24H SPA : PARTICIPEZ À UNE GRANDE CONFÉRENCE GT3 !

Si vous avez toujours rêver d'approcher une GT3 mais surtout d'en connaître le fonctionnement, vous en aurez la possibilité à l'occasion des Total 24 Heures de Spa. Stéphane Ratel Organisation, Turbomagazine.be et Endurance-Info se mobilisent pour vous inviter à une grande conférence GT3 organisée le mercredi 24 juillet au sein du paddock de Spa-Francorchamps. Trois personnes (par conférence) invitées par chaque média pourront accéder à différents box pour voir de près ce que sont ces fameuses GT3. Au moins un ingénieur ou team manager de chaque équipe sera présent de même qu'un pilote pour vous détailler les GT3 mais aussi répondre à vos questions. Attention car les places seront limitées...

Les équipes ont de suite accepté de jouer le jeu : Team SOFREV-ASP (Ferrari), ProSpeed Competition (Porsche), TDS Racing (BMW), Belgian Audi Club Team WRT (Audi), Boutsen Ginion Racing (McLaren), Marc VDS Racing Team (BMW), ART Grand Prix (McLaren), Nissan GT Academy Team RJN (Nissan), Pro GT by Alméras (Porsche), Saintéloc Racing (Audi), Hexis Racing (McLaren), Blancpain Racing (Lamborghini), Black Falcon (Mercedes) et Beechdean AMR (Aston Martin).

Les conférences débuteront mercredi à 10h30 pour se refermer à 13h30 (30 minutes/conférence). Il vous faudra être disponible durant ce créneau horaire où vous serez ensuite conviés à un verre de l'amitié. Six personnes seront convoquées à 10h30 (trois par équipe). Pour être de la partie, c'est tout simple, il suffit d'envoyer noms, prénoms, adresse, mail et téléphone à cette adresse et de répondre à la question : quelle marque a remporté les 24 Heures de Spa 2012 ?

Un tirage au sort sera effectué parmi les bonnes réponses sachant que vous ne serez que 42 à pouvoir participer à cette opération "portes ouvertes". Vous aurez rendez-vous en salle de presse au 1er étage du bâtiment F1. Vous avez jusqu'au 14 juillet minuit pour jouer.

Laurent Mercier(Endurance-Info)

Husqvarna motorcycles owned by Steve McQueen and Dennis Hopper to be auctioned

from Twowheelsblog

Two Husqvarna motorcycles previously owned by late actors Steve McQueen and Dennis Hopper, are going to be auction at the Mecum Auction that will take place at the Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California on the 26th and 27th of July 2013.

McQueen’s motorcycle is a 1971 Husqvarna 400 Cross, that the King of Cool used in racing competitions and for off-road riding, and is the same model that appeared in the movie ‘On Any Sunday’, and that McQueen was pictured riding shirtless on the iconic cover of Sports Illustrated.

The two-stroke bike underwent a year long restoration process in 2012 to restore it to its original beauty.

Dennis Hopper’s 1968 Husqvarna 250T Commando is a true collectors item, as it is one of the only 300 Commandos that were ever produced by Husqvarna, and this is the first time that one of Hopper’s motorcycles (the actor passed away in 2010) has been offered at auction, and this machine has also undergone restoration.

JB’s CM400 Racer

When Junior Burrel’s CM400 cafe racer first hit the cafe/custom niche it went down a storm, and since then JB has continued to make a name for himself with not just his builds and his brand – RetroMoto – but with his overall contribution to the scene.

The bike is back under the spotlight because JB build this stunning hand-beaten aluminium fairing for the bike, in just six days, as he was getting the bike ready for the One Show. Leaving the fairing in it’s raw aluminiun finish really showcased the work that went into it, as does the lack of a separate transparent screen or headlamp cutout. The bike just screams look at me, with it’s brutish front end. JB: “I built the copper headlight since I couldn’t bring myself to cut a hole in the fairing”. We don’t blame you, dude.

Since the last time the bike was showcased on The Bike Shed JB has also built and added a 3″ extended swing arm, and hefty XR1200 rear shocks, which have made a considerable change in the bike’s the geometry.

JB is currently in the process of going full time with his shop and has begun taking on full builds along side all the parts he’s making.

“I also have the 3RM build going on with Logan Miller from Rust Revival and a couple of guys from Do The Ton for the Barber Vintage Festival.” JB also won the recent ‘Bike of the month’ there.

Photos are by Dale Martin and you can visit JB’s shop, RetroMoto, HERE.

from the bike shed

LORD SELSDON’S MARVELLOUS LAGONDA

The story behind this car is a captivating tale of a young Lord Selsdon, his best friend Lord Waren, their V12 Lagonda and a jaunt across Europe in the summer of 1939 on the eve of all out war across the continent. They were driving across Europe to take part in the Le Mans due to take place on the 17th and 18th June, they weren’t all that well prepared, in fact they weren’t really prepared at all.

The two men used the drive from Britain to France to test out the brand new car, they took turns driving and made it to Circuit de la Sarthe in time to enter the notorious endurance race.

They would be competing against some of the greatest racers of the era driving Bugattis, Aston Martins, BMWs, Delahayes, Delages and Morgans. They would also be competing directly against the German Nazis, the 3 German teams were all driving BMW 328s running straight-6 OHV engines.

The 24 hour race was long and hard but the weather held out and so did the British racing green Lagonda, Lords Selsdon and Waren successfully held off the Nazi team of Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe and Frtiz Hans Wenscher to take 4th place, am astonishing feat considering it was their first ever motor race.

Lord Selsdon had been bitten by the racing bug and he would return at the wheel of a Ferrari 166MM to the first Le Mans held after the war in 1949 where he went on to win the race by well over a lap with Luigi Chinetti as his co-driver.

If you’re a fan of vintage motor racing and you have a million or so stirling sitting around in need of a new home you might be interested to know that Selsdon’s original Le Mans Lagonda is heading to the auction block on the 15th of September this year. Click the link here for further lot details.

This is one of the only known photographs of Lord Selsdon and Lord Waren together at the 1939 Le Mans.

from SILODROME