The Donington Historic Festival signals the beginning of the busiest part of the classic racing season in the UK, and already the event is getting international recognition for the quality of the entry – not bad for a festival that’s just three years old. Even better, the reach of the cars taking part is being [...]
I rely on my head for most things, with my heart taking care of everything else. It’s in there that I cherish the relationships I have. In my life I’ve always leant to the artistic side, and although that sounds like I’m trying to be mark myself out as a creative it actually means I’ve [...]
For this article we’re heading back to Zakspeed Racing in Germany, pioneers of extreme reinterpretations of Ford’s finest during the 1970s such as the awesome Ford Capri Turbo. But Zakspeed’s renown stretched well past that decade and continues right up to the present day. A further connection with Ford in the shape of their sports [...]
There’s naturally a direct link between the cars that I had as toys and model kits as a child in the ’80s and the cars that still stop me dead in my tracks today. I loved my 1/43rd rallycars (Audis, Saabs, Lancias), my 1/32nd Peugeot 205 T16, Matchbox Porsche K3s and fleet of F1 cars. [...]
Holiday Greetings to all of you Speedhunters. I hope you’ve been able to take a moment to slow the pace down and take stock of your surroundings. I certainly have used this brief lull-in-action for some concentrated down-time and have been doing as little as humanly possible for the past week or so. Well, at [...]
When Rod confirmed that I’d be covering a couple of Berg Cup events this year, my first hope was to find Werner Weiss’ Zakspeed Escort. As it turned out, it was one of the first cars I happened upon, it’s distinct rear wing just sticking slightly out the back of its trailer.
I first caught sight of Paul McCarthy’s Zakspeed Escort replica a few years ago when, in as yet uncompleted form, it made an appearance at the NZCC Classic Car Weekend at the Ellerslie Intermarque Concours. Whilst on display, the car attracted a lot of attention – mainly from Escort enthusiasts who had already heard rumours [...]
As I look back into some of my favourite bits of motorsports history, one name keeps cropping up over and over again: Klaus Ludwig. I’m not necessarily a big fan of the man himself, but I have an immense amount of respect for what he’s achieved over the course of his long and varied career. [...]
I'm obsessed with the Group 5 era of racing, I know… but since we are well into our month of celebrating all things BMW, I thought it would be cool for us to have a quick look at the German DRM series. This championship ran to Group 5 specs from 1977 into the early 1980s [...]
