Take Fernando Pena out of the picture, and the average of the top few competitors—Madison Snow, Bryce Miller, Shawn Johnston—in the Porsche IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge is 21. Young guns indeed. Laguna Seca is a beautiful circuit, but the technical corners and frequent elevation changes make it one of the world’s most challenging tracks, and the action in this […] More »
By: John Coyle | May 22, 2012
Apparently the big shots at BMW have been listening. The guys at Bimmerpost spoke with the president of BMW America, Mr. Ludwig Willisch, who confirmed that the next generation of M3 will return with a straight 6. Spy videos of of the prototype running the Nurburgring suggested that it was a 6 cylinder (the sound […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | May 22, 2012
While these pics are dead sexy, even though these Porsches were fighting on their home turf, the grueling Nürburgring and the clock proved to be ferocious competitors. When the checkered flag waved, drivers piloting Porsches were in sixth place, with most of the teams fielding 911 GT3s rounding out the top 20 and Manthey-Racing experiencing […] More »
By: John Coyle | May 22, 2012
The corkscrew at Laguna Seca is a notoriously tricky bit of track, and during this year’s Ferrari Challenge, driver Ryan Ockey had a particularly bad time with it. It’s unclear what happened exactly, but given that it barely looks like the car slows at all, I’d like there was some kind of brake problem—he came […] More »
By: John Coyle | May 21, 2012
“So a Ferrari, a TVR, and a Lambo walk into a bar…” Even when they’re parked an in a garage, exotic cars just can’t seem to stay out of crashes. This time, instead of a Lamborghini driving like an ass-hat, a Lincoln Town Car crashed into a luxury vehicle workshop in Los Angeles doing damage […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | May 18, 2012
OK, this bodywork might be 130lbs lighter than the—gorgeous, sweeping, perfect—sheetmetal of the 458 Italia, but in fairness, I’m lighter after I take a dump. It’s almost criminal to go monkeying with Modena’s handiwork to begin with, but some firms are able to pull it off. Mansory’s hack job makes me want to vomit with […] More »
By: John Coyle | May 18, 2012
Nissan has released an additional bit of kit for the GT-R in order to make it more amenable for track duty with the appropriately named track pack. Bigger brakes, “magic” seats, and minor mods abound in the new car, but the price brings it into the territory of Porsche’s Turbo S. At that point, […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | May 17, 2012
