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At 14.00 hrs local time, His Highness Sheikh Juma al Maktoum waved the national flag of the United Arab Emirates to send off the field of 89 cars for this year’s tenth running of the Hankook 24H DUBAI. After some incidents in yesterday’s practice and qualifying sessions, certain cars were damaged beyond repair and were sidelined from the race, but the number of 89 cars taking the start still marks a record field for the first international endurance race of the new calendar year. His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Ben Sulayem, vice-president of the FIA and president of the Automobile and Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE) also attended the start of the race. Oil on track ! The first ‘code 60’, a neutralisation in which no driver is allowed to go faster than an average of 60 km/h, was called during the first lap of racing after the Nova Race Ginetta (#167, Vescovi/Ferri/Gentili/Fletcher) had spread oil on the circuit before coming to a halt on the track. Racing … [Read more...] about Fierce battle for the lead in first hour Hankook 24H Dubai

Team Black Falcon will start its 2015 motorsport chapter by lining up four cars on the Dubai 24 Hours grid at the Dubai Autodrome this coming weekend. The team is aiming for an outright victory with its two Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 racecars, both of which will face very tough competition in the premier A6 category. Driving the black and red Abu Dhabi Racing Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 this weekend will be Bernd Schneider, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Khaled Al Qubaisi and Andreas Simonsen. FIA GT and multiple DTM champion Schneider ended a low-profile 2014 on a high, completing the Gulf 12 Hours in 2nd place overall, alongside his Black Falcon teammates Jeroen Bleekemolen, who finished runner-up in the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series, and Khaled Al Qubaisi, who finished third in the 2014 World Endurance Championship GTE-Am class. Andreas Simonsen will bring in extra firepower, having enjoyed a fantastic season with Team Black Falcon that included a podium finish in the 24 Hours of … [Read more...] about Black Falcon puts four cars on the Dubai 24 Hours grid

Slick-50 200 Phoenix, Arizona Friday, April 8, 1994 3rd Practice -- Combined Practice Report ----------------------------------------- POS DRIVER TIME SEED --------------------------------------------------- 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 20.335 177.037 2 Raul Boesel 20.622 174.568 3 Nigel Mansell 20.699 173.921 4 Teo Fabi 20.707 173.852 5 Paul Tracy 20.831 172.820 6 Jimmy Vasser 20.918 172.105 7 Mario Andetti 20.936 171.953 8 Robby Gordon 20.990 171.510 9 Scott Sharp 21.011 171.340 10 Scott Goodyear 21.027 171.209 11 Al Unser, Jr. 21.072 170.842 12 Jacques Villeneuve 21.146 170.245 13 Dominic Dobson 21.192 169.874 14 Michael Andretti 21.303 168.988 15 Stefan Johansson 21.306 168.963 16 Mike Groff 21.557 166.999 17 Arie Luyendyk 21.757 165.468 18 Marco Greco 21.799 165.144 19 Bobby Rahal 21.801 165.130 20 Adrian Fernandez 21.821 164.978 21 Mark Smith 21.946 164.040 22 Stefan Johansson 21.970 163.856 23 Jacques Villeneuve 21.116 162.774 24 John Paul Jr 22.339 161.150 25 Davy Jones 22.409 … [Read more...] about CHAMPCAR/CART: Phoenix Friday Qualifying

1967 Canadian GP, Mosport: At the start, Jim Clark, Lotus, leads teammate Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell-Matra) and Dan Gurney (Eagle-Weslake) Photo by: Sutton Images In racing, the success or failure of participants is determined purely by results – but you’ll have noticed that’s never enough for the rest of us. After a race, much of the sport’s allure, intrigue and enchantment (or any other bottled fragrance) is provided by speculation over what might have been. Yes, we anticipate the next episode, but we’re equally intrigued by dissecting the last, and theorizing over how it might have turned out differently.Within minutes of the checkered flag, there are drivers, team managers, sponsors, journalists and fans giving vent to their opinions. ‘If Team X had changed its driver from wets to slicks one lap sooner in qualifying, he’d have taken pole, and probably the win,’ or, ‘If we’d used the same tire strategy as Team Y, … [Read more...] about Clark, Amon, and the speculation that rules motorsport history

860 raging bulls are now being unleashed by the 5.2-liter V10. Leave it to Novitec to make the Huracan Spyder even more intense by developing a wide body kit to muscle up the baby Lambo. Finished in Verde Mantis and limited to just 11 units, the striking droptop supercar has received an aggressive front bumper with a central front blade optionally available in pure carbon fiber without a drop of paint on it. Those beefy front fenders are an inch (three centimeters) wider on each side and come with three-slot vents to improve cooling of the brakes. Update: Lamborghini Celebrates Making 10,000th Huracan; Talks Next Gen The Only Thing Soft About The Huracan Performante Spyder Is Its Top More vents have been incorporated on the vehicle’s sides where the rocker panels feature built-in air scoops to cool down the rear brakes. The piece of the resistance is represented by the bulging rear fenders, which are a whopping 2.3 inches (six centimeters) wider per side. … [Read more...] about Lamborghini Huracan Spyder Widened And Supercharged By Novitec