Showing posts with label racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racing. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
A movie about the Targa Florio is coming
the early Targa Florio Race story that is being told by the upcoming movie Pistons, Passions and Sicilian Pleasures and the publication The Belle Epoque of the Targa Florio Races, a new book written by David Biggins and Antonio Lombardi
The first Targa Florio was organized by Italian enthusiast Vincenzo Florio in 1906. The race at that time was a three lap event over a 92.7-mile circuit on the island of Sicily. Alessandro Cagno in an Itala won the event, taking 9.5 hours to finish, while averaging 29 mph for the run: Carlo Graziani was second in another Itala, and Paul Bablot in a Berliet was third. Florio a prominent Sicilian had previously initiated the Coppa Brescia held in Italy and first run there in 1900. It was renamed the Coppa Florio in 1905 after he offered the initial prize money and a trophy for the race.
Found on http://theoldmotor.com/?p=112112
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
a lifelong passion for cars, since he "borrowed" his dads race car, and once he could race, he competed in the Targa Florio, 15 x Mille Miglia, and had a 25 year racing run, and then found the #004 Porsche
thanks to director Edoardo Vojvoda for bringing this short movie to my attention, and sharing it with us!
Just to point out a teaser, for anyone ont he fence about committing to watching a 16 minute film... the Iso Grifo Competizione... is one of 10 made, and his was found as a basket case int he Canary Islands, but restored by Modena who built it, with the assistance of Bizzarini himself
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
the Optima Ultimate Street Car qualifying series is beginning
Don’t miss the chance to put your street car to the test on these legendary race tracks in an event that includes a Road Rally presented by Detroit Speed, Inc., a Design and Engineering Challenge presented by Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, an Autocross presented by Ridetech, a Speed Stop challenge presented by Wilwood, and a Road Course segment presented by BFGoodrich Tires.
These two USCA-sanctioned events are coming up fast and registration is now officially open on the Ultimate Street Car Association website www.ultimatestreetcarassociation.com/events
Pit passes are also available for friends and family or if you just want to come out to see what a USCA event is all about.
Register for the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Event
http://ultimatestreetcarassociation.com/events/salinas-ca-march-7-9/
Purchase Pit Passes for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
http://ultimatestreetcarassociation.com/events/fort-worth-tx-march-21-23/
USCA has made a commitment to produce 10 national events in 2014 that will establish a consistently formatted series for enthusiasts of all skill levels.
From simple membership, social and vendor interaction activities, to serious competition; the USCA will offer something relevant to all street car and performance enthusiasts, manufacturers and service providers.
the 341 Challenge is on for 2014! "America's most challenging hill climb" returns to Highway 341 on the weekend of June 14
Just thirty minutes south of Reno Nevada and 40 minutes east of Lake Tahoe lies the most dangerous stretch of highway in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and quite possibly, the entire west coast - Nevada State Route 341.
Amir Rosenbaum. Amir is the founder of Spectre Performance, a manufacturer of innovative air intake systems and other performance parts for muscle cars. Aside from owning a fleet of cars that includes several 1970s Chevrolet Camaros, a mid-engined 1970 Chevy El Camino SS (pictured above), a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1, a 2JZGTE-powered 1970 Ford Maverick, a twin turbo Cadillac powered streamliner land speed racer, and a highly modified 1992 Ferrari F40, Amir set a world record at the famed Virginia City Hillclimb in 2002, driving his infamous F40 up the hill in only 3.10 minutes
from http://motormavens.com/tag/spectre-341-challenge/
The event was started by Rosenbaum through his air-intake company Spectre Performance, and it remains cheerfully brash: Minimal safety requirements (no roll cage is necessary, for instance) and a run-what-you-brung ethos pave the way for all sorts of exotics and insane tuner cars to take a crack at breaking the 3-minute, 41-second barrier. The 3:41 Club awaits.
For two days, there is no traffic on Highway 341. The cops play along in this part of the country, while residents welcome the aural deafening and tourist dollars. The road exhibits typical DOT-grade maintenance: loose gravel, road signs, crowned sections, gleefully ignored double yellows, a potential for roadkill. There is no prize. The risks are real: Around every one of those 22 frequently blind corners is the threat of falling through a flimsy guardrail -- or no guardrail at all -- and disappearing into the scrubby brush. "If you go off on turn seven, for example," the 341 Challenge site explains, "you'll probably have enough time in the air to make out your last will and testament before you hit something for the first time." Accidents happen. One competitor died in 2010, while driving no less than a 1,000-hp Porsche.
How challenging is it? In 2010, the year Rosenbaum launched the 341 Challenge, 18 drivers signed up. Only six of them made it into the 3:41 Club.
info from http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140128/carnews01/140129884#ixzz2tAw8D6es
With an entry fee of just $341, two full days of racing up the course built into the program, and relatively relaxed rules (basically, cages aren’t required, and only helmets, fire extinguishers, and long sleeves are), the 341 Challenge represents one of the best deals in amateur motorsports. Our recommendation: go next year, before the event is discovered and the queue at the starting line gets onerously long.
Unlike most hill-climb courses, including the most famous one, Pikes Peak, the 341 has a separate return road, the parallel highway 342, so competitors don’t have to wait until the course clears to jump back into line.
In the mandatory driver’s meetings, where attendance is taken, Rosenbaum likes to emphasize that, here in Nevada, personal responsibility is still considered up to the individual. If you crash, the state is only concerned about damage to the roadway. The organizers are billed for bent guardrails, sliced-off signposts, and gouged pavement, but if a driver dies, the police report lists the cause simply as “unfortunate incident” before it’s filed in a drawer. Life goes on.
from http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-spectre-341-challenge-we-return-to-the-fast-dangerous-and-fairly-cheap-hill-climb-you-can-do-yourself/
Amir Rosenbaum. Amir is the founder of Spectre Performance, a manufacturer of innovative air intake systems and other performance parts for muscle cars. Aside from owning a fleet of cars that includes several 1970s Chevrolet Camaros, a mid-engined 1970 Chevy El Camino SS (pictured above), a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1, a 2JZGTE-powered 1970 Ford Maverick, a twin turbo Cadillac powered streamliner land speed racer, and a highly modified 1992 Ferrari F40, Amir set a world record at the famed Virginia City Hillclimb in 2002, driving his infamous F40 up the hill in only 3.10 minutes
from http://motormavens.com/tag/spectre-341-challenge/
For two days, there is no traffic on Highway 341. The cops play along in this part of the country, while residents welcome the aural deafening and tourist dollars. The road exhibits typical DOT-grade maintenance: loose gravel, road signs, crowned sections, gleefully ignored double yellows, a potential for roadkill. There is no prize. The risks are real: Around every one of those 22 frequently blind corners is the threat of falling through a flimsy guardrail -- or no guardrail at all -- and disappearing into the scrubby brush. "If you go off on turn seven, for example," the 341 Challenge site explains, "you'll probably have enough time in the air to make out your last will and testament before you hit something for the first time." Accidents happen. One competitor died in 2010, while driving no less than a 1,000-hp Porsche.
How challenging is it? In 2010, the year Rosenbaum launched the 341 Challenge, 18 drivers signed up. Only six of them made it into the 3:41 Club.
info from http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140128/carnews01/140129884#ixzz2tAw8D6es
With an entry fee of just $341, two full days of racing up the course built into the program, and relatively relaxed rules (basically, cages aren’t required, and only helmets, fire extinguishers, and long sleeves are), the 341 Challenge represents one of the best deals in amateur motorsports. Our recommendation: go next year, before the event is discovered and the queue at the starting line gets onerously long.
Unlike most hill-climb courses, including the most famous one, Pikes Peak, the 341 has a separate return road, the parallel highway 342, so competitors don’t have to wait until the course clears to jump back into line.
In the mandatory driver’s meetings, where attendance is taken, Rosenbaum likes to emphasize that, here in Nevada, personal responsibility is still considered up to the individual. If you crash, the state is only concerned about damage to the roadway. The organizers are billed for bent guardrails, sliced-off signposts, and gouged pavement, but if a driver dies, the police report lists the cause simply as “unfortunate incident” before it’s filed in a drawer. Life goes on.
from http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-spectre-341-challenge-we-return-to-the-fast-dangerous-and-fairly-cheap-hill-climb-you-can-do-yourself/
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
I just came across more racing quotes
If I had all the money I'd spent on cars ... I'd spend it all on cars. - Scott Fisher
Straights are for fast cars. Turns are for fast drivers.
Racing is the process of turning money into noise.
DRIVER HAS NO CASH (lettered under the driver's window on the race car)
found on http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/great-racing-quotes/19705/page1/
the above were the funniest of the bunch, I posted them all at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/best-quotes-and-sayings-about-car.html adding them to the dozens all ready there
Straights are for fast cars. Turns are for fast drivers.
Racing is the process of turning money into noise.
DRIVER HAS NO CASH (lettered under the driver's window on the race car)
found on http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/great-racing-quotes/19705/page1/
the above were the funniest of the bunch, I posted them all at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/best-quotes-and-sayings-about-car.html adding them to the dozens all ready there
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