LeMans team builds Acura racecar on video
About 42 hours after Highcroft Acura driver Scott Sharp walked away from a crash during practice for the Petit Le Mans racing event, a freshly-built Acura ARX-02a was rolled out for the morning warmup on Saturday. The Highcroft crew put in marathon sessions of work, totaling 20 hours, to build a brand new racecar, as LeMans teams do not generally have a backup car. A spare carbon-fiber tub was picked up from the Honda Performance Development shop in California and shipped, while the crew at the Atlanta racetrack salvaged 10% of the old parts for use in the new car. The car was ready to race in less than two days, and finished 6th in the rain-shortened race. Continue reading »
Posted: September 27th, 2009
at 7:21pm by The Editor
Categories: Motorsports, Videos
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2010 Porsche 911 GT3 and GT3 RSR revealed
Porsche has added yet another new variant to the latest generation of the 911 with the new GT3. Released alongside is the GT3 RSR racing version. Continue reading »
Posted: January 29th, 2009
at 4:12pm by The Editor
Tagged with 2009 geneva auto show, 2010 porsche 911 gt3, lemans, porsche 911 gt3 rsr
Categories: European Cars
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