Author: Mario Christou
Marlboro, McLaren, Senna. Rothmans, Porsche, Bellof. State Express 555, Subaru, McRae. There have been many iconic driver, automotive and livery pairings throughout motorsport’s history. Nonetheless, few sponsorship liveries transcend the drivers or vehicles related to them. Martini is certainly one of them, as is Gulf Oil. But I cannot consider a more recognisable motorsport livery than the brilliant orange of Jägermeister. It wasn’t purported to be orange, initially. The primary ever Jägermeister race automotive was painted dark green, in keeping with the glass its liquor is bottled in. Soon after, it was modified to orange to face out on the…
All-out stance builds rarely command my attention today. Not and not using a serious performance aspect, not less than. Before any demon-camber enthusiasts take up in arms, consider that as a change in my automotive taste somewhat than a commentary on the stance scene in 2024. It’s just that after years of being exposed to a number of the classiest, most gangster and most outrageous stance builds on the market, my senses can have turn out to be barely dulled to a automobile sat on its ass with big shiny wheels poking out from under the arches. And yet Players Classic remains to be…
This may increasingly seem outrageous to some, but I prefer the photos on this post to the race photography in my previous article. My qualifying and race day experience on the 2024 Classic & Modern Touring Automotive Festival while watching the Classic Touring Automotive Racing Club (CTCRC) was a highlight of my 12 months up to now, for multiple reasons. The racing was intense, the entrants were varied, and the sounds of the cars echoing around Mallory Park’s hills were bewitching. Yet, my walks across the paddock between races were my favourite a part of the event. You see, for all my…
Sound plays a vital part within the enjoyment of motorsport. Just ask any F1 fan who enjoyed the V8 or V10 era. But I don’t just mean volume, tone or pitch. On the 2024 Classic & Modern Touring Automobile Festival held at Mallory Park, the Classic Touring Automobile Racing Club (CTCRC) races made me realise that the diversity of sounds is arguably a very powerful. Historic touring automobile racing is well-known for being among the most fun motor racing, and a part of its appeal is the sheer range of cars which have competed in it through the years. In…
‘Modifying’ is a unclean word to many OEMs nowadays. Once upon a time, tuners like Alpina and AC Schnitzer were embraced with open arms by automotive manufacturers, but cruising and tuning culture within the ’90s and 2000s modified the general public’s perception of the modified scene. Add to that the mixing of the best-regarded tuning houses into the OEMs themselves, stricter laws and emissions regulations, and the divide between the brand new automotive market and the aftermarket industry was certain to extend. BMW Park Lane stands out within the UK by being the one non-franchised dealership, and it has been doing…
Lowrider: A motorcar having customised hydraulics that lower the chassis near the bottom; any vehicle whose riding position is low. That’s the Oxford English Dictionary’s description of a lowrider. Simply, lowriders put style above every little thing else. Yet amongst all elements of automobile culture, few bring me as much joy as seeing an enormous American automobile three-wheeling on a set of small wire wheels. Objectively speaking, that doesn’t make any sense. I used to be born and raised in London, England, and I can assure you lowriders have never been a component of my local automobile culture. Lowriders just don’t work…
In my university days, I had a magazine pull-out poster of this automobile’s predecessor on my bedroom wall. As a die-hard VW/Audi enthusiast, Hamish White’s Audi ‘Sport Quattro’ construct was simply the most effective thing I’d ever examine. I still have that edition of Performance VW magazine in a cabinet somewhere, together with the poster. The automobile even graced Speedhunters’ pages back in 2013, courtesy of Ben and Paddy. The automobile you see before you is Hamish’s second effort at constructing his vision of the proper short-wheelbase Audi, and it’s a completely different animal from his first construct. “This automobile was given to…
It’s been some time since I even have used the phrase, but I am keen on a ‘second-glance automobile.’ What do I mean by that? For me, the phrase describes a automobile that doesn’t shout about what makes it special. A second-glance automobile draws you in after which reveals its details when you spend time it. Joe Stanford’s Ocean Blue 1983 Volkswagen Golf C did exactly this at Ultimate Dubs 2024. From across the hall, it caught my attention with nothing greater than its 3-piece-converted Pirelli ‘P-Slot’ wheels. On the front of the automobile, these up-scaled heritage wheels hide a brilliant red set of Porsche…
The annual Ultimate Dubs weekend can only mean one thing: a brand new show season is upon us. Spring has sprung in the UK, bringing with it torrential rain, more motorway traffic, and a spike within the sales of quick detailer spray and microfibre towels. Last 12 months’s Ultimate Dubs was a mixed bag, which brought concerns over the state of one-make automobile shows. There have been some highlights, however the recipe began to feel somewhat stale, and I hoped it was only a dip in form for the Dubbing dynasty. 2024 could have been quieter than previous years – thanks in…
If I needed to associate the Toyota Supra with only one motorsport genre, it wouldn’t be touring cars. I’m going to disregard your cries of ‘JGTC’ and the enduring GT500 TOM’s Castrol JZA80 Supra. I’ve even had first-hand experience with GT4 A90 Supras on the Nürburgring 24 Hour race prior to now. Because despite its legendary touring automotive racing credentials, the Supra in my eyes has at all times been a drag racing hero firstly. And for quarter mile motion, nobody has built them higher than Titan Motorsports within the USA. This isn’t the primary time the subject has been broached on Speedhunters, but I’d prefer to throw my hat in…
