Sunday

MARK WEBBER ON THE MOVE

It has not been a secret that Mark Webber has been my favorite F1 driver for several years. I remember picking up on him in the Le Mans series in the late 90's. This past week he announced that he was returning to the Le Mans series to spearhead the new Porche team. I am going to miss him in Formula One that is for sure. He is a hard driving racer with a good head on his shoulders. He always says what he means and means what he says. I like that and wish him luck.
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FORMULA ONE IN ENGLAND

MARK WEBBER, 2ND - NICO ROSBERG, 1ST - FERNANDO ALONSO, 3RD

What started off as a ho-hum race became anything but. Nico Rosberg became the winner when Vettel's car broke down in the last few laps. He was being chased by Mark Webber who was only 0.7 seconds behind. One more lap and the outcome would have been different. Fernando Alonso came in third.

The Perlli tires were just as much trouble as they have been from the beginning. Only this time the left rear tire seemed to explode leaving several drivers out on a limb. Felipe Massa, Jean-Eric Vergne, Esteban Gutierrez, Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton all had the left read tire disappear on them. The Red Bull team said that they noticed a delamination problem on Vettel's car. Delamination! I haven't heard that term since the 60's when America was experimenting with re-capped tires for cars and trucks. Does that mean that Perlli is giving them re-capped tires to race on? Perlli has no incentive to fix their tire problems because next year they are out of the picture.

Some notable drives were had...Mark Webber plunged to 14th by the end of the first lap and ended in second...Lewis Hamilton went down to 21st and ended in fourth place...Felipe Massa also dropped to the back of the pack and ended in sixth. What started ho-hum became very interesting.

photo credit: © 2013 gpupdate.net

Saturday

AUSTRALIA ON THE 1ST OF JULY

1973 KARMANN GHIA

WINTER CLASSIC
by Shannons
321 Warrigal Road
Cheltenham, Victoria
Australia


+61 (0) 2 8019 4116

photo credit: © 2013 Shannons

NEW YORK ON THE 29TH

MIKE GEORGE ESTATE AUCTION
by Williston
11692 Big Tree Road
East Aurora, New York


1-716-655-7000

Thursday

ALLAN SIMONSEN........1978 - 2013

Driving Aston Martin number 95 Allan Simonsen lost his life on lap four of the 2013 24 Hour Le Mans 

photo credit: © 2013 google.com
video credit: © youtube.com

SOUTH DAKOTA ON THE 29TH

1923 FORD MODEL T

COLLECTOR'S CARS AND TRUCKS
by Girard
Girard Auction Facilities
Wakonda, South Dakota


1-605-267-2421

photo credit: © 2013 Girard

SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 29TH


WHITEY GREENE'S TRUCK RANCH
by Johnny King
880 Rutherfordton Highway
Chesney, South Carolina


1-864-554-1944

photo credit: © 2013 Johnny King Auctions

TENNESSEE ON THE 29TH

1964 CHEVY IMPALA SS

MUSCLE CAR MAYHEM
by Southern Classic/Highline Enterprises
ADESA
Nashville, Tennessee

www.southernclassicauctions.com/musclecarmayhem2013.html 

1-615-240-3062

photo credit: Southern Classic Auctions

ENGLAND ON THE 29TH

1954 ASTON MARTIN

BLENHEIM PALACE
by COYS
Blenheim Palace
Woodstock, Oxfordshire
United Kingdom


+44 (0) 208 614 7888

photo credit: © 2013 COYS

MINNESOTA ON THE 29TH


BUD "ROOT BEER" JOHNSON COLLECTION
by van der Brink
Mower County Fairgrounds
Austin, Minnesota


1-605-201-7005

video credit: van der Brink Auctions

ILLINOIS ON THE 29TH

1962 CORVETTE

BLOOMINGTON GOLD
by Mecum
University of Illinois
Assembly Hall Grounds
Champaign, Illinois


1-262-275-5050

photo credit: © 2013 mecum.com

Monday

INDYCAR IN IOWA

RYAN HUNTER-REAY, 2ND - JAMES HINCHCLIFFE, 1ST - TONY KANAAN, 3RD

This oval is the tightest of the tight. Only 7/8 of a mile and clearly meant for another type of racecar. Even with its turn, turn, turn tightness the drivers maintain an average miles per hour in the mid 170's for 250 laps.


The winner was James Hinchcliffe, winning his third race this season, who remained in the lead a good portion of the race. Followed closely by his team-mate, Ryan Hunter-Reay, last year's champion. Rounding out the top three was Tony Kanaan, winner of this year's 500.

Takuma Sato did not finish due to mecanical problems.

Driver of the day, other than the winner, was Ryan Hunter-Reay. Due to problems he had been bumped to the end of the pack, passed everyone to end up in second.


photo credit: © 2013 news.com.au
video credit: © 2013 youtube.com

Saturday

FRANCE ON THE 23RD

1961 JAGUAR

AUTOMOBILES OF COLLECTIONS
by Osenat
5 rue Royale
Fontainebleau
Paris, France


+33 (0) 1 64 22 27 62

photo credit: Osenat

Friday

ENGLAND ON THE 22ND

CLASSIC CARS
by Anglia
The Cattlemarket
Bevridge Way
King's Lynn
Norfolk
United Kingdom


+44 (0) 1553 771 881

WASHINGTON ON THE 22ND

INDIAN

TED SMALL POWER COLLECTION
by Macon Brothers
12178 West Highway 12
Lowden, Washington


1-509-529-7770

photo credit: Macon Brothers

MONTANA ON THE 22ND

1935 INTERNATIONAL

WARHANK FAMILY ANTIQUE AUTO AUCTION
by Shobe
Sam Berge Field
Rudyard, Montana


1-406-538-5125

photo credit: © 2013 United Country

CANADA ON THE 22ND

1957 CHEVY

COLLECTOR CARS
by Dueck
PNE Fairgrounds
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada


1-604-633-0703

photo credit: The Dueck Auto Group

NEW YORK ON THE 22ND

THE GARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION
by Cottone
5352 County Road 4
Burdett, New York


1-585-243-1000

MINNESOTA ON THE 22ND

1931 CHEVY

STEAM BOAT DAYS
by Spring Grove
101 East 4th Street
Winona, Minnesota


no phone given

photo credit: © 2013 Spring Grove Auctions

Thursday

CANADA ON THE 21ST

1934 FORD

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION
by The Electric Garage
Lake Side Casino
Pentiction Beach, British Colombia
Canada


1-888-296-0528

photo credit: © 2013 The Electric Garage

MINNESOTA ON THE 21ST

TWIN CITIES CLASSIC CAR AUCTION
featuring the Don Sears Collection
by Mid-America
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Historic Cattle Building
1265 Snelling Avenue North
St. Paul, Minnesota


1-800-473-2324


NORTH CAROLINA ON THE 21ST

RALEIGH CLASSIC
by Auctions America
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
Jim Graham Building
Raleigh, North Carolina


1-919-269-5271 

Tuesday

ENGLAND ON THE 20TH

1965 TRIUMPH TR4 A

SUMMER AUCTION
by DVCA
The Gartell Light Railway
Common Lane
Yenston, Templecombe, Somerset
United Kingdom


+44 (0) 1963 363 353

photo credit: © 2013 DVCA

CALIFORNIA ON THE 20TH

1952 TOJEIRO BARCHETTA

NEWPORT BEACH
by Russo & Steele
Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort
1131 Back Bay Drive
Newport Beach, California


1-602-252-2697

photo credit: Russo & Steele

SPECIAL OF THE WEEK

1950 DODGE
 
American Classic ...... Car has new paint, interior including headliner, rechromed bumpers, new radiator, starter, brakes, generator, tune up and gas sending unit.
Excellent driver and ready for a new home.

Located in Texas.........check it out at hemming.com

photo credit: © 2013 hemmings.com
text credit: © 2013 hemmings.com


Sunday

INDYCAR IN WISCONSIN

RYAN HUNTER-REAY

Whew! This track is one short, tight track. Ryan Hunter-Reay, last years champ, was able to hang on for first place. Followed by Helio Castroneves and Will Power. A fairly uneventful race except that there is always a winner.

Takuma Sato, after leading 109 laps of 250, came in 7th and Tony Kanaan rounded out the top ten with 10th.

photo credit: © 2013 indycar.com
video credit: © 2013 youtube.com

Thursday

MICHIGAN ON THE 15TH


HINDBAUGH ESTATE AUCTION
by Bran Neuhart
7920 Bluebush Road
Maybee, Michigan


1-724-439-7939

photo credit: © 2013 auctionzip.com

MINNESOTA ON THE 15TH

CLASSIC CARS FROM THE CURT & NORDIS LUEBKE LIFETIME COLLECTION
by Matt Maring
ONLINE


1-507-789-5421


IDAHO ON THE 15TH

1966 LAND ROVER

COEUR D'ALENE
by Silver
Sherman Avenue
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho


1-800-255-4485

photo credit: © 2013 Silver Auctions

MINNESOTA ON THE 15TH


THE HANSON COLLECTION
by van der Brink
30 South Division Street
Clara City, Minnesota


1-605-201-7005

photo credit: van der Brink Auctions

ENGLAND ON THE 15TH

THE ROCKINGHAM CASTLE AUCTION
by H & H
Rockingham Castle
Leichestershire
United Kingdom


+44 (0) 8458 33 44 55



GREECE ON THE 15TH

1953 FIAT 500

ATHENS
featuring The Pantheon Collection
by COYS
The Westin Hotel
Astir Palace Resort
40 Apollonos Street
Athens, Greece


+44 (0) 208 614 7888

photo credit: © 2013 COYS

ENGLAND ON THE 15TH

1954 VELOCETTE

THE BANBURY RUN SALE
by Bonhams
Banbury Road
Shipton-on-Cherwell
Kidlington
Oxford
United Kingdom


+44 (0) 20 7447 7448

photo credit: © 2013 bonhams 1793

SPECIAL OF THE WEEK

1969 CHECKER
 

Diesel Checker, one of 330 built.
4-236 Perkins Diesel engine.
Ford FMX transmission.
Engine, transmission, torque converter and drive line all rebuilt in the last 20,000 miles.
Differential recently rebuilt.
Numbers on car match data plate.
I am the third owner of this vehicle which I purchased in 1982.
27 MPG on the open highway.

Located in California........1-530-244-7833

photo credit: © 2013 hemmings.com
text credit: © 2013 hemmings.com

Sunday

FORMULA ONE IN CANADA

SEBASTIAN VETTEL

Canadians love their racing and it showed today with a standing room only crowd. It seems very strange that Red Bull had never won in Canada. Very strange, indeed! They can put that by the wayside as Sebastian Vettel  left the pole position and never looked back. Winning his 29th race and Red Bull's first in Canada. Second place was hotly contested by Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso with Alonso taking second and leaving third place to Hamilton. Vettel was so far ahead that he lapped everyone except the top five places. We don't see that too much on the new tracks, but Canada has been around for a long time.

photo credit: © 2013 bbc.com

INDYCAR IN TEXAS

HELIO CASTRONEVES

So, what else do you do on a hot Texas night....of course you go to the 'Firestone 550.' A tight oval track of only 1.5 miles for 228 times. The race wasn't as tight at the end like most IndyCar races, but it still had the sell-out crowd on their feet. Helio Castroneves won his 28th race and charged up as usual. Ryan Hunter-Reay, last year's champion, came in second. Tony Kanaan, this year's Indy 500 winner came in a distant third.

Takuma Sato was unable to qualify so he had to start in 21st and ended up in 11th.

photo credit: © 2013 indycar.com
video credit: © 2013 youtube.com

Friday

MASSACHUSETTS ON THE 11TH


1928 FORD MODEL A

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
by Roger Sweeney
139 Marston Street
Lawrence, Mass

www.treasury.gov

1-603-594-1303

photo credit: United States Treasury Department


FRANCE ON THE 10TH

AUTOMOBILES SUR LES CHAMPS 5
by Artcurial
Théâtre du Rond-Point
Paris, France


+33 (0) 1 42 99 20 20

ENGLAND ON THE 8TH


1966 JAGUAR
 
CLASSIC COLLECTORS CARS AND SPORTSCARS
by Barons
Esher Hall
Sandown Park Exibition Complex
Surrey
United Kingdom
 
www.barons-auctions.co.uk
 
+44 (0) 8454 30 60 60
 
photo credit: © 2013 Barons

Thursday

MARYLAND ON THE 8TH

1978 MG MIDGET

SPECIAL INTEREST AUTOS
by Wolfe
Frederic Fairgrounds
Frederic, Maryland


1-800-443-9580

photo credit: Wolfe Auctions

SWITZERLAND ON THE 8TH

CLASSIC CAR AUCTION
by The Swiss Auctioneers
Skating Rink at Dolder Sports
Zurich, Switzerland


+41 (0) 31 819 61 61




Wednesday

TENNESSEE ON THE 7TH


CHOO CHOO CLASSIC AUTO EXPO
by Choo Choo Classics
Chattanooga Auto Auction
2120 Stein Drive
Chattanooga, Tennessee


no phone listed

video credit: Choo Choo Classics

OKLAHOMA ON THE 7TH

1947 CADILLAC

TULSA 2013
by Leake
Expo Center
Tulsa Fairgrounds
Tulsa, Oklahoma


1-918-254-7077

photo credit: Leake Car Company

Monday

SPECIAL OF THE WEEK

1947 DeSOTO

Colorado Spruce green with original gray cloth interior, recently exposed after being protected since new by factory seat covers. Nice chrome and glass. Powered by 236.6 ci. 109 hp. flathead six cylinder with three speed Fluidrive that works perfectly. The car runs quite, smooth as silk. This is a wonderful car to drive. It is just out of long term storage from an estate. Low miles, approx. 36000 since new. Currently has original paint with minor touch ups. You may want to touch a couple more minor flaws or enjoy the once in a lifetime originality. The car has the optional light up lucite hood flying lady hood orniment, and the original gas cap has the DeSoto logo on it yet. Blackwall tires give a look right out of the 1940's. Seriously, this is a very great car.

Located in Ohio........1-330-453-8900

photo credit: © 2013 hemmings.com
text credit: © 2013 hemmings.com

MOTOR ART.........RICHARD LEWIS

CONTACT:

Richard Lewis
P O Box 11263
Marina del Rey, California


1-310-849-8119

photo credit: © 2013 google.com

ILLINOIS ON THE 4TH

1938 INTERNATIONAL

VINTAGE COMMERICIAL TRUCK PROJECTS
by Middendorf Brothers
211 South West Street
Jacksonville, Illinois


1-217-243-5486

photo credit: © 2013 auction-zip.com

PARIS BOUND

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INDYCAR IN MICHIGAN........RACE TWO

This statement seemed to be very close to the truth. The first half of the race was run under many yellow flags, it seemed that every restart they would get to do a couple of laps and then 'bang' another car entanglement.
JAMES JAKES, 2ND - SIMON PAGENAUD, 1ST - MIKE CONWAY, 3RD
 
Simon Pagenaud, winning his first IndyCar race, was happy to have it over with. It was a crazy race right fromt the beginning. Cars smacking into the walls, the tires, each other and finally having an eight car pile-up. From that point on it was a race. For a long time it looked like Mike Conway was going to win again which would have given him a $50,000 bonus, but as racing goes it just wasn't to be. Second went to James Jakes, with his highest finish yet, and third went to Mike Conway.
 
I think the next three races are on oval tracks which will eliminate Mike Conway. After his very bad accident at the Indy 500 a couple of years ago he has decided that he will no longer race on oval tracks. He just wasn't comfortable with them. Hopefully, when IndyCar gets back to the road tracks in July, Dale Coyne Racing will pick him up again.
 
Takuma Sato hit the wall or a tire barrier on lap 24. Tony Kanaan started in something 19th spot and for a while challenged 1st, 2nd and 3rd, but ended up in 12th.
 
top photo credit: © 2013 Robin Buckson / Detroit Free Press
center photo credit: © Julian Gonzalez / Detroit News
video credit: © 2013 youtube.com

Sunday

ENGLAND ON THE 3RD


1939 DAIMLER

COLLECTOR'S CLASSICS AND SPORTSCARS
by Barons
Esher Hall
Sandown Exibition Park
Esher, Surrey
United Kingdom


+44 (0) 8454 30 60 60

photo credit: Barons Auctions

INDYCAR IN MICHIGAN........RACE ONE

RYAN HUNTER-REAY, 2ND - MIKE CONWAY, 1ST - JUSTIN WILSON, 3RD

They were able to beat the rain and Mike Conway won by a nearly a full 12 seconds. That doesn't happen very often in IndyCar, they are uaually much closer than that, tenths or hundredths of a second. Conway was brought in for the race by Dale Coyne Racing, the team that went 20 years without a win and has now had three. To add the icing to the cake, Justin Wilson, came in third and is also from Dale Coyne Racing. Second place went to Ryan Hunter-Reay, last year's champion.

In some ways Detroit still has a problem getting it together. If anyone remembers that last year they had a problem with the track coming apart. Repair patches pulling up and leaving large holes in the track and the patches getting tangled up in the cars. This year they had some loose tires that were used to warn drivers of the road edge (I think), but when these were hit they went out into the track interferring with at least three cars.

And what of Tony Kanaan and Takuma Sato? Kanaan claimed that his car was 'horrible' even though he spent some time in the front. Sato had a spin and his car was never the same after that. Kanaan ended in 13th and Sato in 19th.


photo credit: © 2013 Eric Seals / Detroit Free Press
video credit: © 2013 youtube.com

Saturday

WASHINGTON ON THE 2ND

1955 BRISTOL

VINTAGE TRUCK AUCTION
by Lucky
Marymount Event Center
325 152nd Street E
Tacoma, Washington


1-888-672-0020

photo credit: © 2013 Lucky Collector Car

CONNECTICUT ON THE 2ND

1932 LINCOLN

COLLECTOR'S MOTORCARS
by Bonhams
Greenwich Concours d'Elegance
Greenwich, Connecticut


1-415-861-7500

photo credit: © 2013 bonhams 1793