Rusty, the most iconic BMW, is dead
Rusty, "The Godfather", which we presented several times before, is dead. Destroyed in a fire. We would like to offer our sincere condolences to Mike Brroughs. Visit stanceworks.com for more details.
Via Jalopnik and Lowered.eu.
Chromjuwelen Road Movie: 44 minutes and 44 seconds
Ever since we are doing Chromjuwelen.com, we are dreaming of "Chromjuwelen Road Movies". To capture outtakes, "behind the scene" material and shaky cell phone videos. Here it is—our first movie. Enjoy!
Please check out Chromjuwelen.com for more details.
Chromjuwelen En Route: Continental Tire Challenge, Rolex 24 at Daytona
"Fascinting Daytona Beach"
"Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge: Lyonel Kent"
"Rolex 24 at Daytona: (Patrick) Dempsey Racing"
Finally—our Grand-Am/Daytona Beach videos which we shot in the course of our Brand Ambassadorship for Continental are ready. Sorry fellas—German only. Props to Dean Malay (Producer), Jan Wigger (Camera) and Christian Tomes (Editing).
Appearance in alphabetical order:
Greg Cates (Team Manager), Dempsey Racing
Patrick Dempsey (Team Principal, Driver Rolex 24 at Daytona), Dempsey Racing
Charles Espenlaub (Driver Rolex 24 at Daytona), Dempsey Racing
Joe Foster (Team Principal, Driver Rolex 24 at Daytona), Dempsey Racing
Andy Green (Andy Green is the current holder of the World Land speed record, and the first person to break the sound barrier on land)
Lyonel and Danielle Kent (Driver Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge)
Buz McKim, NASCAR Hall of Fame
Tom Long (Driver Rolex 24 at Daytona), Dempsey Racing
Matthias Schönberg, Continental Tire The Americas
C. J. Wilson, Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers
Make sure you visit Chromjuwelen.com for the full article and photo galleries!
Sneak Preview: NASCAR Hall of Fame
On our way to the Continental Tire Challenge and Rolex 24 at Daytona (GRAND-AM) we stopped at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte to meet Buz McKim. Buz gives us a brief overview on the NASCAR history. For a "NASCAR Hall of Fame"-gallery hit on of the images above. Or just use this link.
This is a sneak preview—we will publish a full coverage of our latest trip soon.
I want to be Max Rockatansky
I would like to assume that the majority of gearheads, who are nonstop mulling over of how they could modify their jalopy, have one thing in common: They love (post-)apocalyptic movies like Mad Max, Escape from New York (“Die Klapperschlange”), Death Race 2000 or Battletruck.
When I got my first car in the early 90s, a VW Scirocco MK1, the first thing I had to do was to paint it matt black. I didn’t mind it was raining when I painted that car. Au contraire—the pimpled paint was even more authentic in my eyes. And if you know the German police and TÜV, you probably can imagine how much fun it was to drive around in a wannabe Mad Max veedub.
To be honest, I am not sure what exactly went wrong with me, that I am addicted to those life negating and destructive movies. But “I am the last survivor” stories and post-nuke sagas have always inspired me and will ever do. More than that, this interest evolved into a secret code, which helps me identifying soulmates. It simply separates those, who are more interested in polishing their industry standard iron to death from those, who have got enough cojones to start something new.
Why am I telling this? I just flipped through my site referrers and stumbled upon an address: Futuro Finale 2088AD. So, if you love Max Rockatansky or Snake Plissken as much as I do, head over! Futuro Finale 2088AD is a marvelous paradise for the "Last Days".
In the meantime I will call up Mr. Thomsen that he has to pick me up in his Falcon. Now. Or in his Cortina. Or with his Kawa ...
Leningrad Cowboys Go Mexico
I am green with envy. 2009 Mr. Pixeleye went to Mexico and accompanied the Leningrad Cowboys when they raced the legendary La Carrera Panamericana. Slideshow!
"La cucaracha, la cucaracha,
Ya no puede caminar;
Porque no tiene, porque le falta
Marihuana pa' fumar"
Sneak Preview: General Tire Mint 400 (Showreal)
My colleagues from autobild.tv just accomplished the first video from our mind blowing trip to Las Vegas. Enjoy!
Stay tuned, more will come ...