Tag: racing

Time to jump in the Mystery Machine, Scooby! We spotted the Competition Motorsports Porsche 996 Pirelli GT3 Silver Cup Trophy race car piloted by Australian David Calvert-Jones turning laps on Long Beach’s road course. Calvert-Jones is a “gentleman racer” who left a successful career in private equity to become a helicopter movie pilot. He transitioned […] More »

Hubba hubba. Porsche wouldn’t be Porsche if they didn’t have an undying fascination with racing. The 24hours of LeMans is coming up in June, so it’s about time for Porsche to show off what they’re bringing to the table. This is the 911 RSR. Like the outgoing model, this one comes specced with an 4.0 […] More »

There are two places in the world that I can think of where street cars over 1000hp are considered “normal.” There’s the Unlim 500+ contest at the Moscow Mile in Russia (MegioN would know all about that), and there’s the Texas Invitational. If winning the Unlim 500 is the holy grail of high-speed dig racing, […] More »

  As an auto journalist, there are times when you’re trusted with extremely rare and incredibly expensive pieces of machinery. The last thing you want to do is break it. Unfortunately for Mike Hales, he’s living our worst nightmare. Hales blew up the engine of ex-formula one driver David Piper’s Porsche 917. Apparently he was […] More »

  The Petersen Museum is hosting a tribute to legendary racer George Follmer on Thursday night, and if you live near Los Angeles and like checking out vintage race cars, this is an event you should check  out. Over the course of his career, Follmer competed in Trans Am, Can-Am, ran three races at Indy, […] More »

I’ve been looking forward to Saturday’s race at Mid-Ohio since SRT revealed the Viper was going racing again. Sure, the rest of the season will basically be a series of live-fire exercises, but the Viper was a hell of a competitor during its time in American Le Mans—just ask the guys at Corvette Racing—and the […] More »

Oh my. Martini’s racing livery was spotted on the 918 Spider as it made an appearance on the Nurburgring earlier this week. This is another homage to the liveries on it’s predecessor, the 917. The lines are perfect even if they’re desaturated. I imagine they’re black and white because the car is still a prototype. Regardless, […] More »