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.
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.
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.
Yesterday Petrolicious posted a very interesting interview with the great Jackie Ickx, where he talks a little about racing the 953 and 962. If you have 5 minutes to spare, check it out.
Based on the 2018 911 GT2 RS, only 77 will be made. Sadly it’s not either street-legal or race-homologated, so it can only be used as a track day special. But if you have a spare €701,948.00 laying around and want an exclusive track toy…
At the start of the Fordwater Trophy race of Goodwood Revival 2018, Sam Tordoff had his Porsche 356 Pre-A in the pole position. But when the flag went down, his engine stalled. Until he could get it running again, he came out of the line in 29th place, dead last. BUT, with some utterly brilliant racing, in two laps he passed almost everybody and finished in 2nd place!
The onboard footage is awesome to experience a little of what it’s like to participate in a classic car race. And since Sam passed 28 cars, there’s a LOT of classic beauties to see!
