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    Alexander Card: I hope 2009 is the last year for Jensen to race anything at all. He is so uninspired or just blatantly trying to fall back to keep the championship al... more »
    Maxichamp: Can someone help me find an image of the Honda Accord wagon safety car used to help Heikki when he crashed in quali? Thanks. more »
    PowerTryp, Starless wonder.: I'll admit right now, I've been following the wins and stats for the season but I've only actually watched Australia. Now that that is said, I'm not s... more »
    Jeb_Hoge: Alguersuari's slide through the ING sign was worthy of slo-mo replay. And as far as Vettel is concerned, I was nearly certain his engine was going to ... more »
    Syrax: #14 and #15. Too much imagination Peter. more »
    dmoon: Qualifying is the best part of F1, and Suzuka's was crazy. The raced lacked drama, but that is the way it goes in F1. It is funny that Rosberg got a... more »
    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Well, if I can't beat Gurney, why even try? I wonder if I can get Chevy to give me back my deposit? It's more impressive what those old drivers did -... more »
    middlejester: Amazing track, but holy boring show for the spectators... With 8:30 lap times, you'd see the cars go by, what, 12 times? more »
    Nurburgringer: I've posted these before, but my mom and dad were at the '67 GP of Germany and he took a bunch of sweet photos: [www.tcnj.edu] more »
    Bret: I wish F1 cars still looked like this. more »
  • #formulaone

    2009 Japanese Grand Prix: A Jolly Good Race

    With the wacky 2009 championship down to its antepenultimate race at Suzuka Circuit, Jenson Button’s eroding cushion of points was looking increasingly fragile. Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel smelled blood. Spoilers, shmoilers! More »
  • #2010camaross

    Putting The 8:19 Nürburgring Camaro SS Time In Perspective

    Muscle cars have come a long way since the 60s. The 8:19 lap by the Camaro SS would have been competitive in the 1967 German Grand Prix: the model year of the first Camaro. More »
  • #momentofzen

    All-American Racer Flying Over The 'Ring

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  • #classicadwatch

    Dan Gurney Passes Out Behind the '84 Celica's Wheel

    Independent rear suspension, ventilated disc brakes, electronic fuel injection, and a nice comfy seat- that's what you got when you bought a 1984 Toyota Celica GTS. Oh yeah, and a pit crew screaming in your ear. Ya know, the look of the mid-80s Celica has actually held up pretty well, dated as it may be.
  • #thewondersofthering

    It's 1967 Okay?

    We were watching some random, modern F1 footage last night and started wondering if we were just idiots for not being into it. Then we ran across this segment on the GP at the Nürburgring back in '67 and realized that no, we weren't. This, friends, is damn-wonderful hairy-chested F1 awesomeness at its finest. Plus, it's got Gurney totally freaking dominating until his driveshaft goes and Ickx face-stomping Formula One guys in a Formula Two car. The genie of death may lie there, but damn if the 'Ring + 1960s F1 vehicles doesn't send shivers of the best kind. Flugplatz, anyone?
  • #commentary

    Fast as a Shark: Cannibalism, In Pursuit of the Elusive Awesome

    Now and then, I wonder if this malaise is not a thirtysomething crisis, and then I take a step back and realize that it really isn't. Age is merely a tipping point, where the enthusiasm of youth is finally allowed to a step back in the face of a broader historical perspective. There is a transitional moment where it's understood that while independence and DIY will always rule, they are not quite the all. There is a beauty to industry, but when industry becomes the be-all, end all, there's a spirit that gets lost. Lost yet? Let me extrapolate a bit. More »
  • #retroracing

    Mr. Chapman Goes to Indianapolis: The Lotus-Ford Story

    In 1961, after witnessing Jack Brabham's 9th-place finish in the Indy 500 in a mid-engined Cooper, Dan Gurney hooked up Colin Chapman and the Ford Motor Company to build a car for the '63 Indy 500 that would truly change the face of American open-wheel motorsports. But it was hardly a cakewalk. While Gurney felt it was a good car, it was apparently very noisy to drive, so Chapman came up with an air scoop to divert wind over the driver's head. More »
  • #retro

    Trans-Am Racing Could Make a Proper Comeback, Says C&D

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  • #news

    We're Not In Love With Saturday's Children; We're In Love With the Misfit Children: The Cars That Didn't Run in Saturday's Trans-Am Race at Laguna Seca

    For Google's sake, that may well be the longest headline we've ever written. This blogging crap is ridiculously wordy work now and then. Regardless, here're a few shots of the Mopar/AMC contingent, who for reasons we do not know, didn't run in Saturday's Trans-Am session at the Monterey Historics. Which, frankly, was unfortunate, as Dan Gurney's legacy was left to be defended by a mere Cougar. We suspect foul play on the part of Ford and Chevrolet. More »
  • #retroracing

    Dan Gurney and Jackie Oliver to Drive GT40 Up Hill at Goodwood

    It's as simple as this: we need to make the pilgrimage to Goodwood. And oh to be there this year when Ford breaks out the 1966 Le Mans-winning GT40 with former 24 Heures du Mans winners Dan Gurney and Jackie Oliver behind the wheel for blasts up the hill. Ford's celebrating the 40th anniversary of a victory that set off a four-year winning streak for the Eric Broadley-designed sports car. A guy we know rides with Gurney, and apparently, even at 75 years old, he's impossible to keep up with. God, this should be good. [Thanks to Alex for the tip.] More »
  • #gadgest

    Gurney Eagle F1 Scale Replica: Drooooool...

    Any gearhead who's remotely familiar with our taste in cars knows that Dan Gurney's 1967 Eagle F1 is one of our absolute all-time favorite vehicles. It's simply one of the sexiest cars built in an era of incredibly sexy, sexy, sexy cars. Powered by a Weslake V-12 with hand-formed titanium headers (absolute works of art), the Eagle landed Gurney the title of "Only American to win a GP event in a car of his own construction." Now, Real Art Replicas has an excrutiatingly-detailed 1:8-scale replica; only 350 will be built, so if you're thinkin' about our birthday, buy it now and save it for us, will ya? The price? Only $1,499! C'mon, that's not even 1,500 bucks! More »