Marv’s Garage: Mr Flathead works out how to make gravy
One man outfoxed the NHRA to make speed like nobody else.
Marv’s Garage: Daijiro Inada’s 150mph pretzel
The co-founder of Option Magazine had A Big One at massive speed on the Silver State Classic, and lived to tell the tale.
Marv’s Garage: Larry’s Iron Lion takes the Chevs to pound town
LP didn’t listen to the other Holden teams who all switched to Chev V8 power in ‘93. And he smoked them at the one race that mattered.
Marv’s Garage: One French guy beats Jackie Ickx and Porsche at Le Mans.
At Le Mans in 1980 a privateer took on the might of Le Mans most successful driver and manufacturer, and won.
Marv’s Garage: Cheese saved the first F1 Grand Prix championship cars
When World War 2 broke out the most advanced racing cars were hidden with cheese.
Marv’s Garage: the Superfalcon is one of the hottest Fords
One of the greatest Ford touring cars of all time. Period.
Marv’s Garage: Salt horses
If Ferraris don’t belong salt racing, then why are they so good at it?
Marv’s Garage: The Veskanda was too fast for Australia
This ground-effects V8 monster from the ‘80s proved it was capable of running with the top dogs in WEC.
Marv’s Garage: Australia’s forgotten speed hero
Did you know Australia had land speed legend?
Marv’s Garage: The Bapmobile
Bap Romano ushered in a new era of sports car performance with his brutal Kaditcha.
Marv’s Garage: La Pantera Bianca; the white panther.
La Pantera Bianca, the white panther, rewrote how intense Aussie race car builds would be.
Marv’s Garage: Briggs Cunningham was an American badass.
Everyone knows Carroll Shelby, but years before the Cobra King battled Ferrari at Le Mans another American came close to conquering La Sarthe.
Marv’s Garage: Group 5 was a party
Big wings, big turbos, big wheels and big balls. Group 5 was for racers who liked to PARTY.
Marv’s Garage: wing cars didn’t just rule NASCAR
We typically think of Chrysler’s infamous wing cars (the Charger Daytona and Roadrunner Superbird) as purely NASCAR fodder but did you know they had a salt career too?
Marv’s Garage: Making a monkey of NASCAR
Back in the 50s Tim Flock had a co-driver, who was a monkey.
Marv’s Garage: Bob Jane had TWO ‘69 ZL-1 Camaros
The Aussie tyre tycoon had two of Chevy’s baddest muscle cars; one for touring car racing and one he sent drag racing
Marv’s Garage: Aussie truck racing is the right kinda madness
Big rigs powersliding in clouds of soot: Aussie Super Trucks are comedic motorsport, and they’re awesome.