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As is tradition, the US Air Force blends a flyover with a training mission and sends a pair of B-2 Spirit bombers for the New Years Day...

Non-fiction is often more compelling than anything a fiction writer could imagine. The story of Porsche's motorsports efforts in the...

The Porsche 935/19 was not designed for professional competition. It is not a stripped down uncompromising race car built to battle the...

The Indy 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans began as tests of endurance rather than speed. The "glory days" of motorsport are often remembered...

Motorsport is a sub-set of sport. Sportscar racing is a sub-set of motorsport. Endurance sportscar racing is a sub-set of sportscar...

With only ten minutes remaining in the 2016 IMSA Petit LeMans, disaster struck the Mazda prototype. A podium spot disappeared in flames...

During public health restrictions that shuttered workplaces, restaurants, museums and even outdoor recreation areas, many retreated ...

Thanks to heavy fog, the 2021 25 Hours of Thunderhill was interrupted mid-race and became the seventeen hours of Thunderhill. Otherwise,...

When Peyton Manning was inducted into the professional football Hall of Fame, part of his speed imagined what happened in the quiet halls...

In May 2019, a new vintage racing event took over Sonoma Raceway. Titled the "Sonoma Speed Festival," the founders sought to create a...

I recently learned a few things about the supply chain bottleneck in the Port of Long Beach. I'm certainly not an expert but supply chain...

Endurance races are typically measured in hours - 10 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours or even 25 hours. From 1965 to 1971, however, the world's...

The original idea did not come from Howard Hughes. German submarines were sinking supply ships making their way across the Atlantic...

Not all memorable automotive photos involve priceless equipment, careful staging, expensive equipment or years of experience. Some...

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)....