I am just posting some photos today.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Today I had a little time on the computer while Terri was running about town and I picked out four photos that I wanted printed. Terri had a few pictures that she wanted printed also so I put them them on a CD and we went to Costco. Our printer is out of ink and I just didn't want to spend $60.00 for ink. To tell you the truth I was very pleased with the results of the one-hour printing at Costco. We had five 8 x 10's, two 5 x 7's and about a dozen 4 x 6's printed and it came to less than 10 bucks. The heck with getting new ink. I don't think that I can print my own photos for that little.
Anyway I am posting the four car photos that I had printed I had two 11 x 14 matted frames for the 8 x 10's and they are hanging on the wall where I put my photos that I really like. I am posting them at this time. The framed photos are of the Ferrari 430 and the Mercedes Headlights. I may get two more frames this weekend and hang the other two photos.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Audi R-10 TDI Diesel
I think this has to be one of the prettiest new modern racecars. The shape is not all that much different from other modern long distance sports racing cars. The colors chosen just make this car stand out. The car has pure sculpture in its design. When I went through my pictures taken of the ALMS prototype cars it seems that I took more pictures of the Audi than all of the others combined.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Sports Racers
I suddenly realized that I have been terribly remiss in posting photos. It has been a week since my last post. I am sorry. Today I am posting some pictures of semi modern Sports racers. I am also posting two sets of photos today. Here is the first set.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
July 8, 2008
No particular theme today. I am posting five photos of several racecars at Miller during the NASA race last month. The cars are as follows, Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper, Turbo NSX and a Porsche 911.
Friday, July 4, 2008
The Art of The Racecar:
Can the racecar be a piece of Art? I think it most definitely is. It is a piece of performance art, a palate for the artist, the sculpture, and a piece of mechanical art. Art should be a pleasure to the eye and even the ear and the soul.. Form equals function I think I read somewhere. I cannot remember very many ugly successful racecars. Aerodynamics comes into play in making a smooth looking racecar. Smoothness means clean airflow, clean airflow means clean lines. Simple lines and form seems to always follow successful racecars.
In the form equals function I think that one of the best examples is the Swift DB4 Formula Ford (an example is attached the yellow FF.) Note in the Swift how compact and clean the lines are. The function of the line of this car is cut through the air as cleanly as possible.
Sculpture, is quite evident in the modern racecar. My example is the Penske Porsche LM2. The bodywork is sculpted around the internal components to create clean sculpted lines that cover the car and still allow the form to function in the matter of aero dynamics.
Another example of sculpting bodywork is the Stohr D-Modified racecar. The body is formed to be extremely efficient and yet be very attractive. The beauty of this car may have been an accident, but this then follows the Form = Function.
An art canvas: I think that BMW and or Porsche started the art car at Le Mans. BMW hired some artists to paint various cars and Porsche had the Pink Pig 917. In that vein I am posting a photo of a current Porsche that sort of qualifies as an art car.
The mechanical bits that make up a racecar can also be works of art in their own right. I think that I may have to leave that for another time. It is getting late and I need to go to bed.
Can the racecar be a piece of Art? I think it most definitely is. It is a piece of performance art, a palate for the artist, the sculpture, and a piece of mechanical art. Art should be a pleasure to the eye and even the ear and the soul.. Form equals function I think I read somewhere. I cannot remember very many ugly successful racecars. Aerodynamics comes into play in making a smooth looking racecar. Smoothness means clean airflow, clean airflow means clean lines. Simple lines and form seems to always follow successful racecars.
In the form equals function I think that one of the best examples is the Swift DB4 Formula Ford (an example is attached the yellow FF.) Note in the Swift how compact and clean the lines are. The function of the line of this car is cut through the air as cleanly as possible.
Sculpture, is quite evident in the modern racecar. My example is the Penske Porsche LM2. The bodywork is sculpted around the internal components to create clean sculpted lines that cover the car and still allow the form to function in the matter of aero dynamics.
Another example of sculpting bodywork is the Stohr D-Modified racecar. The body is formed to be extremely efficient and yet be very attractive. The beauty of this car may have been an accident, but this then follows the Form = Function.
An art canvas: I think that BMW and or Porsche started the art car at Le Mans. BMW hired some artists to paint various cars and Porsche had the Pink Pig 917. In that vein I am posting a photo of a current Porsche that sort of qualifies as an art car.
The mechanical bits that make up a racecar can also be works of art in their own right. I think that I may have to leave that for another time. It is getting late and I need to go to bed.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Ferrari F430's at Miller
It is about time that I posted some photos on this web site. Things have been sort of busy and even a litle bit crazy. We have been watching Lexi for the past week and also had car trouble. The car is back and Lexi goes home on Thursday. We love the little dickens but we are old and having to take care of a sweet special little girl is a lot of work.
This coming weekend at Miller is the Thriller at Miller. This is a Vintage Sports Car race. I am looking forward to this race weekend. In the meantime I am goint to post five photos of Ferrari F430's at Miller. I know that I have already posted some photos of these cars, but I really like Ferrari's. Therefore I am posting another series of photos.
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