Following a winter of preparation, Drayson Racing made its Le Mans Series debut, and in fact its motorsports debut, today at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. The Official Partner Team of Aston Martin Racing brought its No. 87 Aston Martin Vantage GT2 and drivers Paul Drayson (London/Gloucestershire, UK) and Jonny Cocker (Guisborough, Yorks, UK) to the 5.791 Km (3.6 miles) race course with an eye towards sizing-up the competition in the European-based Le Mans Series. Day one of the two day official Series-wide test gave Drayson Racing its first occasion to benchmark…Â Details
Every Formula 1 fan should be rejoicing this week as the announcement finally came that the former BAR and Honda Racing team had been saved and will take their place on the grid in Melbourne at the end of this month.
In the past I have been critical of Honda Racing and their misplaced claims to be a team worthy of challenging McLaren and Ferrari for the world championship. Despite the millions invested, and while Ross Brawn is a man I admire from his days with Benetton and Ferrari, I was initially sceptical about whether he could once again transform a team into a force to be reckoned with when he became Team Principal at Honda in 2007.
Now he has successfully led …Â Details
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Heading into the lodge for a midday hot cocoa? Adorable. Plan on leaving your Nidecker Swarovski-studded snowboard in the rack alongside the “normal” boards? Better not. Have a portable vault handy instead.
Actually, why the hell are you even snowboarding on one of these things in the first place? …Â Details
Each weekend this winter the 20-something founders of Bean Snowboards have trekked across New England, often in a borrowed bus, setting up their display tent at ski areas and proudly spreading the word that their boards are “Made in Boston.â€
Indeed, their two products, “The Commonwealth†and “The Violator,†are handcrafted in Brighton inside a rented, 400-square-foot cinder block garage – the same type of humble origins that launched big name companies like Apple and YouTube, not to mention Burton snowboards.
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