Have you ever seen a
Lexus LF-A take flight with all four wheels off the ground? As
Gazoo Racing Lexus LF-A driver
Akira Iida explains it, "The momentum of our team is very good. Our target for the
24 Hours Nürburgring race is to maintain a steady pace." As many Lexus and Toyota fans already know, the Gazoo Racing team did a lot better than just
maintain a steady pace at
The Green Hell - the Gazoo Lexus LFA team and the
Toyota Swiss Racing GT86 team took top honors in their classes - SP8 and SP3 respectively.
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Posted by: John Brooks | Jul 17, 2012 | Categories: Gallery | Tags: Akira Iida, FR-S, FRS, FT86, Gazoo, Gazoo Racing, GT86, John Brooks, Juichi Wakisaka, Lexus, LF-A, LFA, Nordschleife, Nurburg, Nurburgring, Scion, Takayuki Kinoshita, Toyota Motorsport, Toyota Swiss Racing |
Oh snap! Just found this Risky Devil RPS13 180SX photo on my hard drive! I’m back from a period of non-publishing on the blog – 3 weeks to be exact. Sorry folks, I injured my wrist/elbow, which made it very difficult to edit photos or even type on a computer. This being said, I’ve only been able to publish new content on Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. If you don’t follow @MOTORMAVENS in these places, you’re sleepin!
This is a photo of Josh Maghirang‘s right hand drive RPS13, taken while I was sitting shotgun in Leigh Roto‘s JZA70 Supra. It’s no secret that the Risky Devil crew, the boys from Grip Gambler, and all their other Chicago-based friends under the Junkhouse banner are a bunch of lowlifes who terrorize Chicago streets by driving like a bunch of a$$holes – tailgating each other at high speeds on the freeway, drifting freeway onramps and offramps, and street drifting in downtown Chicago right in front of popular clubs. No wonder all the residents of Chicago always yell F*CK JUNKHOUSE when they see these cars passing by! These guys are always up to no good… which is probably why I love hanging out with them! They are fun. (more…)
Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | Jul 12, 2012 | Categories: Oh Snap | Tags: 180SX, 240SX, Grip Gambler, Josh Maghirang, Junkhouse, JZA70, LEigh Roto, Nissan, Option2, Risky Devil, RPS13, S13, Supra, Tokyo Drive |
When a 21-year-old
John Morton took a job in
Carroll Shelby’s Cobra shop in the mid-1960s, sweeping floors and chasing parts, he had a dream. Much of that dream came true for him, but in what could be called
a great and celebrated road racing career, he does have
regrets and disappointments.
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Posted by: Tom Stahler | Jun 19, 2012 | Categories: Archaeology | Tags: Adam Carolla, Bobby Unser, BRE, Carroll Shelby, Datsun, Electramotive, Geoff Brabham, Indy Car, IndyCar, John Morton, Ken Miles, Le Mans, Lotus, Lotus Super Seven, Nissan, Peter Brock, RIAM, Road America, Road America 500, Sam Attal, Scarab, Sebring, Super Seven, The Riverside International Automotive Museum, Tom Stahler |
I can’t believe it. I just received word from a reliable source that Road&Track Magazine will be shutting down its Southern California offices. Can this be true?! This is insane. Everyone knows that the print media industry has been hurting for a while, but hearing reliable sources say that Road&Track is shutting down… that’s one piece of auto industry news that’s hard to fathom. (more…)
Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | Jun 12, 2012 | Categories: Papercuts | Tags: 510, anothermagazinecloses, BRE, Brock Racing Enterprises, Circuit de la Sarthe, closes down, closing down, Datsun, Hearst Communications, icantbelieveit, last issue, Le Mans, Peter Brock, Road and Track, Road&Track, Road&Track Magazine, SCCA, SCCA 2.5 Trans Am Championship, shutting down, Tim Considine, Trans Am |
While searching for some photos of a particular rally car (the awesome
GroupB Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2 to be exact), I came across a great thread on
www.specialstage.com called
“Those Crazy Rally Spectators” by forum member “Autohabit." I felt I had to show the MotorMavens readers a selection of the photos and give a little insight into some of them.
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Posted by: Patrick McCullagh | Jun 05, 2012 | Categories: Perspective | Tags: 205 T16, 6R4, accident, Argentina, Ari Vatanen, Audi, autohabit, Celica, challenge, championship, Colin McRae, Corsica, crash, crazy, Delta, Escort, Evo, Ford, GC8, Group A, Group B, Henri Toivonen, Hirvonen, Impreza, incident, Intercontinental, intergrale, IRC, joaquim, Lancer, Lancia Delta S4, Latin, Latvala, Loeb, M-Sport, mad, Malcolm Wilson, Marku Alen, mavens, Metro, Mitsubishi, Mk2, motor, opel manta, Patrick McCullagh, Peugeot, Portugal, Quattro, rally, Rallying, RS200, S2000, Salonen, santos, Skoda, specialstage.com, spectators, Sport, ST165, St205, Subaru, Timo, Tony Pond, Tour De Corse, Toyota, webmining, world, WRC, Ypres |
Long Beach is quickly becoming one of my favorite venues for automotive events. This weekend, our friends from
Weksos Industries made the trek down to Los Angeles to hold yet another
Wekfest event in Southern Cali. Even though the event is pronounced "weak-fest" and their company name is pronounced "weak sauce," the turnout was anything but weak. Lowlife car owners from all over California and Nevada scraped their oilpans all the way to the Queen Mary to show off their first class wheel fitment.
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Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | Jun 04, 2012 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 350Z, Accuair, Acura, Aimgain, Aston Martin, Bentley, bikini top, BMW, BMW Motorsport, Continental GT, Dodge Challenger, DPE Wheels, DTA Posse, Elissa Alva, GS300, Honda, JDM Palace, Job Design, Jon Sibal, Jonathan Wong, Leon Hardiritt, Lexus, LS430, M3, M5, Miata, NSX, Porsche, project g, Radio Flyer, Radio Flyer wagon, Rauh Welt, S2000, SC430, stance, STi, Subaru, Super Street Magazine, Team RLL, Toyo Proxes 4, Volk Racing, VS-XX, wekfest, weksos, Weksos Industries, Work Equip, Work Meister S1, work wheels, WRX, Z33 |
There really is nothing like a vintage
Porsche 911. Ever since the first time I was able to actually see and
hear an actual 1970s Porsche 911 race car running through
Nurburgring Nordschleife on my first trip to Germany, I've been lusting after a 911 of my own. Shortly thereafter, I was given the opportunity to visit the Porsche test track in Leipzig, Germany, where I got the chance to get up close and personal with an authentic
1973 911 Carrera RS, which was wheeled out from the Porsche Museum so I could take it out on the track! I really
need at least one of these in my life.
Needless to say, I was beyond excited when I attended this gathering of Porsches in Woodland Hills, CA. There were several gorgeous cars from different model years in attendance, but none of the cars truly captured my attention like these retro race-themed 911s.
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Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | May 31, 2012 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 1973 911, 240Z, 911, AE86, Apache II, AutoKennel, Bob Snodgrass, Brumos Racing, Can-Am, Carrera RS, Chuck Miller, crash, crashing, Datsun, Enkei Wheels, Equip 01, Esprit, Fuchs, Japanese Nostalgic Car, Leipzig, Lotus, Martini Racing, McLaren, Nissan, Nordschleife, Nurburgring, Porsche, R Gruppe, Rennsport Reunion, S30, Supercar Sunday, Targa, Woodland Hills, work wheels, Yee Chan |
I always seem to get up too late on weekends to go to early morning events like
Supercar Sunday in Woodland Hills and
Cars And Coffee in Irvine CA. I think that's a behavior that needs to change. Until yesterday, I just didn't realize how much automotive epicness I was missing - I can sleep when I'm dead!
Yesterday, I got up before dawn and made my way to the
Westfield Promenade Mall off Topanga Canyon and the 101 freeway to meet up with other members of the
MotorMavens Crew for a morning of photo taking, Instagramming (Follow us:
@MOTORMAVENS), and talking cars!
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Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | May 28, 2012 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 300ZX, 308 GTS, Antonio Alvendia, Azenis, Brooklands, Cars And Coffee, Caterham, Cibie, Countach, Diablo, Escort, Falken, Ferrari, fiat, Fiat 500, Ford, headlights, lamborghini, Lotus, Magnum PI, Nissan, OZ Racing, RS200, RT615, Super 7, Super Seven, Supercar Sunday, Woodland Hills |
