Long Beach Formula 1 Grand Prix
The Long Beach Formula 1 Grand Prix was run between 1976 and 1984, I’m not sure which year this film is from although if I had to guess I’d say early-80s.
Racing
1951 Seafair Hydroplane Race Gold Cup
I love unusual, vintage racing. Don’t get me wrong, I love the more common varieties of vintage racing as well but there’s a special place in my heart for people who race weird or unusual machines. Like wooden V8 hydroplanes.
BMW 328 Hommage Concept
The original BMW 328 was built between 1936 and 1940, it was a highly advanced car for the time featuring a space frame chassis, remarkably good handling and a hemispherical combustion chamber engine.
Playland Park Speedway 1949
Love this video, filmed with a hand-held super-8 camera in 1949 it shows the stock car racing at the Playland Park Speedway in Indiana.
Maserati 450S Costin-Zagato Coupé
The 1957 Maserati 450S Costin-Zagato Coupé started life in 1956 as a convertible and was redesigned into a coupé in 1957 by Englishman Frank Costin, the car was built to Costin’s specifications by Zagato in Italy
Tommy Jemison’s 100mph Velocette Record
Tommy Jemison (pictured above) was the foreman of the NSW, Australia Velocette distributor, he raced very successfully and won a number of races including the Australian and NSW GP & TT 250 races at Bathurst,NSW in the years 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938.
Motorcycle Road Race – Indiana 1919
This great film features some of the top motorcycle racers of the day including Teddy Carroll, Red Parkhurst, Otto Walker, and Ralph Hepburn. If you watch till the end you’ll see Walter Davidson, President and co-founder of Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
1972 Harley-Davidson XR750 Flat Tracker
This all-original ’72 Harley-Davidson XR750 Flat Tracker was originally owned by AMA racer Davey Camlin, he used it as his primary race bike as an amateur and, then sold it when he went professional in order to buy a new XR.
1933 MG Magnette K-Type
This stunning 1933 MG Magnette K-Type was due to hit the Bonham’s auction block before being mysteriously withdrawn, rumour has it the owner had a change of heart and decided to keep it in his collection. It isn’t hard to see why.
Sandusky Speedway Supermodified Stock Car Racing – 1959
We’ve got both part 1 and part 2 here, these films feature the 1959 Sandusky Speedway Supermodified Stock Car qualifying and race with original commentary. It’s a shame they don’t still race like this really, the drivers are all blue-collar workers…
1961 E-Type Series 1 3.8 Lightweight
The E-Type Lightweight is a performance modified E-Type from 1961 that features aluminium bodywork to keep weight as low as possible, a close ratio gearbox, Weber carburettors, race tuned suspension and a slew of other upgrades.
The Beautiful Baby Bootlegger
The Baby Bootlegger is not, as the name may suggest, a bootlegger who imports babies. It is a boat that went on to revolutionise boats and it’s effect is still felt in the world of marine architecture to this day. Built in 1924 by George Crouch for wealthy Wall-Street bachelor Caleb Bragg, Bragg raced her in the 1924 and 1925 APBA Gold Cup and won on both outings (by over a minute and 16 seconds in 1925).