Archive for the ‘Racing Ephemera’ Category

Quarter Mile Miniskirts

Why contemporary fashion photographers and art directors haven’t continued to place fashion in the least delicate of settings, I couldn’t say, but when the editors of Vogue decided to stage this shoot at the Irwindale Raceway for their April ’67 issue they hit upon something magical. The juxtaposition is beyond perfect. Particularly in the mod looks featured here, the contrast of the minimal but space-aged fashions with the madness of the drags cannot be beat.

Complete spread at Bubble Visor. Hot as hell.

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Somebody Always Wants to Ruin a Good Thing

What a tremendous drag that The Stig’s identity has been outed in British court. I won’t reveal it here, but if you’re interested a search will tell all. Boo!

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Manilla Garage Envy

Lurking around the boards on The Garage Journal is always a great way to completely destroy your productivity. It’s packed with ideas for your next garage project—or fantasy. Abstamaria’s garage in the Philippines is enough to make you go completely mad with envy—at least it was for me. The you-could-eat-off-it floor; the expanding archive shelving for spare parts (!); the endless row of tool storage; it’s modernist nirvana. Corbu would be proud.

The restraint in keeping the walls free from racing posters is beyond the control I’d be able to exhibit, but it serves to make the cars the centerpiece of this space. At first glance, to call it a mere ‘garage’ is almost an insult. The fact that this is a working garage with an impressive array of tools and spares means that to call it a ‘gallery’ is the truer insult. Well done, sir.

Not bad taste in cars either.

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Slot Cars are Serious Business

Dress codes will be enforced.

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The Right Shoe for the Job


Motor racing is no excuse to not wear your most dashing pair of loafers. Just ask 1960 LeMans winner Paul Frere.

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Enzo Ferrari Bio-Comic


Flickr user Malcolm Mitchell has uploaded a translated version of the 1997 French language comic book commemorating the 50th anniversary of Ferrari’s first race. The comic book, illustrated by Patrick Leseur and written by Dominique Pascal, follows Enzo’s journey from disinterested schoolboy to racing pioneer to businessman and icon. Although the storytelling can be a bit dry as we enter the years where each panel is just a new road car’s debut, there’s still a lot of information here about the Commendatore.

Malcolm has the entire comic translated to english (by Desmond Tumulty) and available for viewing, so click on over.

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New Racing “Video” Game

Artist Malte Jehmlich’s created a physical world “video” game where a player sits in a console watching the POV camera mounted on an RC car driving around a cardboard track in the next room. The fact that he labeled the cabinet “Nürburgring Power-Slide” sealed the deal on me featuring it here.

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Grand Prix Guide ’74

I’m often envious of Mister Jalopy’s garage sale reports, but this installment really took me over the edge. Each of these helmet graphics would make a fantastic t-shirt design… hmm….

Update:

There’s a copy of this on eBay with a Buy it Now price of $24.99. Happy bidding!

Somebody bought it—was it one of you?

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Finnish Cycle Racing Stickers

How great would these be on your toolbox or in the back window of your pickup?

More at kakeh.com via Death Spray Custom.

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That sucker totaled out his iron!

Grand Prix Comics, Issue 27

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