Leave it to the Europeans to take drifting to the next level. Sheer insanity!
August 25, 2010
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August 10, 2010
V.A.G. Fair 2010 - It's this weekend, man
This weekend thou shalt get thyself to York, Pennsylvania for the the 4rd annual V.A.G. Fair - the brain child of the one and only Cory Sterling. Cory has helped out Jay Shoup with H20 International for years, and he's now put all that experience of working on arguably the best VW / Audi show in the country into his own little show, in his own backyard.
I won't be making it myself but it'll be worth it...new for 2010 is an SCCA Autocross (awesome) and old favorites like the show fields, vendor areas and...dunk tank. Don't forget that Pennsylvania is a serious strong hold of old-school VW heads, so there will be many older Mk1 and Mk2 cars that don't make it to all the other out of state shows.
It will truly be, as they proclaim, "A Cory Nation Celebration!" That probably means something about beer, just FYI.
V.A.G. Fair
_WRS
August 6, 2010
This weekend: ALMS at Mid Ohio
This weekend sees the return of LIVE FREE STREAMING of the American Le Mans' 6th race of the year, at Mid Ohio. Be sure to check it out tomorrow at 2:30 PM, Eastern. Sign up at www.americanlemans.com/live to take advantage. Coverage is thanks to our friends over at Falken Tire. As always you can listen on Radio Le Mans as well.
In qualifying today it was everything but Porsche, with the Ferrari's from Risi battling the Corvettes from Pratt & Miller, but the Italian horsepower trumped American torque and saw the two red F430 GTs sweep the front row. Corvette lined up 3rd and 4th, while BMW rounded out the top 7, with one of the Extreme Speed Ferraris sandwiched in between. Flying Lizard, with Patrick Long handling the wheel on the 45 and team principle Seth Neiman in the 44, could manage no better than 8th and 13 in class, respectively. Team Falken Tire struggled with the pace throughout all the practice sessions and it continued during qualifying, placing 11th on the grid, a mere 3-tenths faster than the Jaguar which has found quite a bit of speed. Although the big Jag still lacks the ultimate pace to take a podium or a win, the improvement is nothing more than huge in a program which has up to this point been a bit of a disaster.
Black Swan continues to dominate the GTC class, with Jeroen Bleekemolen wheeling the 2010 Porsche GT3 Cup to pole position.
The deck is stacked against the Porsches this weekend in GT. It will take a bit of a Miracle to pull out a podium let a lone a victory at Mid Ohio, but with the number of offs and cautions in practice they could prove to be the deciding factor in the race. Getting caught out and at the wrong place and time could mean a wrecked race car or at least being put at the wrong end of the pace car, which could mean artificially going a lap down. One puts you out of the race, the other instantly out of contention.
Should be a great show!
_WRS
August 2, 2010
Spotted in NYC: Mk4 Jetta
Parked just one block away from my apartment, this moody Mk4 Jetta was holding court over the local park. After taking the pic a group of nearby tween girls asked (somewhat aggressively) why I was taking their picture. I assured them I was not, I was taking a picture of the car. They looked at me as if I was crazier than if I had just said I was taking a picture of them.
More often than not, people who live in NYC just don't understand people who are into cars. That's why when people ask me what I do, I say 'computer stuff,' and leave it at that...
_WRS
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