D.E. play: I don't always take my car in for service but when I do, I take it to Goldcrest Motorsports!

So, I am having a few items worked on the teener ahead of a weekend on the track and as typical, the shop was loaded with special Porsches (understatement). I thought I'd share a few pics with you Porsche nuts. One bonus picture of a rare mid-engine (crazy fast!) mystery car: What is it?*

*It ran at LeMans.

Tony

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Leh Kheen's (#8) Rally Car
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Bonus Mystery Car (said to be the only "real" race car here)
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Wow, what a collection!

911 RSR?

Nice lookin group of cars!

Com'on Andyrew...you are better than that youngson!

T

Wow

Whats confusing me is the centerlugs.

Its not

919
RS Spider
CGT
GT1


I guess I just dont know my race cars!

Do not restrict yourself to just Porsches...

T

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Whats confusing me is the centerlugs.

Its not

919
RS Spider
CGT
GT1


I guess I just dont know my race cars!
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Corvette???

Audi r8?

Holly cow!!! I could sit and admire these all day.




Oscar

That picture is of the front of the car...with exhaust! Silver Arrows w/ rare doors...

T

Ahh, so it is a Benz. I know it was a front-engined car and figured it was a Corvette or Panoz, but neither have that same shape. Did it run in the 2014 LeMans (AMG GT3)?

Ding ding ding...we got a winner!

Tony

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Ahh - nice! The "mid-engine" clue threw me.

That Mercedes is a bonus car. There's even a bike back there!

It eas intended to throw you!

It is even more mid-engine than a 914/6...the entire engine, pulleys and all lie behind the front wheels. Amazing.

T

At least it was not one of these.

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You can't have a more forward mounted engine than that.

Crazy footage of the AMG GT3 at the ring!

Tony


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqmvMIZCkZ4

Wow! That was some serious driving! Thanks for posting that.

That video made me nervous watching how close he was to the Audi.

The engine in a cab over truck is in a conventional location. Cab over truck are more common in Europe to keep the overall length short relative to pay load area.

See also:

1:07 was scary for me, watching both cars round one of the fastest parts of the track, hit the deweighted section and just scoot about a foot to the right as the tires leave the ground for just a split moment.

The limits of those cars is almost unimaginable...the skill of drivers like that is even more so! Your craft has to be so refined because elements that are even under your semi-control would be difficult to predict. Now add elements such as weather, other drivers, coolant, oil, debris - crazy $hit.

Tony

Wow, super impressive performance! Have to give some love to the Audi as well. Looked like the Mercedes could out brake him and maybe even out corner him, but the Audi was either slipperier or had more hp because he kept pulling the Mercedes on the top end.

Naaahhh....it looked to me like the Merc driver was lost, maybe took a wrong turn & was just following that other car to find a way out of there!

From what I see and know...that Merc driver would have pulled away given the chance to pass. You don't get that close and out brake a car because you are equal in pace. The Audi driver was very aggressive...talk about insane, constant pressure with a driver on your ass at that speed and length of time! As it turned out...the Merc driver won the race - as the footage suggested he would - given a running car. One little mistake though and they are both probably dead.

Tony

And such is wheel to wheel racing, it isn't a track day or DE. This same kind of thing goes on even in slower classes of cars, and arguably more difficult for a driver as there is less car under them.