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Art Tidesco blogs on all things motoring.

Saturday, 14 May 2011

Stock Block - Thompson Buick/Chevrolet

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In 1961 legendary American speed king Mickey Thompson employed british Dolphin Engineering designer John Crosthwaite to design and build thr...
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Friday, 13 May 2011

1962 DNQ - John Zink Trackburner

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The other day I caught a bit of a radio programme about interview questions asked of potential Oxbridge (Oxford & Cambridge) university ...
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A Big Red Cadillac - Ferrari 126 CK

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Taking a one day break from GALPOT's Indy 500 celebrations , for Ferrari Friday today we are celebrating the life of Gilles Villeneuve,...
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Sign of things to come - Kimberly Cooper Special

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Today's blog, on the 50th anniversary running of the ' Indy 500' in 1961, comes courtesy of photographs by Ed Arnaudin and Phill...
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Trading Places - 1960 Watson Roadsters

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Thanks to Ed Arnadin 's photos today we will be continuing our 100th anniversary of the first running of the Indianapolis 500 by having...
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Monday, 9 May 2011

Shoestring Winner - Epperly Belond Exhaust Special

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Today's photograph by Ed Arnaudin of the two time winning Belond Exhaust Special, seen here with Sam Hanks at the wheel, was taken in 1...
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Sunday, 8 May 2011

Winning in the rain - Wynn's Friction Proofing Special

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To accommodate Ferrari Friday I got a little out of sequence with my posts celebrating the Centenary of the first running of the Indianapol...
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The first race I attended was at Ndola in Zambia where Mum's boss raced a Mini. I was taken to The Race of Champions '73 - '75, and in ‘76 to the last GP on the Nordschliefe. A succession of cheap cars allowed me to head for the Silverstone 6 hour races '78 - '92, Le Mans and the British/European GPs '79 - '83. In ‘85 a buddy Sven phoned up and asked me to crew for his #44 Ray's Toys Capri in the Willhire 24 hours, I spent the weekend lugging jerry cans and holding a fire extinguisher during pit stops. By ‘87 Sven was clocking up wins in the Alfa Sud series 1st in a 33, destroyed at Castle Combe, and later in a Sud . In 1990 I went racing in a 2CV 'LYLLYK' highlighted by the Mondello Park 24 hours. From ‘92 to ‘03 I lost track of racing until blogs on yahoo sports by Jerry Bonkowski, awakened a passion for NASCAR. Thanks to Rowdy.com I went to the April ’09 Arron's 499 making a 7000 mile round trip, quite a contrast from the BTCC at Brands Hatch .
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