Back in September the Vans team went on a demo tour around Europe with Chris Nieratko’s dad-cam in tow. In this second of 2 parts of the AWC Euro Tour Special Chris captures the high time and hijinx of the tour bus with Tony Trujillo, Chris Pfanner, Dustin Dollin, Chima Ferguson, Gilbert Crockett, Daniel Lutheran, Johnny Layton, Kris Vile, Rowan Zorilla, Nassim Guammaz and Sam Partaix in Amsterdam and Germany. Music: “Shang Hi” courtesy of Soundfile Productions
It’s not uncommon for us to drag race cars on a runway. But we’ve never done it at an active airport with passenger jets taking off and landing in the background.
And so we leapt at the chance to take part in Race the Runway at Edinburgh Airport. The event, sponsored by Mercedes, was held to raise money for the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice and the Scottish Burned Children’s Club.
In total 25 cars, ranging from a Lamborghini Aventador to a TVR Tuscan, took part. Entrants were timed over a 1,350-metre course on one of the taxi runways.
We would be driving an SLS GT, which, at 199mph, has the highest top speed of any current production Mercedes. So how did it fare against the competition? Watch the video and find out.
The cars included:
Lamborghini Aventador
Ferrari FF
Porsche 911 Turbo (997)
Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
Mercedes SL63 AMG Performance
Mercedes SLS GT
Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R
Mercedes E63 AMG S
BMW M6
BMW M3 GTS
Audi RS6 (MkI)
TVR Tuscan
Ferrari 599 GTB HGTE
Scotty Lago is one of the most stylish snowboarders in the history of time. Check out a quick clip of Scotty as he gets ready for the US Grand Prix Olympic Qualifier.
Tucked down an alley in Stuttgart, Germany, is an unmarked gray warehouse that hides an impressive collection of rare and priceless Porsche models from the automaker’s past. Technically, the 100,000 square foot climate-controlled facility is a storage area for the Porsche Museum that is located a meandering 10-minute walk away. But unlike the very public museum, which has welcomed over two million visitors since it opened in 2009, the storage facility is private and entrance is strictly controlled.
I was very fortunate to be offered a private tour, with camera in hand, during a recent visit to the city.
Clashing patched tile and concrete flooring, mismatched opaque windows, exposed fire suppression systems and heavy-duty industrial shelving is immaterial when you consider that the warehouse is simply a constantly changing holding area for Porsche’s retired racecars, show concepts, development mules, prototypes and engineering displays. All told, there are currently 518 vehicles … Pictures and more