Best of Racing Clips: April 13-15 2012

ALMS From Long Beach CA



ALMS from Long Beach



Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy from Hockenheim



Much more after the jump...

Week end racing highlights 4-1-2012

New Feature!

WRC Rally Portugal



Rolex Porsche 250, Barber Motorsports Park.



Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama



WTCC Valencia




VLN Lauf 1






ADAC Masters Oschersleben




BTTC Brands Hatch



British Clio Cup Brands Hatch



FIM Superstock 1000, Imola



Porsche GT3 Challenge Brazil, Estoril

You could have had a V8...

...but you might have just been slower.

You hear all the time about e36 BMW with V8 stuffed up front, more rare is an e-36 with a 4 cylinder S14. Even more rare and odd an e36 with an S14 and an e30 semi trailing arm rear suspension.

Our friend Seth Thomas got the chance to drive this rare British Touring Car Championship car at Road Atlanta recently and sent us the video to share. Seth writes:

This past weekend I had the chance to drive an old touring car from Europe. I am not 100% sure on the specific series the car ran in while in Europe but I can tell you this thing was a blast to drive. It was an early 90s E36 BMW 2-door chassis with a 2.5L Gruppe A S14 stuffed under the hood with individual throttle bodies working with a slide type throttle linkage. Along with the wild motor it had a sequential 6-speed transmission with gears so close it kept the car in a 1500 RPM revband the whole time. Coming out of turn 7 at Road Atlanta I was in 5th gear before the bridge and 6th shortly after. Shifting this quick was similar to driving a big rig.

Overall this was a great experience and I am glad Drew Slayton gave me the opportunity. Watch the video below to see our race during the BMWCCA 1.5 Hour enduro. We qualified on the pole with a 1:32.85 on a set of scrubbed Yokohama slicks. We started the race on a set of Nitto NT01s to ensure they would last the whole time and to not waste a good set of slicks for the sprint races the rest of the weekend. Best I could manage on the NT01s was a 1:35.10. We led the first half of the race until some trouble popped up about 35 minutes in. Watch to find out what happened.

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Inglorious Basterd

Finally, after all those years of racing obscurity, the day finally comes: you are going to be interviewed live on TV from inside your car, during a caution period! It's going to be brilliant, you are going to dazzle the audience with your coolness and sharp dry wit. For sure you are going to get some with one of the pit girls later.... what could possibly go wrong?

Meet BTCC BMW driver Jonathan Adam


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Jason avoids future platonic relationship...

All that sideways training with Tiff obviously paid off and Jason Plato avoids his wife's promised punishment this time!


(thanks Sorrento205!)


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Tin Tops

BTCC, Brands Hatch short circuit, Front Wheel Drive vs Rear Wheel Drive, close calls and lots of rubbing and a race decided on the last lap, does not get much better.



Tin Top from AxisOfOversteer.com and Vimeo.