The celebrations were long and hard on the Queen’s Birthday weekend in 1997 when Stephen Greenfield took his first Finke Desert Race victory. He’d previously made the podium…
Mount Druitt Marathon – AFTER the success of Australia’s first 24-hour production car race, exuberant Mount Druitt track promoter Belfred Jones hit up the NSW Auto Cycle Union…
COVER Wayne Gardner flying the Aussie flag at home. AMCN GP Edition $3.50 – 95 pages On sale 14 April 1989 …
Pierfrancesco ‘Frankie’ Chili, the Tiger of Bologna, was a recent visitor to Australia for the International Festival of Speed at Sydney Motorsport Park. These days the former top-level…
Question: Valentino, you’re a keen student of motorcycle grand prix history. Who are your favourite riders from the past, and what do you know of Jarno Saarinen?…
As was the practice prior to World War II, testing road racing machinery was often conducted on public roads. This as much for the convenience of the participants as…
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry, killing all seven crew members; this was the second tragedy in the program after Space Shuttle Challenger had exploded shortly after lift-off…
The truth may never be known as to the cause of George Parsons’ attendance at the official opening ceremony of the Mt Donna Buang Bridle Track. Nor much…
What got you into bikes? My dad Kevin was into bikes and so was my brother, but in the middle of the minibike boom I only rode…
Lets take a look through the archives at AMCN Vol 21 No 13 15 cents On sale 23 December 1971 Editor: Leslie Swallow News…
It was one of the blackest weeks in the history of American road racing. Two of its brightest young stars were lost to the world in the…
John Titman was a big part of the Golden Era of speedway What got you into bikes? I was born in Brisbane and when we went to…
