Second set of pictures for today.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
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.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Peter's 2003 Z06 Corvette.
Today I promised Peter that I would post a few photos of his very nice 2003 Z06 Corvette. Thanks Peter for your interest. I have a few more photos of this really nice Corvette, but Google only lets me post 5 at a time.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
1983 Porsche 944, #30
Today a few pictures of a Spec. Porsche 944. As a race group these guys put on a great show.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
007 BMW at Miller
I am posting five random photos of Steve Woodard's BMW that I took this weekend during the NASA event at Miller. I still have some edit and sort the photos.
Friday, June 13, 2008
NASA at Miller June 13, 2008
The theme today is red cars at Miller. This weekend NASA is at Miller. I am posting five photos of red cars at Miller. A Lotus, Mustang, Porsche 944,BMW sedan and last but not least a Factory Five Cobra. The Factory Five Cobra has some really neat ghost flames but they don't show up very well on this angle. Next time I will show the flames.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
GT1 cars at Miller ALMS
Time, Time, Time I never seem to have enough of it. Today a quick post of five different GT1 cars at Mille ALMS race a couple weeks ago.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Ferrari F430's at Miller ALMS race.
The font color has to be red. After all this post is showing Ferrari F430's at Miller. I still need to do a Photoshop edit on these pictures to eliminate some dust spots that got into the camera when I was changing lenses.
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