Posts Tagged ‘Highcroft Racing’
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Big Apple Grand Prix
Murphy knows many of his readers aren’t buying it, but that New Jersey F1 proposal is very, very real. Those who have seen the details say this is a “street course that works,” meaning, as the Bear understands it, that it’s not a typical “point-and-shoot, see-the-tops-of –the-cars” race track, but rather a good driver’s and spectator’s track. Baltimore has turned out much better than anticipated – so far, anyway – and that will certain add some impetus to the New Jersey street course idea. (more…)
Tags: AAR, Andy Lally, Big Apple Grand Prix, Bill Rand, Can Am, Chris Pook, DeltaWing, Don Panoz, Highcroft Racing, IMSA, John Dillinger, Jr., Kevin Buckler, Leo Hindery, Matt Tarleton, National Press Club, Petit Le Mans, Rand Racing, Richard Neuart, Scot Elkins, Scott Atherton, Signature Motorsports, Tracy Krohn, World Endurance Championship
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Mid-Ohio Sold
Green Savoree LLC bought Mid-Ohio. The Bear doesn’t expect much change, but he’s not cheering, either. Mid-Ohio has seemed in the decade or so he’s been going there to be in good repair and have good crowds at events Murphy’s a fan of – principally the American Le Mans Series. It’s in more or less essential geography for that series and for IndyCar, being about equidistant between Cleveland and Columbus and not much further from Detroit. It wouldn’t be hard to drive there from Pittsburgh, and Murphy’s left there and taken his sweet time driving to Chicago, but he suspects the Chicago Cross-Roads Corvette Club could make the trip in less than the 6 hours Google estimate. (more…)
Tags: Adelaide Race of 1000 Years, Aston Martin, Bathurst, David Brabham, DHL, Duncan Dayton, Dyson Racing, Green Savoree, Highcroft Racing, HPD, Lagonda, Maybach, Michelin Green X Challange, Mid-Ohio, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Panoz Motorsports Group, Paul Ryan, Pink Floyd, Portland International Raceway, Sebring, Virginia International Raceway
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
The Fast Abruzzi
The last program Murphy ever thought would move too fast to keep up with was The Don’s Abruzzi. Saturday started with Murphy’s Hoschton source saying the Abruzzi will indeed make the trip to Florida next month, where it will spend the Saturday after St. Patty’s day in a tent due to (excuse here) “problems with suppliers.” It ended when the real story – or a part of it – was told in a Gary Watkins AutoWeak article. (more…)
Tags: Abruzzi, Bud Shootout, Cytosport, Dyson Racing, Falken, Ferrari, Flying Lizard, Highcroft Racing, Intersport, Jay Cochran, Lord Drayson, Paul Miller Motorsport, Pirelli, Risi Competizione
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Those of you who believe – like one reader in a forum – that Murphy’s blogs have become ”a vacuum” (does he mean “less frequent?”) need to sign up for his tweets. The Bear may be a bit technology challenged (“disinterested” is closer) but when something is useful – as is Twitter, with its immediacy – Murphy uses it. When there’s more than can be done in 143 characters, the Bear will publish a Poop – like this 180th. In the meantime, join the hundreds getting the Bear’s tweets here.
Creation or just more Wind (tunnel)?
Murphy was rather dismissive about a story that Atlas eFX would run a Panoz Abruzi in the LMS – or maybe the ILMC – and a Creation in LMP1 of the same series(s). But Kieron Salter was in Charlotte NC recently spending about $5,000 an hour testing an unidentified LMP in the WindShear wind tunnel. While in town he saw Andrew Woolgar, recently Creation’s “man in North America.” So something is afoot. As far as Atlas is concerned it’s hard to take that team seriously, given its 2010 record of way more talk than action. (more…)
Tags: Andy Woolgar, Corvette Racing, Creation Autosportif, Cytosport Racing, David Brabham, Davy Jones, Duncan Dayton, Ferrari, Greg Loles, Highcroft Racing, Honda, John McCutcheon, Johnny O'Connell, Keiron Salter, Lord Paul Drayson, Porsche, SCCA World Challenge, Signature Motorsports, Simon Pagenaud, Tommy Milner
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Monday, October 25th, 2010
The Unvarnished Truth: DTM in North America
Back on July 7th, Murphy told you about talks between NASCAR, the FIA, and the folks who run DTM. The Bear’s comments reflected what was said at a little get-together in Daytona Beach that week. Soon thereafter, Grand Am published its “GT3 Memo,” reported in detail by Murphy’s friends over at Last Turn Clubhouse.
Now ITR – the promoter of DTM – announces that they are working on a joint schedule with NASCAR and Grand Am that would bring 12 races to North America in 2013. Some question the story, one critic writing it’s “BS,” trumped up solely by Hans Werner Aufrech of ITR. If that were so, would Grand Am President Tom Bledsoe (said to be very close to Jim France) have released a statement confirming the general outlines of the on-going discussions? Murphy suggests you shouldn’t ignore that these talks were announced at that same reception for Grand Am and other NASCAR team owners in Daytona in July. (more…)
Tags: Abruzzi, AMC, Audi, Baltimore, Cadillac, Citroen, Creation, DTM Grand Am, Duncan Dayton, Dyson Racing, Edsel, Ferrari, Ginetta-Zytek, Hans Werner Aufrech, Highcroft Racing, HVM Racing, Jim France, Kurt's and Vreny's European Bistro, Laguna Seca, Lawrence Tomlinson, Mazda, Munchkins, NASCAR, Oldsmobile, Peugeot, Porsche RS Spyder, Road America, Roush-Yates, Studebaker, Tom Bledsoe, Triumph, Tucker, Zytek Motorsport
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