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    A Ride in a Ferrari 333SP Rocket

    May 15, 2019

    Martin Raffauf
    Long-time IMSA mechanic and crew member Martin Raffauf recounts what it's like to go for a ride in the legendary Ferrari 333SP IMSA WSC prototype from the 1990s around the world famous Mugello track in Italy.
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    A Look Back at the Beginning of Modern-Era Formula One

    April 22, 2019

    Peter Sachs
    The 1,000th Formula One Grand Prix of the modern era was recently held at Shanghai in China. We thought it would be cool to look back at some fascinating photos from the very first race - the British Grand Prix held at Silverstone on May 13, 1950. Re-posted with permission from the Klemantaski Collection blog, Peter Sachs author.
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    March Madness - March Cars in the IMSA Camel GT Series

    April 2, 2019

    Mitch Bishop
    When IMSA published rules for a new kind of prototype class in 1980 called IMSA GTP, BMW collaborated with March Engineering in the UK to produce one of the first examples. That started the ball rolling for what would turn out to be a long, successful participation of March-based GTP cars in the Series, including two overall championships in 1983 and 1984.
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    Crossroads: How Racing Through the Streets Gave Way to the Second Circuit at Watkins Glen

    March 26, 2019

    Bill Green
    It's well known that post-war road racing started at Watkins Glen in 1948. But how and why did racing move "up the hill" from the village? Read all about it in this post from IMRRC Historian Bill Green.
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    No Brakes in Turn One - Hans Stuck at Sebring in 1975

    March 12, 2019

    Mitch Bishop
    The 1975 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring saw BMW take victory with the potent CSL in the hands of Hans Stuck, Sam Posey, Brian Redman, and Allan Moffat. But it wasn't without controversy as corner workers kept radioing in that the car's brake lights weren't working in turns one and two.
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    American Sports Revisionism: Football Champions & Champion Drivers

    February 26, 2019

    Don Capps
    The selection of motor racing's early "national champions" was not very scientific and has endured a number of revisions over the years. Famed motor racing historian Don Capps proposes that revisionism used in American football might help explain what happened.
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    How Sebring Was Saved From Oblivion in 1973

    February 19, 2019

    Mitch Bishop
    The 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the three most iconic sports car endurance races in the world, along with the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The Sebring event has been held uninterrupted since 1952 but its future wasn't always assured. The 1972 race looked to be the last - until a trio of heroes stepped in to save it.
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    The Sordid Tale of Two Checkered Flags at the 1989 Camel GT Race in Portland

    February 5, 2019

    Mitch Bishop
    The 1989 Camel GT season was hotly contested between the TWR Jaguars and the powerful Nissan GTP ZX-Turbos run by the highly successful Electramotive team. Nissan had won the six races leading up the Portland round in August that year. And they would have won that race as well, if not for highly unusual circumstances at the end of the race.
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    Where’s Breakfast? - And the Wrong Champagne at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1981

    January 17, 2019

    Martin Raffauf
    Martin Raffauf recounts a few of the highlights of the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1981 when he was a crew member on the winning Bob Garretson Porsche 935.
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    A.J. Foyt Delivers in the Rain at Daytona in 1983

    January 14, 2019

    Mitch Bishop
    A.J. Foyt was drafted into Preston Henn's Porsche 935 in the wee hours of Sunday morning during the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1983. He didn't tell the co-drivers. Find out what happened next in this account excerpted from the book: “IMSA 1969-1989: The Inside Story of How John Bishop Built the World’s Greatest Sports Car Racing Series,” authored by Mitch Bishop and Mark Raffauf, available now from Octane Press and wherever books are sold.
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