the GP drivers graceful exit from the seat

 found on http://networkedblogs.com/Vd0ys thanks to Chris

Gurney, Reventlow, Bondurant, and Miles were all racing in San Diego in '56... not on a racetrack, or parking lot, but on the Montgomery municipal airport

found on http://thechicaneblog.com/ and here's the info

Del Mar had shut down in Feb 56 and yet, so many racers loved San Diego (it was far from the crazy LA scene, and across the border from anything goes Tijuana)  a relatively small city that they kept coming back to race here.

San Diego has 5 or 6 muni airports, and I can't imagine they had much going on in the 50's... I go to Montgomery to buy avgas and it's not busy at all.

racing at Del Mar Jan 56

and in the Oct of 55


all from http://thechicaneblog.com/tag/john-mcclure/

in a bio pic documentary on Jack Johnson (boxing champ) has a race between him and Barney Oldfield!

Skip to 26 minutes 10 seconds. Oldfield in a Knox, Johnson in a Locomobile
only lasts til minute 30

Found on http://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/blog/oldfield-vs-jack-johnson

reporter tags along with Bob Burman around Indianapolis in 1909.. it's a hell of a bumpy filthy noisy ride.

Bob Burman, Land Speed world record setter in the Blitzen Benz on Ormand Beach

Found on http://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/articles/indianapolis-speedway-first-races-8

Fun stuff found on Volksrod

Coolest dash board you can think of right?

2 points if you recognize Ol Dad in the photo below

All just a sample of the cool stuff on http://volksrat23.blogspot.co.uk/

cooling the inboard brakes during a pit stop on the Lotus 72

Found on http://flaviogomes.warmup.com.br/2012/09/enigma-do-dia-50/#comments , where if Google will translate for you, you can read about it , or here http://autoentusiastas.blogspot.com.br/2009_06_01_archive.html

It's going to be a good year for racing!

Texas Motor Speedway March 21-23 2014

 The weekend will be LOADED with events

http://ultimatestreetcarassociation.com/

that very thin edge between racing and wrecking... was the brakes failing in this 1924 Bugatti.

found on http://flaviogomes.warmup.com.br/

I wonder how well the safety wheels worked?

Foudn on http://goawaygarage.blogspot.com/ 

racing, what it means to the great F1 drivers

Found on http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/11/racing-racing-drivers-history-video/#continued

what it is like to be next to the track at a NASCAR race

Found on http://twentytwowords.com/

A movie about the Targa Florio is coming

the early Targa Florio Race story that is being told by the upcoming movie Pistons, Passions and Sicilian Pleasures and the publication The Belle Epoque of the Targa Florio Races, a new book written by David Biggins and Antonio Lombardi

The first Targa Florio was organized by Italian enthusiast Vincenzo Florio in 1906. The race at that time was a three lap event over a 92.7-mile circuit on the island of Sicily. Alessandro Cagno in an Itala won the event, taking 9.5 hours to finish, while averaging 29 mph for the run: Carlo Graziani was second in another Itala, and Paul Bablot in a Berliet was third. Florio a prominent Sicilian had previously initiated the Coppa Brescia held in Italy and first run there in 1900. It was renamed the Coppa Florio in 1905 after he offered the initial prize money and a trophy for the race.

Found on http://theoldmotor.com/?p=112112

some well edited clips of the 1933 Gran Prix races

Found on http://flaviogomes.warmup.com.br/