Author: ChiliBoy

Hope you had a great Fourth of July!

We are offering an Advance Order Special on 2 1/43 scale Ferrari P2’s announced by LookSmart while we were eating hot dogs and blowing off fireworks. Details HERE.

McLaren Formula 1 Car by Car: Every Race Car Since 1966

by Stuart Codling        Foreword by Mika Hakkinen

$60.00 – Order HERE

Explore 60 thrilling years of McLaren Formula 1 race cars in this handsome volume, complete with detailed specs, stunning photography, a foreword by twice World Champion Mika Häkkinen, and the full competition record for every car.

McLaren has been a top Formula 1 competitor and innovator since it fielded founder and driver Bruce McLaren’s first car, the M2B, in 1966. Just two years later, Bruce scored the team’s first grand prix win. Tragically, he was killed in 1970 while testing his Can-Am car at Goodwood.

Despite the heavy loss of its founder, McLaren carried on, scoring its first of twelve championships in 1974 with Emerson Fitipaldi. McLaren’s roster of F1 Champions includes such greats as James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna, and modern master Lewis Hamilton.

Equally legendary are the cars themselves, including the: 1960s M7A – 1970s M23 – 1980s MP4/2 – 1990s MP4/5 – 2000s MP4-23 and today’s MCL 60.

As the second longest-running team in F1 (surpassed only by Ferrari), McLaren holds twelve Drivers Championships and eight Constructor’s titles.

McLaren Formula 1 Car by Car chronicles every McLaren Formula 1 car in chronological order, featuring an overview of each car’s significant features and evolution, its technical specifications, and its competition record accompanied by historic and contemporary images.

Featuring a Foreword from two-time F1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen, McLaren Formula 1 Car by Car details the amazing race cars and drivers that have cemented McLaren’s reputation as one of the most dominant manufacturers in F1 history making this book a must-have for every McLaren and F1 fan.

Hardbound | 224 pages

Porsche 911: 60 Years

by Randy Leffingwell

$60.00 – Order HERE

Celebrate six decades of rear-engine excellence with this beautifully illustrated exploration of 60 milestone Porsche 911s.

Porsche’s 911 is the quintessential sports car—focused, purposeful, race-proven, and exciting. Since its prototype debut in 1963, the 911 has defied expectations while never losing its form or its giant-slaying heart. 
 
In Porsche 911 60 Years, best-selling Porsche author Randy Leffingwell delves into the stories of sixty 911s—one from each year from 1964 to 2024. The 911’s entire history—engineering, design, development, racing, and culture—is revealed one fantastic car at a time. This unique approach to the 911’s legacy includes such icons as:
 

• 1964 901 Cabriolet prototype
• Bruce Jennings 1967 911 S
• 1971 911 S Safari
• Louise Piech 1975 930 Turbo
• Le Mans-winning 1980 935 K3
• 1987 Ruf CTR Yellowbird
• 1991 964 Carrera RS
• 1997 Ruf Turbo R
• 1998 996 GT1 Le Mans winner
• 2006 50th Anniversary Porsche Club of America 911 coupe
• 2010 911 Sport Classic
• 2018 Turbo S Exclusive
• 2023 Dakar
• And many more

 
Porsche 911 60 Years is also the story of the people behind the cars: Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche, who co-designed the 911’s timeless shape and his successors, Anatole Lapine, Harm Laggaaij, and Michael Mauer; Peter W. Schutz, the Porsche CEO who saved the 911 from the cutting-room floor and the Porsche leaders who carried on, most notably Wendelin Wiedeking; engineering geniuses such as Dr. Helmuth Bott, Hans Mezger, and Valentin Schaeffer; and stylists and modelers Gerhard Schroeder, Heinrich Klie, Peter Reisinger, Anthony Hatter, and Grant Larson.

Each profiled car is accompanied by historic photography from Porsche’s own archive, and beautiful, contemporary photography features throughout. Porsche 911 60 Years is an essential volume for any Porsche owner or fan’s collection.

Harebound | 304 pages

Tecnomodel will produce both 1/18 and 1/43 scale resin models of the Ferrari 246/256 Dino Formula 1 car. Sets of 4 each ( 1/18 will be numbered Limited Editions) featuring races from 1959 and 1960 are planned, including Phil Hill’s 1960 Italian Grand Prix winner, seen above (1/18) and below (1/43).

Tecnomodel will also produce a series of 5 different Lotus 24 Formula 1 cars as raced in 1962, including Jim Clark’s BARC 200 Aintree winning car #5 seen below.

Advance order deadline for all three series is July 17, 2024.

On Friday, BBR announced a series of 1/43 scale Limited Edition resin models of the victorious #50 Ferrari 499P and its two stablemates from last weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.

We have been able to reserve small quantities of each. Details below.

Enjoy this great weekend of racing at Catalunya, Laguna Seca and Watkins Glen! 

Paul

BBR is first out of the box to announce plans to produce 1/18 scale resin models of all three Ferrari 499P HyperCars from the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, including the winning #50. 

We are now accepting advance orders. No ETA announced but with BBR, expect to wait at least a year for delivery

Reserve your copy HERE.

Arriving next week!!!

Reserve your copy HERE.

LookSmart will produce the Charles Leclerc 2024 Monaco Grand Prix winning Ferrari SF-24 along with the third place finishing Ferrari of Carlos Sainz in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale.

Advance order deadline is Tuesday, June 25. Click HERE to order.

Reserve your copy now for late June delivery:

AUTOMOBILSPORT #40 (02/2024) – English edition

Cover story
BMW at Le Mans 1937–2024

• Starting off with a class win – The first two outings at Le Mans in 1937 and 1939
• Coupés de grâce – BMW touring cars at Le Mans 1972–1977
• Flying colours – BMW’s Art Cars at Le Mans
• Baptism of fire at La Sarthe – The BMW M1 at Le Mans
• Powered by BMW – Customer cars with BMW engines at Le Mans 1965–2016
• Perfect Debut – The McLaren F1 GTR at Le Mans 1995–1998
• Portrait of a Winner – The BMW V12 LM and LMR 1998 to 2000
• Not spoilt with success – M3 GT2 and M8 GTE
• Gearing up for 2024 – BMW M Hybrid and BMW M4 GT3

Also in this issue… 

• René de Boer on the Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection
• Eckhard Schimpf about Klaus Ludwig
• John Nikas about The Amelia vs. Moda Miami
• Kerry Morse on the F.A.T. Ice Race in Aspen
• Franz Ponder on the preparations for the Monaco Historic GP
• Jacob Queißner on the Lotus 24 Chassis 947
• and many more!

The magazine contains a large-sized fold out poster of the cover story including illustrations and technical data of the BMW 3.0 CSL 1973 on the back.

Language:	English
Number of pages:	176
Dimensions:	ca. 8.3″ x 11.7″ (210 x 297 mm)

$25.00 – Reserve HERE

Good Morning.

We start out the week with the second set of 1/43 scale resin models in the BBR Competition series. It contains 4 versions of the 2023 Ferrari 296 GT3, three from Daytona and one from the 24 Hours of Spa.

Click HERE for details.