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Posted Oct 02 2009, 06:21 AM by Andy Blackmore with 10 comment(s)

RETROSPECTIVE>>McLAREN F1 GTR SHORT TAIL: PART 2
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In part 2 of our McLaren F1 GTR Retrospective, we are going to look at the 1996 season. McLaren Cars made a number of improvements for the 1996 season with revised aerodynamics, cooling and fuel system. Many components were re-engineered. As I explained at the beginning of the month , a new test car, Chassis ‘10R’ was completed and used to announce the 1996 season, although ironically the car still carried some 1995 aerodynamics. We needed a livery which jumped out of the page and also...
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Posted Oct 01 2009, 04:40 PM by Andy Blackmore with 13 comment(s)

RETROSPECTIVE>>McLAREN F1 GTR SHORT TAIL: PART 1
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As our BMW Feature Month comes to an end, I have been asked to give my personal reflections on the golden years of the McLaren F1 GTR. Grab yourself a coffee….it’s a long one! With the aid of Rod's images from his recent visit to Rahal Letterman and John Brooks extensive collection, I'll attempt to cover the two seasons in which the short-tail GTR changed the face of GT racing. It may not have been part of the original McLaren F1 project, but the story of the McLaren F1 GTR was...
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Posted Jan 26 2009, 04:00 PM by Andy Blackmore with 8 comment(s)

NEW CARS>> ASTON MARTIN AIM FOR LE MANS WIN
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Hot off the press! On the 50th Anniversary of its outright win at Le Mans, Aston Martin will aim to repeat this win at La Sarthe in June. Following their semi-works support of the 'Charouz Racing' Lola Aston Martin in 2008, the British team have released an artist impression of the new Lola based racecar in Gulf Oil livery with new bodywork. It is powered by a production based Aston Martin V12 which helped Aston score its second Le Mans GT1 title last year with the DBR9. Aston Martin Racing...

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Posted Jun 27 2008, 02:30 PM by Andy Blackmore with 4 comment(s)

CAR FEATURE>> ASTON MARTIN DBR9
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As we come to the end of June, Le Mans month, I thought it was fitting that we featured the Le Mans GT1 winner as a follow up to the Corvette C6.R feature . The Aston Martin DBR9 won a close battle this year at Le Mans, making it two class wins in two years. Aston Martin has a long history in Endurance Racing , including an overall win at Le Mans in 1959, with the DBR1 (see below). Useless fact - DBR Stands for ‘David Brown Racing’, in recognition of the then owner! The DBR9 is the race...
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Posted May 22 2008, 06:00 PM by Andy Blackmore with 9 comment(s)

RANDOM SNAP>> ASTON MARTIN RACING
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With the Nurburgring 24 Hours this weekend and the Le Mans 24 Hours in less than a month, this fantastic Aston Martin Racing image is very relevant....and cool. The Gulf Aston DBR9 will race at Le Mans while the yellow Vantage N24 will be at the Nurburgring. Other cars are various race cars from GT racing around the world. My wallpaper for a few weeks :)

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