These are the highlights of our first NORRA Mexican 1000. The Galaxia de la Baja took 2nd place in the Vintage Production class, 16th overall. Our team was amazing getting us all to the end in one piece!
Archive for the ‘Vintage Racing’ Category
Rennsport will return to Laguna Seca – Rennsport Reunion V will, once again, bring together an extraordinary gathering of significant Porsche vintage and current racecars, as well those who have designed, engineered and driven them to victory in the world’s most famous sports car races. The three-day program of on-track competition will be complemented by a Concours d’Elegance, which is open to invited race participants, and special activities celebrating each of the six decades of legendary Porsche racecars.
Manifestations of the 911’s hairiest days.
A Porsche 935 is basically all engine.
It is all engine, and then some more engine, and then more engine after that. You open the rear lid and think, No. This is wrong. That’s a dishwasher, maybe, or a particularly randy sump pump. It does not look capable of motion. It looks capable of pumping out your basement.
Only it moves. It is an air-cooled, twin-turbo, mechanically injected six-cylinder originally drawn up by a bunch of obsessive Germans … More
Quick compilation of clips showing some of the build and first firing of the FIAT S76 land speed record car in 100 years. At over 28 litres this was the biggest of the pre WW1 monsters (and the biggest car engine ever built) – engine design changed a lot thereafter. The proper film will cover the history of this exciting period and tell the amazing story of its rebirth after 100 years.