With the ghost of Tom Walkinshaw riding on his shoulder, Garth Tander on Sunday carried out one of the most mesmerizing drives in the colorful history of the Bathurst 1,000, Australia’s greatest motor race.
On the biggest touring-car racing stage of all, at Mount Panorama in the New South Wales bush town of Bathurst, the story lines thrived and took on a variety of twists and turns.
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The 2011 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón season may be over, but for Porsche enthusiasts one more opportunity remains to mingle with their favorite racing stars and cars. On Oct. 14-16, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will play host to the world’s largest gathering of Porsche race cars and drivers: the Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV. The ALMS will join Porsche in this celebration to tell its part in Porsche motorsports story.
Sponsored by Porsche Cars North America, Rennsport Reunion IV brings  … More
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The first-ever West Coast appearance of Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV will be held October 14-16, 2011 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California.
More than 350 Porsche race cars have been accepted to participate in the on-track racing during the 2011 Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV. They will tackle the 2.238-mile, 11-turn Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, where many of these same cars once turned a wheel in anger during their professional racing day.
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My infatuation with the Ferrari marque goes back to the 1970s, and my ‘formative’ years. As a poorly eleven year-old, stricken by appendicitis and hospital-bound, my dear Mother’s approach to a quick and happy recovery was to arrange for me to sit in a 308 GT4 on a local dealer’s forecourt. A red Ferrari paddock jacket duly followed that Christmas.
Fast forward thirty-odd years, and I make my living photographing all manner of classic and exotic cars. I can say with sincerity that   … More
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