Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is looking to boost its volume and expand its racing efforts into GTE, GTLM, and GT3. Itâs answer for that is the new SCG 004Sâa mid-engine road-legal supercar built to go racing.
Jeff Westphal did the unthinkable when he won pole position at this yearâs NĂŒrburgring 24 Hours. He became the first American in the raceâs 45-year history to win pole position and he did it with an American-owned team, in a car dreamt up by an American. All while competing against teams supported by majorâŠ
It was a sad day indeed when Gumpert, the maker of, er, eccentric-looking supercars, went bankrupt. The resurrected company, Apollo Automobil, showed off a rather pointy Arrow concept in March. Who else is going to have a hand in making that car? None other than the space-time-ripping racing barons at Scuderia CameronâŠ
The existing pair of SCG 003s will keep racing at the NĂŒrburgring while Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus gets closer to readying its road car and racer in the top class of the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, LMP1. Hereâs what they have in store.
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Jim Glickenhausâ personal SCG 003C has gone a long way since finishing the NĂŒrburgring 24 at 35th. Now, itâs time for you to get onboard.
Fifty years from now, when a retired journalist writes a book about Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus and the SCG 003, it will be the tale of David and Goliath full of nice pictures and adjectives like âlegendaryâ and âastonishingâ. And it wonât be far off the truth.
Right now, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is making history (again) by driving the SCG 003C that finished the N24 on Sunday to Lake Como on public roads, to be displayed at Villa dâEste this weekend. That has never been done before.
The N24 started with 180 cars on the grid this year, but finished with much less as the night took its toll like always on this very tight circuit. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus had a bad start as well with the brand new SCG 003C, but kept on rocking to make history by crossing the line at #35.
Phoenix Racing won last yearâs NĂŒrburgring 24 by setting a new distance record after completing 159 laps. The car you see here is wearing their #1 sticker.
[The first pit stop went well and while the SCG 003C entered the field again at the 24th position, their fastest lap is just 0.8 seconds off the fastest yet despite the traffic. 22 hours and 54 minutes to go! Photo credit: Måté Petråny/Jalopnik]
Yes, unfortunately Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus lost one car for this weekend when Maccinadue hit a wall at 200 km/h at the Kesselchen during practice yesterday. The good news is that everybody is fine as Jimâs safety measures worked perfectly.
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus didnât leave anything to the last minute with the SCG 003C, and the team was pretty much ready to hit the Ring on Tuesday already. Yet that doesnât mean they didnât strip both cars bare naked numerous times for some final adjustments before the first practice laps, and I was there with myâŠ
I drove all night to make sure I got to the Ring in time for the Jalopnik bump(s) to be added to the SCG 003âs livery before it was shown to the public in the nearby village of Adenau. Thatâs at least ten extra horsepower right there, success is inevitable.
If either of the two SCG 003s can do just one yard at the NĂŒrburgring on Saturday, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus will make history and American flags can be raised just a little higher all around the globe. But team James Glickenhaus and their gorgeous race cars will do more than just a yard. Much more.
While the NĂŒrburgring Nordschleife is the last place I'd expect to have noise limits, there was one in place for the ill-fated VLN Race #1, where two of Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus' SCG 003 cars were racing this weekend. Both cars got black flags for noise. Turn down for what?
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus will enter the N24 with two SCG003s, and will also give away six pairs of VIP race tickets to support The Possibility Project, a non-profit that empowers teenagers in New York City. Here's your chance to be there when they make history.
The SCG 003 can only make it to the US imported as used automotive parts and registered as a kit car, but that's okay. It's beautiful, it's fast and it's engineered very cleverly. An amazing piece of kit that is set to make history.
There are now two SCG003C race/road cars on this planet, and both just wrapped up another shakedown in Italy. There is video. There are photos. See if you can spot the easter egg.
