The World’s First Two Wheeled Motorcycle Burnout
We have a deep and abiding love of engineering here at Silodrome, so when Gregor Halenda contacted me and mentioned that he and a…
Films
1982 United States Grand Prix West – Full Race
The 1982 United States Grand Prix West was commonly known as the “Long Beach Grand Prix”, the race was held on the city streets…
Why I Ride – Episode 1
Why I Ride is a new series that’ll be released in relatively short 4 – 5 minute episodes online, this is the first episode…
Ingenuity In Action – 1959 NHRA Hot Rod Film
Ingenuity In Action is a 1959 film about drag racing that was produced by Hot Rod Magazine – a publication that’s still in print…
The Original Blade Runner Sketchbook – Featuring The Art Of Syd Mead
The original Blade Runner Sketchbook is a fascinating look into the minds of the people responsible for the film that would go onto become…
A Study in Steel – Circa 1935
“No. 6207 A Study in Steel” is a 1935 documentary about the processes required to build a steam engine, it starts with bare sheet…
Roasted: A Coffee Documentary
Roasted: A Coffee Documentary is a 25 minute long documentary about Chuck Patton and his company, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters. It’s a fantastic personal insight…
1990 Monaco Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1L8d43dFHY The 1990 Monaco Grand Prix was a dramatic affair, the young French newcomer Jean Alesi was setting a remarkably quick pace and Ayrton Senna…
1983 Daytona 200
The 1983 Daytona 200 was supposed to be the last Daytona outing for “King” Kenny Roberts, he’d been talking about maybe retiring and many…
2013 FIA GT Series – Belgium – Full Race
The 2013 FIA GT Series is a wonderful thing to watch, it’s a racing series that contains the McLaren MP4-12C GT3, the Audi R8 LMS ultra, the Lamborghini…
One Man’s Dream – The Britten Bike Story
“One Man’s Dream – The Britten Bike Story” is a documentary film that was made in the mid-1990s about one of the world’s most…
Onboard With Gerhard Berger – Estoril 1989 Formula 1 Grand Prix
Sometimes it’s fantastic to drop the commentary, lose the onscreen graphics, forget about the advertising and get back to basics. So with that in mind, we thought it’d be good to bring you a full Formula One grand prix from the driver’s perspective. The race in question is the Portuguese Estoril 1989 Grand Prix and the camera is mounted just to the right of the head of Gerhard Berger, on his staggeringly unreliable 3.5 litre Ferrari 640.