STEPHEN KILBEY: “Most of the best GT teams on the planet chose to use an F430, because it specialised in getting to the finish. That coupled with speed was deadly at endurance races, since it was so rare for one to retire and not finish on the rostrum”
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Clutch Performance
“We’re on double secret probation, whatever that is….”
–Hoover, from Animal House
We’ve been here before, I believe. Backs against the wall. Reputation getting dinged. Up and then down and then up again and then down. Doubters around us. Competitors in front of us. Tah dah tah dah tah dah. Been there. Experienced that.
MID OH
It was going great. Until it stopped. The roof caved in when Melo in the Ferrari made contact with one of the Jaguars with two hours and 16 minutes gone. The impact was sufficient enough to damage the rear suspension and the Ferrari pulled to a stop near the start-finish line.
SECOND THOUGHTS
Best to start a review of this year’s Mosport race by taking a glance in the rearview mirror. In 2010, the Grand Prix of Mosport was held over the August 29th weekend. It was the most important race of the year for Risi Competizione as the team entered the race weekend with a very real chance at winning one more ALMS championship in the final year of the 430GT era. But-they had to do well at Mosport and then win at Petit Le Mans in order to bring home another title.
POST RACE DEBRIEF: LIME ROCK 2011
Another promising start to a race weekend cut short by fate and luck.
DEBRIEF: Long Beach 2011
When it comes racing, if there are two places more distant in philosophy, belief systems, dress code, and karmic intensity than Sebring, Florida and Long Beach, California (AKA Los Angeles ), I have yet to see them.
Post Race Debrief: Sebring 2011
On Thursday, March 4th, late in the afternoon, a Rosso Corso Ferrari 458 GT cleared customs at Houston’s George Bush International Airport….destined for the 59th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh From Florida , the opening race in the 2011 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron. All the sponsor endorsements now in—and a rather lengthy and healthy group it is, although I personally think Tequila Mixes better with Orange Juice than oil but that could be personal preference.
EXITS
Racing is life and life is racing and so—as we know—life does not stand still and things change and evolve.
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: The Ski Pivot
Edgework: Take a short break from backcountry/helicopter skiing and give the next series of videos on skiing technique a look or two. You can’t do the backcountry or big snow without good technique–to think otherwise is to court (and probably find) disaster. First up: the ski pivot. The Fine Print: Embed courtesy of YouTube(thanks …
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Olympic Film Festival: Lindsey Vonn Downhill at Vancouver
Press Clippings: The U.S. is missing Lindsey Vonn, one of our very best women skiers, at the Sochi Olympics. Vonn suffered a pair of back to back knee injuries in training that took her out of the 2014 games, but even though she’s not at Sochi, it’s always good to remember just how great and …
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