The Cool Cat And The French Minx – Annie Soisbault and her cheetah Cheeta Steve Swanson Articles 1 Comment Sometimes motorsport heroes are linked with a furry companion. Currently we have Lewis and his bulldogs. Previously there was Donald Campbell and his...
World’s Biggest Skid – Craig Breedlove’s Spirit of America Darryl Sleath Articles 1 Comment We love skidding; always have. But it was only last week when we were filming a new little feature for XCAR on the British Land Speed Record cars...
Whitney Straight – The Maserati Maestro Fighter Pilot Steve Swanson Articles 3 Comments Sometimes you stumble upon a character from the past whose life was so exotic, admirable and adventurous you think, ‘This bloke‘s a legend’....
Camille Jenatzy -The Tally-Ho Hero’s Hero Darryl Sleath Articles Jenatzy was a larger-than-life Belgian race car driver at a time when most the Flatland’s turnip-eating peasantry wouldn’t have even seen a motor...
Ben Carlin and the World’s only circumnavigation by amphibious vehicle Darryl Sleath Articles, Road Rallies In 1950 Ben Carlin left Halifax, Nova Scotia, on a circumnavigation of the globe by sea and land that would take eight years to complete – an...
Pape’s Progress – The Automotive Adventures of a Tally-Ho hero and his Austin A90 Steve Swanson Articles, Roadtripping 4 Comments In July 1955, an Austin A90 Westminster departed London on a mission to venture where no motorcar had gone before: a journey of seventeen thousand...
Ralph Bagnold – Long Ranger and Tally Ho Hero Steve Swanson Articles 1 Comment Ralph Bagnold is one of those Brits who quietly went about doing great things. He was a soldier, innovator, explorer, and feted amateur scientist....
Farewell to a Tally-ho Hero – Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss Darryl Sleath Articles Few would dare argue that Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss was anything less than a national treasure and proper VIP member of MotorPunk’s ‘Tally-ho...
Tally-ho heroine: Wendy Markey Rich Duisberg Articles 5 Comments Racing is a ruddy expensive business. The lower formulas are full of folks funding racing with remortgages, loans or by simply living off Aldi baked...
