Illustrating the depth of the top-end sales at the recent RM Auctions event at the glamorous Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix,…
Track day at Donnington Park, visited the F.1. Tom Wheatcroft collection, had photos taken in front of the Senna & Fangio bronze memorial at the circuit entrance. My motoring jackets, Senna double CD, Morgan memorabilia etc.
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Illustrating the depth of the top-end sales at the recent RM Auctions event at the glamorous Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix,…
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Barrett-Jackson held its 41st annual Arizona auction at WestWorld of Scottsdale on January 15-22, 2012, resulting in more than $92 million in sales.
Top sale at the 2012 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction went a 1948 Tucker Torpedo from the Ron Pratte…
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Photo courtesy Barrett-Jackson
When noted collector Ron Pratte consigned his Tucker #1043 at this past weekend’s Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, there was speculation that it could achieve a new world record for the famed make. Tucked within the auction company’s 5000 Series, or best-of-the-best, the…
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By Andrew S. Hartwell Reprinted from www.ashautomobilia.com
Among the many legends of motor racing there stands two men, working on opposite sides of the Atlantic ocean, who brought innovation to the race track time and again. In Europe, that man was Colin Chapman. His work with the Lotus Grand…
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RM Auctions held its 2012 Automobiles of Arizona sale on January 19-20 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, resulting in $25.5 million in sales and an 89% sell-through rate.
The 13th annual RM Auctions Arizona sale saw 140 automobiles cross…
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Gooding & Company Achieves Great Success at its Scottsdale Auctions with an
Outstanding 98% Sold and $39.8 Million in Sales
For the fifth consecutive year, Gooding & Company Sells the Most Valuable Car of Arizona Auction Week –
the $4.62 million 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing
13 World Records Established
Two Cars Sold…
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I am Writting the history on every chassis # for the Lola T210 and T212.
I start from the Factory delivery log book.
the first car arrive in the US was the serie T212 in 1971. it is east to trace the history for the first 2-4 years until the cars was not competitive any more on the international race and turn to the SCCA regional championship.
A lot of seconf hanbd car T210 and T212 was imported in the 75-85 for that purpose , until the historic race started to reopen…
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Skip Barber Racing School is proud to announce registration is now open for the Skip Barber Racing School MAZDASPEED Pro Challenge class in the 2012 SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Series. Only eleven spots are available for application for racers who have completed five or more Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge race weekends. With eleven races split up over eight race weekends at legendary… |
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RM Auctions returns to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Amelia Island, Florida on March 10, 2012 for its annual Amelia Island…
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Tucker #1043. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson
The big Scottsdale auction week is finally here, now with six companies set to to drop the hammer on literally thousands of collector cars in a mere handful of days. In typical fashion, Barrett-Jackson was the first to usher cars through the stage lights, and it’s here where we’ve been alerted to the probable sale of this…
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Innovative organiser of the Coppa Intereuropa Jason Wright will shake up the Monza meeting this year with a four-hour race echoing the famous Monza 1000kms of the ‘60s and ‘70s. The Monza 1000 km race was for many years the highlight of the Italian season, often eclipsing in popularity the Italian GP. The same cars will be eligible now that were eligible then.
Essentially an extension of the 1000km series for pre-1972 prototypes, this will be one of the rounds counting towards the…
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It’s a wrap. India’s Tata, ostensibly the savior of Jaguar, has been sniffing around Saab a little, but that’s a faint hope at best for the brand. By Friday, it’ll be too late by far for their physical heritage, as Swedish bankruptcy administrator…
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On Friday, July 27, 2012, Indianapolis 500 fans will see the GRAND-AM Sports Car Series for the first time at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The Rolex Sports Car Series is the top circuit sanctioned by GRAND-AM, whose drivers and teams will practice, qualify and race all on the same day on the 2.534-mile IMS road course. Many of the teams and drivers of the famed Indianapolis 500 compete in this series during their offseason, or at other stages in their careers. Those drivers…
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Stirling Moss takes a hairpin in the 1961 Monte Carlo Grand Prix.
When two-time…
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At the Berlin Auto Show in February 1939, Adolph Hitler delivered a speech decrying the increasing number of car accidents on the streets of Germany. For a man planning annihilation and world-wide domination, traffic safety would seem an odd preoccupation, but such was the Führer's…
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When Mercedes-Benz rolled out its new-for-2013 SL at the North American International Auto Show on Monday, it would’ve been really cool to show off the very first SL ever produced, in order to…
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It’s not everyday that one comes across a vintage race car in the back of a garage or shop, but veteran F5000 driver Eric Haga has managed just that by finding and procuring six vintage Lola F5000 tubs, as well as several other key parts to go along with the monocoques.
Eric is no stranger to…
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