 10 December, 1999, a group of people was engaging in what Doohan had done …

DVD: History Of Motorcycle Racing – 3 DVD Set

I have just finishing watching the Castrol History of Motorcycle Racing DVD set and it’s a ripper. It covers motorcycle road racing from the invention of the motorbike in the early 1900s through to the …

Editors picks: Top Ten Feature Stories of 2009

It has been a fantastic and fun filled year for us at Motorsport Retro and I have really enjoyed the tales from our team of great writers. Here are a selection of my favourites, in …