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Oct 22 2008, 01:44 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 11 comment(s)
OK, so perhaps the title of this post is a bit misleading. I was only five years old when Riverside International Raceway closed for good in 1989, but after reading through Frank Sheffield's website about the track, it almost feels like I was there. Frank used to work at the track and he has put together a very thorough site that chronicles the track and its history. Since October is Socal month on Speedhunters, it is the perfect time for a little look back at one of the Southern California's most historic car spots. When I asked Frank if we could use some of his gathered material for this story, he said that in his view every bit of motorsport history should belong to everyone. With that said, let's take a look back at RIR....
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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
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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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Posted
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
Sep 29 2008, 04:30 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 7 comment(s)
I think many people have heroes as they grow up. Some may be fictional, some maybe real, some maybe gods....but for me, they always seemed to be race car drivers. Looking back, one of my hero's was Paul Newman. I had a signed poster of him in his Barbour Le Mans Porsche from 1979 on my wall. I wonder what ever happened to that poster? I wasn't very interested in films as a kid, but Butch Cassidy was an exception. As you will have heard, 'PLN' lost his battle with the dreaded Cancer...
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Posted
Sep 28 2008, 02:47 PM
by
John Brooks
with 4 comment(s)
Seeing old race cars for the first time in ages is a bit like bumping into an old flame, there is a natural tendancy to don the rose tinted spectacles, remember the good times and forget the bad. Racing imitates Life. Those of you paying attention will know that Rod, Antonio and I were guests of Porsche AG at their Leipzig Factory earlier this year. Like all good hosts they made us feel very welcome and when they showed us up to the museum/display area it was an opportunity to meet up with some old...
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Posted
Sep 26 2008, 04:00 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 42 comment(s)
I thought it would be great to show other Speedhunters something unique and exclusive as an extra bonus to our Porsche feature month. As some of you may be aware, I work on the Need for Speed Car team as the Senior Vehicle Concept Artist at our Downtown Vancouver Studio. The majority of my working day is taken up designing bodykits and cars and assisting with livery/vinyl direction. I'm going to explain the process in designing a unique bodykit for one of the key cars in our game. I think this...
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Posted
Sep 26 2008, 01:00 AM
by
John Brooks
with 7 comment(s)
Porsche and Le Mans........and me? How did all this start? Well, it's probably easier to say when, 1970. Inspired by tales in the magazine Motor Sport of supercars competing at the world's greatest race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, I was hooked. Naturally I did not actually go to the race, I was a bit young but I do remember being at a cousin's wedding, sneaking out to the family car every hour or so to hear the radio reports..........I nearly flatted the battery......my father was not best...
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Posted
Sep 25 2008, 09:59 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 3 comment(s)
News flash: I have just uploaded more high resolution RWB goodness and it's now available in our Desktops section.
Have fun trying to choose which one you want!...
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Posted
Sep 24 2008, 05:59 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 10 comment(s)
Yes, yes, another Porsche post. However, this post is special eye-candy as it features some very cool artwork by the Porsche Vehicle Design Studio. Each year Porsche release a number of calendars. A special 'style' edition has been available the last couple of years and features some stunning artwork from the Design Studio.I love big calendars, I always try and get one each year. Its not a cheap calendar, but its been a great resource for me this year even if it did cost me an arm and a leg...
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Posted
Sep 24 2008, 04:30 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 1 comment(s)
I was just looking through the photos on my small Canon point-and-shoot Ixy Digital 910IS, and I spotted a photo I took of the food vendors at Spa Francorchamps... seeing the photo brought back the aroma of the huge stacks of freshly made Belgian waffles they were making, right there at the circuit! I mean, who can resist Belgian waffles... especially when you're in Belgium ! Anyway, as we were taking in the buttery sweet smell of the waffles, we were seeing and hearing some amazing sights and...
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Posted
Sep 24 2008, 04:08 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 9 comment(s)
As the Porsche Feature month draws to an end, I thought it would be a good idea to show some of the iconic liveries which have graced racing Porsche's over the decades. Our first example is a group shot of the Porsche 956/962 from the Rennsport Reunion back in 2007. Seems an awesome event. The Porsche 956 and 962 dominated endurance racing around the world. The 956 made its competition debut in 1982 (the car with 'ROTHMANS' in Capitals is one of the first chassis). The 962 was an updated...
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Posted
Sep 23 2008, 12:54 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 22 comment(s)
As we get closer to the end of the month and our all out on focus on Porsche, it's time for me to finish up my Rauh Welt car features with the much-anticipated look at Nakai-san's personal 1985 Porsche 930. This is a car over 12 years in the making, and in its current state it is definitely one of the most unique Porsche 911's anywhere in the world. From its extensive bodywork to its laps and laps of racing experience, this car has been a testbed for all of RWB's products, and as you saw in my previous feature, it has inspired Porsche owners all over Japan and more recently all over the world....
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Posted
Sep 19 2008, 04:51 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
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Just when you thought we were done posting stuff this week, I thought I'd just hit you up with this teaser photo... Desktop, wallpaper, whatever you want to call it... to celebrate the ongoing Porsche month on Speedhunters, I just uploaded a new addition into our Speedhunters Desktops section . It's a photo of a pristine white 1973 Porsche 911 RS (a real RS from the Porsche museum, not a clone) that I shot in Germany, while we were on our Speedhunters Euro Trip. This authentic RS was being...
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Posted
Sep 18 2008, 04:55 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 6 comment(s)
One car that definitely made waves in the United States professional drifting scene is the JIC Magic/Hankook Tires Porsche 993 GT2. This car is being driven in the Formula Drift Series by Northern California's Tyler McQuarrie, a driving instructor at Infineon Raceway. This was the first-ever Porsche to be used for professional drifting in the United States, and as a result, it made a lot of media headlines when it first came out. During the Formula D New Jersey round, it was almost impossible...
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Posted
Sep 18 2008, 12:06 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
While the most well known part of Japanese car culture is of course the tuning of Japanese domestic cars, anyone who has been following Speedhunters or Auto Otaku knows that that foreign cars also have a huge following in Japan whether they are Italian exotics or American customs. As far as tuning goes, Porsche cars are certainly one of the most popular import platforms in Japan. If you visit a Japanese book store, you will see a number of Porsche-only enthusiast magazines such as the very well done publication called "911 Days". To see how influential Japanese Porsche tuning has been, one just needs to look at some of our features on Rauh Welt which we have been posting this month. In addition to the magical RWB creations, there a lot more to the Porsche scene in Japan and that's what I will be looking at in this post....
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Posted
Sep 18 2008, 09:03 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 8 comment(s)
One of the cooler things we did while on we were on the Speedhunters Euro Trip was visit the Porsche Leipzig facility and test track in Germany. Driving through the German countryside, I was amazed at the things I saw - gorgeous green rolling hills, lots of modern looking white windmills, and pre- World War II brick buildings. I was even more amazed when I realized we were driving roughly 200km/h on the Autobahn in our hybrid Lexus SUV bumping NWA out of Rod's iPod. Hilarious!!! For those of...
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Posted
Sep 17 2008, 11:50 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 21 comment(s)
The Racing Poster dates back to the early 1900's when race organisers publicized their forthcoming events on large billboards. This was very popular in mainland Europe. The posters were often graphical masterpieces showing a stylized sense of speed in the form of an illustration. German designer Erich Strenger was approached by Porsche at the beginning of 1950's to assist with producing brochures and posters. Porsche Marketing department commissioned Strenger to produce a number of race posters...
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Posted
Sep 16 2008, 12:14 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 6 comment(s)
Ah yes, some of the much-anticipated Rauh Welt hi res desktop wallpapers can now be found in our Desktops section. For this batch we have the shot above with the lime green Porsche alongside the AE86 and another shot of the yellow 911 customer car I featured earlier this month....
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Posted
Sep 15 2008, 08:51 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
It’s time to continue our look at some of the iconic Rauh Welt-tuned Porsche examples from Japan and this time we will be looking at a car that belongs to one of Nakai-san’s most dedicated customers. As with many of the other RWB-built cars, this one was built with a strong emphasis on both on circuit performance and style. As Nakai-san himself said, what's the point in racing if your car doesn't look cool?...
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