Dan Scanlan samples the latest sophisticated Supercar from McLaren.
And, he wants one!
New Zealander Bruce McLaren began building open-wheel racecars in 1964, his M1A such a winner that he built 24 for others. His company's tradition of building championship-winning machines - F1 cars as well as Can-Am, Formula 5000 and Formula 2 and 3 and Indy - continued after his death in 1970. They proudly flew the Bruce McLaren Motor Racing orange livery. High-performance street cars were...
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Martyn Schorr
’70 PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD: VITAMIN C!
Ron Charity’s Dad bought this winged Road Runner Superbird new and
it’s still in the family!
The story of Ron Charity’s ‘70 Plymouth began in August 1969, when the 440 four-speed Superbird rolled off the line at Chrysler’s Hamtramck plant in Michigan for delivery to Sorenson’s Plymouth/Dodge in Toronto, Canada. Ron and his Dad were going car shopping, driving a small-block ‘67 Chevelle 327 on Sheppard Avenue. Their first stop was Hudson’s Chevrolet to check out an orange ‘70 Pontiac GT...
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BOSS 429 GPT-SPECIAL TORINO: POTEET POWER!
Bonneville racer George Poteet nails Street Machine of the Year honors.
Under brilliant sunshine and in front of record crowds, Tennessee’s George Poteet collected the Goodguys 2013 Optima Batteries Street Machine of the Year award for his vintage NASCAR-inspired ’69 Ford Torino at the Goodguys 16th PPG Nationals in Columbus, OH.
Poteet’s Torino captures the essence of hot rodding’s current trend of blending retro styling cues from bygone eras with modern technology and masterful bui...
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LAND SPEED RECORD BREAKERS: BLUEBIRDS AT BEAULIEU!
Sir Malcolm Campbell’s world-famous Bluebird V joins the two other Bluebird record breakers at UK’s National Motor Museum.
Sir Malcolm Campbell set a land speed record of 276.82 mph in the Bluebird V at Daytona Beach, FL, in February 1935. He then went on to become the first person to exceed 300 mph when he set a record of 301.129 mph in it at Bonneville in September.
This is only the second time in the vehicle’s history that Bluebird V has crossed the Atlantic from its home at the Dayt...
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CALLAWAY CORVETTE C7: FIA GT3 ROAD RACER!
Callaway Competition GmbH, Leingarten, Germany, is developing a program for turning a new Stingray C7 into a GT3 racecar.
Callaway, like all builders of International racecars, first requires authorization from manufacturers, like Chevrolet, before submitting mandatory homologation forms to the FIA. Callaway has just received the required letter of authorization from Chevrolet, and has become the appointed specialist representative for building and holding the homologation papers of the...
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