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Oct 27 2011, 01:30 PM
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Charles Kha
with 26 comment(s)
What happens when you combine a Corvette with an EK Honda Civic? The answer is the Civette. While Honda enthusiasts have a reputation for doing a variety of engine conversions, this Civic certainly has to be one of the craziest swaps we've seen. The firewall and floor were comprehensively modified to make room for not only an LS1 V8, but also its entire driveline. To top it off, the owner has added a Procharger supercharger. You can also check out its 10.69 @ 129mph pass here . - Charles Kha...
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Oct 09 2011, 05:39 AM
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Rod Chong
with 32 comment(s)
One thing I absolutely love about Speedhunters is the chance to collaborate with you guys, the Speedhunters readers. While our group of contributors collectively know a 'reasonable' amount about car culture and auto history, we certainly don't know everything. But I like to think that if you add in the collective Speedhunters community to the mix, then perhaps we have something approaching a living, automotive knowledge-base. And it was this knowledge-base that I wanted to tap into when...
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Sep 27 2011, 01:11 AM
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Jonathan Moore
with 7 comment(s)
One of the most popular displays to take in at the Goodwood Revival – and an easy way to lose many pleasurable hours – is free to see before you even get into the track's confines. This is the People's Concours, the demarcated area just inside the car parks where invited pre-'66 exotica and otherwise is put on display by their proud owners. When you add the road cars dotted around the site and the Goodwood Road Racing Club's enclosure, you begin to wonder how you'll...
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Aug 06 2011, 01:37 PM
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Jonathan Moore
with 3 comment(s)
Surprisingly, heavy rain at around 1am in the morning didn't add to the number of retired cars: with wet tyres fitted it looked like most drivers slowed to a sensible pace and went into survival mode in the pitch black. With the late afternoon start of 4pm the previous day, it's sometimes difficult to process that in a race this long the dead of the night is barely halfway through the 24 hours you have to get through. The bad news was that as the track dried around 4am, drivers got back to...
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Aug 05 2011, 07:30 PM
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Jonathan Moore
with 5 comment(s)
Audi might have had the pace around the epic Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix track – with an almost two second advantage in the dry – but they were forced to fight for their right to win this year's Spa 24 Hours, the 63rd running of the historic race. At the start of the race, 62 GT cars blasted down towards Eau Rouge for the first of 545 times: barely half would make it the full 24 hours, and of those just a handful in anywhere near prime condition.  The race showed the best of GT...
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Jul 31 2011, 12:38 AM
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Jonathan Moore
with 6 comment(s)
 We're over two-thirds of the way through the race now: it's after 9am here in Belgium, the sun is up – somewhere there behind all the cloud that still cloaks the circuit that is – and now it's the race to the flag. Just the seven hours to go… Up front it's still the #33 Audi Sport Team WRT R8 LMS of Mattias Ekstrom, Greg Franchi and Timo Scheider, as it has been on and off since the fourth hour. But just a lap behind is the #76 BMW Z4 of Team Need For Speed! ...
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Jul 30 2011, 12:10 AM
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Jonathan Moore
with 4 comment(s)
 Marc VDS ended up with overall pole for this year's running of the Spa 24 Hours after the three combined qualifying sessions on Thursday evening were done. In the end, only the times from the third, full-dark qualifying period would matter – conditions were simply too poor in the preceding two to make the times worthwhile.  After not really featuring in previous sessions, Porsche flexed their muscles when it counted with four 997 GT3Rs making it into the top six: both Prospeed (#74 and...
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Jul 21 2011, 01:00 PM
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Jonathan Moore
with 17 comment(s)
This time next week, 70 GT cars will be taking to the track at the legendary circuit of Spa Francorchamps in Belgium in the opening practice sessions for this year's running of the Spa 24 Hours. One of the most anticipated entries will be the debut of the McLaren MP4-12C – that's certainly the one that we're looking forward to seeing! The Spa 24 ranks up there as one of the classic endurance races: it's just one year younger than the 24 Hours Of Le Mans – which may be...
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Jun 29 2011, 02:00 PM
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Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
There have been a handful of Corvettes that have competed in Japan's Super GT series over the years, with the most recent being the RUNUP Sports C6 running in this year's GT300 class. Among the drivers for this entry is a certain Kazuyoshi Okamura of Yashio Factory fame. It's always cool to see the Japanese take on the American icon, especially in full race trim. Photo Credit - Supergt.net -Mike Garrett
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Jun 23 2011, 02:30 PM
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Jonathan Moore
with 7 comment(s)
On the support bill on the Saturday morning before the Le Mans 24 Hours this year were the Ferrari Trofeo and Le Mans Legends races. The Trofeo race was interesting if only for of the sheer number of 458 Cup cars in action (around 40, plus a smattering of older-spec 430s) but the line-up in the Le Mans Legends race was astounding. Millions of pounds-worth of irreplaceable cars being driven with as much aggression as they would have experienced in period. Lazy show cars these are not… The Le...
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Jun 19 2011, 02:30 PM
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Jonathan Moore
with 8 comment(s)
Ticker tape, the streets lined with people cheering and shouting, drivers running down the sides of the road waving and signing as they go. Rock stars for a day. The drivers' parade on the Friday evening before the 24 Hours of Le Mans is an incredible experience. Even the drivers who have experienced it before can't help but be open-mouthed at the event – here's Finnish driver Toni Vilander, who was driving the #51 AF Corse Ferrari 458 in GTE-Pro. For newcomers like Nascar star...
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Jun 12 2011, 04:10 PM
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Jonathan Moore
with 19 comment(s)
What a finish! Both Audi and Corvette were hard pushed right to the very end at Le Mans this year, and had to earn their victories in LMP1 and GTE respectively. The surviving #2 Audi R18 driven by Benoit Treluyer, Marcel Fassler and Andre Lotterer crossed the line just 13 seconds ahead of the first of the quartet of Peugeot 908s – finishing a battle between the #2 and #9 Peugeot that started 13 hours earlier and ebbed and flowed throughout the night and all the way to the flag. The #9 Peugeot...
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Jun 11 2011, 03:00 PM
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Jonathan Moore
with 4 comment(s)
The GTE battle has been exactly as expected: hard-fought and close. It's the #74 Chevrolet Corvette of Oliver Gavin, Richard Westbrook and Jan Magnussen that's at the head of the field – but it's being chased hard by a pack of Ferraris and Porsches. The race is neutralised at the moment, with a second safety car period that's likely to last quite some time as barriers are being repaired. The BMWs have faded slightly after suffering problems in the first couple of hours, but...
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Mar 23 2011, 04:00 PM
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Andy Blackmore
with 13 comment(s)
Although many eyes were focused on the Audi and Peugeot works entries at last weekend’s 12 Hours of Sebring it was the older ORECA run 2010 Peugeot 908, driven by Olivier Panis, Nicolas Lapierre and Loic Duval which took the checkered flag in Florida. Hot on its heals was the six day old Highcroft Racing HPD ARX-01e. The private teams beat the works teams fair and square in Prototypes! In the GT Class, BMW Motorsport scored a strong 1-2 with their revised M3 which will compete in the American...
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Mar 18 2011, 07:30 AM
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Andy Blackmore
with 20 comment(s)
The 59th running of the 12hours of Sebring takes place this weekend and will kick off a series of GT racing previews on Speedhunters. This year, the Sebring Endurance race plays host to the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the regular American Le Mans Series. It makes for a packed grid of 56 cars, with a confusing number of classes…. Most cars are entered in one or the other series. A few, such as BMW are running in both. Confusing! The Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) is a series of Endurance...
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Posted
Mar 09 2011, 10:00 AM
by
Linhbergh
with 22 comment(s)
Last month, Mike Garrett gave us a sneak peak at the build of Luke Lonberger's Formula D C6 Covette. This past weekend, the completed car was unveiled at the first round of Red Line Time Attack at Willow Springs International Raceway. Fellow Speedhunter, Larry Chen, was on hand at the track to snap away some photos of the car as it ripped around Horse Thief Mile. How about one more photo just got good measure? The first round of Formula D in Long Beach is shaping up to be quite an event with...
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Feb 01 2011, 02:08 PM
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Mike Garrett
with 17 comment(s)
As we kick off Builds Month, I thought I'd quickly share a build that I've been following online for a weeks now. Blu808, the team responsible for Conrad Grunewald's drift Camaro is hard at work on a second Formula Drift car for 2011 - a C6 Corvette that will be piloted by Luke Lonberger....
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Dec 16 2010, 10:02 AM
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John Brooks
with 10 comment(s)
In any kind of competition the real excitement, the real edge comes when the Big Dogs square up to each other. At the tracks that means the manufacturers, sure the racing can be good when private teams are running against each other, see GT1 and GT3 for example but the stuff of legends is only really possible when the factories do battle. In endurance racing there were two arenas for these contests, Le Mans Prototypes with Audi and Peugeot going toe to toe with their fabulous turbo diesels and Le...
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Posted
Dec 04 2010, 05:00 PM
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Jeroen Willemsen
with 18 comment(s)
It's time for a second look at the Essen Motor Show . I did a random snap on this this VW pick-up truck in October. It stood in the Galleria, where you could find all sorts of weird contraptions on wheels. Another familiar face was this replica Z-tune built by Japo Motorsport . The car still looked impeccable. A car I would take with me in a heartbeat. The other star on the Japo Motorsport stand was this EVO with all the carbon you could ever want. This reminds me to visit the shop as soon as...
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Posted
Oct 11 2010, 04:45 AM
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John Brooks
with 9 comment(s)
Rage against the Night. McNish's Audi R15 chases the Peugeots but even he can't make up the gap. 2-0 to the French, a whitewash in China? Allez Les Blues! Who can you believe these days? I feel like a politician. I boldly make a statement, totally convinced that I am right, then it turns out to be utter tosh. A quick look at my work schedule shows that I have still to write my PLM wrap up. So here goes. Reputation shot to pieces. The 2010 edition of Petit Le Mans may well go down in history...
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