Video Post: VW Polo R WRC teaser trailer

Busy workin'

You can stumble onto the strangest things in New York

This past Saturday my wife and I were going to see a friend's band play a show, and we got done with dinner a bit early so we decided to stroll around a bit and work off a few calories before hitting the bar. If there's one thing I've learned after living in NYC the past 6 years it's that you can pretty much expect to see anything at anytime. Crazy people, famous people, rare cars, expensive cars, pretty much anything is possible at any time. There are certain things you do not ever really expect however, and seeing the 2010 Championship DTM AMG C Class Mercedes sitting alone in a giant and unfinished new dealership is certainly one of those things. So when we happened upon this only-in-New York scene, naturally I decided to take some pictures....

Video Post: VW Golf24 = 1, Porsche GT3 Cup = 0

Passing on the outside of Karussell... Combined with the recently announced driver pairing of Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell on one of the three Golf24 cars that VW will run in the Nurburgring 24 this year, I think we have something to look forward to in June.



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NYC DTM WTF?

Another cool tee from 8380

Our buddies Ethan and Dave over at 8380 design always have something new or cool to check out, and of course our favorites are from the Unbesiegt line of motorsport-inspired tees. So naturally when I saw their most recent design with a little nod to the factory-run Trans Am Scirocco - I had to pick it up. In fact I'm wearing it as I type this very sentence. As usual it's a limited run deal so if you like it, you better go get it quick.

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Baltimore's Bucky Lasek to compete in ALMS in 2012

9Magazine is reporting that Rebel Rock Racing - a motorsport / entertainment fusion entity headed by producer Jim Jonsin - will field an entry for the 2012 American Le Mans season in the GTC class with none other than Bucky Lasek as one of their drivers. Bucky is no stranger to the performance automotive world (at least not to us) and it is with great excitement that we learned about this latest foray into the racing world. The ALMS is in need of fresh blood and a strong commitment from this sort of young, energetic and capable (rich) type of team is just what the motorsport world, and sports car racing in particular, needs to succeed and grow in the future. We will watch this new team with a close eye over the coming months to see how things develop; it could turn out to be quite interesting.

Naturally it is of particular interest to see Bucky entering into a professional racing series. He emerged from the Baltimore skate scene of which we were also a part of, and it was not uncommon to see him him out and about at various VW car shows back in the early-mid 90s with his Corrado. I think the last time I personally ran into him and chatted for a bit was just before he moved out west to concentrate on his professional skateboarding career; the rest of course is history.

For more check out:

Rebel Rock Racing / and on Twitter / Jim Jonsin Twitter
Bucky Lasek / and on Twitter

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