But meeting rattlesnakes, coyotes and javelinas at 200km/h down the back straight of a racetrack does make you question your commitment to species ­diversity. My son Tom and I have just been doing the $7000, three-day advanced racing course on ­Indian lands just outside P...

Standing majestically and surveying the grazing cattle, the golden pastures, Goulburn (Australia’s first inland city), the historic Bunnings and the Wakefield Park Raceway is the 15-metre-high, anatomically correct Big Merino

Buckle up. Hang on. It’s going to be a very bumpy ride this morning as we roar through the weirdest F1 in modern history, Mazdagate, some great road trips, the world’s best motor museum (at the moment) and skim through the pick of the US motor magazines

Look, I know you think that buying a car for $4 million five years ago and selling it for $20m this year is not a bad trade. As Sports Car says, “0-60 in 3.2 seconds, $US3m to $US16m in five years”. But while two frenzied bidders with very, very deep pockets battled e...

Surprised to know your car still has spark plugs. Spark plugs are, well, so 60s, so last century. Like ashtrays, cassette players, chokes and your father putting a piece of plywood across the back seats with a slab of rubber on top so the kids could play while he and mum shared a...