Niki Lauda Passes At Age 70 - Social Tributes Rich In Admiration

Favorite Lauda quote as posted by Journalist, Podcast personality, and MPG colleague Mark Greene on his Facebook timeline. Image Credit: Mark Greene via FB (2019) 

Niki Lauda Passes At Age 70 - Social Tributes Rich In Admiration

Niki Lauda, born Andreas Nikolaus Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019), was an Austrian Formula One driver, a three-time F1 World Drivers' Champion, winning in 1975, 1977 and 1984, and an aviation entrepreneur. He was the only driver in F1 history to have been champion for both Ferrari and McLaren, the sport's two most successful constructors. He is widely considered one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time.

As an aviation entrepreneur, he founded and ran three airlines: Lauda Air, Niki, and Lauda. He was a Bombardier Business Aircraft brand ambassador.

He was also a consultant for Scuderia Ferrari and team manager of the Jaguar Formula One racing team for two years. Afterwards, he worked as a pundit for German TV during Grand Prix weekends and acted as non-executive chairman of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, of which Lauda owned 10%.

He passed away from complications undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney problems on 20 May 2019. Lauda died in his sleep at age 70 in the University Hospital of Zürich following a period of ill health. A statement issued on behalf of his family reported that he had died peacefully, surrounded by them.

Various current and former drivers and teams paid tributes on social media and during the Wednesday press conference session before the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.
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“But I also have everything well under control and I can analyze things properly. What drives me crazy is the amount of talking that goes on. I like to make my life simple. I get straight to the point. If it's my mistake, it's my mistake. In motor racing, you learn to achieve the best result in the shortest amount of time. It applies in life too. Be quicker than the others. And don't make mistakes. Even if things fail, have the discipline to find a new way, rather than embarking on a pointless emotional journey." ~ Niki Lauda.


James McNiff - April 17, 2015 
Flash Back Friday: In recognition of the LBGP this weekend; I am reposting this shot from 1976. Niki Lauda in his Ferrari 312T entering the Oueen's Hairpin 39 yrs. ago!


The person who liked childhood or indirectly lived the same era, or the people who were taking a big part of my memory, every time I leave the world, I feel that I am getting older too. It is the origin of the yeongmyeon-eul of the the. 

 Nikki Lauda (1949.2.22 ~ 2019.5.20) 

 The Photo was written at the time of the German Grand Prix in 1976 as a helmet of Nikki Lauda, which was held at the time of the 2012 Korea GP, and the help of the Mercedes-Benz Korea, which was taken at the time of the 2015-Year-OLD KOREA GP.

The Ferrari Museum of Maranello lit only Niki Lauda's F1 today! A great tribute, Ferrari style.

Bravo.

Ferrari's 2019 Monaco livery and helmet for Sebastian Vettel - Godspeed Grand Champion.

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TAGS: Niki Lauda, Ferrari, Formula 1, FIA, F1, BAR, BRM, Ferrari, McLaren, Austria, Lauda Air. Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, The EDJE

The Motorsports Journal Podcast Season 1 Episode 1

The Motorsports Journal Podcast Season 1 Episode 1 

Join Tom Stahler & Edmund Jenks (The EDJE) on this inaugural Motorsports Journal Podcast as we talk about Bump Day(s), F1 Schedule, SRO Motorsports Group Pirelli GT4 America Sprint Series association with Marco Polo Motorsports - and more. 

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TAGS: Motorsports Journal Podcast, Motorsports Journal, Tom Stahler, 103rd INDY500, INDY500, F1 Schedule, SRO Motorsports Group, Pirelli, Pirelli GT4 Sprint Series, Marco Polo Motorsports, Nicolai Elghanayan, Muellerized, The EDJE

Josef Newgarden Tops Scoring Pylon On Day 2 Indy 500 Practice

Josef Newgarden tops the scoring pylon in Day 2 Indy 500 practice from r/motorsports

Josef Newgarden Tops Scoring Pylon On Day 2 Indy 500 Practice 

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Patrick Long's #Luft6 Outdoes Itself With Movieset Backdrop Location

Not your usual car show #luftgekühlt #luft6 — Not your usual custom Porsche vision with the Emory Motorsports 356 RSR on display at Universal Studios Hollywood (center left). Image Credit: Stan Kaplan via FB (2019)

Patrick Long's #Luft6 Outdoes Itself With Movieset Backdrop Location

Oh, to be in Los Angeles and a Porsche automobile marque lover at the beginning of the month of May.

What can best described as an annual Porsche cars & coffee carshow tradition on steroids, #Luft6, or Luftgekühlt (pronounced like "looft-guh-kyoolt" - eh, so-so) which is German for “air cooled,” got it's start as a dream of standout American Porsche factory race car driver, and local SoCal boy, Patrick Long along with noted Southern California creative director Howie Idelson.

This event has a preview party which starts the evening before at The Petersen Automotive Museum. This gathering starts out as a typical Petersen parking roof-top drive in but since this serves a a warm-up for the "Luft" ... nothing seems typical anymore.

Take, for example, this very unique MOMO 356 RSR Outlaw built by Emory Motorsports whose operation is located near McMinnville, Oregon.

As captured here by Petersen photographer Ted Seven, the MOMO 356 RSR Outlaw was sitting in the Petersen Vault before being revealed to all who joined in for the pre-Luftgekühlt 6 gathering.

This excerpted and edited from  Gauge Media Group Inc. -

MOMO Porsche 356 RSR OUTLAW BY EMORY MOTORSPORTS
September 28, 2018

MOMO, in collaboration with Rod Emory at Emory Motorsports, was delighted to unveil the MOMO 356 RSR Outlaw at its public debut during Rennsport Reunion VI at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Rennsport Reunion, Porsche’s heritage event, was the perfect backdrop to reveal this project, which honored MOMO’s 50-year history with Porsche enthusiasts.

The concept for this very special sports car dates back to 2012 when Porsche 356 specialist Rod Emory imagined the ultimate 356, one worthy of Porsche’s RSR designation in reference to the legendary 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. A rendering was posted to social media and led to a call from Henrique Cisneros, Chairman of MOMO Automotive Group in 2014. His aims were clear: “It needed to have cool MOMO wheels and spit flames from the exhaust,” Rod recalled of the conversation.
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Drawing inspiration from MOMO’s classic five-spoke center lock wheels fitted to the Porsche 935 and 962 race cars of the 1970s and ’80s. The result is the MOMO Heritage 5 wheel, which provides a focal point for the MOMO 356 RSR Outlaw.

The wheels measure 17×7” front and 17×8” rear, fitted using original Porsche 911 RSR centerlock hubs. A crowd pleaser since its first public appearance at the 2017 SEMA show, the MOMO Heritage 5 wheel was the basis for the MOMO Heritage 6 wheel launched earlier this year.

Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires – the Italian company’s stickiest road-racing compound – were fitted to all four corners, with 225/45 ZR17 specified for the front and 255/40 ZR17 on the rear.
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The MOMO 356 RSR Outlaw by Emory Motorsports debuted at Rennsport Reunion VI where enthusiasts were able to see it in the MOMO booth. The car also appeared at SEMA 2018, where it showcased MOMO products and promoted the brand.
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This was the first time this special "one of" car created for MOMO will be seen 100% finished and complete - for everything Luftgekühlt 6.

The other grand output from this very special cars & coffee marque party is the photographic images shared on social media.

Best image seen that encapsulates the look and the feel of this very special venue of Universal Studios backlot for Luftgekühlt 6. Stan Kaplan captured that moment in time where light and composition makes it's own statement at leaving the perfect impression. Image Credit: Stan Kaplan via FB (2019)

Strolling the backlot movieset streets filled with air-cooled Porsche after air-cooled Porsche, as with all previous mid-Spring Luftgekühlt events here in ol' Southern California, has one wishing for more.

ADDITIONAL Walk-Around Video >>>

Photographer Kurt Bradley captured this tribute to the 914 during his first Luft event - such a perfect and unequaled backdrop from the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot movieset. Image Credit: Kurt Bradley via Twitter (2019)

ADDITIONAL Images >>>

That's right, Luftgekühlt has evolved into the best one-day mid-Spring annual cars & coffee event, complete with mirror hanger ID locator cards, on steroids ... that, given its early history, will undoubtedly become a Porsche Only Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance style event of LA LA Land - we all welcome its growth and can not wait for what #Luft7 has to offer in venue, experience and images.

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TAGS: Luftgekühlt, #Luft6, #Luft7, Universal Studios, Backlot, Movieset, backdrops, Patrick Long, Howie Idelson, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, #porschetechtalk, The EDJE

“Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy” - Opening Panel Discussion

“Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy” - Panelists and Moderator (Left To Right): George Hull (Film Designer for “Blade Runner 2049,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” etc.) - Josh Hancock (Picture Car Coordinator, President of Joshcar Inc.) - Harald Belker (Automotive Designer for “Total Recall,” “Batman and Robin,” “Minority Report,” “Iron Man,” “Tron,” etc.) - Dennis McCarthy (Motion Picture Car Coordinator for “Black Panther”, “Captain Marvel”, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” etc.) - Moderated by Scott Mantz (film critic, writer, producer, co-founder & President - Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society, resident film critic & film segment producer - Access Hollywood, etc.) - Mike Scheffe ("Knight Rider" - KITT, "Back to the Future," "Starship Troopers," "Spider-Man," instructor at At Center School of Design, etc.) - Bob Gale (Co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of “Back to the Future” and its sequels).

“Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy”  - Opening Panel Discussion

The Petersen Automotive Museum has opened a new exhibit located in the Mullin Family Grand Salon on the first floor, set to run through March 15, 2020, titled “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy.”  This exhibit (over 50 vehicles from 30 production and studio resources, included with The Petersen's own ample collection) is the largest museum exhibition of sci-fi vehicles in the world, and is highlighted by automobiles, costumes, props, and original blueprints from classic and modern-day film series and video games such as "Back to the Future," “Transformers,” “Iron Man,” “Mad Max,” “Halo,” "Knight Rider" - KITT, "Man From U.N.C.L.E." - AMT Piranha, and much more.

The media-only preview on May 4th, 2019 commenced with a panel discussion featuring some of the most celebrated film producers, movie car designers, and coordinators of the past 30+ decades who covered some of the backstories of some of film’s most iconic vehicles, discuss how Hollywood’s “cars of the future” are created, and what they think could be next.

The panel discussion was moderated by film critic, writer, producer Scott Mantz who introduced himself as not just a film and car geek ... but with the added level of also being a huge Si-Fi fan as well, so he was over the moon to be included with this group of folks to interview/moderate.

Here Bob Gale, creator of the "Back To The Future" time transporter, shows the attention to the detail of having Doc Brown as inventor of the first time machine, built out of a DeLorean sports car, was fashioned from a home-based garage using "shade tree mechanic" techniques - mounted open wires and zip ties. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (2019)

The panelists included: 

** George Hull (Film Designer for “Blade Runner 2049,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” etc.)

** Josh Hancock (Picture Car Coordinator, President of Joshcar Inc., etc.)

** Harald Belker (Automotive Designer for “Total Recall,” “Batman and Robin,” “Minority Report,” “Iron Man,” “Tron,” etc.)

** Dennis McCarthy (Motion Picture Car Coordinator for “Black Panther”, “Captain Marvel”, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” etc.)

** Mike Scheffe ("Knight Rider" - KITT, "Back to the Future," "Starship Troopers," "Spider-Man," instructor at At Center School of Design, etc.)

** Bob Gale (Co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of “Back to the Future” and its sequels)

If the opening and display is an indicator as to the success of this unique presentation and collection of extremely rare and artistic examples of imagination coming to life, it is possible that this exhibit may get an extension from its planned March 15, 2020 closing date.

... notes from The EDJE




TAGS: The Petersen Automotive Museum,  Mullin Family Grand Salon, Hollywood Dream Machines, Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 53 vehicles, 30 studios, props, cars, vehicles, Microsoft, Audi Lexus, Batman, Transformers, Bumble Bee, Back To The Future, The EDJE

Speedway Bikes Score Timeless Motor Culture Display Points At "Museum 41" Display At Cody Products

Museum 41 Poster honoring the Champion Milne Brothers who set their campaign records in the 1930's. Image Credit: Howie Zechner (2019)

Speedway Bikes Score Timeless Motor Culture Display Points At "Museum 41" Display At Cody Products

The Internet and its social media components allow for a greater level of sharing experiences than ever before when compared to the previous communications era of print media and/or high school auditorium presentations via slideshow.

For example, without knowing a gentleman such as Howie "Raz" Zechner, the only way one might be able to gain an appreciation for Speedway Bike Racing to a grand level, the above channels would only give one a glimpse and a very tiny window upon which to mull over and absorb all that might impress, inform and entertain.

Books, magazines and original period photographs are on display along with the motorcycles that competed in Speedway Racing worldwide. Image Credit: Howie Zechner (2019)

Consider the 240 image photo album and text posted by Raz on his Facebook page of a gathering of Speedway Bike motor-culturists in Garden Grove, California.

Bobby Cody, successional owner of Cody Racing, Garden Grove, created what will become an annual exhibition, using his father's, speedway bike champion "Wild Bill Cody", National Number 41 to title the gathering "Museum 41" given that the original items for the display were in contained the collection of Bill Cody and friends/competitors known along the way.

Museum 41 Story - Sunday, April 22, 2018 >>>

This had to be shared beyond the confines of Howie Zechner's social media, and with a simple EMBED code provided by the FB Tool, we, at Motorsports Journal are compelled to do just this act, post the Zechner entry for all to find from an additional communications web portal.

Please spend some time, read the words, and spend some real quality time to look at the images and become impressed, informed and entertained.

Thank you, Raz.

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TAGS: Speedway, Motor Culture, Historic, Display, Museum 41, Cody Products, Garden Grove, Wild Bill Cody, Bobby Cody, Raz, Howie Zechner, The EDJE

BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach With Five-Time Class Winner Oliver Gavin

Corvette Racing's Car No. 4 Brit driver Oliver Gavin navigates Turn 2 known as The Fountain Turn. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (2019)

BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach With Five-Time Class Winner Oliver Gavin

Oliver Gavin, a GM factory driver for Corvette Racing for 15 years and an ambassador for Chevrolet UK, he competes in Europe, the USA and Australia, while remaining a dedicated family man, fitness fanatic and marathon runner.

This interview finds Oliver the day before taking to the track in his effort to secure a sixth Class win in the BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach. This race is the shortest race of the season at 100 minutes, having two races - one being the 24 Hours at Daytona and the other being the 12 Hours at Sebring.



Oliver discusses with Edmund Jenks, Managing Editor - Performance & Racing Tech Talk | Motorsports Journal, the kinds of racing that takes place including his favorite section of the course and how consistency plays such an important role.

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TAGS: WeatherTech Sports Car Challenge, GTLM, Oliver Gavin, 5_Time Class Winner, Turn 9, Turn 10, Turn 11, AGPLB, The EDJE