Your votes have been counted and the final nominations for the inaugural 2012 Speedhunters Photo of the Year award have been decided. These nominations were chosen by you, and ultimately you will decide the best photograph taken by a Speedhunter in 2012. When deciding how to cast your vote, ask yourself why each photograph deserves your vote. Try to consider the concept of each image along with how it was executed. Let the voting commence…
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Here we are with round two of the inaugural Photo of the Year award. Each Speedhunter has submitted five of his favourite images of 2012. It’s up to you to choose your favourite image by each photographer, so you will be voting more than once. Remember that you’re voting on the photography, rather than the subject. The [...]
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The dozen sprawling halls of the 2012 Essen Motor Show provided enough eye-candy to last the winter: having taken in the mainstream tuners and myriad of racing cars on offer, Jeroen and I decided to continue our tour of the show through the after-market stands and club displays. And what a treat was in store… [...]
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Racing is in Germany’s blood: since the pre-war days facing up to the big three of France, Italy and Great Britain, the Silver Arrows have been pounding the opposition on the tracks around the world for over 80 years. The 2012 Essen Motor Show put on a special display of sportscars in Hall 3 celebrating [...]
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As July turns to August we put behind us what has been one of the busiest months of the year. Whether it was the madness of Gatebil, the marathon of Spa, or any other global activity the Speedhunters crew took part in – a lot went down this month. Before we attack August, here’s some [...]
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A whole day has been sacrificed to the racing gods. They seem pretty happy. Hours and minutes have passed, billions of safety cars have circulated, but the surviving GT cars have crossed the line, with Audi once again victors at the Spa 24 Hours. The Speedhunters team are in small pieces, what sense we had [...]
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The start of any race is always exciting; the rolling start of a race like the Spa 24 Hours, with the knowledge that the opening lap is just the first of many hundreds and that it’s the start of an epic day-long battle, just supercharges that feeling. The Circuit De Spa-Francorchamps provides some iconic view-points, [...]
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The storm of activity on the track on Thursday was followed by a real storm on Friday that led to the cancellation of the planned Super Pole session. Rather than the one-by-one, driver-against-the-clock format, this meant that the combined result from the two main Qualifying sessions would be used to set the grid for Saturday’s [...]
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In this age of social media we stay connected almost 24/7 every day of the week. The world is at your fingertips and you are getting updates by the minute. Two weeks ago I saw an update from the Players crew, Jamie McTolbridge and Carl Taylor, mentioning JD and Holland in one sentence. This immediately [...]
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Besides the official BMW cars on their stand during the Techno Classica there were several privately-owned cars scattered throughout the 12 massive halls of the venue. One of those cars was this Group 5 BMW 320 from 1977. I absolutely love this car! This car was originally campaigned by Team Faltz with driver Hans Joachim [...]
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For my next feature I wanted to focus on Mercedes. For this year’s Techno Classica they went crazy with a wide range of various models – but I was specifically interested in their SL heritage display. The Mercedes-Benz SL is 60 years old and therefore a household name inside the Mercedes stable. It is no wonder [...]
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Despite the fact that Volkswagen owns almost half of Porsche I wanted to dedicate a separate post to this iconic brand. I found the official Porsche stand in a corner of Techno Classica on which they displayed some legendary cars. What to think about this 911 Carrera RS 2.7? The RS stands for Rennsport – Racing – [...]
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In my second look at the Techno Classica Essen I’ll focus on the cars that are part of the VW group, such as Lamborghini and Audi. But I’ll start with some special Golfs that were present – like this pristine MkI GTI. I saw this car last year at the Wörthersee event, where it was part [...]
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While I was shooting the cars at the Techno Classica Show in Essen one of my good friends Ronald Veth travelled to Belgium to attend the Heaven On Wheels event. The stance scene has been growing exponentially in Europe and I really think that the Belgians are ahead of the game. This Mercedes on bags rolled [...]
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Finally I got the chance to visit Techno Classica in Essen, Germany. This show has somehow eluded me these past few years, but at the beginning of 2012 I put a big red circle around this year’s date. After seeing so many pictures online from previous years I knew it wouldn’t disappoint. The show presents itself as [...]
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