32 posts tagged Cosworth

A lovely day in the sun. And some minor incidents. A typical race day really. I arrived with Joe early, signed on and got the car through scrutineering. The scrutineer was concerned about my roll cage and got the Blue Book out to find a picture of it. It apparently is an old touring car cage. I was worried.

£12.99 Info / Buy A rapid action programme of wide appeal detailing the race and rally history of one of the most successful competition models ever known. Includes design, production and testing footage, an extensive interview with top Ford man Stuart Turner, archive action footage from the late 1980s and more.

Parnelli Jones is one of the living legends of American racing, up there in the pantheon with Mario Andretti, AJ Foyt and Dan Gurney. Jones dominated three of the seven Indy 500s he started and won the race in 1963, beating Jim Clark.

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The inaugural Formula 5000 race in 1975 at Long Beach. I’ve enjoyed the pleasure of covering all thirty-four Long Beach Grands Prix, from the inaugural Formula 5000 race back in 1975 through eight Formula One races from 1976-’83 and twenty-five CART or Champ Car races from 1984-2008.

Best career finish for David Martinez at Long Beach April 23rd, 2008 “I’m very happy because we really put on a very strong performance” - Martinez David Martinez improved more positions than any other driver on his way to a career best eight place finish at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach,

Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners Project Kahn has had its hands into all kinds of high-dollar, high-horsepower machinery over the last few years. Afzal Kahn has made unobtainable exotics even more incredible with kits for the McMerc SLR and the Aston Martin DB9S, along with providing parts for more subdued offerings, like the LR2 and Audi A8, not to mention the Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Fifth Gear - Ford Focus RS vs Escort Cosworth April 15th, 2008 Vicki Butler-Henderson put a battle between the Ford Focus RS and its predecessor Ford Escort Cosworth. Let’s see which is quickest. In this episode of Fifth Gear, after the break.

Last week, following Graham Rahal’s (above) inspired victory in his first IRL race in the streets of St Petersburg, team owner Carl Haas (below) was in the best spirits he’s been in for months. Like all the former Champ Car teams, Newman/Haas/Lanigan has been up to its elbows in a serious thrash over the past two months re-building old Dallara-Hondas or building new cars from parts.

When we showed you the pics of a well maintained Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 yesterday it was nice to see that the rest of you share our love for this Cosworth-tuned Benz. In fact, you all liked it so much that one of you, Comedian, shared an uploaded 2.3-16 advertisement from the 1980's.