Seven GT40s are amongst legendary racecars lining up for this year’s
Le Mans Legend event.
The extended age range for this year’s Le Mans Legend race on Saturday June 13th has allowed seven Ford GT40s to join the spectacular historic grid that will race on the full Le Mans circuit. It all happens just a few hours before the start of the modern 24-Hour endurance race. 61 iconic cars, dating from 1949 to 1968 and representing 26 different marques, will take to the track in an outstanding...
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LE MANS LEGEND: HISTORIC RACING AT ITS BEST!
Iconic vintage racers ‘open’ for the world’s most famous 24-hour enduro.
On Saturday 13th June 2015, a sensational grid of 61 historic Le Mans cars will race on the full Le Mans circuit just a few hours before the start of the modern 24 event.
The age range for cars taking part in the Le Mans Legend race has been extended for 2015, allowing an even wider selection of racecars to compete in the historic motorsport spectacle that is one of the highlights of the world-famous event.
In a chang...
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JESSE ALEXANDER: CAR GUY OF THE YEAR!
The Car Guy Chronicles celebrates legendary photographer Jesse Alexander, named ‘Car Guy of the Year.’
International motorsports photographer and celebrated car culture veteran Jesse Alexander has been named the 2014 “Car Guy of the Year” by a select group of automotive professionals, motorsports and collector-car enthusiasts. The announcement was made as part of Alexander’s overall recognition as this year’s honoree during the annual Montecito Motor Classic Gala and charity dinner held at t...
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AUDI TAKES LE MANS: LESSONS LEARNED!
Jim Resnick, embedded with the Audi Sport team for the 24-hour enduro,
blogs that a harmonic convergence has occurred between
racing cars and production vehicles.
The Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race is perhaps the ultimate laboratory for automotive innovation. On the venerable Circuit de la Sarthe, carmakers have field-tested – indeed, torture-tested – systems and technologies that will continue to influence production cars for years after the checkered flag has waved.
The Feder...
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BENTLEY ‘BLOWERS’ ROAD TRIP: MILLE MIGLIA CHALLENGE!
Bentley Motors is competing in the Mille Miglia next week with two of the company’s famous 4.5-Litre supercharged Blowers.
The 1930 Le Mans Team Car once owned by Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin, one of the most celebrated members of a group of British gentlemen racers known as the Bentley Boys, will be joined by a former company demonstrator Blower with its original Vanden Plas Open, Sports Four Seater body for this renowned event. Even after nine decades on the road, this second Blower continues to de...
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’64 CHEVY IMPALA SS409: SHE’S REAL FINE!
Michael Brown waited 50 years after hearing the Beach Boys ‘409’ to purchase the car that he promised himself he would own one day.
And, it was worth waiting for.
For car guys, one of the most memorable cuts of the Beach Boys’ Surfin’ Safari album, is unquestionably, 409. That was 1962 and in 2012 Michael Brown treated himself to this stunning four-speed 409/425 ’64 Impala with 4.56 Posi rear. Dream realized.
Michael Brown is probably best known in the Corvette community for his ...
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SHELBY COBRA DAYTONA COUPE: HOME AGAIN!
Cobra Daytona Coupe to headline Carroll Shelby Tribute & Car Show, 50 years after winning Le Mans in 1964.
Almost 50 years after its historic victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2299 will return to Southern California to headline the second annual Carroll Shelby Tribute and Car Show on Saturday, May 17, 2014. The event will raise money for the Carroll Shelby Foundation and new museum. CSX2299 was the second Coupe built and the first completed at Carrozzeria ...
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PORSCHE RACING: 24 HOURS FOR ETERNITY-LE MANS!
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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NISSAN 400-HP TURBO: ZEOD RC RACER!
Turbo three-cylinder engine weighs just 88 pounds, produces more horsepower-per-pound than a Formula One engine!
Nissan will not only break new ground with the unique electric powerplant aboard the Nissan ZEOD RC at Le Mans this year, but the accompanying internal combustion engine is set to revolutionize standards of performance and efficiency. The Nissan ZEOD RC will become the first entry at Le Mans to complete a lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe under nothing but electric power in June. A ...
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CALDER’S BMW BATMOBILE ART CAR: AMELIA ISLAND
BMWs first Art Car, Alexander Calder's 3.0 CSL Batmobile GT racer, will headline
2014 Amelia Concours' Batmobile Class.
BMW's Art Cars debuted to the public in Paris at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs at the Louvre in May 1975. It was an elegant creative alliance of racer and art auctioneer Herve Poulain and American sculptor Alexander Calder mixed with the foresight of BMW Motorsport chief Jochen Neerpasch. Calder started with a scale model of the Batmobile, cloaking it in broad swat...
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