The Magazine

Stirling Back on Track!

Sir Stirling Moss, in his first race since breaking both ankles in a fall down his lift shaft earlier this year, made a glorious comeback at the wheel of his little OSCA FS372 in Saturday’s Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy race at the Silverstone Classic. Enjoying a friendly ‘grudge match’ against rock star Chris Rea, who was driving a Lotus VI in the same class, Sir Stirling drove with characteristic speed and professional precision, much to the delight of the crowds.
Although Chris Rea and co-driver Richard Hodson qualified nine places on the grid ahead of Sir Stirling and co-driver Ian Nuthall, Moss’s familiar red OSCA climbed steadily up the field, until Sir Stirling was leading the class. But, with just 10 minutes of the hour-long race still to run, he was forced to pull into the pits and retire when his gearbox stuck in fourth – gifting the class victory to Rea and Hodson. “We were flying and I really enjoyed it,” said Moss afterwards.

(text Charis Whitcombe; photos courtesy Motor Racing Legends)

Saturday, 31 July 2010

The Spirit of Le Mans

As in the past years the fifth edition of the Le Mans Classic 2010 has been a huge success. Around 100.000 spectators enjoyed three days of spectacular racing. For those who missed it (and of course those who were there) French photographer Laurent Nivalle put a lot of his pictures on line. Enjoy his website! He sure is a great photographer, as not only proven by his racing pictures, but also by his photo of ‘Inès and her Solex’.

(photos courtesy Laurent Nivalle)

Friday, 30 July 2010

For that great taste!

After yesterday’s prewar ice-cream we also found you some postwar cookies. Bought at a local market they sure tasted great and we became anxious to know more about them. We found that they are made in Belgium by Starbrook Airlines, which is the name of an imaginative airline company. And if you don’t like postwar cookies, there’s also some prewar chocolate!

(photo by editor JB)

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Can you beat his record?

American Irv Gordon has just turned 70, but isn’t sitting at home. Instead he drives his 1966 Volvo P1800S as much as he can to reach his goal: Three million miles by the time he reaches his 73nd birthday! When Gordon, a retired science teacher from East Patchogue, N.Y., purchased his Volvo in June 1966 he immediately fell in love with it, driving 1,500 miles in the first 48 hours. With a 125-mile round-trip daily commute, a fanatical dedication to vehicle maintenance and a passion for driving, Gordon logged 500,000 miles in 10 years. The Volvo’s odometer now stands at 2.8 million miles and with every time he drives, Gordon has his mind set at obtaining a record that will be very hard to beat.

(photo courtesy Volvo)

Wednesday, 28 July 2010