This year’s Le Mans marked a Celica-filled win for Toyota overall. It was a historic back-to-back victory (one in…
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This 2.1-liter mill won endurance and sprint prototype races, touring car races and hillclimbs.
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A good morning to us all, for today is the most sacred of holidays and traditions. Today is, of course, Group…
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The prototypes that raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s were so fast that they still reg…
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Group C cars are basically closed cockpit Formula-1 cars that had to run for 24 hours at full throttle before the…
[The 1991 Gebhardt-Cosworth C91 full on at the 73rd Goodwood Members' Meeting. Originally an IMSA car, it raced twice in Group 3 in 1992. We all know what was it missing today. Photo credit: Máté Petrány/Jalopnik]
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Welcome, friends and family, to Group C-smas! What is Group C-smas, you ask? Why, it's a holiday of festive fun and…
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If feasting your eyes on one Group C Porsche is impressive, seeing 15 in one place is unbelievable. That is…
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It’s big. It’s fast. It’s held the lap record on the Nürburgring for 27 years. Ready?
The Peugeot 908’s win last weekend at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was not Peugeot’s first: they won back-to-back titles…