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In car with Bennett Racing at VIR in Ferrari F430

February 23, 2010

Over the past summer we were happy to share some great in car footage supplied by Mike Skeen as he campaigned in the Trans Am series. This morning I woke up to a couple of great new videos from Mike, this time from a different car. A Ferrari F430! This new ride is owned by [...]

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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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Trans Am returns to Mosport: Mike Skeen race report

May 20, 2009

There are few race tracks left that still have the same spirit that they had back in the early days of Trans Am and of those, Mosport is arguably the most authentic. Our local track has a way of dishing out the lowest lows and the most rewarding highs and Victoria Day weekend 2009 was [...]

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Trans Am porn: Mike Skeen in car from VIR

April 23, 2009

A few weeks back, we brought you some wicked in car footage from the first round of the 2009 Trans Am season courtesy of Mike Skeen. This past weekend the series moved to Virginia International Raceway for round 2 which saw Mike suffering from some of the mechanical issues that can plague an underfunded privateer [...]

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Muscle Milk Trans Am 2009 season opener from in car

March 28, 2009

With all the discussions of Trans Am, NASA and Spec e30 these days in The Garage, it was pretty cool to come across the story of the first Muscle Milk Trans Am race of the season this morning at Axis of Oversteer. 2008 NASA Spec e30 National champ Michael Skeen started at the back of [...]

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The future of pro drivers: back to the journeyman at the wheel

December 16, 2008

The professional racing driver is somewhat of an interesting study. The driver has grown from the backyard tinkerer testing the mettle of his machine, to a professional who is paid for his services. From a moonshine runner to a high speed engineer, who knows more about his car than the designers of decades ago knew [...]

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SCCA Announces Trans Am is back on the schedule for 2009

December 13, 2008

When the Trans Am series vanished a couple of years ago, some of us with long memories wished the SCCA had tried harder to save the series. Sadly, it had been in a decline for years and had become a bit of a joke. The marketing was non existent (at least here in Ontario) as [...]

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Challenger SRT8: Did I mention that it was Orange?

November 30, 2008

Leading up to the 2008 IMPA Test Days at Pocono Raceway, we had compiled a short list of must drives. Top spot on that list was held by none other than the Dodge Challenger SRT8. Few cars have created so much buzz in recent years and few cars have stirred the memories of so many. [...]

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The Muscle Car War: Enter Camaro

November 5, 2008

I’ve been saying for years that these retro cars from the old skool Big Three would be absolutely perfect to fire up some old skool, showroom stock style Trans Am racing. With Chrysler and Ford going whole hog on building race ready cars, could The General be too far behind? What’s that you say? The [...]

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The first ever lap record of Mosport

June 21, 2008

For racing enthusiasts who live in Ontario, Mosport is an almost mythical place. It has seen the birth and heyday of series like the Trans Am and Can Am. It has played host to the Canadian Grand Prix. All of the great drivers from every decade from the Sixties onwards have driven at Mosport and [...]

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