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Oct 21 2008, 03:32 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 8 comment(s)
Porsche clinched the remaining two manufacture championships at the final round of the American Le Mans series last weekend. The DHL Penske Porsche of Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard finished on the LMP2 podium, scoring one more point than Acura, securing the manufactures crown. Meanwhile in GT2, valuable points from the Farnbacher-Loles team resulting in the GT2 crown going to Porsche. At the front, the dominant Audi Sport team finished 1st and 2nd, with Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr from team mates...
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Oct 06 2008, 05:10 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 2 comment(s)
The Eleventh running of the 1000 Mile Petit Le Mans resulted in a classic Audi-Peugeot-Audi battle in the last half of the race. Andrew Jennings was at Road Atlanta taking these fantastic images for us. There was drama even before the race had started. 2nd place starter Allan McNish lost control on a warm-up lap and spun his Audi R10 TDi into the barriers. The Scott managed to get the deranged car back to the pits where the Audi crew set to repair the car. “I lost control of the Audi due to...
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Oct 03 2008, 04:09 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 5 comment(s)
Wow, that was a great qualifying session! Just like a sprint race. Allan McNish put in some really quick times early in the Qualifying session earlier this afternoon and with five minutes to go the Audi Engineer told Allan he could come in to the pits,his pole position was safe... However,,,,as Allan was exiting his car, Stephane Sarrazin took pole, by just 0.08 of second. An amazing performance by both teams. Given that everyone thought Peugeot would dominate qualifying, it was an impressive performance...
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Oct 03 2008, 08:55 AM
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Andy Blackmore
with 6 comment(s)
The Jewel in the American Le Mans Series crown takes place this weekend at Atlanta, Georgia. ‘Petit Le Mans’ is a 10 hour endurance event at the Road Atlanta circuit. Its a unique event for the ALMS, so there are quite a few extra entries. With the Credit Crunch having a major impact in the USA, many see this event could be the peak of competition for a while. But back to this event. Peugeot return to the States to battle it out with Audi in the Prototype ‘P1’ class. The French...
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Posted
Oct 02 2008, 03:11 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 10 comment(s)
Moving sure isn't fun! Over the past few days, I've been super busy packing all my stuff and transporting it to a new location that I feel would work better for me! That may sound okay, but today it was 101 degrees, and my amigos and I have been working hard all day in extreme temperatures! It tires you out more than you might imagine! Southern Cali sure is hot right now, and if you're from Southern Cali, you know what that means! In Southern California, hot weather means the hot girls...
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Posted
Aug 27 2008, 08:06 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 13 comment(s)
The new Audi R8 GT3 'Customer' Racecar has been announced by Audi Motorsport. The new race car will conform to the FiA GT3 regulations, allowing it to run in many National and some International Series. The car was developed by Audi Sport and is aimed at customer use. Unlike the roadcar, the 500hp race car is rear wheel drive. Four wheel drive is prohibited in the GT3 class. The racecar is quite stunning. The front end has a new hood with air intake and subtly flared fenders. A splitter reduces...
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Posted
Aug 05 2008, 02:46 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 16 comment(s)
This past weekend, we went to the Recaro Days event, which was held at Nurburgring's paddock area. Rather than bore you with a ton of text, I thought I'd just put up a gallery of photos; after all, everyone knows that wheels are better to look at than talk about . Hmm... well, I love talking about wheels too! I'll be honest. Not all the cars at Recaro Days were deserving of features on Speedhunters - many of them were show & shine style cars (the German equivalent to the cars in the...
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Posted
Jul 31 2008, 06:03 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 8 comment(s)
Right now it's about 6:00am in the quiet town of Nurburg, Germany. The sun is just rising right now, and the sky is filled with spectacular deep red and deep blue hues, which contrast to the lush green grassy fields right outside my window. I left my big windows open all night because it was so damn hot and stuffy inside my hotel room. From what I've been told, this area is always cold, and we're visiting in a very rare hot spell - even in the summer. Since it's a normally cold region...
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Posted
Jul 18 2008, 12:00 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 5 comment(s)
The fifth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series took place at Lime Rock last weekend. The circuit has a long history, dating back to the 50's, but this year the track had been resurfaced and re-profiled. It wasn't popular with the drivers as it's quite a narrow track so, as expected, there would be collisions during the event! First of those was during qualifying, when the freshly rebuilt Bell Motorsport Aston Martin DBR9 which was hit by the Acura of Franck Montagny. According to...
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Posted
Jul 15 2008, 10:31 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 19 comment(s)
The Rudskogen Motorsenter was under the spotlight when Gatebil organized one of their biggest shows on Norway's soil. The idea behind Gatebil is simple, choose a track, invite a lot of drivers and cars from around Europe and voila we have ourselves a event. In Europe a lot of shows hire drifters or special cars to perform, but with Gatebil it's the other way around. People want to come there and show the people what they got. My guess is it's because of the girls... Norway is famous for their gorgeous women.
But of course the main attraction for us guys are the cars, right? One of the cars that got my attention was the Audi you see in the picture above. It really has the biggest spoiler I have ever seen....
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Posted
Jul 04 2008, 09:44 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 8 comment(s)
The Audi TT is known in general as a hair dressers car, but when I first layed my eyes on this example I had to adjust my opinion about the TT. This is not your ordinary Audi TT, the owner decided that the stopping power of the standard brakes weren't enough so he opted for a new brake assembly from the new Nissan GT-R. I already saw a R35 brake swap being done on a R32 GT-R by Endless-R but this is the first Euro car that I saw with the same swap. Tuning Powerhouse Esprit was the one that provided...
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Posted
Jun 17 2008, 10:36 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 2 comment(s)
John Brooks is back in the UK from his adventures at the Le Mans 24H in France. In between getting photos prepped and delivered for his various clients he managed to quickly fire off to me a small gallery of Audi snaps from the contest. Looks like it was a pretty hard fought victory for Audi, one reliant on superior tactics and race craft rather than all out speed....
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Posted
Jun 15 2008, 06:12 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 10 comment(s)
The 76th Le Mans 24 Hours came to a dramatic finish, with a victory by Audi with Allan McNish, Rinaldo Capello and Tom Kristensen from the Peugeot of Marc Gene, Nicolas Minassian and Jacques Villeneuve. It marks the eighth wn (yes, EIGHT!!!) for Tom and the second win for Allan. I'm so pleased for Allan, one of the nicest guys around and he's waited 10 years for his second win. Peugeot started from Pole, but suffered some early troubles, with Audi taking the lead. As the sun set, Peugeot...
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Posted
Jun 14 2008, 10:41 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 3 comment(s)
You will know from the numerous posts on Speedhunters, Le Mans is currently taking place. The race started at 3pm local time with Peugeot leading from the pole. As we enter the 14th hour, it starts raining earlier than planned. Jacques Villenueve (7) leads with the No2 Audi in second. Its not been plain sailing for the Peugeot though. Around the 2 hour mark, all three Peugeots suffered problems, worst was the leader who dropped down to 30th. The Audis gained control before the Peugeots clawed their...
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Posted
Jun 11 2008, 04:19 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 16 comment(s)
The Le Mans 24 hours takes place this weekend in central France. In the first of three posts, we will go through the different cars of Le Mans, with the aid of the excellent photography of John Brooks. There are two styles of car at Le Mans, each with two classes. At the front of the grid are Le Mans Prototypes (LMP), followed by GT's which are loosely based on road cars. Le Mans Prototypes, explained in simple terms, are specifically built race cars for Endurance racing. Unlike the Corvette's...
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Posted
Jun 10 2008, 10:35 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 3 comment(s)
Another Le Mans themed shot. This shot is from Audi Motorsport and shows the Peugeot and Audi in action, earlier this year at Sebring.
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Posted
Jun 03 2008, 04:02 PM
by
Mike Garrett
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For tuning enthusiasts in Scandinavia, there are few events bigger than the Gatebil track gatherings. Arild Andersen was at the recent Gatebil event at Vålerbanen Circuit in Norway and snapped some great photos of both the drifting at time attack events that were going on there. I think both Rod and I are in agreement that these Scandinavian events bring one of the most diverse mixes of cars seen anywhere. It's so cool how you see wild-looking Euro cars like the Audi pictured above running...
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Posted
Jun 01 2008, 08:32 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 6 comment(s)
Soo hardcore! Enjoy!...
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Posted
May 29 2008, 07:00 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 8 comment(s)
The DTM is a German based Touring Car Championship, currently featuring rear wheel driver 480bhp V8 powered Mercedes and Audi 'silhouette' racecars. Although its called a Touring Car Championship, in reality, its closer to F1 or ALMS/LMS with carbon chassis and huge budgets. Most rounds take place in Germany, but the series also visits Zandvoort (Holland), Brands Hatch (UK), Mugello (Italy) and Barcelona (I shouldnt need to tell you where that is!!!). As you can see, the most obvious feature...
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Posted
May 27 2008, 05:00 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 3 comment(s)
With all of the oldschool JDM that Rod has been posting up lately, I thought I would balance things out with some '80s Euro flavor. These photos were taken by Milko Konttinen of Fourtitude.com at the Ingolstadt Quattro Meeting back in 2005. I have never seen so many mean-looking old school Audi's in one place. Check out the Fourtitude site for more Audi madness and some great photography. Fourtitude.com -Mike Garrett
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