This past Friday, Jonathan Moore and I drove out to the town of Rye to Speedhunt the brand new Sumo Power/JR Motorsport facility. While we knew this was an impressive facility, nothing could have prepared us to comprehend the depth and scale of the place, let alone the marvelous machines it houses. Jonathan is still trying to digest what we saw on Friday
Ok, let's pick up the story of Klaus Ludwig and see what he's been up to from 1984 until present. At the end of Part1 , his fortunes were starting to flat line just a little bit. Klaus had chosen to race for Zakspeed Ford racing team instead of Porsche a few years previously, and it was becoming apparent that this perhaps was not the best long
As I look back into some of my favourite bits of motorsports history, one name keeps cropping up over and over again: Klaus Ludwig. I'm not necessarily a big fan of the man himself, but I have an immense amount of respect for what he's achieved over the course of his long and varied career. Some race drivers fade away after a decade or so of
It's hard to believe that Dino and I have been in Italy almost a week, and our journey is starting to wind down... As I type this blog post, I'm sitting in a hotel next to Monza circuit.... The bar man tells me that this chair I'm sitting on was occupied by a certain Michael Schumacher three years ago.... perhaps if I sit here long enough
John Brooks 500mm camera lens is currently undergoing repair work, so he drafted in his partner-in-crime David Lister, to handle the manly shooting duties this weekend. This magical image was the result... Great shot David! Pick it up in the Desktops section.... :R
For those of you who are liking Nissan's GT1 R35 GTR race car, there is another brand new machine which has built to this new rule-set: The Matech Ford GT. Pretty hard looking car!... Click on the Desktops tab to download this bad boy.... :R
Anyone who works with me knows that I'm one of the world's most impatient people with an extremely short attention span, and a bit of an obessive mindset. This has it's uses for pushing through crazy media projects like Speedhunters, but I can also be slightly demanding to collaborate with.... Just ask UK Speedhunter John Brooks; he's
I just noticed that some more spy photos of the Nissan FIA GT1 spec R35 race car, have surfaced on the GTRblog. I am liking what I am seeing! We'll make sure that Speedhunters get's the inside line on this exciting new race car next year. It should be interesting to see how this machine fares against Europe's best. Pop over to the GTRblog
Ok get ready for one of the best Speedhunters films yet... this video was shot at the FIA GT Spa 24H race this past August and features a custom music score by my man, Ekstrak out of his London, UK music studio. You've seen Antonio's post about the infamous Eau Rouge corner ... now you get to see for yourself why this is one of the most fearsome
The view from today's qualifying session at the Spa 24H weekend.... I can't take my eyes off the MC12s!