James May, on the Grand Tour (S01E06) presents a very nice account on the Ford × Ferrari Wars of the 60’s at La Sarthe. If you have 15 minutes to spare, it’s a great show.
Videos
Captain Nice’s speed record
In August 9, 1975, Mark Donohue drove a 917/30 at an average speed of 353.84 km/h (221.160 mph) at the Talladega Superspeedway, in Alabama, USA.
Nowadays the record belongs to Gil de Ferran. In 2000, aboard a Penske Reynard-Honda, he reached an average of 386.285 km/h (241.428 mph) at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.
But Donohue’s car was MUCH cooler.
Le Mans 1980
A look into the historic 1980 race, when Jean Rondeau drove to victory in a car he himself had built. But what I really liked to see was pit crews working on the cars – sooooooo different from the surgical precision of today.
BMW 1976
A promotional film by BMW from 1976. You will get 26 minutes of race cars, daily drivers, pilots and even art cars. And yes, sideburns.
OMG, the sideburns…
Annie. The Beetle.
To get emotional about a Beetle? Yep, it’s possible.
The F40
I admit I’m not a big fan of the F40 (and Ferraris in general…), but that is très cool.
From Petrolicious.
REVealed: 1970 Porsche 917K
This was posted on the Porsche 917 The Legend FaceBook page (BTW, if you want to see heaps of 917 pics and info, that’s a great place to browse). This is chassis #917-024 / engine: #917-021, sold in 2017 at Pebble Beach for $14,080,000.
That would buy a lot of Sparks…
GYMKHANA TEN
Ken Block has a new video out:
This time it’s with five different cars in five different places.
What’s your favorite? Mine is the Hoonicorn.
The last V12 engine?
Very possibly. The way the automotive world is going electric, the Valkyirie may well be the last car with a petrol V12 engine designed new from the ground up.
Just hear the wail. I will definitvely miss that…
New C8.R
The new Corvette is coming to tracks in 2019. Chevrolet did a night test at Sebring of the new car, and it looks (and specially sounds) very nice. However, it’s just me or does it look like an European car?