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    dimanche 3 mars 2013

    Classic Car :Un trésor dans la campagne suédoise / Treasures in a Swedish barn


    A en juger par la popularité du Rallye de Suède Historique remporté par Petter Solberg, la Scandinavie s’est elle aussi passionnée pour les voitures et les courses « classics ». Et nous avons déniché un petit trésor quelque part dans la campagne suédoise.
    Last weekend’s Historic Rally Sweden was won by ex-world champion Petter Solberg. Judging by the popularity of the event, Scandinavia clearly hasn’t escaped the passion for classic competition cars. And there are some real surprises to be found in Sweden’s snowy countryside…
    A première vue, c’est une maison en bois colorée comme tant d’autres en Norvège et en Suède. Comme beaucoup, elle est rouge… En temps normal, on serait passé devant sans même la remarquer.
    Mais ce n’est pas un jour comme les autres. Ford nous a invités à nous joindre à Rosanna, présentatrice de l’émission PolePositionP1 sur la chaîne Youtube pour rencontrer Jan, propriétaire d’une école de pilotage sur glace qui a prévu une petite balade en forêt sur une Ford Escort RS2000. Jan est un grand passionné « d’anciennes ».
    A notre arrivée, cinq Ford nous attendaient sagement, perchées sur leurs pneus cloutés : une RS2000 rouge, une Escort Mk1, une Mustang V8, une Falcon V8 et une AC Cobra (une Replica a reconnu Jan). Ces véhicules sont ceux de l’école de pilotage qui compte un certain Stig Blomqvist parmi ses instructeurs.
    Mais le meilleur restait à venir. Quand Jan a ouvert la double-porte, une vingtaine de voitures « vintage » sont apparues dans la pénombre, la plupart des Ford, la plupart des Américaines. Jan est un grand fan de Ford Galaxie 427. Il y avait là plusieurs « muscle cars » des années 60, dont une version 7-Litres en préparation course pour Blomqvist. « Quand elle sera terminée, elle devrait « sortir » 580 chevaux. Ce sera peut-être la plus rapide des Galaxie ! ».
    Sous une couverture, dans un coin du garage, dormait un châssis de GT40. Plus loin, une Cadillac 2-portes de 1947, et une Mustang rouge d’origine. Certaines d’entre-elles peuvent être louées pour des courses historiques, comme cette Volvo Amazon de 1960.
    Il est temps de rejoindre Rosanna qui a pris place aux côtés de Kjetil Bolneset, six fois Champion de Norvège de Rallycross, pour une balade inoubliable dans la forêt enneigée suédoise…
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    From the outside, it is just another one of the brightly-painted barns you pass when driving in Sweden or Norway. Like so many, this one is red, so there is nothing to distinguish it from countless similar buildings. On a normal day, you would drive through the small village without noticing it…
    But this isn’t a normal day. Ford has kindly invited us to join YouTube channel PolePositionP1 to visit ice-driving school owner Jan who has arranged a ride in the forest for the website’s presenter Rosanna in a Ford Escort RS2000. It doesn’t take long to realise that Jan is a classic sports car enthusiast…
    On arrival, we find five collectible Fords lined up in the snow: a red RS2000, a Mk1 Escort, a V8 Mustang, a V8 Falcon and an AC Cobra (“A replica,” admits Jan). They are sitting on skinny studded winter tyres and are normally used by the ice-driving school which boasts rally legend Stig Blomqvist as one of its instructors.
    As we take photos of the neatly parked machines, we are asked if we would like to take a peep inside the red barn. Of course we would…
    The big double doors open to reveal 20 or so classic cars; mostly Fords and mostly American – and some are quite rare. As our eyes become accustomed to the dark, it is clear that Jan is a huge Ford Galaxie 427 fan. There are several of these sixties ‘muscle cars’, including a seven-litre version that is being prepared for Blomqvist to race. “When it’s finished, it will deliver 580 horsepower – possibly the fastest Galaxie ever.” Under a sheet in a corner, there’s a GT40 bodyshell. Nearby sit a dusty two-door 1947 Cadillac and an original red Mustang. Some of these cars can be hired for historic racing, and there’s a 1960s Volvo Amazon for drivers who want something a little tamer to rent.
    All too soon, it’s time to move on to a nearby forest where PolePositionP1’s Rosanna is treated to a high-speed icy drive through the trees alongside Kjetil Bolneset, six-time Norwegian Rallycross champion. It’s a ride the rally-novice reporter will no doubt remember for a long time to come…

    POSITIONS
    2013 RALLY SWEDEN - 10/02/2013
    PositionCatégorieTeamPiloteCo-driverConstructeur VéhiculeManufacturier
    1WRCVOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORTOGIER SébastienINGRASSIA JulienVolkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC
    2WRCCITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRTLOEB SébastienELENA DanielCitroën CITROEN DS3 WRC
    3WRCQATAR M-SPORT WRTOSTBERG MadsANDERSSON JonasFord FORD FIESTA RS WRC
    4WRCVOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORTLATVALA Jari-MattiANTTILA MiikkaVolkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC
    5WRCQATAR M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAMNOVIKOV EvgenyMINOR IlkaFord Ford Fiesta RS WRC
    6WRCQATAR WORLD RALLY TEAMNEUVILLE ThierryGILSOUL NicolasFord Ford Fiesta RS WRC
    7WRCQATAR WORLD RALLY TEAMHANNINEN JuhoTUOMINEN TomiFord Ford Fiesta RS WRC
    8WRCHENNING SOLBERGSOLBERG HenningPREVOT StefanFord Ford Fiesta RS WRC
    9WRCJIPOCAR CZECH NATIONAL TEAMPROKOP MartinERNST MichalFord FORD FIESTA RS WRC
    10WRCABU DHABI CITROEN TOTAL WRTSORDO DanielDEL BARRIO CarlosCitroën CITROEN DS3 WRC
    11WRC2ANDERS GRØNDALGRØNDAL AndersSVENDSEN TrondSubaru Subaru Impreza
    12WRCYAZEED RACINGYAZEED Al RajhiORR MichaelFord Ford Fiesta RRC
    13WRC3BARAN MACIEKSOLOWOW MichalBARAN MaciekPeugeot Peugeot 207 S2000
    14WRCSKODA AUTO DEUTSCHLANDWIEGAND SeppCHRISTIAN FrankSkoda Skoda Fabia S2000 Rally
    15WRC2SYMTECH RACINGPROTASOV YuriiSIKK KuldarSubaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI SPEC C
    16WRCLOTOS TEAM WRCKOSCIUSZKO MichalSZCZEPANIAK MaciejMini Mini John Cooper Works WRC
    17WRC2NICOLÀS FUCHSFUCH NicolàsMUSSANO FernandoMitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X
    18WRC3JARI KETOMAAKETOMAA JariLINDSTROM KajFord Ford Fiesta RS WRC
    19WRC3OLEKSII KIKIRESHKOKIKIRESHKO OleksiiLARENS SergeiMini Mini John Cooper Works S2000
    20WRC2ARMAN SMAILOVSMAILOV ArmanRUSOV AndreySubaru Subaru Impreza
    21WRCCITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRTHIRVONEN MikkoLEHTINEN JarmoCitroën Citroën DS3 WRC
    22WRC3FABIO FRISIEROFRISIERO FabioDOTTA MitiaMitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X
    23WRC3LORENZO BERTELLIBERTELLI LorenzoGRANAI LorenzoSubaru Subaru Impreza
    24WRC3ABU DHABI CITROEN TOTAL WRTAL-QASSIMI KhalidMARTIN ScottCitroën Citroën DS3 WRC
    25WRC2MOTO CLUB IGUALDATRIVINO BUJALIL RicardoHARO AlexMitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X
    26WRC3FREDERICO DELLA CASADELLA CASA FedericoMENCHINI MarcoCitroën Citroën DS3 R3T
    27WRC3HASSE GUSTAFSSONGUSTAFSSON HasseJOHANSSON MikaelFord Ford Fiesta RS WRC
    28WRC2SKYDIVE DUBAI RALLY TEAMAL KETBI RashidHEPPERLE KarinaSkoda Skoda Fabia S2000
    29WRC2ALEXANDER VILLANUEVAVILLANUEVA AlexanderSANCHES OscarMitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X
    30WRC3SZYMON GOSPODARCZYKKABACINSKI LukaszGOSPODARCZYK SzymonRenault Renault Clio R3
    31WRC3OLEKSII TAMRAZOVTAMRAZOV OleksiiCHEREPIN PavloFord Ford Fiesta WRC
    32WRC3QATAR WORLD RALLY TEAMWILSON MatthewBERNACCHINI GiovanniFord Ford Fiesta RS WRC
    33WRC3JARKKO NIKARANIKARA JarkkoKALLIOLEPO JarkkoMini Mini Countryman John Cooper Works WRC
    34WRC3THE ORANGE CARSCOMINELLI IvanPIANCA PaoloRenault Renault Twingo R1
    35WRC3MARCO VALLARIOVALLARIO MarcoPASCALE AntonioMitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X

    CB750 Ebony


    If you like black then this may be the bike for you. Black chassis, black wheels, black bodywork, black barrels, black wrap, black seat, in fact if it wasn’t for the unexpected chrome ring on the headlamp and the polished sidecases on the engine, this might be the first choice for the young urban ninja’s night-time transport… (…Mind you, those zorsts look loud a bit loud).
    This build actually belongs to a returning Steel Bent customer who already has one of their previous CB750s, AKA Brushed, parked somewhere at home. Having been spoiled by this machine he clearly couldn’t bear to look at his back-up Honda as it was, and sent it off to Michael Mundy and his crew for a refurb, and what a fine job.
    The owner had already performed some great work on this 1973 CB750, but he needed the SBC touch to give it a little more flavour.
    The Steel Bent crew added black clubman bars, cleaned up the exhaust, shocks, added their signature uber-slim seat, rearsets, mini tacho, new hand controls, and located a decent front front brake caliper to improve he stopping power of this “evil dark machine” (…their own words).
    Like all the Steel Bent Customs builds (even a semi-build) this bike has been very well received by the cafe/brat/custom aficionados, and we assume the owner is equally chuffed to bits with his backup bike. Lucky fella.
    See more of Steel bent’s bikes HERE on the bike shed, and here on their own pages.
    from thebikeshed

    V8 Supercars : VAN GISBERGEN WINS CLIPSAL 500


    y: V8 Supercars
    SHANE van Gisbergen has led from pole position to win the Clipsal 500 Adelaide in front of a record single-day crowd for a V8 Supercar race, of 95,000 people.
    The Tekno Autosports driver took the first win for the Queensland-based team in emphatic fashion, despite a late race Safety Car bunching an otherwise strung-out field together for a 10-lap dash to the flag.
    Tekno Autosports becomes the first team other than Triple Eight and Ford Performance Racing to win a V8 Supercars points-paying race since November 2011 – when Rick Kelly won at Sandown in wet conditions.
    Jamie Whincup finished second and race one winner Craig Lowndes third for Red Bull Racing Australia.  
    Van Gisbergen took the race lead on the second lap, passing Mark Winterbottom to lead the field.
    He dropped to second, behind Whincup, after the opening stops but a superior fuel strategy saw him emerge back in the lead of the race following the second round of stops – a lead he would never lose.
    “It’s been great... It’s been overwhelming. I’m stoked to put a good race together,” van Gisbergen said.
    “I got off the line alright today, which was awesome. Mark passed me but we were able to get by him.
    “It was a tough race, I had good speed in the first and second stints, but when I got behind Jamie, these cars seem to heat up a lot and my pace stopped.
    “My pace stopped for a moment and then got going again. I knew our last stop would be shorter so we got a gap, and then managed it. They were a fair way behind us, and then jumped us, so they must have short filled early. We didn’t have to save fuel – we were flat out the whole way.
    “Jamie was pretty speedy at the end, but we had enough.”
    Lowndes assumes the lead in the V8 Supercars championship following his first and third-placed efforts across this weekend’s two races.
    A pair of solid podium finishes has defending champion Whincup second in the, the #1 Red Bull-backed driver much happier with his performance today.
    “Our car was much better today, we found quite a big issue last night and now I’m back on par with the other guys and can race it out,” he said.
    “It hurts that a Kiwi has won the first round! The pace was pretty hot and we were flat-stick the whole way. It’s good to not be on fuel conserve mode, we were flat out from woah to go.
    “We had a little less fuel so I had to be five seconds up the road to keep the lead in the first stint.”
    Russell Ingall scored a fighting fourth place finish, with Mark Winterbottom fifth and ahead of Will Davison - slow pit stops hurting both FPR cars throughout today's race.
    Davison also battled gearbox issues in the second half of today’s race but preserved to score a solid points finish inside the top-10.
    James Courtney, Tony D'Alberto, Scott McLaughlin and Jonathon Webb completed the top 10.
    The race’s only Safety Car interruption came with 15 laps remaining, Alex Davison crashing at turn eight after overshooting when passing Scott Pye on the run into the corner.
    Davison’s Jeld-Wen Racing car slid across the circuit and into the inside wall, bringing out the caution for the first time in two days of racing.
    On the resumption of racing a battle for second erupted, Lowndes squeezing past Whincup at turn six to take point, before Russell Ingall then passing both of them to leapfrog the pair of Blue Holden’s and jump to second.
    Lowndes then attempted to re-pass Ingall at turn nine but overshot - allowing Whincup to work his way past into second where he would ultimately finish the race.
    There was further damage at the end of the first lap back under green-flag conditions, Jason Bright turning Rick Kelly around at the final corner – the second Jack Daniel’s Nissan of Todd Kelly left with nowhere to go and left badly damaged and out of the race.
    James Moffat was the top Nissan finisher, in 13th and on the lead lap, Lee Holdsworth 17th and the last classified finisher and a lap back from the winner.
    Unlike yesterday's race, today was a far more bruising affair with just 17 of the 28 starters finishing.
    A record 95,000 people attended today's event, taking the four-day total to more than 285,000.
    PosCarMakeDriverEntry / TeamStartedLapsRace TimeFastest LapPoints
    197HoldenShane van GisbergenTEKNO Team VIP1- 0781 51:52.41161:22.039224150
    21HoldenJamie WhincupRed Bull Racing Australia3+ 1781 51:54.63101:22.315323138
    3888HoldenCraig LowndesRed Bull Racing Australia8+ 5781 51:56.24071:22.313146129
    466HoldenRussell IngallSupercheap Auto Racing9+ 5781 51:59.48501:22.385047120
    55FordMark WinterbottomPepsi Max Crew FPR Ford2- 3781 51:59.80031:22.187649111
    66FordWill DavisonPepsi Max Crew FPR Ford4- 2781 52:0.38201:22.418363102
    722HoldenJames CourtneyHolden Racing Team10+ 3781 52:1.31401:22.21855296
    83HoldenTony D'AlbertoTeam HIFLEX11+ 3781 52:4.93071:22.57802490
    933HoldenScott McLaughlinFujitsu Racing GRM7- 2781 52:6.73441:22.26595084
    1019HoldenJonathon WebbTekno Autosports20+10781 52:7.05761:22.62282778

    The Ultimate Keychain

    Here’s an amazing collection of keychain accessories, most of which would be very helpful on any adventure. Reblogged from: www.thispak.com