This past weekend, the Porsche camp was somewhat all conquering. In celebration of that, I’m offering up this full size desktop background for all of you Porsche fanatics. In this shot, the Velox Porsche 911 GT3 Cup leads a GT class Corvette into Mosport’s turn 4. That yellow glow you see under the car is unburnt fuel escaping from the exhaust.
To save this image as your desktop, click on the image. Right click on the full size image that opens up. Select save as and then select desktop background.
That one is a whopping 1800 pixels wide. If you aren’t lucky enough to have a monitor that will support it, we have different sizes after the break.
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The last time I drove a Buick was in 1959. It was my Dad’s 1956 Buick Century. This is not my old man’s car! What a beauty his was. What a beauty this LaCrosse is! This is a driver’s car!
One of the nice perks of being in the media is at certain times you get to drive a beautiful, and then sometimes a not so beautiful car. Some of them are rocket ships. Some are slugs. Some are actually full blooded racing cars! And some are just a car with an old fashioned, comfortable shoe feel about them. Having said that, I just have to tell you of my not-so-little-perk courtesy of General Motors in Oshawa. Through my good friend Gary Grant, the Garage Guy, I was given a Buick to use while in Toronto and the surrounding area during the Honda Indy weekend. When Gary told me this, I was delighted, but I also thought…a Buick. Was this smart ass trying to tell me I was an old man, which I am, or was he giving me a treat that I did not expect while I was in the big city?
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Danica Patrick is probably the best known driver in the IndyCar Series to the general public and possibly even to the casual fan. Her PR machine together with her various semi risque photo shoots and Go-Daddy ads have made her face known to thousands of people. She almost certainly is the highest earner in IndyCar with an income up there with many regular NASCAR drivers. This from a driver who has only managed one win in her entire car racing career and that one was a result of good pit work and strategy plus Helio Castroneves running almost out of fuel. She never won on her way up through the minor leagues.
During her IndyCar career, until this year, she has been a high mid field runner most of the time, especially on the ovals.There have been several good results usually due to good strategy. She has always struggled to some extent on the road courses despite coming up through road racing rather than ovals. Her attitude has earned her several less than complimentary nicknames among serious fans. The most common are ‘The Princess’, ‘Stompin Danica’ and with her very poor showings in the Nationwide series ‘Princess Lapped a Lot’. Many people who follow racing closely are also joking about her constant ‘you know like’, ‘uh’ and during races ‘its loooose’!
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The 2010 Grand Prix of Mosport was a weekend packed full of action and stories both on and off the track. The headliner for the weekend was the always exciting American Le Mans Series, with support from IMSA Lites, Star Mazda, Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup and the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship.
IMSA racing has played a big part in the history of Mosport, so it was fitting that the grand Prix was a key event in Mosport’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
The Grand Marshal of the weekend was the legendary Bobby Unser, who won his first IndyCar race at Mosport in 1967. I was fortunate to spend some time with him on Friday afternoon and found him to be an absolutely wonderful guy as we chatted about how the track has changed over the years. Joining Unser over the weekend were Canadian racing champions Bill Brack, Eppie Wietzes, Ludwig Heimrath Sr., Craig Hill, Horst Kroll and Ross de St. Croix who all signed autographs and mingled with the fans.
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Mosport press release
Motorsport legend Bobby Unser has been named as Grand Marshal of Canada’s biggest sports car race of the year, the Mobil 1 presents The Grand Prix of Mosport, August 26-29.
Bobby, the older of the two famous racing brothers (along with Al, Sr.), established the family name many years ago by winning three Indy 500 titles, in 1968, 1975 and 1981. Unser’s first career IndyCar victories came at Mosport when in 1967 he took the chequered flag in both the twin 100 mile races.
“Mosport will always have a special place in my heart. The 1967 Mosport IndyCar race became one of the most important events in my whole life because it was my first IndyCar win. So it’s a real honour to be the Grand Marshal of the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport and to help the track celebrate their 50th anniversary season,” said Unser.
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