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Friderich, Père et Fille – Bugatti, Nice

It’s 24 February 1932 – the event is the Rally Paris-St Raphaël Féminin – the woman is Renée Friderich. She is 20 years-old, and today – as her friend & mentor Hellé Nice sets fastest time – she will lose her life at the wheel of this Delage D8-S. It was a bad accident, perhaps […]

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25 Good Fridays

Early morning, car packed with coats, and boots, and maps. “Any word?” CB turned down to hear the morning news No word. Laughs, and songs, and cigarettes And roads, and friends, and craic. Tape, and crowds, and whistles And the cars. King Fisher Blue. No word. Break it down, pack it up and enroute, FAST […]

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La Vie En – Route Vers Lac – Rose

Motorsport barely has an ‘off season’ these days. The FIA Prizegiving seems to run straight into the Monte, Formula e and Grand Prix car launches. In years – decades – past the off season was punctuated, post-Christmas by the most magical of races – the Dakar Rally. I will really miss it this year. “But […]

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Notte Blu, Montagne Blu del Passato - Racing Daydreams by Colin Johnston
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Notte Blu, Montagne Blu del Passato

A car horn blast in the early morning. A tight shot of a ‘Blu Notte’ Giulietta Sprint Veloce as it pulls out to pass our camera car. Cut to the Alfa’s interior. The navigator checks his map – a snatch of conversation in Italian – the car screeches to a halt. Driver & navigator dash […]

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“…and the road goes on forever.” - Racing Daydreams by Colin Johnston
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“…and the road goes on forever”

Perhaps it’s the promise of 2021? The hope that some normality will return. That the world will open to us again. Maybe it’s following Rally the Globe‘s social media? Whatever it is – an excuse is what it is! – I am easily distracted from research by maps, route guides and travelogues. One such caught my […]

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Michèle Mouton, Dragon Slayer – Belfast 1985 - Racing Daydreams by Colin Johnston
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Michèle Mouton, Dragon Slayer – Belfast 1985

Here’s Michèle Mouton with her fire-breathing Audi quattro in Belfast, 1985. That’s it… that’s the blog. More?.. Oh, OK… The 1985 British Midland Ulster Rally – round 4 of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship and round 5 of the Shell Oils British Open Rally Championship – was a two day blast around Northern Ireland. As […]

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