Myths & Curios
The Priest’s Bed
- Racing Daydreams
- 6 April 2021
- Enzo Ferrari
- Ferrari
- history
- Mille Miglia
- motor sport
- motorsport
- Nuvolari
- Scuderia Ferrari
- writing
This is a note I made, on the train And the boy said, “Speak to me of Achille.”. The old man shifted in the bed. Something had nipped him. “What does it matter? It’s over.”. The exclamation stealing his breath, he continued at a whisper. “It is finished. Soon we’ll be dust. Like Campari, like […]
Read More...Deal with Austrian Businessman Secures Daimler’s Racing Future
December 22nd 2020 will be the 120th anniversary of the first car, as we know it. Commissioned by the gentleman in the photo – Austrian businessman & diplomat, Emil Jellinek – the 35HP model was designed by Wilhelm Maybach and Paul Daimler. A purpose-made long & wide steel chassis. A powerful 5.9 litre 4-cylinder engine, […]
Read More...Spats in The Sand Pit – The Lost Tripoli Streamliner
- Racing Daydreams
- 15 November 2020
- Bahrain
- F1
- Grand Prix
- Libya
- Mercedes-Benz
- motor racing
- motor sport
- motorsport
- Tripoli
The 2020 Formula One titles have been decided and the teams are preparing to leave for Bahrain. This season – this mad year – we will see two races at the Bahrain International Circuit, the second of these being held on the high-speed outer circuit. Described variously as an oval(!), or like Thruxton – according […]
Read More...Neubauer, The Kilo & The Strippers – ’34 Eifelrennen
- Racing Daydreams
- 8 November 2020
- Grand Prix
- Mercedes-Benz
- motor racing
- motor sport
- motorsport
- Myth
- Nurburgring
I love a ‘Ripping Yarn’ – a ‘Tall Tale’ – a ‘Shaggy Dog Story’… and a myth or legend is a nice angle for marketing. Just ask the folks at Loch Ness. So let’s talk about ‘Grand Prix Nessie’ – the myth (?) that Alfred Neubauer of Mercedes-Benz ordered all the paint be stripped off […]
Read More...When Mercedes-Benz Comes Out to Play
- Racing Daydreams
- 7 November 2020
- F1
- Grand Prix
- Mercedes-Benz
- motor racing
- motor sport
- motorsport
The Mercedes-Benz Formula One demo at Goodwood Speedweek made me think of the day in June 1958 when Mercedes brought a W125 and a W154 to Oulton Park. Peter Collins & Tony Brooks got to play with them, and ‘Riverside Records’ was there to capture the moment. This is special.
Read More...Imola – beyond the Grand Prix
Last weekend Formula One returned to Imola – an iconic venue. Beyond the F1 history, Imola was a stop on the Mille Miglia… and it was there, in 1934 that a photographer captured a remarkable moment. History being created. The photo in question is at the top of this page. While the ‘riding mechanic’ oversees […]
Read More...Porsche, Stuck and an odd Auto Union – Lasarte, 1934
- Racing Daydreams
- 7 November 2020
- Audi
- Auto Union
- Grand Prix
- motor sport
- motorsport
- San Sebastian
- Spanish Grand Prix
What do we have here? A cool old photo of Stuck on an Auto Union in the pits. What do we actually have here? Ferdinand Porsche and Hans Stuck look concerned as the front of a rather unique Auto Union A is checked over. It’s September 1934 and we are at Circuito Lasarte – the 11 mile […]
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