Australia's Historic Racing Cars
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Ultimate Cup Series Estoril Sep 2023. Troféu GTS Race 1.
Team: SPEEDCAR
Driver: BERNARD
Car: Alpine A110 GT4
Ultimate Cup Series Estoril Sep 2023. Troféu GTS Race 1.
Team: SPEEDCAR
Driver: NAUGES Serge
Car: Midjet Supertourisme V6
This photograph was taken on our way to Luzern, Switzerland.
Canon 7D | Canon 24-105mm L f/4 | ISO 100 | f22 | 1/4 sec | Joby Gorillapod.
The Stena Explorer speeds towards Dun Laoghaire on its crossing from Holyhead, the Bailey lighthouse of Howth in the background.
4th January 2014
Ultimate Cup Series Estoril Sep 2023. Troféu GTS Race 3.
Team: SPEEDCAR
Driver: NAUGES Serge
Car: Midjet Supertourisme V6
The Vella Family go racing.
Gasworks Motorsport Inc at Illabo Motorsport Park, a great days racing of historic and veteran machinery doing their thing.
The event was a Speedway Australia Permitted Event for Vintage Speedcars, Compacts, Modifieds, Sprintcars, Classic Rear Engine F 500’s & all other AVCSNB sanctioned categories.
Illabo, New South Wales, Australia.
Ultimate Cup Series Estoril Sep 2023. Troféu GTS Race 3.
Team: SPEEDCAR
Driver: GOUJAT Julien
Car: Audi R8 GT4
Ultimate Cup Series Estoril Sep 2023. Troféu GTS Race 3.
Team: SPEEDCAR
Driver: GOUJAT Julien
Car: Audi R8 GT4
I would like you to join me into the early history of the Russian automobile industry.
Russia knew a few automobile manufacturers in the first quarter of the 20th Century, (thanks Anton VG for the lacking info) but until the 1920s vehicle industry in general was mainly limited to utility and agricultural vehicles, and for transport of goods and raw materials.
Contacts with Ford offered better quality trucks like the GAZ-AA truck (or NAZ-AA as it was called in the first production year). Later also a passenger car was developed, the GAZ-A Sedan (or NAZ-A).
This image is taken from a set of twelve 1980s postcards about the history of the Russian automobile. It shows the GL1 prototype racing car. It was built on a GAZ-M1 chassis.
Later this car was modified with the faster L6 Chrysler engine from the M11. Then also some body parts were replaced like this M11 radiator grille.
Only one car was built, but it was destroyed by bombings during WW2.
Between 2006 and 2010 a replica racing car was reconstructed with a fiberglass body.
3485 cc L6 Chrysler engine.
Performance: 100 bhp.
Max. speed: 161 kmh.
C. 1100 kg.
Production GAZ M-1 series: 1936-1943.
Production GAZ-GL1 Racing Car: 1940.
Reg. number not visible.
Postcard issued by: Planet Publishing House, Moskou, 1984.
Photos were taken from the archives of the club 'Pathfinders of Automobiles Antiques'.
Original photographer: N. Dobrovolsky.
Original place and date unknown.
This set of cards is obtained from Anja, 1998.
Halfweg, Dec. 29, 2024.
© 2024 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
Ultimate Cup Series Estoril Sep 2023. Troféu GTS Race 3.
Team: SPEEDCAR
Driver: DENIS François
Car: Ginetta GT4 G50
The boys and girls having a good time at the Vintage Speedway Meet at the Gasworks Club.
Gasworks Motorsport Club, Illabo, New South Wales, Australia.
Irish Ferries "Dublin Swift " on its afternoon from Dublin to Holyhead, a swift 135 minutes from end to end.
Probably Arch Tuckett's Midget speed car with Henderson motorcycle engine, having engine work, in Dowling Street, East Sydney,/Woolloomooloo, next to C.A. Martin, decorator, 1934, Sam Hood, from glass negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 204 Box 36/1-17 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Ydma4De9/55mL08NqD7qpL395354
Ian Wilson in his Sprintcar.
Gasworks Motorsport Inc at Illabo Motorsport Park, a great days racing of historic and veteran machinery doing their thing.
The event was a Speedway Australia Permitted Event for Vintage Speedcars, Compacts, Modifieds, Sprintcars, Classic Rear Engine F 500’s & all other AVCSNB sanctioned categories.
Illabo, New South Wales, Australia.
Jetting between Dublin & Holyhead, the view from the stern of the Irish Ferries Dublin Swift catamaran, its journey time of 1 hour 49 minutes all thanks to four Caterpillar 3618 diesel engines which have a maximum speed of 33 knots / 61 km/h or 38 mph.
The boys and girls having a good time at the Vintage Speedway Meet at the Gasworks Club.
Gasworks Motorsport Club, Illabo, New South Wales, Australia.
Having a shed full of fun with the Chev power; Chris & Warren Badger.
(1/3) just a little excursion checking the scenery out here!
(2 & 3 /3) Just keep pointing and feeding the power.
Gasworks Motorsport Inc at Illabo Motorsport Park, a great days racing of historic and veteran machinery doing their thing.
The event was a Speedway Australia Permitted Event for Vintage Speedcars, Compacts, Modifieds, Sprintcars, Classic Rear Engine F 500’s & all other AVCSNB sanctioned categories.
Illabo, New South Wales, Australia.
Gasworks Motorsport Inc at Illabo Motorsport Park, a great days racing of historic and veteran machinery doing their thing.
The event was a Speedway Australia Permitted Event for Vintage Speedcars, Compacts, Modifieds, Sprintcars, Classic Rear Engine F 500’s & all other AVCSNB sanctioned categories.
Unfortunately, not sure of the class or drivers, but if anyone recognises them .......?
Illabo, New South Wales, Australia.
The boys and girls having a good time at the Vintage Speedway Meet at the Gasworks Club.
Gasworks Motorsport Club, Illabo, New South Wales, Australia.
"On your mark; get set..."
Parker and Jack are set to time the races between two turtles and their good buddy Slow-Go Andretti. The Bunny Rabbit is giving these two some last minute instructions, but they may forget about a quarter block down the street.
Jack and Parker assure all the players that they will keep the ghosts away with their phone apps! We can't allow any ghosts to influence the race now, can we?
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Now, the 'technical stuff--I had to do some real research on this, and the source was from a news article a couple years ago from Minnesota.:
Turtle Races Day Is June 6
You would think that racing turtles would be a long, drawn out affair. Little excitement is shown, unlike the last few laps around the racetrack where speedcars jockey for position to get the checkered flag.
For turtles, however, just moving can be a chore.
Consider the turtles that make their nesting runs across paths and fields, and, sadly, across roads.
Children who love turtles will attempt to race them, much like the legend of the race between the tortoise and the hare. Slow and steady wins the race we learned. But once these reptiles are entered into a race, two things can happen. Some of these reptiles scurry when placed on a pavement with a marked starting line. Others will have other ideas. Even as children and some adults will cheer them on or even splash water on their shells, some take this like any other day.
Some turtles just pull their heads and limbs inside their shell and just sit there. In the wild, that maneuver is a great defense mechanism. But when the turtle is trying to cross a road, it can be fatal. That's why there always seem to be a lot of dead turtles on some rural roads and highways, including the state of Minnesota this time of year. Most of these turtles are probably female.
June is nesting season for turtles, and females are looking for a place to lay their eggs. But roads can be a deadly obstacle. In early summer, female turtles crawl up out of lakes and wetlands to find a place to lay their eggs. Some species, like the Blanding's turtle, will travel for miles.
Once they find the perfect spot, the females dig a hole, lay their eggs and cover them up. Then they head back to the water, leaving their hatchlings to fend for themselves. It’s a dangerous journey. Many turtles don’t survive that crossing of the highway.
There are a few reasons why that happens. Humans have built roads that cut through turtle habitat, like wetlands. There’s also a weird coping mechanism turtles have. They tuck all their limbs and heads inside their shell and sit there and wait for the danger to go away. But if they do that in the middle of the road, it can be fatal.
Wildlife rehabilitators have noticed an increase this year in the number of turtles brought in with cracked shells after being struck by vehicles. The species most often crossing the road in Minnesota are painted turtles, with bright orange undersides, and snapping turtles, with huge, lumpy shells and prehistoric faces.
All told, Minnesota has nine different species of turtles, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Two of them, Blanding's and wood turtles, are listed as threatened species.
Globally, turtle populations are imperiled because of habitat loss, pollution, and hazardous roads. In the wild, not many predators can kill an adult turtle, thanks to their hard shells. So turtle populations aren't adapted to a large loss of female adults.
But there are ways humans can help turtles survive. The DNR is experimenting with ways to provide turtles a safe passage over or under roads, like a tunnel or a bridge. They’re also using fences to keep turtles away from roads. If you do see a turtle crossing, slow down and avoid hitting it, if possible. And without putting your own safety at risk, you can help it across by moving the turtle off the road in the same direction it was traveling. With most species of turtles one can pick it up ‘like a hamburger,’ with one hand on each side.
In any case, be careful. Law enforcement officials don’t advise motorists to swerve or stop on a highway for any animal.
How you can help turtles cross the road: Four things you can do
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources offers some tips for motorists who want to stop and help a turtle crossing the road:
1) Don't put yourself or others in danger. Pull off the road and turn on your hazard lights. Watch for approaching traffic. If you're on a busy highway, don't stop. Contact the State Patrol instead.
If you decide to stop to help a turtle on less busy road, make sure it’s a safe spot.
2) If the turtle can cross the road without help, let it. Excessive handling by humans can disrupt turtles’ normal behavior.
3) If it's necessary to move the turtle, handle it gently.
For all turtle species except snappers and softshells:
1. Grasp the turtle along the shell edge near the midpoint of its body.
2. Move the turtle to the edge of the road in the same direction it was traveling.
3. Don't try to “help” by moving the turtle to a lake or pond.
Snapping turtles and spiny softshells are aggressive and can bite. Grab them by one rear leg while supporting its belly. You can also use a snow shovel to move it, or give it a stick to bite, then drag it to the edge of the road. Never pick them up by the tail, which can damage their spinal cord.
4) Document your finding to help the DNR track crossing and high mortality areas. They may have a form that can be completed to document your discovery.
Pit crew member, Antony Stuart in Speedway driver Max Monk's car. Circ. 1965/66 at the Sydney Showground Speedway.
Having a shed full of fun with the Chev power; Chris & Warren Badger.
(1/3) just a little excursion checking the scenery out here!
(2 & 3 /3) Just keep pointing and feeding the power.
Gasworks Motorsport Inc at Illabo Motorsport Park, a great days racing of historic and veteran machinery doing their thing.
The event was a Speedway Australia Permitted Event for Vintage Speedcars, Compacts, Modifieds, Sprintcars, Classic Rear Engine F 500’s & all other AVCSNB sanctioned categories.
Illabo, New South Wales, Australia.