On april 30, 1994 Roland Ratzenberger was killed during qualifying fort he San Marino Grand Prix. One day before Ayrton Senna would suffer his fatal accident. Senna was world famous, a great champion whose death would create a shockwave around the world that would make Ratzenberger disappear into the shadow for ever. Roland Ratzenberger was […]
Ossendrecht is part of the community of Woensdrecht, which profiles itself as the most cylcing-orientated community in the country. Ossendrecht used tob e base of a brand of bikes that was admired and ridden by the most famous cyclists of its day. Time to look fort he stories surrounding the Remy, Ossendrechts world-beating bike. In […]
The Citroën 2CV – “Duck”, as we lovingly call it in Holland – remains one of the most loved classic cars around. So you’d assume everything about it has been written by now. Wrong. Deep in France, a group of jolly people brings the “Duck” back to its roots: the water. The “Aquadeuch”, as they […]
Some stories remain unwritten, or in part at least. That sometimes stings a little, because they are simply too beautiful to not be told. Like this one, in Susteren in the province of Limburg. There you could find this somewhat tragic combination of a car dealership and a car graveyard. Dozens of cars, most of […]
Jim Carpenter, a Ferrari specialist from Phoenix, Arizona, put himself on the radar in the 1980’s with the way he converted Ferraris 308 and 328 to a 288 GTO. That “Grand Turismo Omologata” assumed the mantle of a legend the second it was introduced in 1984. All 272 examples were not only formidably expensive, they […]
Just before Christmas was the National Naturalisation Day, a sort of holiday for new citizens in Holland. One of those new citizens lives in Hoogerheide. Morteza Dinpazjouh loves Holland, the Dutch down-to-earthness and Hollandse Nieuwe. He tries to forget about his country of origin, Iran, as quickly as he can. “To Iran I’ll never return. […]
“Dreams are to be chased”. It’s something a lot of people say, but only a few actually do. Sport aces like F1-drivers, yes, they have achieved their dreams, but in normal life dreams tend to end behind a desk or in a dreary factory. Belgian Noël Roegis however, proves that it is never too late […]
