Month: June 2021

“Read All About it!” – The Morning ‘Paper That Saved British Road-Racing
- Racing Daydreams
- 27 June 2021
- Ards TT
- belfast
- Mercedes-Benz
- motor racing
- motor sport
- motorsport
- Northern Ireland
- RAC
- TT
It’s easy to think that ‘disruptors’ are a modern phenomenon. People who refuse to accept that their idea can’t & won’t revolutionise their field of expertise… or their part of the world. But what are Wallace McLeod & Harry Ferguson if not ‘disruptors’? Men of vision and, more importantly, action! You will likely have heard […]
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Racing Nightmare
- Racing Daydreams
- 11 June 2021
- Le Mans
- Mercedes-Benz
- motor racing
- motor sport
- motorsport
- Sports car racing
Today – June 11th – is the anniversary of the tragedy at the 1955 24 Heures du Mans. What is there left to say? Two thoughts… rather one thought, and a plea. When I consider Pierre ‘Levegh’ on W196S #0006/55 I remember first the gesture to Fangio. A hand signal. Warning of the danger. A […]
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Keeping One Eye on the Past
- Racing Daydreams
- 2 June 2021
- belfast
- heritage
- history
- motoring
- Northern Ireland
A nation that keeps one eye on the past is wise. A nation that keeps two eyes on the past is blind Unknown So reads the wisdom on the wall of The Garrick Bar – a Belfast institution. It has seen a lot of laughter & tears from the corner of Chichester Street and Montgomery […]
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