Posts Tagged ‘Motorsports’
Nissan GT-R To Compete in 24 Hours Nurburgring
Nissan GT-R’s development team will be racing a production version of the Nissan GT-R (Club Track Edition) at this coming Nurburgring 24 Hours from May 17-20. Nissan says the team will be using the endurance race to assess the GT-R’s endurance capability in the toughest environment at the world’s toughest circuit against strong competitors-European sports/super [...]
Aston Martin Racing 2012 Le Mans Contender
This is the Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE – Aston’s contender for the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship in the GTE Pro category. The V8-powered racing Vantage will compete in all eight rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship, which will kick-off with next month’s Sebring 12 Hours in USA. The driver line-up has been [...]
Tag Heuer Gulf Edition and Gulf Oil Le Mans Racers
Tag Heuer makes the most famous Formula 1 watches. The brand have long been synonymous with motor racing, some of the earliest time keeping instruments used by both team managers and drivers were made by Tag Heuer. The 1916 Mikrograph series was the first stopwatch that can measure 1/100ths of a second. Obviously one of [...]
A short history of F1 safety cars, and the Porsche link
We all saw the freak accident that nearly took the life of F1 World Champion contender Felipe Massa during the 2009 Hungarian GP. He has the well trained track marshalls and medical crew to thank. When Massa’s freak accident happened, caused by flying debris, fast acting track marshalls, together with a very fast medical car [...]
Getting to the Grassroots of racing
Without a doubt, the biggest racing series in the United States is NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing). Surely you’re no stranger to the concept. Ever seen the animated movie “Cars”? That’s based on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. In a nutshell, 36 weekends a year, a total of 43 cars take the [...]
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