Tag: Manufacturer

• California Dreaming

  April 25th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
  

  The inaugural Formula 5000 race in 1975 at Long Beach.
  I’ve enjoyed the pleasure of covering all thirty-four Long Beach Grands Prix, from the inaugural Formula 5000 race back in 1975 through eight Formula One races from 1976-’83 and twenty-five CART or Champ Car races from 1984-2008. This year’s race… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Events, Formula 1, Historic Racing

  Tags: Brian Redman, CART, Cosworth, Formula 5000, Honda, Long Beach, Manufacturer, Mario Andretti, Panoz, Turbo

• Audi v Peugeot – the gloves are off

  March 12th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 2 Comments
  

  (1971 Le Mans 24 Hours, Pedro Rodriguez & Jackie Oliver (Porsche 917 LH) leads Gerard Larrousse & Vic Elford (Porsche 917 LH), Mark Donohue & David Hobbs (Ferrari 512M), and Jo Siffert & Derek Bell (Porsche 917 LH))
  Do you remember the great days of Les Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans?… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Historic Racing, Sportscars

  Tags: Allan McNish, Audi, BBC, endurance, Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar, JCB Dieselmax, Le Mans, Manufacturer, Matra, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, Phil Hill, Porsche, Renault, Sebring, Steve McQueen, TDi

• IRL and Champ Car merger is the first of many steps

  February 22nd, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 2 Comments
  

  As NASCAR’s Big Show moves from Daytona to southern California, news broke this week that IRL and Champ Car are on the brink of announcing a formal merger. The great chimera of reunification of American open-wheel racing is at hand after a bitterly debilitating twelve-year civil war.
  Will this desperate,… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, IRL, NASCAR

  Tags: Cosworth, Daytona, Honda, Manufacturer, Panoz