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Tommy Byrne: Sex, Drugs and Gunshots
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Tommy Byrne: Sex, Drugs and Gunshots

ByScott Russell May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

Tommy Byrne’s career began with dreams of Formula 1 but ended in sex, drugs and gunshots in Mexican Formula 3.

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PODCAST: Champagne + Slicks on Lakeside Drive Podcast
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PODCAST: Champagne + Slicks on Lakeside Drive Podcast

ByScott Russell March 26, 2023May 18, 2023

Scott Russell joins James Baldwin on the Lakeside Drive Podcast to talk about ‘old’ and ‘new’ fans and where they fit in with Liberty Media’s F1 (HINT: there’s room for both!)

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Slicks ’88 World Tour Tee Now Available
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Slicks ’88 World Tour Tee Now Available

ByScott Russell March 22, 2023March 30, 2023

The Slicks ’88 World Tour Tee is back!

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T-Minus: Arrows Saviour Turned Swindler to Run for President
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T-Minus: Arrows Saviour Turned Swindler to Run for President

ByScott Russell July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim is aiming to be Nigeria’s next President, 23 years after he charmed the Arrows F1 team with fanciful promises that quickly evaporated.

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Introducing the Slicks ’88 Grand Prix World Tour Tee
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Introducing the Slicks ’88 Grand Prix World Tour Tee

ByScott Russell April 23, 2022April 23, 2022

Powered by Nostalgia, the Slicks ’88 Grand Prix World Tour tee channels the excess of eighties motor racing. Designed to wear at the track or street.

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C+S Featured on the DRS Zone Podcast
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C+S Featured on the DRS Zone Podcast

ByScott Russell April 13, 2022August 5, 2022

I was interviewed by the DRS Zone Podcast recently where I spoke about being a race fan in the 90s compared to now (dial up and VHS vs Drive to Survive… it’s changed a lot!) as well as the inspiration behind C+S. I really enjoyed my chat with Rhett and I hope you enjoy listening –…

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Ponzi Schemes and Bin Laden: F1’s Most Unusual Sponsors
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Ponzi Schemes and Bin Laden: F1’s Most Unusual Sponsors

ByScott Russell February 13, 2022February 13, 2022

From shady financiers through to non-existent energy drinks and from fraudulent oilmen to adult magazines, we take a look back at some of the most unusual sponsors to grace Formula 1.

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Reflections on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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Reflections on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

BySteve Turnbull December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Having had time to reflect on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, I feel a sense of disappointment despite it being one of the most spectacular finishes to a season I’ve witnessed. The inability of race control to decide what they should (or could/could not) do was an embarrassment to the sport. Experienced they may be…

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Review: Schumacher
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Review: Schumacher

ByScott Russell September 17, 2021September 18, 2021

Handling the controversial and tragic aspects of Michael’s life with kid gloves prevents Schumacher from reaching the echelons of truly great sports documentaries.

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Modern Classics: 1998 Canadian Grand Prix
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Modern Classics: 1998 Canadian Grand Prix

ByJames Bennett August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

There are many great races in the history of motorsport, but very few can claim to be genuine landmarks that changed the sport forever. The 1998 Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal is one of those events – it’s often forgotten that this race would prove to be one of the…

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Rush hour. Rush hour.
Latter-day Can-Am was wild! After the original Ca Latter-day Can-Am was wild!

After the original Can-Am collapsed at the end of 1974, the series was reborn for 1977 with single-seater 5.0-litre sports cars.

This resulted in some unique F5000 conversions—amongst them the Schkee DB1, essentially a re-bodied Lola T332. 

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Closing time, open all the doors And let you out i Closing time, open all the doors
And let you out into the world

Archerfield Speedway 
1979-2023 
Where the stars flew 💫
Archerfield Speedway Where the stars flew 💫 197 Archerfield Speedway
Where the stars flew 💫
1979-2023

After the chequered flag waves tonight, it won’t be long before the bulldozers move in and the Speedway is erased from the map. 

For once, it wasn’t noise complaints. Urban sprawl simply meant the land was too valuable for the owners not to sell.

Sadly, there are no plans for a replacement Speedway in Brisbane. As it stands, when the last engine goes silent tonight, Brisbane will no longer have a Speedway. 

Archerfield will be gone forever—joining the likes of Liverpool, Parramatta and Claremont Speedways—but 44-years of memories will live on. 

The legends have all raced here. Rush, Kinser, Schatz, Jackson, McFadden, the Tatnells and Dumesnys to name a few. 

Mark Webber, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Tony Stewart have all watched from the stands. 

For C+S, it’s a special place. Dad’s been going here for 40 years. I first went in the early-90s. It was the first racing I ever saw in the flesh. 

It’s just always been there. Part of my life, part of Brisbane, something to do with dad. The more other types of racing changed, the more Archerfield stayed the same. 

For better or worse, when you walked through the gates it could be 2023 or 2003 or 1993. 

Going there always reminds me what I loved about motorsport in the first place.

Loud, raw, elbows out racing. Going home after the night, washing the dirt out of my hair. The way it’s meant to be.

For tonight’s final race, 30-odd years since I first went there, I’m honoured to be able to say that C+S is one of the sponsors. We’re sponsoring lap 3 of the final ever race—a 50 lap sprint car race.

It’s the final dance. 

Let’s make it a big one! 

- Scott Russell
C+S Editor
And he walked away… German driver Kurt Ahrens mi And he walked away… German driver Kurt Ahrens miraculously escaped unhurt from this 250km/h crash in the wet at Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessin test track.

The long-tail Porsche 917 he was driving aquaplaned before the front half disintegrated underneath the Armco.

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The sky’s the limit. What a shot from the top The sky’s the limit. 

What a shot from the top of the Corkscrew!

📸 Scott DuChene 
#champcar #cart #lagunaseca
Where the lions roared 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 

When you think of the original Wembley Stadium, you probably think of football (England winning the ‘66 World Cup 🏆), or maybe iconic concerts like Live Aid.

But did you know it hosted Motorcycle Speedway in front of massive crowds?

Home to the famous Wembley Lions 🦁 Speedway team, the stadium’s 345-metre dirt track hosted Speedway from 1929 until 1981. 

The World Championships were held there 24 times, with a record 95,000 fans attending the 1938 edition. 

📸 Various, @britishpathe
WARNING: Disturbing content ⚠️ WARNING: Disturbing content ⚠️
The Indy 500: Still the world’s largest single-d The Indy 500: Still the world’s largest single-day sporting event 🏁

📸 Al Tielemans / Sports Illustrated
Remarkable stat courtesy of justin_fiedler on Twit Remarkable stat courtesy of justin_fiedler on Twitter:

“I love F1 and Monaco is so iconic. But this stat is wild. The last on track pass for the lead was in 1996! Damon Hill passed Jean Alesi, but Alesi was on wets with Hill on slicks. The last pass before that was in 1987 when Ayrton Senna got by Nigel Mansel (sic).”

Will we see a pass for the lead today?
If you squint your eyes it’s like a Marlboro McL If you squint your eyes it’s like a Marlboro McLaren sitting in the Monaco pit lane… 🤍❤️

What do you think of McLaren’s one off Triple Crown livery?

📸 @mclaren
We asked you which modern day categories best chan We asked you which modern day categories best channel racing’s glory days, and you answered with proof that old school motorsport is still alive and well!
The detailing on our ‘88 World Tour Tee 😮 Po The detailing on our ‘88 World Tour Tee 😮

Powered by Nostalgia, it’s made from heavyweight cotton so you can wear it at the track or street. 

Available now - see link in bio 🤍❤️
Vale Tina Turner 1939-2023 The ‘Queen of Rock a Vale Tina Turner 1939-2023

The ‘Queen of Rock and Roll’ is pictured here with Ayrton Senna on stage at a concert after the ‘93 Australian GP.

Turner dedicated ‘The Best’ to Senna—the Brazilian having just taken his final victory in Formula 1.

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1,000hp and 160mph around Silverstone… Keke Rosb 1,000hp and 160mph around Silverstone… Keke Rosberg’s 1985 British GP pole lap was something special.

📸 LAT
POV: You’re filling up at your local Shell petro POV: You’re filling up at your local Shell petrol station when a Ferrari mechanic pulls up at the bowser in a 312T2 ⛽️ 

This scene took place at Zandvoort, 1976 ahead of that year’s Dutch GP.

📸 Romano Goldini
The way things used to be.. refuelling at the 1969 The way things used to be.. refuelling at the 1969 Bol d'Or motorcycle endurance race in France 🇫🇷 🚬
Which one are you taking? 💊 🔴 Bring back Gr Which one are you taking? 💊

🔴 Bring back Group C Sports Cars
🔵 Bring back Group B Rally
The perfect backyard doesn’t exi— 📸 @offic The perfect backyard doesn’t exi—

📸 @officialscalextric 
#scalextric #suzuka
A postcard from Imola in drier times… Of course A postcard from Imola in drier times…

Of course, it’s disappointing that the GP won’t go ahead, but it’s 100% the right decision. 

It’s just a race—important to remember that at least eight people have died so far in the floods that have hit the Emilia-Romagna region. 

Our thoughts are with everyone impacted.

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