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1970
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Periscopo Corvette Mantaray 427 1969 Brabham BT29 F2 1969 Porsche 908 M2 The Formula had Changed In 1968 the FIA lowered the prototype displacement to 3 liters. Yet the grids were still filled with GT40s and Lola T70s. In a nod to these teams the FIA opened a new loop hole allowing a new sports racing class of 5 liters. This would fall under new homologation requirements; rather than 50 cars produced, it was lowered to 25. Rather than a simple 5 liter class with an expiration date on the older team cars, it initiated one of the great competition series. To meet the challenge Porsche created the 917. Maranello responded with the 512. The public responded with enough enthusiasm that Steve McQueen made a film. Ferrari 512 Poesche 917 Porsche 911 1969 Eagle Foyt-Ford 1969 McLaren M10A F5000 Alfa Romeo Montreal 1970 Lola T212 Lancia Fulvia HF 1971 McKee Mk12C 1972 McKee Mk18 1972 Mirage GR7 1972 Lola T290 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Last of the Berlinetti
Part I
1960
1963 Ferrari 250P Lotus on ironing board 911 Whale Tails 1964 Porsche 906 Converging Lines Porsche redefines itself as a limited production sports racing car company with the 904, establishing its reputation through victory at the Targa. Automobili Turismo e Sport 2500 GT Ferrari GTO 64 1964 Shelby Cobra Coupe Normal Evolution of Type Shelby decides to bend the rules by convincing the FIA that the new Coupe is just a roaster with a roof. The deception lasted just long enough to take the GTIII championship, and just successful enough to embarrass the GT effort. 1964 Ferrari 250 LM Chaparral 2 1965 Lotus 41 Shelby 350 Mustang 1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6 1966 Pontiac GTO Lamborghini 400 GT Lola T70 1966 Corvette 427 Ferrari 375 GTB 1966 Pininfarina Ferrari 365P Berlinetta Speciale 1967 Ford Mark IV 1967 Ferrari P4 & 412P Lamborghini Miura 1967 Ferrari 312 1967 Gurney Eagle Westlake 1967 Ferrari 312 McLaren M6 B 1969 Dino 206 GT 1969 Porsche 911
Part II
1970
Future Defined by Watercolor In the dining room of ItalDesign's headquarters in Turin are a number of watercolor paintings. All signed by Giorgetto Giugiaro they place his radically modern designs at speed through Italian landscapes. From these sketches came a complete rethinking of engineering, design and ergonomics that would reshape the automobile, and refresh the world's roads with the contemporary. Maserati Boomerang 1973 AJ Watson Eagle 1975 Vel’s Parnelli Jones 4B Cosworth Wolf WR5 Lotus 78 1976 Ferrari 312 T2 Lotus 79 1976 Ferrari 312 T5 1979 Tyrrell 009
Part II
1980
Lotus 81 Ferrari 308s in a line 1981 Lola T600 1980 Eagle Chevy 1980s Hot Rods Tale of two chassis, and the racing acronyms In 1981 the FIA and the new North American racing league IMSA, decided to create two new racing classes, Group C for the former, and GTP for the latter. A minor variation in design requirements between the two, then resulted the FIA's Group C1 and IMSA GTP lights. Ironically as the acronyms continued to expand through the names of competitors cars and sponsors, The FIA, with its twelve races, and IMSA's twenty six races achieved their goal of reinvigorating European and North American racing…and the gate of every race reflected this. 1987 Spice SE87 Buick 1988 Porsche 962C Neighborhood Drive An unlikely meeting results in the spontaneous opportunity to drive one of the great cars of the 1980s. Kevin Kalkhoven, Indy Team owner, made certain it was a drive to remember. Ferrari F-40 Monza by Proxy Enzo Ferrari had passed away less than a month before the Italian Grand Prix. This factor alone promised to make the race at Monza a madhouse. I had been in-country on business for almost three weeks. The combination of these two factors made the invitation to attend Monza as a guest intriguing. The decision to watch it at a bar in Zurich made for a much more relaxed afternoon. Considering the results, the afternoon lacked none of the promised enthusiasm.
1990
Just Outside Munich (1991) " I had arranged this TV production with BMW North America's director of special promotions. My own motivation was to tell the story of the Motorsport division and the car they actually made: the M5. As the Eighties had progressed, it seemed every BMW was wearing an M badge. The more suspect the Beemer, the more pronounced the badge." BMW Motorsport M5 BMW Motorsport 850i Lamborghini Diablo & friends 1991 Bugatti EB110 Campogalliano Autumn "We were the first TV crew to cover the new EB110 after its debut in Paris. We soon realized there was something important going on within the works at Campogalliano. Something of a renaissance actually. No, it wasn't the myth wrapped in the rebirth of the Bugatti name. Many a trust fund enthusiast over the years had brought together just enough capital to fail reviving a great name. No, what had touched me was an underlying excitement that something truly modern was going on here." Alfa Romeo GTV McLaren F1 GTR Mercedes CLK GTR 1997 Porsche GT1 Disgruntled Hoods Marcos ItalDesign Nazca ItalDesign Alfa Schigera Driving Through Another Dimension "Fabrizio and I had taken off from Quail Lodge and motored briskly east up Carmel Valley. We got to the intersection of Los Laureles grade, made the left, and nailed it up hill. I was driving as Fabrizio filled me in on what he had wanted to achieve with this compound curve carbon fiber research project. This Nazca M12 was Fabrizio’s first personally directed design and engineering project to come from his Dad’s firm ItalDesign." Miles and Fabrizio Lotus Elise Ghosts
