Spin and Win Indy 500 winner a beautiful race car ... The March chassis was a dominant one in Indycar racing during the 1980s, and it was a beautiful racer. That’s what makes Replicarz’s new 1/18 scale March 85C, the Miller beer-sponsored red and white beauty driven to the Indy 500 win by Danny Sullivan... Continue Reading →
Minichamps’ 1972 Porsche 917/10
Donohue-driven Porsche 917/10 a winner ... Porsche, Penske Racing, and Mark Donohue combined efforts in 1972 to take on the all-conquering McLarens in the Can-Am Challenge. No one should have doubted the results this trio would achieve. McLaren was coming off its fifth straight Can-Am title when this tough trio got together and developed the... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1959 Scarab Mk. II racer
Purple Nickey Nouse Scarab a slick winner ... A few years back at Road America, the Midwest’s finest road racing facility, I ran into racer Augie Pabst and his beautiful metallic blue Scarab Mk. II racer. Pabst, an heir to the brewing fortune, had been a succesful sports car racer in the late 1950s and... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Automodello’s 1981 AAR Gurney Eagles
Automodello’s Gurney Eagles are beauties ... Dan Gurney stopped racing at the enf 1970, but his influence on open-wheel racing continued for decades afterward. Yet the 1970s and early 1980s were the zenith for his All-American Racers (AAR) Eagles. Gurney’s Santa Ana, Calif.-based shop turned out highly competitive Eagle chassis for the Indy Car series.... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1920s Duesenberg Indy 500 winners
These Indy 500 winners are real Duesys ... Indianapolis-based Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Co. was a powerhouse at the Indianapolis 500 in the 1920s, winning three out of four years from 1924-27. Duesenbergs were known for their strong engines, and the company made marine and aviation engines during World War I. But following the war... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1940 Boyle Special, Indy winner
Wilbur Shaw's 1940 Indy winning Maserati a beauty ... If you are collecting all the Indy 500 winning cars then Replicarz has another beautiful model to park in your Victory Lane – the 1940 Boyle Special. This is the same car that Wilbur Shaw won the 1939 Memorial Day classic in, but wearing the No.... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Looksmart’s 2016 Ferrari SF16-H
Looksmart delivers sharp Vettel Ferrari from 2016 Australian GP ... Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari joining forces seems a deal worked in heaven, or at least Maranello, which to the tifosi is one and the same. Vettel is a four-time world F1 champ and Ferrari has the most wins of any F1 team ever, 227. So... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1971 PJ Colt, Joe Leonard
Replicarz goes bigger, produces winner with Joe Leonard's championship car ... Joe Leonard was a heck of a racer, on two wheels and four. He not only won three motorcycle championships, the hard-nosed driver also moved up to Indy cars and won the 1971 USAC championship running virtually the same car as his teammate, Al... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1970s Indy Eagles
Indy 500 Eagles continue to fly, multiply at Replicarz ... Dan Gurney remains one of the biggest names in open-wheel racing. His Eagle race cars dominated the Indianapolis 500 and Indycar circuit in the late 1960s through much of the 1970s, but really set the establishment on its ear starting in 1972. That’s when Bobby... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1964 Indy Smokey Yunick sidecar racer
PRE-RELEASE REVIEW: Sidecar racer unique, weird, unsuccessful, but a cool die-cast model ... The mid-1960s were a wild and revolutionary time for race car design and technology at the Indianapolis 500, the predominant race in the world at the time. The era saw roadsters with their engines in the front replaced by racers, such as Lotuses, with... Continue Reading →