I grew up in England where, in the early Sixties I had a paper route. Somebody on that route subscribed to Hot Rod Magazine and I'd sit on the kerb under grey skies surrounded by grey cars and read about red and yellow cars under blue, California skies. I so wanted that life. In 1963, two American dragsters owned by Dean Moon and Mickey Thompson

A lot of the Retrospective articles we put together for Speedhunters tend to focus on lost golden eras of motorsports -- brief moments in racing history when the conditions were ripe for some truly wild race cars to hit the track. Perhaps it was the eras that burned short but sweet which resonate the most with us race fans... It's a bit like James

So another year comes and goes and still the magic 10 minute barrier at Pikes Peak remains. Nobuhiro Tajima in his 884 bhp, 2.7-litre turbo V6 powered Suzuki SX4 set a time of 10 min 15 seconds to take overall victory this past weekend, but fell short of his 2007 record time of 10:01.408. Although you need perfect weather conditions to break records

Yes that's right Formula One and AWD! The combination of motorsport and power to all four wheels did not start with the Audi Quattro, neither did it start with the the Lotus 63 that you see above. Actually back in 1902 Spyker built an all wheel drive machine that won a hill climb. Then fast forward to 1961 and the Ferguson P99, which was built by