1980 Porsche 935 K3
Pilots: B. Rahal, B. Garretson, A. Moffat
Team: Dick Barbour Racing
Race: DNF (IMSA class) at Le Mans in 1980
TSM - TSM2017 (resin)
Review HERE
1980 Porsche 935 K3
Pilots: B. Rahal, B. Garretson, A. Moffat
Team: Dick Barbour Racing
Race: DNF (IMSA class) at Le Mans in 1980
TSM - TSM2017 (resin)
Review HERE
Twenty eight absolutely delightful minutes of classic machines, from Panhards to Cadillacs to Porsches. Honestly, if I had to choose between attending the Le Mans 24 Hours race or the Le Mans Classic, it’s very possible that I would choose the later
.
The sad part is that the next edition will only be in 2020.
1988 Jaguar XJR-9 LM #2
Pilots: J. Lammers, J. Dumfries, A. Wallace
Team: Silk Cut Jaguar
Race: 1st GC (C1 class) at Le Mans in 1988
TSM - TSM2017 (resin)
Review HERE

Silodrome has a very nice write-up on the Shelby Daytona Coupe. The text also has some fantastic shots of chassis #CSX9110, so it’s well worth the visit.
1970 Porsche 914/6 GT #40
Pilots: C. Ballot-Léna, G. Chasseuil
Team: Etablissement Sonauto
Race: 6th GC (1st GT 2.0 class) at Le Mans in 1970
Minichamps - 400706540 (diecast)
Review HERE

This Friday morning McLaren revealed the new Speedtail. And according to the manufacturer, it’s the successor to the iconic F1.
It’s a 1050 hybrid monster that can get past 400 km/h. Only 106 will be produced, and at a starting price of £ 1.75 million, it will be a rare bird to be seen on the highway (all sold out, BTW). I think it looks pretty good, but does remind me of the XJ220…
A very interesting look (35 min) into part of the life of Lotus’ founder, Colin Chapman. Some very interesting late 60’s F1 pit lane footage to be seen.
I think I watched this film about 5× now…![]()
From Petrolicious.
1961 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” #6
Pilot: Roger Penske
Team: Udraugh Ent. Inc.
Race: 1st GC (D-Modified class) at SCCA National at Meadowdale in 1961 Minichamps - 400611206 (diecast)
Review HERE

Rudolf Uhlenhaut was the designer of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR. At the time, it was one of the most advanced cars of the era, and the only reason it didn’t win everywhere was because Mercedes pulled out of motorsports after the 1955 Le Mans tragedy. So after Mercedes was out of the racing business, there were a couple 300 SLR race cars gathering dust in some warehouse in Stuttgart.
You know that expression “street legal racing car”? Well, very probably this was the first one of them all. Being director of engineering at Mercedes-Benz had a few perks, so Uhlenhaut was allowed to use one of the 300 SLR as his company car. He adapted some mufflers for the car and made the cockpit less spartan, and transformed an almost-Le-Mans-winner into his personal company car.
A fast company car, that is.