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From the internets:

“My elderly co-worker Serio is an ex-Ferrari mechanic who wrenched for the team back in the 60’s and 70’s. He will ask me to pull up a chair and tell random stories out about when he was growing up, working on Ferrari’s, Lamborghini’s, Alfa’s, ect. He comes in today with some old pictures of himself with the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO #3987 he worked on back in the late 60’s.

“This particular chassis is the one that Roger Penske won the 12 Hours of Sebring with in back in 1963 (in GT), was later driven by Alain de Cadenet and is now owned by Ralph Lauren.

“In the photo, Serio is in the red check shirt and the guy in the white shirt with the pipe is Dr. Baumgardner, the car’s owner at that time. Note that the car had the orange lights on the roof that were needed to run at Le Mans.”

Cool story bro!

24 HOURS OF LE MANS
Saturday June 16 - Sunday June 17

Watch the dogfighting diesels! See the latest electric hybrid racers! Watch out for the batmobile! Aston vs. Corvette vs. Ferrari vs. Porsche — Who will reign supreme?!?

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A New Year, a New Season of World Class Racing

That the Audi R18 TDI would dominate the prototype class this weekend was really no surprise. More like a diesel-powered rocket ship than a race car, the car truly is a technological marvel.

On the other hand the racing was neck-to-neck in the GT field, with BMW vs. Corvette vs. Ferrari vs. Porsche. The talent ran deep as some of the best drivers in the world fought with sprint-car pace for the entire 12 hour race.

Check out AmericanLeMans for race results and upcoming events.

(Source: autoblog.com)

Introducing the new Morgan/OAK Racing LMP2 car
My god, does it sound fantastic!

Racing Improves the Breed
Top-tier racing programs are multi-million dollar enterprises. So why do it? Because racing is the truest platform for testing and refining new automotive technologies.

Consider Audi’s new R18 e-tron Quattro hybrid race car.  Underneath its jet-fighter inspired composite body lies an all-wheel drive powertrain powered by a turbocharged stratified injection diesel engine paired with an electric motor and regenerative braking.  These cutting-edge systems will be pushed to the limit at endurance races around the world, including the 24 hours of Le Mans this June.

Take a good look at this car and see the future of automotive transportation.

Congrats to BMW Motorsport!  It was a hard slog through the night, but a podium finish at Le Mans is always well won.  And they beat all the Porsches ;)

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“The ALMS M3 is perfection – everything is right on target. It has the perfect balance of power, braking and handling. Everything just feels in perfect proportion. It’s almost like they made a work of art and then decided to turn it into a race car. You just want so badly to do a good job and do what the car is capable of.”
— BMW factory driver Bill Auberlen (via motomania)