Race bred machine, race cars in general and your favorite racing cars

[Carbon_6]

Won't give the car its full title, but the 2017 Mercedes W08 looks the business, especially since receiving the Barcelona upgrade (even if the T-wing does sticks out like a sore thumb.)

 

[Litening1]

Ken Smiths Lola T332 F5000 car

He is 75 and a couple of years back managed to set the lap record at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon for the F5000

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

The '95 Courage C41, driven by Pescarolo himself. One of the first cars to get me into the Sports car rabbit hole!

 

[Suzumiya]

Triggering elitists everywhere with a big ol V8 and a wang

Me being passive aggressive asides like always, car looks fantastic. C7 DP from 2016, ran by WTR, Action Express and Spirit of Daytona. Won that year with AXR.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Some nostalgia for your faces: GT-R GT1.

 

[catamount39]

Triggering elitists everywhere with a big ol V8 and a wang

Me being passive aggressive asides like always, car looks fantastic. C7 DP from 2016, ran by WTR, Action Express and Spirit of Daytona. Won that year with AXR.

The Corvette DP was amazing, shame nobody else took GM's route of the DP with this, because imagine if DP survived as a second class.

Some nostalgia for your faces: GT-R GT1.
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Best GT-R ever, massive V8 in the front.

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

A car that i just found out about=2001 Champion Racing Lola-Porsche B2K/10 @ Daytona 24 Hours

Driven by: Dorsey Schroeder (USA)
Bob Wollek (F)
Hurley Haywood (USA)
Sascha Maassen (D)
listed, never drove: Dirk Müller (D)

 

[UnkaD]

A car that i just found out about=2001 Champion Racing Lola-Porsche B2K/10 @ Daytona 24 Hours

I always thought it looked dorky with that nose, but compared to some of the more recent prototypes it's a real looker.

 

[ApexDrift123]

Pescarolo C60 Hybrid Judd. 2nd in Le Mans 2005, but qualified 1st and 2nd.

Lister Storm 1999 FIA GT model , it's highest finish was 2nd place. The car was Jaguar V12 engined which is also pretty cool.

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

Chrysler Reynard 2KQ LM 2000
#5-Olivier Beretta(M), Karl Wedlinger(Aus), Yanick Dalmas (F)

1995 Chrysler Patriot LMP (First Modern Hybrid/Turbine -powered LMP car)(Discontinued after flywheel almost killed a test driver)

 

[ProjectWHaT]

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

I love this thing

 

[05XR8]

Enjoying it in Project Cars 2. Sounds just as nasty in game.

 

[homeforsummer]

Knew there'd be a thread like this somewhere.

The Lotus 18. One of my favourite single-seaters - seen a few in action and they look beautiful both out on track and up close.

More details on this particular car here.

 

[RACECAR]

Abit of a sucker for the Lola T70 Mk IIIB:



While not the championship contender like one of its contemporaries (before Bill went moonlighting with some old guy and his Mercedes), I love the Doran JE-4. My personal favorite being the one combined with the TRD 3UZ-FE V8:


McLaren MP4-31. I know it was pitifully slow, not always reliable and whatever overused Honda meme you want to throw out for the millionth time but name me another modern F1 car from 2016 that sounded anywhere near as distinct as this:



Even if 2016 was the first year of you watching F1, eventually you knew when this was coming purely on sound.


And of course, the Lamborghini Murcielago R-SV. While there are some great sounding V12s, few sounded as loud and scream as much as this did:

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

Porsche Boxter prototype, nickname the "Ghost".

 

[AerodyManiac]

Euro V8 or Superstars or whatever it was called was fun wasn't it?

I saw your racing Panamera, and may I raise you a racing Rapide.

This car is an factory effort by AM to enter the 2010 Nurburgring 24 Hours, and its near production spec and brilliant shade of blue are just some of the reasons why I love this car so much. I forgot what its finishing position was, but a quick search suggested it finished 2nd in class (SP8), losing only to the Gazoo Racing LFA.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I love cool little details like these.

 

[DesertPenguin]

That's neat.

 

[05XR8]

Just love how the Super Touring era cars sat.

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

Favorite Cayman of all time: '07 Nurburgring 24 Hours Hankook Motorsport #2
Driven by: Jürgen Alzen, Uwe Alzen, and Christian Menzel

 

[jake2013guy]

This is the most beautiful thing ever to live.

 

[Carbon_6]

The livery is somewhat questionable, but the Hyundai i20 is a personal favourite amongst the current WRC field.

 

[dingodile_r89]

Here we go, in no particular order, my favourite race cars of all time.

The Sauber Mercedes Benz C9 - Won Le Mans in 1989 driven by Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter and Stanley Dickens, hit 400 km/h on the ligne droite des hunaudières during qualifying. What a machine!

The Mercedes Benz W196. Won 9 out of 12 races in entered, most notably driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss.

The Lotus 49. Not much needs to be said about this thing. It was powered by a V8 Cosworth engine, won it's debut race, secured 2 driver's championships (Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt). Other drivers? Jim Clark, Mario Andretti, Jo Siffert & Emerson Fittipaldi.

Porsche 917K. That V12 noise, those looks, the iconic Gulf Livery. The whole 9 yatds.

The Audi S1 Quattro. Revolutionary, fast, noisy. An absolute monster of the Group B era, the S1 Quattro still gives me chills.

Then there's this monster...

That's enough for now, I'll need more time to pull out more images and details, so I'll do it in a new post later

 

[ProjectWHaT]

 

[The Stig Farmer]

 

[ProjectWHaT]

The M8 GTE has special air cooled bits for the headlights

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

919 LMP1 vs. 919 Tribute comparison

 

[ProjectWHaT]

 

[Obelisk]

Taking almighty wing a bit too literal there...