Happiness is race weekend, and we’ve got a doozy coming up. This weekend marks the season opener of the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge, with the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Florida, not Russia). As I may have mentioned once, or perhaps twenty times, I love the Pirelli World Challenge – some of my absolute favorite […]
Tag Archives: World Endurance Championship
March
20
Tomorrow’s Google Doodle Explained
posted by Motorista
Tomorrow, if you go on the Google start page, you will see a drawing of a man. He will look like a fairly ordinary man – not an iconic profile like Gandhi or Mandela or Martin Luther King. But he is no ordinary man. March 21 would be Ayrton Senna‘s 54th birthday. May 1 will […]
January
01
More Cowbell
posted by Motorista
Like cowbell, you always need more car photos. Luckily, I have a ton. Believe it or not, the photos you see on the blog are a mere fraction of the total volume of photos I take. Considering I take 200-300 photos at a race and upwards of 700 at a major auto show, I thought […]
October
19
Motorsport ADD
posted by Motorista
Whoever controls the master calendar for all racing events (Bernie Ecclestone? God?) is trying to kill me. As I write this, on a Saturday that is almost Sunday, there are three different races going on, in three different series, in three different time zones. My OCD is in mad overdrive, and I seem to be […]
October
18
Senna’s Race Car
posted by Motorista
I had rather a bit of fun today. The local Aston dealership, Aston Martin of Austin, has on display the car that Bruno Senna and co-driver Fred Makowiecki drove to victory in the LMGTE Pro class at the World Endurance Championship race I attended last month. I couldn’t resist going by to take a look. […]
September
25
Action Shots
posted by Motorista
Hey there, race fans. The week has been busy, and I have been derelict in my blogging duties. And I have so much to tell you about! There’s the full review of the Lotus Evora, a snapshot review of the Mercedes-Benz SLK, a more coherent debriefing of my ALMS/WEC weekend and more! Plus, I’m attending […]
