Newly acquired images - period obscurities to recently taken photographs. We’re always on the look out!
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CLASSIC LINE-UP OF CURVACEOUS 250F'S - Horace Gould's private entry sits in the foreground, ahead of Fangio and Menditeguy's 'works' entries in Argentina in 1958.
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TOP TEN RESULT - the ASA Cachia-Bondy entered Carrera RSR finished a creditable tenth overall in 1974 Le Mans and fourth in class, seen here rounding Mulsanne corner.
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KICKING UP THE DUST IN PORTUGAL - Auriol with co-driver Occelli suffered an engine failure on stage four of the Portuguese rally in 1992, in an event won by Kankkunen and Piironen in the sister car.
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'REBEL READ' - Phil Read, MBE, is notable for being the first competitor to win World Championships in 125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc classes. He also won eight Isle of Man TT's. Legend.
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PORSCHE CONVOY - Ballot-Lena and Elford's Carrera RSR passes the stricken NART Ferrari 365 GTB/4 of Paoli and Couderc through the 'Esses' at Le Mans in 1974.
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EQUIPO FERRARI - the four Ferrari's made a clean sweep of the first four positions at the Venezuelan Grand Prix, a 1000 kms race held in Caracas in 1957.
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FIVE TIME WINNER - Bell won the Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans on five occasions and in 1974 finished fourth, having paired with ex-motorcycle ace, Mike Hailwood.
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REFUELLING BEFORE RETIREMENT - Von Trips sits patiently in his Porsche 718 RSK, before retiring on the penultimate lap.
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THE BEGINNING OF A LEGEND - Ferry Porsche overseas the very first Porsche (356-001) at the 1955 International Porsche Treffen starting from Merano in Italy.
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TOURIST TROPHY - Ascari and teammate Villoresi suffered retirement fifteen laps from the end due to differential failure.
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TIFOSI ON THE HILLSIDE - Bandini, partnered by Baghetti, finished second to the 'sister' Ferrari Dino 246 SP at the 1962 Targa Florio in Sicily.
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THE GREATEST ROAD RACE CIRCUIT - The legendary Targa Florio of 1958 was won by the Italian, Musso and his Belgian teammate, Gendebien.
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TWISTY STREETS - Coco and Arena power through the streets on their way to a highly commendable seventh overall and first in class at the 1962 Targa Florio.
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EXITING ARNAGE - Gonzalez and teammate Trintignant won a thrilling, but wet 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Gonzalez also setting the Fastest Lap of the race.
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PERHAPS THE GREATEST? - Nuvolari contemplates the race ahead, which sadly finished with flames shooting from the exhaust of his Maserati 8CM.
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LONG BEACH - Villeneuve passes a pair of 'models' during the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in 1982 in his Ferrari 126C2.
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BATHING IN THE PRE-RACE SUNSHINE - The Porsche 917K of Hobbs and Hailwood did not make the finish due to a crash avoiding Facetti's Alfa Romeo.
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GENEVA SALON CAR - After leaving Geneva the beautiful 375 MM Berlinetta entered the Le Mans 24 Hours, but ended up in the sand, despite the attempt of Count Baggio to extricate it.
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HOTEL DE FRANCE - A solitary Ford GT40 leaves the garage at La Chartre-sur-le-Loir for the short drive to Le Mans for the 1968 Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans.
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ECURIE BRAILLARD - Le Mans winner Sommer was entered by the Swiss Team, but his 'Monza' was still in his distinctive light blue colour, as opposed to the red and white colours of the other team cars.
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THE FLAG DROPS - Moss leads away in his Rob Walker entered Cooper T51 from Behra and Brabham. The race was won by 'Black Jack', after Moss suffered Colotti gearbox woes.
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NURBURGRING - Ickx completes a grand slam with Pole, Fastest Lap and Victory on the daunting 14 mile Nordschleife in 1972.
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SOFT TOP PORSCHE - The calm before the storm in an open top Porsche, with the bonnet securely affixed to the bumper.
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ABSOLUTE RECORD - Francois Cevert set the 'absolute record' for the Ollon-Villars Hillclimb in 1971 in his Tecno F2 in a time of 3 minutes, 47 seconds and 5 tenths.
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DEFENDING WORLD SPEEDWAY CHAMPION - Olsen won the World title on three occasions in 1971, '75 and '78, but had an off season by his standards in 1976 missing out on World Final Qualification.
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THE BOSS TO BE? - Nuvolari chats with Ugo Ricordi, a former Mercedes-Benz driver and soon to be the Italian representative of Auto Union, for who Tazio was to sign for in 1937.
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WINNING CAR - 'The Silver Fox', Piero Taruffi, won the last ever Mille Miglia around Italy in 1957 aboard the curvaceous Ferrari 315 Sport.
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SPITFIRE PILOT.
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FERRARI 250 GT LWB INTERIM - A true 'classic', the winning car of Gendebien and Bianchi sits in the square of Forcalquier during the 1959 'Tour de France'.
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A CLASSIC HAT-TRICK - Ascari stormed to Pole, set Fastest Lap and took Victory at Silverstone in 1953 on his way to his second World Championship.
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'DAKOTA'.
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TOTAL CONCENTRATION - Fangio turns in to La Source in 1955, having started second, he won from teammate Moss on his way to the World Championship that year.
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'HIS BEST F1 DRIVE' - Stirling held off the mighty Ferrari 156 'Sharknose' cars of Ginther, Hill and von Trips for 100 laps of the twisty street circuit of Monte Carlo in 1961. Classic.
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CIRCUIT NATIONAL DE FRANCORCHAMPS - Having started from the pit lane 'MotorSport' described Berger's move on Blundell as 'loutish behaviour', taking both of them off in the process.
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PORSCHE SNAKE - Polensky and von Frankenberg at the head of the 'snake' finished a remarkable fourth overall, first in class at the 1955 Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans.
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PLUCKY ITALIANS - Castellotti and Taruffi, both Mille Miglia winners, finished sixth overall at Tourist Trophy held at Dundrod, behind a 1-2-3 of Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR's.
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BRESCIA - The 'British' Austin-Healey' attracts a mixed response from the ardent Italian crowd - sadly this pretty little car failed to finish in 1956.
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CREW INSPECTION - Looking smart and orderly, the air crew are inspected in front of a pair of Lockheed Hudson light bombers.
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ITALIAN MASTER, VACCARELLA, DRIFTS THROUGH A SICILIAN VILLAGE - Nino and teammate Bonnier finished third at the 1962 Targa Florio in their bright orange Porsche 718 GTR.
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OSTERREICHRING - With the giant Mercedes-Benz star as a back drop, Senna powers his Lotus 97T through the turns at the 1985 Austrian Grand Prix, where he finished second.
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SPEEDWAY.
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MOSS IS PUSHED TO THE START LINE - Mechanic Eric Hind and Manager Reg Parnell roll the DBR1/300 to the line for the 1958 Targa Florio.
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TOTAL CONCENTRATION - Moss looks pensive before the start of the 1958 Targa Florio, which he retired at with gearbox issues.
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SMILES, DESPITE THE TRAGEDY - Hawthorn and Bueb won the infamous Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans 1955 in their D-type, which claimed over eighty lives, partly triggered by Hawthorn.
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PEERING IN TO CAPTURE THE DETAIL - Every Ferrari caught the imagination of the public, but especially the winning 315 Sport of Taruffi.
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RUNNER-UP IN THE 1972 CAN-AM SEASON - Hulme's M20 carried out testing at the Goodwood Circuit in 1972, prior to being shipped to the US for nine Championship races.
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BONNIER AND VON TRIPS LOOK FOR INSPIRATION - Looking up to the pit counter and presumably Team Manager von Hanstein, their 718 RSK succumbed to terminal failure.
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CHURCHILL & MONTGOMERY.
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AUTOMOBILI OSCA - Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili constructed this pair of 1500cc beauties, but sadly neither were classified at the end of the 1954 Le Mans 24 Hours.
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ADAC EIFELRENNEN - Scuderia Subalpina entered 'Phi-Phi' Etancelin in the ageing Maserati 6C-34 against the might of German opposition from Auto Union and Daimler-Benz for the 1935 Eifelrennen.
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REG PARNELL LOOKS TROUBLED - Perhaps he knew that the gearbox would not survive the first lap, whilst Mechanic, Eric Hind, shares a laugh.
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V8 RUMBLE THROUGH THE SICILIAN STREETS - Bondurant, partnered with Phil Hill retired on the penultimate lap with suspension failure.
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GLAMOROUS LADIES - A really cool shot of a pair of beautiful ladies standing behind the pit counter at the sunny Nurburgring.
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DEEP IN THOUGHT - McLaren ponders the British Grand Prix of 1964. He needn't have worried as he only lasted seven of the eighty laps completed by the winner, Jim Clark.
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THREE SECONDS TO THE OFF - Scarlatti and Ferraro finished the ten lap race in fourth overall after seven and a quarter hours of hard racing, in their gorgeous 250 GTO.
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THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM - The gorgeous Ferrari 250 TR 58 awaits the off before finishing first in the hands of Musso and Gendebien at the 1958 Targa Florio.
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MEDAL PRESENTATION.
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DETROIT - The street circuit of Detroit, Michigan provides an super backdrop to the turbocharged Ferrari 156/85 of Alboreto, who started and finished third.
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THE LOCALS PEER FROM THE MOUNTAIN - A beautiful Osca rounds the tight hairpin in Collesano during the Targa Florio of 1962.
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GETHIN DIVES INSIDE REVSON - Ahead lie Motschenbacher and race winner Hulme in an identical M8D.
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1ST INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB, VUE DES ALPES - De Graffenried claimed overall victory at Valangin on 6 June 1948 on his Maserati 4CL.
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'THE FLYING MANTUAN' - The great Italian stood just 160 cm tall, but was built of steel and could hustle cars of the magnitude of his Maserati 8CM with great gusto.
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ASTON MARTIN VICTORY - Whilst Aston Martin won this famous race in their DBR1/300 after 323 laps, this super DB4 GT was the second car to retire after only 21 laps.
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CHAPARRAL CARS INC. - The 2J, known as the 'Sucker Car' was a fan sports car driven by all-rounder Vic Elford during the 1970 season.
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CIRCUIT NATIONAL DE FRANCORCHAMPS - Patrese qualified on the third row of the grid for the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix in the gorgeous BT52, designed by Gordon Murray.
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CORNERING HARD AT THE TARGA - The Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ appears to have its windscreen wipers taped to the screen, clearly expecting a dry race.
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SCRUTINEERING IN THE BASKETBALL HALL - The gorgeous Ferrari 340 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta gets a close looks from eagle eyes.
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A 'GO-KART' WITH A MASSIVE ENGINE - Don Nicholls, leaning on the roll bar, checks the cramped cockpit of Elford's AVS Shadow.
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CONTROL POINT IN RAVENNA - Von Trips was in the lead at the first check point, but lost out to teammate Taruffi along the way.
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RUNNERS-UP - Moss and Collins, either side of the winning Ecurie Ecosse D-type of Flockhart and Sanderson, took the fight to the Scottish team but ended up one lap shy of overall victory.
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PAPAYA PERFECTION - Hulme's glorious M8D sits on the grid before taking race victory at Mid-Ohio in 1970.
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CIRCUIT NATIONAL DE FRANCORCHAMPS - Senna started fifth and finished one better, having 'chopped' Schumacher on the run down to Eau Rouge, with the German putting two wheels on the grass at over 100mph.
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RATICOSA PASS - Taruffi speeds along the Pass in his race winning Ferrari 315 Sport, the last ever victory at the famous race.
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BATTERED REMAINS AND THE VICTOR - Number 150 did not start the 1962 Targa Florio, but the Dino 246 SP (152) of Mairesse, Rodriguez and Gendebien did win the round the island 'classic'.
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OFFICINE ALFIERI MASERATI - The simply gorgeous 300S, driven by Behra and teammate Musso retired after an accident at the Tourist Trophy, in which poor Behra lost an ear.
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OVERSTEERING AROUND THE PRINCIPALITY - Hulme came in a lap ahead of 'Mr Monaco' Graham Hill during the 1967 Grand Prix de Monaco on his way to the F1 World Championship.
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MCLAREN MONSTERS - Teddy Mayer inspects the rear end of Denny Hulme's M8D for the Canadian-American Cup in 1970.
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SCUDERIA LANCIA - Fangio and Castellotti failed to finish the Tourist Trophy of 1954 in their D25, but they finished second and third respectively in their older D24's.
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MANSTON 1943 - Westland Whirlwind.
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ALL HANDS TO THE PUMP - The super Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL finished sixth overall, first in class at the 1960 Targa Florio.
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SLIPPERY WHEN WET - Fangio begins to slide the 290 MM as he grimaces in anticipation, but still managed to finish fourth overall in the classic round Italy road race of 1956.
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BRITISH EMPIRE TROPHY - The little Cooper T14 of Cliff Davis retired, despite hanging on for dear life, at the British Empire Trophy held on the Isle of Man in 1953.
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1-2 FOR FERRARI - Von Trips in '532' and Taruffi in '535' famously took a great victory in the last ever Mille Miglia, after de Portago and Nelson crashed killing themselves and a number of spectators.
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RACE WINNER AND CHAMPION ELECT - Hulme leads Motschenbacher, Revson and Gethin, with the Ferrari 512 S's of Adams and Rodriguez lurking at the back.
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SPEEDING AROUND THE ITALIAN COUNTRYSIDE - Taruffi drove an impeccable race to win the 1957 Mille Miglia, his crowning glory.
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SCUDERIA SANT AMBROEUS - This beautiful little 'Zagato' finished sixth overall and first in class in 1959 Targa Florio.
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WIMBLEDON - 1937 Men's Singles Final.
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MEXICANS INVADE SICILY - Rally 'ace' Waldegaard, who shared the pretty Porsche with 'Dickie' Attwood, screams through the Sicilian landscape on their way to fifth overall.
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VICTORY IN MID-OHIO - Hulme's M8D sits in front of the rostrum with the winning cup sitting proudly behind the engine bay.
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A COBRA IN THE HOLDING AREA - Gurney and Grant finished eighth overall and first in class in the 1964 Targa Florio aboard their brutish Shelby Cobra.
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CART WORLD SERIES - Mexican, Adrian Fernandez, finished eleventh at the Milwaukee Mile Speedway in 1996 driving his Honda powered Lola T9600.
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GENDEBIEN RETIRES - The Belgian, coupled with Phil Hill, standing below the number 23, failed to finish due to Pinion failure at the 1959 Targa Florio.
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BONDURANT CHASES MOTSCHENBACHER - The number eleven McLaren M12 finished on the podium at Road Atlanta in 1970.
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SQUADRON LEADER H.ST J COGHLAN.
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ALL TO PLAY FOR - The diminutive Alpine sadly did not make a great impression on the round the island race losing a wheel spindle in an accident on the very first lap.
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THE 'SUCKER CAR' - Elford in Chaparral 2J has the inside line with Denny Hulme in the Mclaren M8D on the outside.
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TEDDY MAYER LOOKS PERTURBED - Mayer, to the right of the cockpit, listens to Peter Gethin, who retired his M8D with camshaft failure.
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CARL A. HAAS RACING TEAMS, INC. - Playboy Peter Revson finished second at Mid-Ohio in his Lola T220, driving for the legendary Carl Haas.
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JUST OFF THE PODIUM - Parsons finished fourth at Mid-Ohio in 1970, with a spirited drive behind the more powerful McLaren's and Lola.
