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Seems odd that this blog has been on hiatus since the 2017 Bathurst 12 hours, but the 2018 edition seems like as good an excuse as any to...

For the first half of the race, the number 7 Team Castrol Vodafone BMW M6 GT3 was the most competitive of the BMW entries.  Others had...

Number 6 in the 2017 Bathurst 12 hour field was a local entry with four Aussie drivers in a bright yellow Porsche Cup car.  The amateur...

The #5 Audi sought to defend its 2016 class win at the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hours. Unfortunately, the team of Greg Taylor, Nathan Antunes,...

After only 32 laps, the #4 Grove Racing Porsche found calamity and its run came to an untimely end.   Arguably, the Class B favorite – or...

The #3 Audi R8 LMS with KFC sponsorship prominently shown finished 7th overall  (2 laps off the lead) and second in class (one lap down)....

Largely an amateur effort, Daniel Stuttard, James Bergmuller, Samuel Fillmore piloted the #2A DJS Racing Audi R8 LMS with charity in...

The #1 Tenko Autosports McLaren GT finished 5th overall, one lap off the lead.  The strong driver line up of Rob Bell, Alvaro Parente,...

Ever been to the Bathurst 12 hours race in Australia?  If not, add it to your bucket list.  What a marvelous event.  Great track, great...

After an absence from these pages, it is time to get back to it.  The good news is that there is much to talk about.  For starters, let’s...

In May 2006, the Porsche Owners Club held an event at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA.  While I’m sure the Porsches were fun, there...

Friday welcomes drivers to a clean track.  Sunday bears the scars of a weekend full of racing with multiple cars across multiple classes...

Walking through the paddock can provide interesting visual comparisons if you keep a keen watch for such opportunities.  A black road...

K-PAX Racing joined together with Flying Lizard Racing to run three McLarens in the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge season.  Alvaro Parente...

Hot off the virtual presses – check out the 4Q 2016 issue of The Southwest Star: AMG GT Roadster Built by Hand – the 2016 Art Center Car...

The shutter speed of 1/250 was just fast enough to show some blur without freezing the scene completely.  A faster speed would have not...

While the shutter speed is enough to show motion and blur, the horizontal silver fencing between pit lane and the race track creates an...

This photo is the car’s very first lap to be turned on US soil.  The team worked feverishly to ensure it would be ready for practice....

While they make it look easy, clearly there are years of craft and passion that have built to the current day and material work behind...

A very tangible example is this simple sign perched at the edge of the Mazda paddock area.  Mazda is the only team anywhere in the...