"We've always had a soft spot for Santa Pod Raceway. So when we stumbled across these shots on The Selvedge Yard recently, we had to give you the heads up. RAF Podington had been disused since the 1950s - but "
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Sideburn Art
"Our friends and colleagues over at Sideburn Magazine are going from strength to strength. As some of the leading purveyors of automotive culture in print - they are putting on sale some lovely hi quality prints from the production of "
Zadig Motorcyles Salander
"It certainly looks like a death trap - but aren't the best motorcycles just a little bit frightening? And is the Salander – a build from Belgian workshop Zadig something to ride hard, or simply look at? We'd personally swing a "
The Ducati Scrambler: The Past Updated?
"In reviving their Scrambler from its forty year sleep Ducati seem have ripped up their usual business model. Famous for producing high performance, high tech machines for high earners this bike is a major departure. It is all about reasonably "
Culture – The Art of the Render
"We've always greatly admired artists who draw free hand. The digital technology at all our fingertips is no substitution for straightforward hand-eye artistry. Stumbled across this interesting video of Australian artist Byron Fitzpatrick this morning. It's a great insight of "
Blue Collar – Filmed in Detroit
"For our money Blue Collar is one of the greatest films about the realities of the car manufacturing industry The gritty 1978 movie, starring a straight-talking Richard Pryor and a brawny Harvey Keitel, was shot in the Ford River Rouge works "
Neil Young: Man and Motors
"Anyone that read Neil Young’s much lauded first memoir Waging Heavy Peace will know that he is a serious petrolhead. While Heavy Peace has much to say about the many and various motors that Young has owned and run "
Nitro Nights
"Out over here next year this hardback promises to be a visual feast for all Nitro Heads. It is a collection of photography that documents the famous March meet at the Famoso drag strip in Bakersfield, California, one of the "
A Prayer for Saint Volvo
"If you’re free on November 15th and have some cash in your wallet then get your hair coiffured, stick on a smart suit, head down to Silverstone Auctions and get bidding on this 1966 Volvo P1800S. You could drive "
The Return of The Flying Finn
"It’s exactly 30 years since Ari Vatanen won the UK stage of the World Rally Championship in the crazy days of Group B racing. This November Ari will be back in the UK for the Wales Rally GB (13th-16th "
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
"It had to happen. The most influential motorbike film is getting its sequel. It might be over forty years since Bruce Brown's totemic flick opened the world's eyes to the life-enhancing beauty of motorcycle racing - but that doesn't mean "
American Motorcycle Girls
"It's amazing, really that there are still so many associations between the words 'biker' and 'girls'. Do an online image search and see what you come up with. Pretty predictable really. It's all Back Street Heroes. The equation with boys, "
Banacek – Loss Adjuster Hero
"A recent run-in with a loss adjuster put me in mind of that greatest of all claims investigators, Thomas Banacek, and his eclectic motor collection. With the ten percent skim from the cash he saved the insurance moguls this cool "