Teaser for the upcoming Valkyr Productions Original film, “THE LAST GREAT ROAD RACE”.
In the 1950’s the Mexican government created a race to celebrate the opening of the Pan-American Highway. Cancelled after only four years because of too many deaths, and then revamped in the late 80s, the rally today, is widely considered the world’s last true great road race.
The 2000-mile, 7-day road rally snakes it’s way through the heart of Mexico, From Veracruz on the Gulf, to the mountain region of Zacatecas. The cars are required to be pre-1975, but can be modded to anything from enthusiast to a nascar-like setup with nearly 1000+ hp. Classes divide the field of more than 80 competing teams running Porsches, Alfa Romeos, Mustangs, Studebakers, and many other vintage cars outfitted specifically for racing. The entire race is 100% legal as it is escorted by Federal police who compete for the honor to support the event.
John Benton from Benton Performance (bentonperformance.com), a vintage Porsche shop in Anaheim, invited us (Valkyr) along to follow their team through the race as they ran their modified 1962 Porsche 356b in Sport Menor class. Being a massive car enthusiast, there was no way I could pass up an opportunity like this.
Costing a small fortune to even compete, La Carrera has become an iconic event over the past few decades and as the event lacks any substantial cash prize, what’s at stake you might ask? Ego’s and bragging rights.
The race was an incredible gritty, intense adventure and we currently are putting together a feature detailing everything from emergency repairs in the middle of transit stages to drivers rolling their cars on speed stages and the overall race as a whole. Stay tuned for the full length film, THE LAST GREAT ROAD RACE.
After more than three hours of deliberation, IMSA officials have reversed the call that penalized the No. 555 Level 5 Motorsports Ferrari F458 which crossed the line first in the GT Daytona class on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.
The No. 555, piloted by Alessandro Pier Guidi, and the No. 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 driven by Markus Winkelhock, went two-wide through the narrow Kink … More
23 hours and 40 minutes of hard racing emotion-tinged events came down to an eight-minute hammer-and-tongs battle for victory at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Thanks to what turned out to be an unnecessary full-course caution, 52 of the 67 cars that started the event were bunched together for the sprint to the checkered flag, and when it waved, Action Express Racing’s Joao Barbosa drove to victory at Daytona International Speedway, backing up the team’s win on its debut in 2010.
The Gary Nelson-led team featured throughout the event, with Barbosa, Sebastien Bourdais, Christian Fittipaldi and Burt Frisselle pushing the No. 5 Corvette DP to a 1.461-second win over the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP. The sister No. 9AXR/DELTA Corvette DP rounded out the podium, giving General Motors a clean sweep of the top-3 and … More
A new era begins in motorsports this weekend. For the first time in its history, North America will have a dedicated Porsche 911 factory team, Porsche North America. The Rolex 24 at Daytona will be the inaugural green flag for the factory team and for the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.
In this video, watch the CEO of Porsche Motorsport North America, a Porsche Factory Driver, and the Director of Operations for Porsche Motorsports North America discuss the beginning of the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship, the development of the new 911 RSR and why we race.