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Virtual Motorpix

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The Monza 1000km: 1965-2008

Key Information Author: Aldo Zana Publisher: Giorgio NADA Editore Year: 2016 Format: Hardcover Dimensions: 150 x 22 x 210mm Pages: 408 Price: £80.00 ISBN: 9788879116268         The author starts his book, The Monza 1000km: 1965-2008, by calling the first chapter, the years between 1965-1971, the ‘Golden Years' and he is not the only one to do so. While … [Read More...]

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Porsche 956/962

“Towards the end of the ‘70s a lack of manufacturer enthusiasm to develop new cars for the existing Group 5 and Group 6 categories loomed. For Porsche, 1976 and 1977 saw victories at Le Mans with the 936 but in 1978 Renault snatched a win with the A442, while Kremer revelled in the glory of an unexpected victory in 1979 with their 935 K3. After the 1979 season, the three factory 936s went into … [Read More...]

Ferrari 250 GTO at the Ferrari 60th anniversary event at Silverstone in 2007

Ferrari 250 GTO: a raw beauty

Ask any young boy to name his favourite race car, and it would almost certainly be Ferrari. Its name conjures images of beauty, elegance and raw power. The pure magnetism of the Ferrari name has been achieved as a result of countless motor sport victories around the world. Despite stiff opposition and often against every odd. In the 1950s and 60s Enzo Ferrari’s only interest was in winning … [Read More...]

Photographing Cobras

Motor racing in the 1960s produced, without doubt, some of the most colourful characters and some of the most iconic racing cars. With the subject of my next book being on the racing AC Cobras, I have chronicled below some of the joys and challenges of photographing Cobras. Once motor racing had got under way in the 1950s after the low of the previous decade, the years of inactivity in the … [Read More...]

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