Motorsport Video was initially established in Australia by multiple World Champion bike rider and TT winner Barry Smith in 1981. Ownership of the business changed in 1993 and the brand has continued to grow into Australia's largest motorsport entertainemt distributor.

Motorsport Video's main focus was always to provide excellent customer service to our mail-order and internet customers. A combination of great value offers and high quality products continued to see the Motorsport range ever increasing.

In late 2006 Motorsport Video became Pitlane Direct, still the great range and fantastic offers , just a new name with old fashioned customer service.



Duke Video - UK

The name Duke is synonymous with motorsport. GEOFF DUKE O.B.E. dominated motorcycle racing in the 1950's winning six world championships and five TT races.

Now, son Peter Duke's video company dominates the motorsport DVD and video market.

With over 2,000 titles published, over 180,000 mail order customers and main distributors in over 20 countries, Duke offers enthusiasts of "powered sport" a one-stop shop for all their viewing needs. From small beginnings in 1981 with the launch of a solitary motorcycle racing tape - at a time when only 7% of British households had a video recorder - the company has expanded into dozens of sports ranging from Formula One and Superbikes to Aerobatics and Import cars.

The company now employ around 35 staff year round and double this at peak periods. Duplication of DVD's and videos and creation of sleeve artwork and all marketing materials are handled in-house to ensure quality control and consistency. The company also has two state-of-the-art digital edit suites utilised for documentary production, trailers, advertising and corporate video work for outside clients.

Duke is supplied by over 70 different programme producers worldwide from FOA (Formula One Administration), Dorna (Bike GP's), World Superbike International and TOCA (British Touring Cars) through major archive owners like Castrol Ltd., Woods (bikes) and Hay (cars) to independents like Academy Award-winning documentary maker David Wallace.