Courtesy of Robert Hanninen
Just for Fun–Bubble Gum Cards
Courtesy of Robert Hanninen
Courtesy of Robert Hanninen
French and Italians at Gooding Auction
This beautiful Lamborghini will be auctioned by Gooding & Co.
By David Seielstad
The August Monterey automobile extravaganza is fast approaching. What has now become a weeklong event of shows, vintage racing and parties will have five different classic and sports car auctions this year comprising nine days of sales.
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Sponsor a Ferrari SpeedTV Program
CORPORATE SP0NSORS NEEDED FOR FERRARI SHELL DOCUMENTARY
A very few sponsors are needed for the broadcast of the 2009 Ferrari Shell Historic Challenge on the SPEED network.
The “Shell Historics,” as the series is known, was created by Ferrari North America, and is limited to authentic Ferrari and Maserati competition cars built prior to 1980, plus pre-war Alfa Romeos raced by the Scuderia Ferrari in the 1930s. In this series you’ll see 250 GTOs, 512 BB/LMs and 512 Ms, 250 Competition SWB Berlinettas, as well as earlier cars: 250 TRs, 212s, Alfa Romeo Tipo Bs, Monzas, and the 8C/35, and Maseratis: the 200 SI, 300 S, and the 250 F Grand Prix car.
Drive Digital Media, the company producing the SPEED broadcasts of the 2009 Ferrari F430 Challenge, is producing a one-hour television documentary on the series, with limited sponsorship opportunities available for the national broadcast.
Corporate sponsors will receive two 30-second advertisements and a mention of and display of the company’s logo at the beginning and end of the broadcast. These sponsors will also receive custom DVDs of the show along with other benefits. All of this branding will also be in place for all digital and Internet rebroadcasts.
Please contact Matthew Barksdale, President, Drive Digital Media, at 913-647-6110 ext. 682, or email Matthew at mbarksdale@DriveDigitalMedia.com to discuss specific opportunities and pricing.
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Road America hosts Ferrari Shell Historics
Erick Shirley was driving a 500 Mondial in his first Historics event.
Fuchs, Giddings, Stroll, Top Ferrari Shell Historics
By David Seibert
Photos by Bruce B. Miller
Facebook/MySpace: bruce@forza.cc – wtiger
(ELKHART LAKE, WI, June 30, 2009) Family vacations, other conflicts, and mechanical problems made for a small field at the Ferrari Shell Historics at Road America track last weekend, but the racing more than made up for the small grids.
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The Lancia Aurelia B20: An Appreciation PII
An almost perfect example of a fourth series Lancia B20.
Part II
Read Part I
By Pete Vack
Very special thanks to Geoff Goldberg and Nigel Trow
An article or three, about the Lancia Aurelia, one of the most significant and important cars of the twentieth century. This week, Lancia’s famous independent suspension systems.
There is no doubt that the Lancia Aurelia B20 was technically advanced when it was introduced in 1951. As we will see, the B20 Aurelias–production-based Grand Turismos– won the Targa Florio outright and nearly won the Mille Miglia, largely due to the successful implementation of its four wheel suspension and transaxle.
As successful as it was, however, when reviewing the Lancia B20 suspension, two questions arise. Why did the Series 4-6 B20s series use de Dion type rear suspension, why with leaf springs, and secondly, why did Jano continue to use the somewhat antiquated sliding pillar front suspension?
Monte Carlo Confidential
The Monte Carlo not seen on SpeedTV
Photos copyright Mario Marchesini
Captions by Lorenzo Marchesini
“Me pay? No, give him the bill..” submitted by Michael Gordon.
A Car Life, by Larry Crane
Following Le Mans veteran Oliver Mathai, in the Aston Martin DBS, through the Ford chicanes in Aston’s 2009 V8 Vantage.
Aston Martin’s latest V8 Vantage benefits from 80 years of development for the 24 Hours of Le Man and we chase its history on the storied circuitton
Photos by Nick Dimbleby, Pete Robain and Ian Dawson
Cornering hard into the Ford Chicane–second gear–very tight. How do the LMP cars do this? We have entered from a back corner of the paddock and it is a curious place to begin a lap. Full power up the long hill past the pits, all the way to top gear; two quick clicks down to fourth at the top of the hill and into the new Dunlop curves surrounded by acres of gravel and quickly to the esses and the forest.
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Improbable, Impertinent, Imponderable
Photo by Mary Decker Vack.
Pete Vack on the Immortal Deux Chevaux
Deux Chevaux, Deux, meaning two, and Chevaux, (Cheval Vapeur, or steam horse) a terms which means horsepower and was the the basis for a sliding scale of ratings for taxation purposes.
The Citroën 2CV was one of France’s most popular cars and was in continuous production from 1948 to 199. It was iconic, but not the result of Andre Citroën’s vision–he died in 1935 just as the planning for the 2CV was started.
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A Car Life, by Larry Crane
Tracy (the only blonde in the picture) finds a bleacher seat to share with the locals to watch the Mille Miglia.
Entry not required.
Bob Tullius and I were pushing the D-type slowly toward the starting ramp. Light, misty rain had been continuous since nightfall. The umbrella covered the driver’s seat but Mark Miller’s navigator perch was slowly becoming a leather-lined puddle. The C-type half of the Jaguar team was already off on its soggy adventure with the early cars.
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Lancia Aurelia B20: An Appreciation PI
The clean, Gran Turismo lines of the early Series 2 B20 Aurelia. From coachwork to chassis, a complete classic. Note pronounced fins. Photo courtesy Geoffrey Goldberg.
By Pete Vack
Very special thanks to Geoff Goldberg and Nigel Trow
An article or three, about the Lancia Aurelia, one of the most significant and important cars of the twentieth century. This week, origins and engines.
“The Lancia B20: One of the most significant automobiles of the century of the automobile.”
Who said that?
Maybe it has been written or spoken at some time in the past, distant or otherwise.
Maybe it hasn’t.
So we’ll say it here, loud and clear. You can quote us: The Lancia Aurelia is one of the ten most significant automobiles of the twentieth century, and therefore of all time.
If a 1951 production car with a platform chassis, all independent suspension, four speed transaxle, inboard rear brakes, aluminum V-6 engine confined within the parameters of one of the most beautiful bodies ever envisioned doesn’t mean anything to you, you’re on the wrong website.
Let it also be known that the Aurelia B20, which is our focus here, is a most complex car, each one of the 3,871 coupes virtually hand built, and model lines are confusing. There is engineering excellence with constant changes and as you will see, nothing is as simple as it seems.
The Aurelia story begins with the untimely death at age 55 of the firm’s founder, Vincenzo Lancia, in February 1937. At his side at death, his capable and intelligent widow Adele took control of the firm and steered it through the war years. It is doubtful that this remarkable woman ever received the full credit due her. Mrs. Lancia kept the firm alive until she handed it over to her very able son Gianni.
The 1937-39 Series I Lusso Aprilia: 4WIRS, inboard rear brakes, unit frame body, V4 engine. Photo take at Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Photo courtesy Geoffrey Goldberg.
Lancias Rule at Bristol
Story and Photos by Paul G. Hanmore
Bristol hosts an Italian spectacle.
The 7th Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival, held on April 25th, 2009, featured Lancia and we were enthusiastically supported by scores of Lancia enthusiasts who celebrated 30 years of the Integrale with many superb incarnations of the model on display. There were many delightful Fulvias, Appias, Montecarlos, and numerous other confections of the Marque.
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A Car Life, by Larry Crane
Chasing the bikes, we had no idea our direction from Salisbury and did not note the names of the tiny villages en route. This was simply a picturesque shot with an audience of one.
Italophiles in the Emerald Isles Too.
“Like old bikes?” Spoken in a thick brogue by an old gentleman in a well-worn tweed jacket fitted snugly over a much-loved cardigan sweater, checked shirt and necktie. He was standing next to an ancient, equally well-seasoned, open trailer containing a Clyno motorcycle.
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