Video Automobile Sports Car Drag Racing – Ferrari 550 Maranello vs BMW M3 Coupe – now i know how someone comes and says wow i just smoked a ferrari with my m3. The guy cant shift to save his life, disaster. The car saved his crappy driving towards the end and he needed all of that extra HP to do so. If this race went up to 100mph the M3 wouldve won with the way this guy drives.
The wine tastes a lot better nowadays around Kevin Buckler’s Petaluma shop.
The gold medals are prominently displayed in a tasting room toward the back of the building. A rich scent fills the air and a delightful young lady pours samples of Adobe Road wine from behind the bar.
Walk through the large wooden doors, though, and Buckler’s other obsession, noisy and greasy as it might be, is on display. The garage is abuzz with mechanics and engineers working on powerful Porsches for an upcoming race.
It’s an unusual transition and, like stepping off a snowy slope to go to the beach, one that is uniquely California.
The Racer’s Group headquarters is home to Buckler’s pride and joy, though it’s hard to tell if he’s more excited about his racing program or his winery…Â Details
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Kyle Busch and Scott Speed plan to test their skills driving exotic Daytona Prototype sports cars in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
The duo will split driving duties July 4 in the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway. They’ll be racing a second Lexus Riley sports car fielded by Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, the team whose primary drivers, Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett of Auburn, Calif., are the series’ defending champions.
Rojas and Pruett also won their first race of this seasonlast weekend, at Watkins Glen, N.Y., to gain a share of this year’s point lead in the Grand-Am series, which was acquired by NASCAR last year.
As souvenirs go, this is a good one. The Porsche Museum has just released a DVD history of the company in eight chapters, each covering a decade of Porsche’s history. The DVD is titled The Porsche Way.
The DVD, which has a specially composed musical soundtrack, is two and a half hours in length and is available in both German and English. It’s based on the Porsche archives’ 5,000 hours of film footage. The company promises some never-before-released film clips…Â Details
