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Best sounding race car ever: Mazda 787B

October 21, 2009

When most of us think of the best sounding race cars of all time, we think beyond the recent past. Cars from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s typically are the ones we think of. When we began this topic there was a number of people who threw out a more modern car: Mazda’s 787B endurance [...]

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Patron Highcroft Racing rebuilds after massive crash at Road Atlanta

September 26, 2009

First things first; Watch Scott Sharp’s spectacular collision during practice for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Thursday. The crash occurred when Sharp lost sight of a Porsche that was exiting the pits and tagged it. Apparently this is a blind section of track and Sharp was running at 100% throttle in 6th [...]

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Peugeot dethrones Audi with win at 2009 Le Mans

June 14, 2009

Many people thought it couldn’t be done, but for every Goliath there is a David. On their 3rd attempt, Peugeot has taken the top two spots at the annual 24 hour race at Le Mans. The winning car was the #9 Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP driven by a trio of ex Formula 1 drivers, David [...]

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Porsche 917: A motorsport titan turns 40

March 9, 2009

The Porsche 917: How can one describe it other than to say it was a titan of motorsport. Winning just about every important endurance race of the late Sixties and early Seventies. Open cockpit. Closed cockpit. Long tail. Short tail. Under 800 kilograms with a flat 12 cylinder engine with output that ranged from 520 [...]

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Video: Alain De Cadenet admits to having a weenie willy

May 8, 2008

Following my post about Lou Galanos Ferrari at Daytona shot, I stumbled across this great video clip from 1981. Clips from a documentary about the 1981 Le Mans 24 hours have been assembled into a short piece, not unlike De Cadenet’s admission part way through!

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Weekly video: C. Van Tune drives the Ford GT

April 5, 2008

Our second installment of our weekly review of C. Van Tune’s video archives. This week, Van tells a bit of Ford GT40 history and then puts a tungsten Ford GT through it’s paces.
After the break of course

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Another of racing’s greats passes: Paul Frere

February 25, 2008

Sad news has reached The Garage that long time racer, automotive writer and engineer Paul Frere has passed away at the age of 91. He had been injured in a crash while testing for Road & Track and while he recovered from his injuries, he was never quite the same. Frere began his racing career [...]

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Sir Stirling to drive DBR1 at Le Mans 48 years after historic win

June 6, 2007

Aston Martin. Stirling Moss. Le Mans. Do we really need to say more?
Those three names conjure up all sorts of history inspired daydreams. The dream was the reality though, with Moss winning endurance races at Le Mans, Goodwood and the Nurburgring at the wheel of the mighty Aston Martin DBR 1. Shortly, that historic image [...]

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Killer Le Mans web app: Shame we won’t see it in action

May 31, 2007

We are big fans of cool stuff here in The Garage, especially when said cool stuff combines cars and the web. How about a web application that scoops race feeds from Le Mans and puts all the race and team data into a slick package for all to see.
Thomas Baekdal isn’t a car guy [...]

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Hans Stuck Injured In Endurance Racing Crash

May 1, 2007

Legendary racer Hans Stuck has sustained serious injuries in the hardest crash of his long racing career. It seems that his BMW struck a car that was parked at the side of the track. Shades of Mario Andretti on Lakeshore Blvd. here in Toronto years ago.

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