What is it like to stand trackside at a major motorsports event? Well, now you know with trackside. No story, no opinion, just raw energy and excitement. This is what it's like to hear, feel, and see the best racing cars in the world, from just over the other side of the wall.
24 Hours of Spa - TRACKSIDE
We bring you with us to enjoy the sights and sounds of the 24 Hours of Spa, one of the most legendary endurance races in the world. We kept the cameras speeding all through the night to bring you this footage so sit back and enjoy this extra long presentation of TRACKSIDE.
650 HP BBi Autosport Porsche 997 Turbo S - TUNED
TUNED visits BBi Autosport in Huntington Beach, CA to drive their new Porsche 997 turbo S. This unbelievable machine balances big power with low weight and suspension and brake upgrades to match. TUNED runs a quarter mile on a runway before heading into the canyons to see if BBi has really built a no-compromises ultimate street car for the track.
The World's Fastest Lotus? - TUNED
Frank Profera has spent six years making his Lotus go faster, stop shorter, and corner harder. Though it only has to move around 2,150 lbs, Frank's Lotus makes 680 wheel horsepower with a twin-charged 1.8L engine; giving it a better power-to-weight ratio than Mario Andretti's Formula One Lotus. It's an ongoing project that may never be finished, because of Frank's never-ending obsession with speed. We had to take it for a ride.
How To Drive a Fast Lap of Sebring - SHAKEDOWN
Leo Parente, host of ShakeDown, shares track notes of how to drive the Sebring 12hr race course. With the help of racers he has known, an interview with 2012 winner - Allan McNish, and an in-car lap that Madison Snow drove in his Platinum Class Porsche IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama racecar, ShakeDown breaks down the 3.7 mile track, corner by corner. If you like, we can do more tracks as part of the ShakeDown University racer skills training series.
Links-
Porsche IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama on/DRIVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqBGlxYBZXI
Audi Sport's Ulrich Baretzky Interview - DRIVE UNCUT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TAhWdVU3M4
ShakeDown University courses -
SDU / The '4 Fasts' - http://tinyurl.com/sd120310
SDU / Driving Skills - http://tinyurl.com/sd121010
SDU / Passing Skills - http://tinyurl.com/sd21111
SDU / The Racing Line - http://tinyurl.com/sd4811
SDU / Car Setup - http://tinyurl.com/sd81911
SDU / Sponsorships - http://tinyurl.com/sd12012
Starting w/ Karting - http://tinyurl.com/kartskills
Seb Vettel Advice - http://tinyurl.com/sd61011
Allan McNish Advice - http://tinyurl.com/sd100711
Allan McNish Advice2 - http://tinyurl.com/sd31612
SIMRACEWAY blog - http://blog.simraceway.com/
2012 12 Hours of Sebring Epic Final Laps HD
Fantastic final laps of the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring. What a crazy finish!
RESULTS:
P1 --- #2 Audi R18 WEC ------
#3 Audi R18 WEC -------
#16 Pescarolo WEC
P2 --- #44 HPD ARX-03b -------
#055 HPD ARX-03b ALMS --------
#24 Morgan
PC ALMS --- #06 Oreca FLM09 -------
#52 Oreca FLM09 ----------
#05 Oreca FLM09
GT --- #56 BMW E92 M3 ALMS -----------
#03 Corvette C6 ZR1 ALMS ---------
#71 Ferrari 458 WEC
GTE AM WEC --- #88 Porsche 911 RSR ----------
#70 Corvette C6 ZR1 ----------
#50 Corvette C6 ZR1
GTC ALMS --- #023 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ---------
#022 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup -----------
#34 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
The 1965 Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix - Part 1 of 5
The 1965 12 Hours of Sebring Grand Prix is legendary because it was won by American drivers driving an American car. Jim Hall and his Chaparral cars broke several speed records but the overall records were not broken because of the record rainfall half way through the race. That deluge, the worst in Sebring history, also makes this race a legend. Sit back and enjoy the race in five parts.
2012 Sebring 12 Hr Race Stories - SHAKEDOWN
The 1st races of WEC - World Endurance Championship and ALMS - American Le Mans Series at the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring. Leo Parente walks the pits and the track, speaking to the head of the FIA, Jean Todt and the racers.
2012 McLaren MP4-12C: Engineering Gone Wild - Ignition Episode 8
On this episode of Ignition, Carlos Lago explores the art and science of supercars with the 2012 McLaren MP4-12C. Find out what happens when you give a team of dedicated engineers the time and resources to dream big.
Ignition appears every Monday on the new Motor Trend channel.
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FIA WEC Sports Cars - SHAKEDOWN
Leo Parente and ShakeDown get you ready for the World Endurance Championship [WEC] as it takes on Spa and prepares for Le Mans, a close-up look at the Toyota TS030, as well as info on some of the other WEC competitors. Then, it's time to find the connection to YOUR comments from last week about - 'How Racing Can Maintain Its Credibility' and why the Juke-R matters to all this.
Links -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RR3439wD38
Cadillac CTS-V wagon LParente road test
http://pdc.simraceway.com/
SimRaceway Performance Driving Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8j8jz63bUU
24hrs of Audi R18 e-tron quattro test - SHAKEDOWN
http://www.fiawec.com/races/6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps/results-and-chrono.html
Spa Thursday May 3 second practice times
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lister_Storm_LMP
Lister Storm LMP
http://tv.audi.com/#/01
AudiTV - Spa race broadcast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcUNGIDspbY
Has Racing Lost Its Credibility? - SHAKEDOWN
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2011 Petit Le Mans - Tommy Milner - Night Practice
Helmet cam video from Thursday night practice at Petit Le Mans. Shows really pretty well how much we can see in the car at night.
http://www.tommymilner.com
http://www.facebook.com/TommyMilnerFanPage
@TommyMilner
2013 12 Hours of Sebring Full Race Part 2/4 HD
Part 2 of the American Le Mans Series 2013 12 Hours of Sebring.
Apologies for some of the audio/video glitches, for some reason beyond me the ALMS.com stream was not available to US viewers. As a result I had to record dennislive1's stream from Justintv. Big thanks to him.
DeltaWing First Track Test - R&T Exclusive Video
R&T exclusive video of the DeltaWing rolling under power for the first time during a track test with Alex Gurney at the controls. See more photos of the DeltaWing and get all the insider details here: http://bit.ly/w8bdjy
