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1969 Porsche 908/02 LH Spyder headlines Broad Arrow All-Porsche Auction

Broad Arrow Auctions recently announced an exclusive Porsche-only auction in partnership with the first-ever Air|Water standalone event. Air|Water is the brainchild of Luftgekühlt founder Patrick Long, who is well-known and respected in the Porsche world and has organized world-class gatherings for the Porsche community to celebrate not only Porsches but the camaraderie of the Porsche enthusiast community. Air|Water will take place on Saturday, April 27 in Costa Mesa, Calif., featuring both air-cooled and water-cooled Porsches of all eras.

An early highlight consigned to the auction is the 1969 Porsche 908/02 Langheck Flunder Spyder, chassis 908/02-005. A celebrated example that will be instantly recognizable to Porsche endurance racing enthusiasts.

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Jackie Stewart to be the honoree at the RRDC Legends Dinner at the GP of Long Beach

Bobby Rahal, president of the Road Racing Drivers Club, recently announced that three-time F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart will be the honoree at the RRDC’s legends dinner on April 18. The dinner will be held the Thursday before the Acura Grand …

Stewart will become the 14th legend to be recognized by the RRDC and will join such racing icons as Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti, David Hobbs, Roger Penske, along with last year’s honoree, Jacky Ickx.

Proceeds from the dinner will benefit Race for Dementia, the Team USA Scholarship and The Mark Donohue Foundation, which supports the RRDC’s SAFEisFAST initiative.

“We at the RRDC are thrilled to announce that Sir Jackie Stewart will be the 14th honoree at the RRDC’s annual legends dinner in Long Beach. He’s not only a three-time Formula 1 world champion and a true racing personality, his career-long dedication to safety has been invaluable to the sport,” said Rahal. “We are also pleased to lend support to Race for Dementia, a cause that is close to Sir Jackie’s heart.”

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Remembering Roland Leong, ‘the Hawaiian,’ 1945-2023

Legendary NHRA car owner and crew chief, Roland Leong passed away Dec. 29. He was 79. Born and raised on the island of Oahu, Leong took to fast cars when hot rod culture made its way to the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1950s. He spent a lot of time …

Legendary NHRA car owner and crew chief, Roland Leong passed away Dec. 29. He was 79.

Born and raised on the island of Oahu, Leong took to fast cars when hot rod culture made its way to the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1950s. He spent a lot of time hanging around a local speed shop which served to throw gasoline onto an already growing flame.

“I remember taking my mother’s 1959 Oldsmobile out at night, promising her that I wouldn’t race, but I didn’t keep my promise very often,” Leong noted in the Sept/Oct issue of Vintage Motorsport.

Leong became a successful gas dragster racer in Hawaii but knew the real action was in California. His mother lined up a job for him at Jim Nelson and Dode Martin’s Dragmaster Company in Carlsbad, Calif. and Leong headed east in the early ’60s.

While at Dragmasters, Leong cut his teeth doing all the work that would serve him well throughout his career. Everything from rebuilding engines and chassis painting to sweeping the floors and bathroom duty. He also began to see just what it took to run a successful race team.

Fellow Hawaiian racer Danny Ongais also made the mainland move with Leong and worked at Dragmasters along with racing their cars. The Hawaiian duo worked together in 1964, winning the Top Gas class at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona.

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F5000 and Can-Am classics in packed Phillip Island Classic field

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest historic racing event, the VHRR Phillip Island Classic, is shaping up to be another spectacular event in 2024. Scheduled for March 8-10, entries are flowing in from all parts of Australia and New Zealand and there …

A strong contingent from New Zealand includes entries from the McLaren Group including Tony Roberts McLaren M10A 300-09 — a car built for the introduction of the Formula 5000 in the UK in 1969. The prototype M10A won the European Championship and dominated the second year of international F5000. Roberts’ car, a 300-9, was originally supplied to Bob Esseks in the USA and first raced at Road America in July 1969. Tony has been racing various McLaren cars for more than 25 years and was the stunt driver for the recent movie, “McLaren.”

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Grant Clearwater’s McLaren M10A 300-08 was originally built for Sir Nick Williamson in 1969 and raced at the international hill climbs at St Ursanne-Les Rangiers and Ollon-Villars before making its debut at Preston in September winning all three UK outings in late 1969. Rebuilt at the factory to M10B specification it went on to win four championship rounds and took the British Hill Climb Championship.

The McLaren M10A 300-03 owned by Rob Ward will also be racing. This is a car that was entered in the 1969 U.S. series but later crashed during practice for the race at Mont-Tremblant. It was sold and restored and competed in SCCA races.

Frank Karl’s McLaren M10B 400-185 was originally raced in South Africa by Alan McKechnie and later by several owners in the UK and raced by Len Booysen in 1975 for Team Domingo.

A car that received a lot of personal input from Bruce McLaren is the M10B 400-7 owned in New Zealand by Toby Annabel. This car was very successful in smaller hill climbs and was used in the British Hill Climb Championship in 1974 and ’75.

Of particular interest will be the McLaren Can-Am M8B-1 owned by Alistair Hey as this car was developed for the 1969 Can-Am season where it was totally dominant, winning all 11 rounds.

See more details and photos of the entries at VintageMotorsport.com.

1959 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder set for Amelia Island Auction

Broad Arrow Auctions recently announced the consignment of the historic 1959 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder “Lucybelle III,” chassis 718-024, to its Amelia Island Auction, set for March 1-2, 2024 at the Amelia Island Ritz Carlton. The Porsche 718 RSK Spyder …

The Porsche 718 RSK Spyder has an impressive period history having been sold new to American race car driver and former Le Mans winner Ed Hugus. Hugus raced 718-024 in the instantly recognizable “Lucybelle III” livery at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, and in the subsequent years, the Porsche was raced in both USAC and SCCA events as well as at the Pikes Peak Hillclimb in 1962.

See more details and photos of the car at VintageMotorsport.com.

Vintage Indy announces 2024 schedule

Vintage Indy recently announced its 2024 schedule which features five major events, three of which will be in conjunction with the NTT IndyCar Series. The historic open-wheel cars will begin their tour in Southern California with historic racing organization HMSA, for an inaugural stop at one of IndyCar’s crown jewels, the Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 19-21.

For the fifth consecutive year, Vintage Indy will be featured at Road America for IndyCar weekend June 6-9. A few months later the series will take part in the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix inside Schenley Park August 2-4.

See more details at VintageMotorsport.com.

F5000 Drivers Association announces 2024 race schedule

The Formula 5000 Drivers Association recently announced three rounds for the 2024 U.S. Formula 5000 Revival race series at the following venues. • June 13-16: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with SVRA • July 11-14: Road America, at The WeatherTech …

The Formula 5000 Drivers Association recently announced three rounds for the 2024 U.S. Formula 5000 Revival race series at the following venues.

• June 13-16: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with SVRA
• July 11-14: Road America, at The WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman
• August 21-25: Watkins Glen, SpeedTour with SVRA

The Association also announced that Rick Parsons will be appointed president of the organization effective January 1, 2024. Parsons will replace Seb Coppola, who will assume the position of vice president.

1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sells for $51.7m

After nearly four decades in private ownership, the sole factory-owned Series I Ferrari GTO (chassis No. 3765) was claimed by a new owner for $51.7 million this week during Sotheby’s New York Marquee Week Sales of Modern and Contemporary Art. The …

The only GTO Tipo 1962 raced by Scuderia Ferrari; this example boasts an impressive and perhaps legendary history. Its racing pedigree alone includes clinching a class win and a second-overall finish at the 1962 Nurburgring 1000 Km. It was piloted by Mike Parkes and Lorenzo Bandini for Scuderia Ferrari at the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans, and also secured the position of runner-up in the 1965 Sicilian Hillclimb Championship.

Previously owned by a chairman of the Ferrari Club of America, it won an FCA Platinum Award and the Coppa Bella Macchina at the Cavallino Classic, placed 2nd in the GTO class at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, and received a Best of Show at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.

See the full story and additional photos at VintageMotorsport.com.

Entry list revealed for HSR Classic 24 and Daytona Historics

Historic Sportscar Racing recently released the official entry list to date for the Ninth Running of the HSR Classic Daytona presented by IMSA, the nation’s premier 24-hour race for historic and vintage sports cars that returns to Daytona …

This year’s edition of the HSR Classic Daytona 24 has attracted the usual triple-digit entry of former race winners and debuting contenders as well as a stout lineup for the HSR Daytona Historics, the Classic 24 companion event that is a points-paying round for HSR’s season-long racing series and championships.

One of the entries of note headed to Daytona is the 1998 Ferrari 333 SP of Graham Adelman that was prepared and maintained in its prime by Doran Racing and Kevin Doran, who will be back at the helm again at the Classic 24. The Ferrari twice competed in the Rolex 24 in 1999 and 2000, co-driven each time by Fredy Lienhard, Didier Theys and Mauro Baldi, with two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk joining the squad the first year.

First held in 2014, the immediate success of the inaugural HSR Classic Daytona 24 called for a second running in 2015. After a year off, the 24-Hour classic race on the 3.56-mile DIS road course returned in 2017 and is now an annual fixture on the HSR calendar.

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Disney docuseries to detail Brawn GP’s remarkable F1 championship

Disney+ UK is set to launch a new Disney+ Original unscripted documentary series “Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story,” a tale of success against adversity for the fledgling Formula 1 team in 2009. The series will premiere on Disney+ in the UK and …

The series stars Keanu Reeves (“John Wick” and “The Matrix”) as host and executive producer, in addition to Formula 1 legends Ross Brawn, Jenson Button, Nick Fry, Rubens Barrichello and Christian Horner. The unscripted documentary series hosted by Reeves tells the story of how Ross Brawn made the impossible happen in 2009. His understaffed, underfinanced, and independent team won the world championship taking on the biggest titans of the industry — all after purchasing the team for just £1.

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