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Early development of the Mazda RX-7 Group 5
The SA22C / FB RX-7 had a long motorsport career. In 1980 Mazda began developing it for Group 5 regulations. Initially the bodywork was...
Mar 23


Dome Celica Turbo
Dome, a Japanese small volume manufacturer, put together a spaceframe Celica to compete in endurance races around the world in 1980. ...
Feb 23


Hayashi 803 F-3 1980 Machine
Since the late 60's Masakazu Hayashi and his company Hayashi Racing had been developing racing machines and products. For the 1980 season...
Feb 23


SSR Lineup early 1980
Three early 80's SSR adverts with the available range, plus some of the racing machines sponsored by SSR
Feb 22




Longchamp XR-4 advert
Another AutoStar Longchamp XR-4 advert The March 782 single seater has a centrelock version of the XR-4, these come up at auction from...
Jan 14


SSR advert
SSR F series F-I / F-II / F-III / F-IV / F-V / F-VI And team Speed Star Racing March 802 F2 car driven by Naohiro Fujita
Jan 13




August Feroce adverts
Feroce ads, as usual featuring a variety of cars. Like many of the wheel brands of the day they also have a livery on an F3(?) car
Jan 11




SSR advert
SSR advert for the models: Mk-1 MK-II MK-III RX-7 (usually called F-3) Star Mesh Star Five Star Wagon The single seater is a March 782 ,...
Jan 11




Enkei Apache adverts
A few adverts for the line up of Apache 1-5 plus the rally wheel Apache 6, race wheel(?) Apache 7 and centrelock three spoke Apache 7,...
Jan 2




Superstar Racing F2
Another of the 1983 Japanese F2 machines - #11 Superstar Racing It appears to have only taken part in the first race of the season,...
Dec 31, 2024


Speedstar March 832
In the early 80's a lot of the Japanese wheel manufacturers ran race teams in Japanese series'. Here is the 1983 Speedstar wheels #5 F2...
Dec 31, 2024
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