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Ray Boniface: Show for a Cause

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Lined up in a row are this dark blue Lancia Flaminia coupe, a black Maserati 3500 GT coupe and two Touring-bodied Alfa Romeos – in other words, all cars in the picture were designed and bodied by Carrozzeria Touring.

By Carl Goodwin and Chuck Hazle
Photography by Chuck Hazle

September 15th. The annual Boniface Picnic just passed, marking the beginning of autumn in eastern Ohio…specifically Poland, Ohio a pleasant small town in the Warren/Youngstown area. It’s one of the better car shows in and around Cleveland, especially if you like Italian cars. Hosted by Dr. Ray Boniface, it’s a benefit fundraiser for a free clinic in Youngstown. [Read more…] about Ray Boniface: Show for a Cause

The Goodwood Revival Post 1

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Graham Gauld’s Goodwood

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Andy Middlehurst at the wheel of the Lotus 43 BRM, now beautifully restored.

By Graham Gauld

As you can see in this Special Edition of VeloceToday, there are plenty of photos and details about the racing at the event. But for me, Goodwood is another chance to meet up with old friends, make new ones, and keep an eye open for things that might have escaped notice or otherwise have been so obscure as to be missed by the many journalists around.

Clark and the E.R.A.

As this year was celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jim Clark’s first World Championship win in 1963, Lord March dedicated the meeting to him. There was a remarkable collection of cars that Jim Clark had raced, and then sent off in a parade round the circuit.

Among the more obscure was the 1936 E.R.A. voiturette R5B originally raced by the Siamese Prince Bira, but also raced for many years by Tony Rolt and journalist John Bolster. Eventually, in 1959, the Honorable Patrick Lindsay, who has been credited as the creator of what we now call historic car racing when he was a director of the well-established auction house of Christies, bought the E.R.A.

Ludovic Lindsay at the wheel of the 1935 1.5 liter supercharged E.R.A. that his father loaned to Jim Clark at the 1963 French Grand Prix.

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The Goodwood Revival Post 3

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Goodwood 2013:Monopostos

Vanhoolandt: The Goodwood Trophy for 1930 to 1950 Grand Prix cars assembles wonderful machinery like the 1947 Bugatti Type 73C of Tom Dark.t

By Jonathan Sharp & Hugues Vanhoolandt

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Maserati 300S, 1:18th Scale

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By Marshall Buck

A review of 1:18 scale Maserati 300S models from CMC, and thanks to Walter Bäumer’s great (big) book for helping in research on these racers.

From 1955 through 1958, Maserati produced a total of twenty-six of the wonderfully balanced 300S sports racers. Sir Stirling Moss once wrote that the 300S was “…..one of the easiest, nicest, best balanced sports-racing cars ever made….” and he should certainly know. I’ll add my two cents worth…… it was, and is still one of the prettiest as well. Within the entire production there were three notable body styles, each featuring numerous detail differences.
1- First series cars, short nose, and shortest body.
2- Interim series, semi-long nose, with a slightly longer rear. Fewest cars made with this body.
3- Long nose, and long rear end.

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The Price of our Passion: Gerelli at RM Auctions, London

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Maserati 250 S of 1957 (s/n #2432) sold for $3.3 million.

Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli

RM Auction in London, September 8th and 9th, 2013.

The day after the St. James Concours d’ Elegance in London, RM held an auction with many cars coming from important private collections.

The first day was dedicated to a collection of Mercedes cars, while the second day featured other brands, with a huge number of Ferrari models, mostly production cars of the 60s and 70s.

The auction was a big success with a total of sales of more than 21 million pounds (more than $33 million). [Read more…] about The Price of our Passion: Gerelli at RM Auctions, London

F1 Update: Roberto Motta Reports from Monza

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Alonso is doing better than the rest of the also-rans.

Photos by Roberto Motta

We woke up one morning to find that our Italian correspondent Roberto Motta had sent us his photos from the F1 practice at Monza. Suddenly we realized that the season was almost over (it was MONZA already!) and we had yet to watch one race. [Read more…] about F1 Update: Roberto Motta Reports from Monza

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