The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is getting ready for the return to Le Mans with a special exhibition from March 26 to July 13, 2014.
Porsche is taking a look back, not only to its multiple previous successes at the French endurance race, but also to the present-day Le Mans commitment for 2014. For the first time, the Porsche 919 Hybrid, above, will be presented to the public at the Porsche Museum. The car celebrated its premiere only three weeks ago at the Geneva Motor Show.
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’56 CORVETTE ‘SEBRING’: RPO RACER!
Restored to the way it ran at Sebring in 1956, rare Arctic Blue 265/240 Corvette
is a real time machine.
In 1956, five Corvettes were entered at Sebring and rare Corvette collector Phil Schwartz owns the only one entered privately. The other four were official Chevrolet factory racecars driven by high-profile drivers. Sponsored by Doane Chevrolet, the #3 Corvette was driven from the Chicago area to Sebring (FL), raced and then driven back to Illinois. While this racer’s chassis has ...
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MERCEDES-BENZ RACING HISTORY: 120 YEARS!
Mercedes-Benz celebrates 120 years of racing history at Techno Classica 2014.
More than 30 racing cars, representing a timeline of extraordinary victories since 1894 and outstanding innovations in racing technology showcase 120 years of Mercedes-Benz motor racing history at Techno Classica in Essen this week.
Mercedes-Benz Classic celebrates this incomparable string of moments in engineering history with a presentation encompassing more than 30 racing cars from all periods and...
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BONNEVILLE, A CENTURY OF SPEED: SAVE THE SALT!
The Bonneville Salt Flats is a magical place and a national treasure; David Fetherston’s latest tome chronicles 100 years of racing there.
While the first known attempts at land speed record setting were on just a little-over-a-mile road outside of Paris in 1898, Land Speed Racing is as American as hot dogs, hot rodding and Motown! In 1898 Count Gaston set the first land speed record at 39.34 mph in a 36-horsepower Jeantaud electric racecar built in Belgium. Over the next couple of y...
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PORSCHE BOXSTER & CAYMAN GTS: MORE EVERYTHING!
GTS badges grace mid-engine Porsche sports cars for the first time since 1963
For the first time, Porsche will be offering the Boxster and Cayman as GTS models, featuring more powerful engines and additional standard performance equipment. They offer as standard equipment unique front and rear fascias, blacked out Bi-Xenon headlights with the Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS), 20-inch Carrera S wheels and sport exhaust systems with black tailpipes as standard. Boxster GTS convertible &am...
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CALLAWAY SUPERCHARGED CAMARO: STREET LEGAL Z/28!
Limited production Callaway Z/28 SC652 Camaro delivers 652 horsepower and
620 pound-feet of torque.
Callaway’s SC652 Camaro is equipped with all standard Z/28 features: unprecedented weight reduction, a hand-built 427-inch engine with dry sump oiling, a wind-tunnel-tested aerodynamic package, massive Pirelli® tires, impressive Brembo® carbon-ceramic brakes, race-proven spool-valve dampers, and much more. Callaway adds Eaton TVS supercharging from the 2006-‘13 Callaway Corvet...
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FORD TWIN-TURBO EcoBoost V-6: SEBRING PODIUM!
Chip Ganassi Racing’s EcoBoost-engined Riley Prototype takes overall win at the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring.
Piloted by Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and Marino Franchitti, the Roush Yates-prepped twin-turbo 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 propelled the Riley prototype to victory lane in the premier class. Ford’s EcoBoost engine powered Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates to victory at the legendary Sebring enduro.
Sebring is one of the most storied and demanding racetracks in the country. It was Fr...
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’67 CORVETTE L88: AGAINST ALL ODDS!
The story of one man finding his moment of glory at the 1970 24 Hours of Daytona. This is an excerpt from the first chapter of Against All Odds by Stephen Cox.
The hands on both stopwatches were still in place after the final practice laps at Daytona International Speedway. Unexpectedly low temperatures had turned their stainless steel casings ice cold, but Jeri Gottlob had no gloves.
She wouldn't have worn them anyway over her freshly painted red fingernails.
Twenty-two years old, si...
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HONDA V6 GOES RACING: DAYTONA PROTOTYPE!
Honda Joins the Daytona Prototype ranks with latest racing application of production-based V6 engine in a Riley-Honda.
Honda has expanded its attack on the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, and will join the Daytona Prototype category with a Riley-Honda, above, for the first time later this month at the 62nd annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Honda has a history of success at the Florida endurance-racing classic, including LMP2 class victories in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013....
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MASERATI 450S: DESERT CONCORSO CENTERPIECE!
Spectacular Maserati 450S racer and legendary Maserati road racer Bill Krause coming to the Desert Concorso.
One of ten fire breathing monsters built by Maserati in the mid-1950s, this 450S is the last car built in 1957 as well as one of the most valuable due to its matching number engine and competition provenance. Owned by a local area snowbird and noted collector and vintage racer Tom Hollfelder, it is an iconic period racecar. It is altogether fitting that this historic sports racer S/...
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