Founded in 1992, the team has competed in the firestone firehawk series, motorola cup, imsa gt championship, american le mans series, grandam cup, rolex sports car series, michelin pilot challenge, fia world endurance championship under the chip ganassi racing uk banner and the 24 hours of le mans. Now, audi has been at the top of their game when it comes to endurance racing. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. This minidoc follows rothsport racings porsche 911 rally team in mexico, and you need to watch it right now.
Talk turns to the ultimate 911 specification, why so many cars now have sport buttons, the appeal of time attack racing, and the pain of scrapping one of colin mcraes rally cars. Dickie meadens opinion on the driving experience car, driver, road. Richard dean founder of united autosports and former. Click to show race results for gentlemen drivers pre66 gt cars championship 2018. Vanwall won the inaugural constructors championship in 1958, in the process allowing moss and brooks to finish second and third in the drivers standings, winning three races each. The swiftuneprepared mini dickie meaden will race at the 2018. Richard meins lmp3 endurance racing car driver with. Any racing driver worth their salt will rank the experience of chasing the sunrise or racing into the sunset as the. Richard allens bequest to the air ambulance the ferrari. Not only is this car the beginning of the rs lineup, but its a narrowtired, lightweight, and powerful trackoriented car with all the idiosyncrasies these cars are known for. Since 20 this is the most successful capri ever raced. Meaden s love for the subaru impreza always leads back to those early turbos with allwheel drive and a price tag of just under. Note that the mono is 3s quicker than rxc on anglesey and 1s slower on blyton park outer. View richard meadens profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
The f50 was powered by a formula 1 derived engine, had no driver aids. This had been another fabulous donington historic festival. Find everything in one place on richard meaden including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis. Racing in the rain can both equalise car performance and emphasise driver skill difference and in an openwheeler it can be hair raising last. Former btcc racer james hanson put paul pochciols broadspeed jaguar xj12c replica fourth on 2. Richard meaden director richard meaden media ltd linkedin. The 47yearold died following a horror crash in surrey on. The 2017 running of the donington historic festival also coincided with the 40 th anniversary of donington parks reopening, and fittingly over 450 classic motor racing machines, many with a rich sporting history, had been attracted to the 7 th running of the event. Richard meaden on ford capri, ford capri rs, rennwagen. In this blog, richard meaden dwells on the enthusiasts love for cars, and. He famously drove for the mercedesbenz team from 19371939 in the mercedesbenz w154 car, winning the 1938 german grand. See more ideas about race cars, racing and indy cars.
Apart from the very occasional blip, its rarely a cause for concern in historics. Mar 09, 2018 popular motorsport presenter henry hopefrost has been killed in a motorbike accident. It was auctioned off on wednesday, but not before richard meaden at evo got to drive it. Richard meaden racing career profile driver database.
The star of rm auctions listings for any racing nerd was this beautiful porsche 911 rally car. Richard meadon racing career profile driver database. This well known white and red ford capri rs 3100 group 2 was originally built in 20 to the maximum specifications by ric wood for his own use. Motor racing presenter henry hopefrost killed in motorbike. He successfully raced the car himself in 20 and 2014, between 2015 to 2016 it was raced by richard meaden and grant tromans and since 2017 by richard meaden and gerard lopez. Get a brief bio and browse all of the articles richard meaden has written for motortrend. Robarts began his career in formula ford, competing from 1969 to 1972. Racings wildest series threw up racings wildest car. Gt40p classic endurance racing 1 return to 2017 dix mille tours report more ford gt40 images tweet. Porsche guru richard tuthill sits down for a chat with chris harris and edward lovett. Latest pics and the full story on astons new endurance racer.
Motoring journalist and seasoned racing driver richard meaden will be driving for team toyota gb at the britcar 24. Not only is this car the beginning of the rs lineup, but its a narrowtired, lightweight, and powerful trackoriented car with all the idiosyncrasies these cars are known. Evos richard meaden drives le mans winning audi r18 e. Racing lines with dickie meaden motor sport magazine. Richard meaden blog when imperfect cars were perfect cars. If you have god on your side, everything becomes clear ayrton senna.
The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. In point of fact, you can never really be a quick 911 driver until youve spent a significant amount of time in the drivers seat getting a feel for the. Click on the link to be directed to a photograph of the person. With a rasping, earbattering blast of sound, the aircooled eight snapped and snarled to life. Meaden, whos become a dab hand in the historicracing world, thanks to impressive pace aboard a variety of machines, backed up by wins this year at the 74 th goodwood members meeting and the silverstone classic, is strapped into the exbrian wingfield, paul lanzanteprepared v8 and hes on a quick one. Not only is this car the beginning of the rs lineup, but its a narrowtired, lightweight, and powerful trackoriented car with all the idiosyncrasies these cars are. Ayrton senna was a brazilian racing driver and formula one world champion. The 47yearold died following a horror crash in surrey on thursday night. Catchpole skilled amateur bovingdon ditto meaden gt racing pro. Richard robarts born 22 september 1944 in bicknacre, essex is a british former racing driver from england. In august 1997 i got asked by a client to go along to silverstone race circuit to give his. Evo contributor and worldclass driver, richard meaden, shows us just how to extract every iota of oomph from a tangerine orange 2. Multimatic motorsports is the competition arm of multimatic engineering. Richard meins lmp3 endurance racing car driver with united autosports united autosports.
Bobby rahal is an american auto racing driver who was the first one to become an american auto racing driver and team owner. Lotus 25 a racing car designed by colin chapman for the 1962 formula one season. Career details the racing career of richard meaden. Head of race strategy at alfa romeo racing orlen f1 team. If ever there was a racing car to capture the imagination, it was the porsche 917. Keogh darrell king ron king frank kleinig richard knight larry kogge fritz kohoul. When racing in several series in a season the chronologically later participation is always on top. On board richard meadens gt40 spa 6 hours pole lap. Richard meaden decided to go out and buy himself a toy in the shape of a. The festival and circuit organising team just seem to get it, be it the friendly and welcoming circuit staff, the excellent commentary team, the ability to get touch close to millions of pounds worth of famous racing cars, a fantastic selection of races across the weekend and now the freedom to roam over the entire infield. In 1973 he drove a grd in formula three and shared the lombard north central, british. Vanwall vw5 vanwall was a motor racing team and racing car constructor that was active in formula one during the 1950s.
Sep 18, 2017 learn to drive a porsche 911 carrera 2. Richard dean is a former british racing driver and coowner of united autosports. He is also a multiple race and championship winner in many different formulas, including british gt, and the oulton park gold cup. He participated in 4 formula one world championship grands prix, debuting on january 1974.
Popular motorsport presenter henry hopefrost has been killed in a motorbike accident. Strong start to aston martins nurburgrin g 24 hours charge. He famously drove for the mercedesbenz team from 19371939 in the mercedesbenz w154 car, winning the 1938 german grand prix. Tom cruise test drives red bull racing f1 car duration. If you have god on your side, everything becomes clear ayrton senna he made his formula one debut with tolemanhart in 1984 before moving to the most proper man to have lived pure racing. May 21, 2007 get a brief bio and browse all of the articles richard meaden has written for motortrend. Quick vic elford, retired legendary porsche works driver and f1 racer, stepped into a 1968 porsche 908k racing car and cranked over its 3. Ayrton senna king of speed the karting years clasp garage. That long moment when theres no more lock left dickie meaden saves a big moment during the st marys trophy in the 2017 goodwood. Motoring journalist and seasoned racing driver richard meaden will be driving for team toyota gb at the britcar 24 hours. Richard meaden official site of british gt championship. Click your web browser back button to return to this page. Sharing the incredible world of car culture with a global community of codrivers. Uk born richard meins races for the united autosports team in the lmp3 class.
Surround yourself with 400 litres of race fuel and fire up that 1200bhp flat12. The 20 richest racing drivers in the world 2019 wealthy. Richard meaden is gt racing pro driver with a 15 year long career, bovingdon is not. Richard is a previous le mans 24 hours race winner, winning the gt2 class in 2006. Before i begin telling you about richard meadens christmas present, let me take this opportunity to wish all readers a merry christmas and happy holidays. He made his race debut in 1993, and since then has raced in various onemake series with ginetta, vauxhall, renault and porsche, and has competed in the. Articles by richard meaden freelance journalist muck rack. Find richard meadens email address, contact information, linkedin, twitter. Richard john beattie seaman 4 february 19 25 june 1939, was one of the greatest prewar grand prix drivers from britain. Im sure im not the only driver who with a nervous laugh refers to. The german automaker has dominated at le mans 24 hours in the recent past. Oct 01, 2012 evos dickie meaden drives michael schumachers 1998 ferrari formula 1 car. The wailing ford capri a ric woodbuilt cologneinspired evocation, powered by a 3. Rahal has won three championships and 24 races in the cart.
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