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Ducati F1 Tracker by Marcus Moto Design

Ben Branch May 3, 2011
  • Flat Trackers
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Swedish

Sometimes a bike comes along stops you in your tracks and forces you to take a second look. This is one such bike. Created…

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1925 Auto Races – Laurel, Maryland

Ben Branch May 3, 2011
  • American
  • Cars
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Vintage

Imagine a 1⅛-mile NASCAR track made entirely from wooden planks. It sounds insane but it’s how motor racing got started in the US. This…

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1964 Harley-Davidson XLR-TT

Ben Branch April 30, 2011
  • American
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Vintage

  The Harley-Davidson XLR-TT roared onto the scene in 1958 and remained in low-volume production until 1969, depending on which experts you listen to,…

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Vintage Crashes – NASCAR Edition

Ben Branch April 21, 2011
  • American
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Vintage

  So far as vintage crashes go this one’s a doozy (to use period appropriate phraseology). Daytona International Speedway in early 1960 saw the single…

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Sharknose Ferrari – Nürburgring – 1961

Ben Branch April 16, 2011
  • Cars
  • Formula 1
  • Italian
  • Racing
  • Vintage

Phil Hill in the Sharknose Ferrari 156 doing what he did best. Ben BranchArticles that Ben has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics,…

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Board Track Racing Car #5

Ben Branch April 14, 2011
  • American
  • Cars
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Vintage

Building a motor racing stadium out of a highly flammable material, strapping on a leather helmet, climbing into a vehicle with no discernible braking…

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The American Aston Martin

Ben Branch April 13, 2011
  • American
  • British
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Vintage

I had never seen an Aston Martin Bertone DB2/4 before this week, it turns out only 3 of them were ever made and this…

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Steve McQueen and the 450hp Dune Buggy

Ben Branch April 11, 2011
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This is the “Baja Boot”, a 450hp, 4×4 dune buggy built by Vic Hickey – one of GM’s top automotive engineers in the late 1960s….

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Harold Park Paceway – Deus Ex Machina

Ben Branch April 10, 2011
  • Australian
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

Just in case you need more evidence that the guys at Deus Ex Machina have lives that are an order of magnitude cooler than…

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Senna Overtakes Schumacher, Prost and Hill On The Greatest First Lap Ever

Ben Branch April 6, 2011
  • Cars
  • Formula 1
  • Racing

As soon as I call this “The Greatest First Lap Ever” some clever bastard will come along and find something better. Although I don’t…

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The $275,000 Ferrari Book

Ben Branch March 31, 2011
  • Art
  • Italian
  • Photography
  • Racing

Yes you read that right, book, not car. This diamond encrusted book is called “The Official Ferrari Opus” and it comes in at more than…

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Onboard With Juan Manuel Fangio – 1957 Modena, Italy

Ben Branch March 30, 2011
  • Cars
  • Formula 1
  • Italian
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This captivating onboard video is from a time when helmets were an afterthought, tires were the width of your necktie and Schumachers made shoes….

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