If “film noir” ever were an automobile or a person it would most certainly be a black Mercedes 600 and the late Roy Orbison, respectively. Both are quiet, dark and mysterious—with a refined elegance and a compelling nature that lets one know that they are in the presence of greatness.

2023 saw the 43rd running of Canada’s biggest Vintage Racing Event and by all accounts it didn’t disappoint!

Long ago in 1975, back before Saddam Hussein became president and the Shah was still in power in Iran, the Iran-Iraq conflict of the early to mid-seventies was temporarily ended by the Algiers Agreement.