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Corvette Racing visits Sebring to shake down new ride

March 2, 2010
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Late Winter is a wonderful time for racing enthusiasts in cold climates. The roundy round guys and girls are already racing in the warmer parts of the south, which gives us something to watch on TV rather than shoveling the driveway and teams that start later in the season are out testing new cars.
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Driver’s suit test at Sebring in 67

January 11, 2010

In the early days driving suits were cotton (think pale blue Dunlop suits worn by all F! drivers). To fireproof them these suits had to be soaked in a mixutre of Borax and something else (can’t remember!). I had never had my suit tested until Sebring. Every driver had to endure a medical by a [...]

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Toronto to Sebring and back: Life in a ‘64 Mini

November 27, 2009

In 1964 (I think) I purchased a brand new 1071 Cooper S from McMillan and Saunders in Malton where I actually had a job with Hawker Siddely Canada. That job enabled me to finance the $1400 purchase price supplemented with a Jet Power Credit Union loan. This was my first ever new vehicle having flogged [...]

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The story of the Mo Carter/Robert Barg ‘67 Camaro

September 22, 2009

Taken at Sebring in 69 during practice for the 12 hr – Rick Stevens co-drove 4 hrs. We finished 25th o/a and 3rd in 5 litre touring – won 1000 bucks. We were amazed to finish in that almost stock Camaro – it was quite the adventure.
We are very lucky to have had [...]

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1970 Sebring 12 Hours: The view from a camera toting corner marshal

March 30, 2009

We’ve been very fortunate here in The Garage to be able to share some great moments in racing through the lens of Lou Galanos over the past months. The guy has an incredible eye and happily spent time shooting in the days when safety rules were a little more lax than they are today. Earlier [...]

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1964 12 Hours of Sebring caught on home video

March 29, 2009

We tend to take video for granted these days, given that just about every point and shoot camera can take some fairly decent footage to be shared online just moments later. Fortunately for us, some folks back in the day took the time to film some racing and are now able to share them online [...]

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Porsche unveils 2009 911 GT3 RSR

January 22, 2009

Porsche RSR. For those of us who lay awake at night dreaming of the great Porsche racers of days, the reveal of a new RSR brings great joy. There are few model designations that carry such incredible endurance racing history. It is fitting then that Porsche should choose to launch the 2009 911 GT3 RSR [...]

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Project D

December 24, 2007

I was on the initial Sebring press revel in San Diego back in 2006 and enjoyed the couple of days I was at the helm of the car. I gave the car a decent review inside and out but was pummeled by fellow journalists for my lack of taste in not blasting what was considered [...]

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Porsche goes retro with Boxter RS 60 Spyder

November 27, 2007

The Porsche mystique is made up of many legendary cars and the people who designed and drove them. Of the cars, arguably the most important car, the one that laid the foundation for Porsche’s racing supremacy was the Type 718 RS 60 Spyder. This diminutive little car took on and beat not only cars in [...]

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Miami renters rejoice: First 08 Sebring ragtop comes off the line

June 6, 2007

That’s right folks, pretty soon Bubbe & Zaidy will be able to cruise their fave Miami hot spots in a shiny new 2008 Chrysler Sebring convertible. Thanks to Chrysler’s flexible production line in Sterling Heights Michigan, the first new Sebring convertible is now being produced on the same line as the hard top Sebring and [...]

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