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Weerbeer, Maarten, Christmasbear, Bobby and Pim with the cap are having a car race.
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Weerbeer, Maarten, Christmasbear, Bobby en Pim met de pet houden een autorace.
Mission Raceway Park, also known as MRP, is an auto racing facility located in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. The facility features a ¼ mile NHRA-(National Hot Rod Association) sanctioned dragstrip, a 2 km (1.2 mi) 9-turn road course, and a 3 km (2 mi) motocross track. It is owned and operated by the B.C. Custom Car Association, and the BCCCA operates the drag strip directly. The road course and motocross tracks are operated independently by the Sports Car Club of British Columbia (SCCBC) and the Lower Mainland Motocross Club (LMMC) respectively. Wikipedia
May 12, 2018
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Corvette Racing No. 3 & 4 as captured through the barriers at the Inner Loop. I could say I planned this, correct?
At the Inner Loop and shot through the fencing, the Spec Miata's make for fun. And why not, with all the happy faces and no frowns, these cars light the fuse of explosive competition and give their pilots wings, one of my favorite classes.
The Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 EVO in the Inner Loop framed by signage camper blur.
Louis Deletraz pilots the No.40 Acura GTP as it climbs the hill out of turn 7 during the closing laps of the 2024 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen.
1991 Volkswagen LT 28 van in the livery of D & S Autos Racing, Northampton.
Last MoT test expired in July 2009 (SORN).
From P3 on the grid to a P6 finish. Solid points,
Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART)
2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit
Streets of Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan
June 17, 2001
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One of the few pictures I have of Wilson who was a rookie in the 2001 season, the year I stopped following the CART circus around after 7 full seasons.
Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART)
2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix Presented by Toyota
Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, USA
May 6, 2001
I enjoyed a lovely day out at Brighton recently and came across one of these rare cars.
Herbie
Herbie the Love Bug is a fictional sentient anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Walt Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is also a serious contender in auto racing competitions.
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Yes, this is a replica but aren’t we all “replica’s” in one form or another.........
Aston Martin's were an important car in the history of auto racing, and were well excepted by the automotive enthusiast community who enjoyed driving the cars during the week and racing them on the weekend. During the mid-1930s, Aston Martin introduced their 1.5-liter Ulster cars, named after a victory by the Works team at Ulster.
The Aston Martin Ulster stands as one of the most respected of all pre-war racecars. After the success of the factory team cars in the 1934 Ulster T.T. Race, Aston Martin made replicas available to the public to purchase. These cars were largely based on the previous MKII model, and were powered by a SOHC 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine that produced 85 bhp. Less than 25 Ulsters were ever made and they all still exist.
Production of the Ulster lasted from 1934 through 1936 with a mere 21 examples being produced. All examples are believed to have survived to modern times. These cars were true performance machines, suitable for the most discerning sports car drivers. The team cars had paved the way for the production based cars to be created.
Source - Excerpts from conceptcarz
By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2007
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In the history of auto racing, there’s really nothing else like the Offenhauser “Big 4” engines. This engine was fundamentally designed in the 1920s and refined in the 1930s, and it has been winning races since its inception. The same design dominated Indianapolis racing throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s. As late as the mid-1970s, Offenhauser-powered cars continued to win the Indy 500 year after year.
The Offenhauser engine was actually conceived by Harry Arminius Miller, who was a well-known and respected automobile and racecar designer in the 1920s. A Miller-designed car won the 1922 Indy 500, and won again four more times in that decade.
The Great Depression forced Miller’s company into bankruptcy in 1933, and all the assets went up for auction. Fortunately for the racing world, his shop foreman Fred Offenhauser and designer Leo Goossen were able to buy the designs and the tooling at the bankruptcy auction, and went on building and developing the Miller engines.
Taking over the Miller engine business in the 1930s wasn’t easy. Because of rule changes at Indianapolis, Offenhauser focused on large displacement 4-cylinder engines. The Miller/Offenhauser design was actually very simple. The cylinders and head were integral, preventing any head gasket issues. The crankcase was a separate assembly bolted to the bottom of the cylinder and head casting. To assemble the crankcase, the bearings are bolted around the crank, and then lowered into the crankcase, which must be heated to seat the bearing carriers into place. Pistons and rods are inserted into the cylinders, and then the two halves of the engine are joined.
The Offenhauser engine won its first Indianapolis 500 in 1935, and won again in 1937 and 1941. World War II put an end to racing from 1942 to 1945, and the Offenhauser shop spent the war years producing hydraulic equipment for the military. The postwar years were a golden era for Offenhauser racing engines. From 1947 to 1964, every winner of the Indianapolis 500 was driving an Offy engine, and in most of those years the entire podium was powered by Offenhauser.
Even after the Offenhauser was supplanted at Indianapolis in the mid-1960s, many drivers continued to run the engines through the mid-1970s. Turbocharging came into vogue, and that gave the venerable Offy a new lease on life. Offenhauser won Indy again in 1968, powering Bobby Unser to the winner’s circle with a turbocharged 2.75-liter (168 cubic inch) engine. Then Offy had another golden era, winning five years in a row from 1972 to 1976 with a turbocharged 2.6-liter (159 cubic inch) engine format.
"Inspired by the McLaren F1 GTR ‘Longtail’, the 675LT features striking carbon fibre bodywork that increases downforce by an astonishing 40 percent over any other model in the Super Series.
Performance is similarly striking. The re-engineered M838TL V8 twin-turbocharged engine produces 675PS (666bhp) and 700Nm (516lb ft) – increases of 25PS (25bhp) and 22Nm (16lb ft) – and the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox is now twice as fast.
The carbon fibre MonoCell provides the 675LT with an unrivalled combination of lightness, safety and stiffness, in common with all models in the McLaren Super Series. But an obsessive weight-saving strategy unlocks a further 100kg reduction compared with the 650S. From lightweight carbon fibre racing seats to a 1mm thinner windscreen, no opportunity to save weight has been overlooked.
Ultra lightweight forged alloy wheels and Pirelli P-ZERO™ Trofeo R tyres, carbon ceramic brakes and an uprated suspension system that embraces technology from the McLaren P1™ also contribute to the radical specification...."
~McLaren
Photographed driving around Monaco during Top Marques Monaco 2016.
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