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and self-proclaimed World's Fastest Novelist

Burt "BS" Levy

Atlanta Report

(complete with famous folks, fun, grousing, grins & excuses)

Well, here it is another Mitty Monday and I'm doing my best to recuperate from three pretty great track…

RANCHO PALOS VERDES,CA -- Peter Brock, the legendary designer of the Corvette Stingray, the Cobra Daytona Coupe and other iconic high-performance automobiles, has been named Grand Marshal of the 2013 Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance, to be held at the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA on Sunday, September 15.

Brock will drive his Superformance Coupe, a modern version of the famed Daytona Cobra Coupe, in the Concours’ Pleasure Road Rallye on September 14, and…

Today is the 19th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna, who died at Imola in 1994 in what was probably the darkest weekend in the history of motorsports. Senna was one of the most talented drivers ever in F1. What was your best memory of him?

For me, it's Donnington 1993. Senna was in an inferior McLaren Ford, which didn't have active suspension. The race was in the wet, where talent comes to the fore and the car takes a back seat.

Senna started…

VINTAGE: Historic Mercedes F1 Racecar Coming Up For Auction

The 1954 W196 driven to victory by the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio could break world auction record at Bonhams’ sale in July at Goodwood.

Viknesh Vijayenthiran  | …

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I would like to share the February 17, 2013, published article written by Mr. Jim Motavalli, a reporter for The New York Times Automobile section.  Mr. Motavalli thoroughly researched my career, restorations, and customer statements. 

The link is below - I hope that everyone enjoys it as much as all of us did!

Best regards,

Frank Nicodemus

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I posted on another forum about the history of the Viking Formula Ford and got some skeptical messages about the designers.  I was involved with the original designers, John Taylor and Arnie Loyning long before that car was conceived.  We were a group of racers in Tacoma Washington back in the 60's. Taylor and Loyning were old high school friends who started out doing solo events along with Marty Loft before they all went SCCA racing in production cars.  Loyning, Taylor and Loft later formed…

**CHIHUAHUA EXPRESS REMATCH!

Doug Mockett (USA) and Gabriel Perez (MX) will be the prime contenders for the top prize for Pan Am cars in the 2013 Chihuahua Express, April 19-21.  Perez won the Carrera Panamericana handily last October in his new Studebaker.  Expect Paul Hladky (USA) to be up in front as well.

Thus far it looks like around fifty entries, with twenty-two from the US and Canada, a couple from Europe, and one crew from Australia.  One of the…

Photo: Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press

Shown here after a successful emergency landing on July 24, 1983, this Air Canada Boeing 767 went into the history books for the incredible airmanship of its crew, who pulled off the longest…

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High-performance Ferraris, Porsches and American Muscle

Collector Cars from the 1960s and 1970s Round Out

Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island Auction on March 8

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (February 22, 2013) – Gooding & Company, the auction house acclaimed for selling the world’s most significant and valuable collector cars,  is delighted to announce a…

24 Hours of Le Mans Clock & Race Display

You are looking at what auction houses and appraisers have called the:

 “Second Most Famous Clock in the World” for the 24 hours of LeMans in France

This is the Original LeMans…

Carreras News

JANUARY 2013

**CHIHUAHUA EXPRESS, April 19-21

**THE EXPRESS – DAY BY DAY

**PAN AM DATES AND ROUTE

**APPROVAL OF CARS AND ROLL CAGES

**PAN AM REGISTRATION

**CARS FOR SALE

**CARS FOR RENT

**LEGAL

**CONTACT INFO

**CHIHUAHUA EXPRESS, APRIL 19-21

North American and European participation in the Chihuahua Express continues to increase. Drivers from the U.S. have also signed up for the Express Rally Tour, a…

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