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Book Review: Alfa Montreal Companion

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Alfa Romeo Montreal, The Essential Companion by Bruce Taylor
2008, Veloce Publishing Limited, Dorchester, England, Tel 01305 260068 ISBN 978-1-845841-58-4
$130.00 USD
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By Pete Vack
All photos courtesy of author and publisher

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Who could ask for anything more?

If you owned an Alfa Montreal, you would need only three documents to completely restore the fabled Alfa V8; the factory technical publications, the factory parts book, and a new book, Alfa Romeo Montreal: The Essential Companion. In fact, most owners could get away with just the last, as it is one of the most complete, compelling, engaging, colorful and informative books ever published on a single make.
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Hungarian Grand Prix

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Kimi, hanging on to third.

Not The Results We Were Expecting

By Erik Nielsen

The Hungaroring is not a track that is known for great passes or exciting chases, but one thing that it does have going for it is that there are usually several surprises come race day and the most recent round held there was no different. [Read more…] about Hungarian Grand Prix

Six from RM’s Monterey Auction

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VeloceToday selects six favorite cars, three French, three Italian, consigned to the RM Auction, which will be held at the Portola Hotel and Spa on August 15th and 16th 2008. Italics ours, text from the RM catalog.

1956 Ferrari 250GT Tour de France 0563GT Lot 442

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The Tour de Force would have to be the Tour de France. One of the earlier, perhaps more attractive TdFs, this consignment has got to be at the top of our auction dreamlist.
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Shell Ferrari Historics at Mt. Tremblant

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Story by David Seibert, photos by rprincephoto.com

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Track owner Lawrence Stroll in the blue Sunoco 512M taking an early lead. He would dominate the disc brakes set.

Mt. Tremblant, Canada, July 18-20th

The field for the Ferrari Shell Historic Challenge event last weekend may have been slightly smaller than usual, but fans were treated to four exciting races, with titans batting for the win in each. Le Circuit, the winding 2.65 mile track in the old Quebec ski country of Mont Tremblant, was an ideal setting for those duels.
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Garfield’s Monster Renault: It’s Alive!

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Reader Thierry Lesparre just sent us this photo of the Garfield Renault as it appears today. Details in an upcoming editon of VeloceToday. Scroll down to read the exciting story of this rare and unusual record breaking machine and its American driver.

First Annual Monterey Motorcycle Meet

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Another Motorized Festival on the Monterey Peninsula

By Michael T. Lynch

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This 1915 Cyclone board track racer was sold at the MidAmerica Auction on Friday night. The winning bid was a whopping $520,000. Despite European interest, it happily stayed in America. Credit: MidAmerica Auctions.

Since the Monterey Historic Automobile Races and the Pebble Beach Concours were scheduled on the same weekend in 1973, a week long automotive festival including vintage races, concours, public and private parties, tours and many other events has been created. [Read more…] about First Annual Monterey Motorcycle Meet

Ducati’s Year (book)

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Ducati 2007: MotoGP & Superbike
Official Yearbook
Published by Ducati Corse
144 Pages, 12″x12″
Price US $60.00

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While Ducati had previously dominated the World Superbike category, in 2007 the famous Italian concern won the coveted MotoGP Constructors Championship, bringing the title back to Italy after thirty four years.
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