Race bred machine, race cars in general and your favorite racing cars
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Was there a 550? Because I went in either 2001 or 2002 and there was a Ferrari supported by Pro Drive which was crazy damn fast (ahead of the Corvettes by maybe one lap when it blew up in the middle of the night).
(google intensifies). Yep, looks like it was a 550, not the 575.
Either way I miss the older GT Ferraris (admittedly they simply don't make sense anymore).
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Was there a 550? Because I went in either 2001 or 2002 and there was a Ferrari supported by Pro Drive which was crazy damn fast (ahead of the Corvettes by maybe one lap when it blew up in the middle of the night).
(google intensifies). Yep, looks like it was a 550, not the 575.
Either way I miss the older GT Ferraris (admittedly they simply don't make sense anymore).
The 550 GTS and 575 GTC are two of the few Ferrari's I actually take interest in, and two of the few beautiful "modern" (relatively anyway) era Fezza's IMO. Plus the sound their V12's make is simply glorious.
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Was there a 550? Because I went in either 2001 or 2002 and there was a Ferrari supported by Pro Drive which was crazy damn fast (ahead of the Corvettes by maybe one lap when it blew up in the middle of the night).
(google intensifies). Yep, looks like it was a 550, not the 575.
Either way I miss the older GT Ferraris (admittedly they simply don't make sense anymore).
Correctamundo! Don't worry too much, the range of front-engined Ferrari GT cars floating around Europe at the time was pretty ridiculous.
Firstly, there were the Prodrive 550's, which debuted at the end of 2001, and proved to be the most enduring and successful variant.
Before that, Italitechnica took two stabs at the 550, one being for GTS/GT1, and the other being an N-GT/GT2 car that proved largely ineffective in the French GT series for a few years, before making a Le Mans appearance in 2003. The GT1 version was actually pretty decent, however, they had largely disappeared by the end of 2003.
There was also a 550 built privately by Wieth Racing, which is infamous for being a GTS/GT1 car that performed as if it was built for the class below. They persisted for a long time in several championships, but never tasted any real success.
Ferrari took notice of Prodrive's speed with the 550, and enlisted the help of N.Technology with the idea of building a 575. The 575 GTC appeared towards the end of the 2003 FIA GT season with JMB Racing, and actually won first time out in Estoril. However, that seemed to be somewhat of a misnomer, as the car only achieved limited success over its life time. This might well have been down to the increased presence of Prodrive 550's and Saleens by 2004, as well as the arrival of both Maserati (second half of 2004) and Aston Martin (2005).
And there you have it - more information than anyone could possibly want or need!
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I love what Europeans come up with in lower (non-FIA) rally categories. A BMW 1M rally car with an S54 M3 engine. 
Dear BMW, please make a 1 series or 2 series WRC car.
Dear BMW, please make a 1 series or 2 series WRC car.
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I have a thing for rubbish F1 cars.
Lola T97/30
Originally ment to debut in 1998, at the behest of title sponser Mastercard the car was brought forward to 1997. As a result was car was rushed and was around 10 seconds off the pace. Predictably, at the 1997 Australian GP neither Ricardo Rosset nor Vincenzo Sospiri managed to qualify, being around 7 and 5 seconds away from the 107% cut off. The team turned up for the second round at Interlagos but never turned a wheel and packed up on the Friday after Mastercard pulled out.
Lola T97/30
Originally ment to debut in 1998, at the behest of title sponser Mastercard the car was brought forward to 1997. As a result was car was rushed and was around 10 seconds off the pace. Predictably, at the 1997 Australian GP neither Ricardo Rosset nor Vincenzo Sospiri managed to qualify, being around 7 and 5 seconds away from the 107% cut off. The team turned up for the second round at Interlagos but never turned a wheel and packed up on the Friday after Mastercard pulled out.
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The Grand-Am Pontiac GTO.R, one of my favorites from the old Rolex Sportscar Series.
Never forgave Pontiac for replacing it with the GXP.R (G6...ugh).
Never forgave Pontiac for replacing it with the GXP.R (G6...ugh).
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The Grand-Am Pontiac GTO.R, one of my favorites from the old Rolex Sportscar Series.
Never forgave Cadillac for replacing it with the GXP.R (G6...ugh).
How was Cadillac Responsible for that?
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...fixed that. 
Pontiac...meant Pontiac.... 
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Is that a Scion iQ race car in the background??
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It seems so.
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Pikes Peak had dirt once, and the entrants in the "Stock Car" class got inventive with tyre selection. Bite on the gravel, turn-in on the pavement.
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That's so crazy I love it!
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That Cadillac is just nuts, love it. 👍
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The Jenson Button quote of "I'm going to pee in your seat" comes to mind when thinking about that. Driver might be screaming louder than the engine the whole way up the mountain.
The size of the laundry bill after would be enough to make you bankrupt, would certainly be an experience
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The Spyker C8 GT2. Both in its open top (how many people remember that? 
) form, and closed top form.
) form, and closed top form.
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The Spyker C8 GT2. Both in its open top (how many people remember that?
I mentioned the Spyker GT2 machines in the Cars that Deserve a GT Conversion thread, loved their GT machines, which is why it's a shame we don't have a Spyker GT machine at the moment. As I mentioned in that thread, it'd be awesome if we got a GT machine; whether it's a GT3, or better yet a GTE/LM version, of the current Spyker C8 Preliator:
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Euro V8 or Superstars or whatever it was called was fun wasn't it?
