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Ford poursuit la tournée d'adieux de la Ford GT en multipliant les séries limitées Hommage qui plonge dans le glorieux passé sportif de la supercar.

Ford GT Heritage Edition is a modern interpretation of the original, combining classic Ford Performance features such as Wimbledon White paint and a triple racing stripe with contemporary touches including exposed carbon fiber behind Antimatter Blue-painted carbon fiber wheels and Lightspeed Blue Alcantara suede seats. Ford GT ’64 Prototype Heritage Edition debuts at Monterey Car Week alongside the sole surviving 1964 Ford GT prototype.

On the 51st anniversary of Bruce McLaren's tragic death in a testing crash at Goodwood we recall the early days of the Formula 1 team that still carries his name.

How the legendary Jim Clark cut his racing teeth on a Ross-shire airfield May 28, 2021, 5:00 pm Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Little did sports car-mad Caithness lad Harry Henderson know that the day he went to Evanton airfield to watch his local hero Jimmy Mackay on the track he’d also witness the man who was to become th...

Bulls has a rich history curated by its museum

We Raided Fords Archives for an Inside Look at its Le Mans Triumph A.J. Baime © William Mebane "You better win." Of all the historic events in motor racing, none trumps the moment three Ford GT40s took the checkered flag together at Le Mans on June 19, 1966. Arguably, of course. The story has been told often—in books, articles, and in 2019’s Disney feature Ford v Ferrari. It was the first time an American manufacturer won the most important sports-car race in the world. ...

Sunday, 14 February 2021, 6:11 pm A huge weekend for Rowan Shepherd brought two more wins on Sunday at the third round of the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship and propelled him into the points lead ahead of Simon Evans and Ryan Wood. Rowan Shepherd (leading) now heads the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship after three race wins at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon. Picture Bruce Jenkins Sunday started well for Wood as he got his own title challenge in the championship back on track with a crucial win...

Champion Matthew Payne with the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. Picture Bruce Jenkins In the process he added his name to an impressive list of former TRS champions. An impressive 25% of the current F1 field are TRS graduates and the FIA F2 and F3 championships are also bristling with racers who’ve competed and won in TRS. Matthew Payne could well be another significant graduate and champion in years to come based on his dominance in 2021. Payne has won five TRS races since Shane van Gisbergen�...

Picture Tayler Burke Two on-track penalties totalling ten seconds were enough to relegate a dominant Matthew Payne from first to second in Race 3 on Sunday morning at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon – the penultimate one in this year’s COVID-shortened championship. It meant Billy Frazer, who finished second on the road, inherited the win. It was his first in this year’s Castrol Toyota Racing Series. Payne - who had record pace in qualifying when setting his best laps - pulled up to the start ...

Saturday, 13 February 2021, 4:12 pm Payne had a comfortable lead early on and never looked back. Starting from the front with a time that would have put him on pole for the hotly-contested NZ Grand Prix at the challenging and fast Circuit Chris Amon in 2020, Payne made a clean getaway and was quickly into his stride. He had established a lead of two seconds within the first four laps and then pushed that out to over four seconds at the halfway mark. A drive without any mistakes left nothing in...