2013 brings us the 90th running of the Le Mans 24hr race. The 24hr of Le Mans is most historic endurance race in the world and the highlight of many fan’s year. The story lines are always rich and never stop even after the checker flag flies.
This year is no different as the Lotus LMP2 team started today with their cars being stripped by a bailiff acting a court order to seize parts off the cars. This was later resolved during a late day court order and the Lotus LMP2 cars will race this weekend.
The big news is that Viper is back at Le Mans running in GTE PRO. This is huge as Viper dominated during the first few years at Le Mans. There hasn’t been this much American fire power in France since D day when you factor in the Corvette Racing team.
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HyperFest 2013 had so much going on that we had to make two posts. You can find part 1 of our HyperFest 2013 coverage here if you missed it. Part 2 of our coverage begins in the late afternoon. It’s 5PM and the last two groups of High Performance Driving Education sessions are on track. Read more…
Every summer for the past 13 years Summit Point has hosted a motorsports event where action can be found on five different race tracks, all in one location. I’m talking about HyperFest. There’s auto racing, drifting, car show competitions, high performance driving education, 24 Hours of LeMons, go karting, muddy rally driving, live music, and a competition for Daisy Duke look-a-likes. Read more…
Contributing photographer Dale Martin just picked up a new Mustang GT with the awesome DOHC 5.0 engine. I love the CSL inspired wheel design on this body style. Something tells me we’re going to see a lot more jaw dropping photos of this pony!
