Perennial favorite George Levy introduces his new book, Motorsports Mavericks, with photos by Pete Biro. He talks about the racing personalities of the ’60s, being “someplace else” as a photographer, human connection in motorsports, shooting inches from cars at speed, pulling the tablecloth trick on Bruce McLaren, and the humanity of Dan Gurney.
Alex is joined by none other than Donald Osborne to talk about the interesting POS, sage suggestions for sellers and politicians everywhere, self-editing, ignoring one’s own hard-earned advice, cars as an investment in happiness; driving a Le Monstre replica at Goodwood, and adventures on the old Targa Florio route.
In this latest installment we talk about the problem with Cobras, balancing accuracy with crowd appeal, iconic opening scenes, the dumb downshifts in every racing movie, Tracy Letts, evil composites, 17″ wheels that almost ruin everything, 218 on the Mulsanne, the folder situation at Ford, and the movie’s ranking in the pantheon of racing films.
In this latest installment of our popular One-Year Garage game, Alex, Beck, and podcast newcomer Cameron reveal their favorite cars, trucks, and wild cards of 1997, but not before explaining […]
Alex and Zac discuss bicoastal living, rust and joy for a first-time visitor to the Midwest, a novel way to avoid tolls, and the stellar time we had at the Road America vintage races in July before wrapping up with some recent items from their BaT watchlists.
The whole crew is back to discuss their vintage racing experiences at Road America, interpretations of spec between events, the race car parade to Elkhart Lake, Spotted Cow, notable names at Laguna Seca this weekend, Malibu Grand Prix, and watchlist highlights from this very exciting and high-volume time at BaT.
The creative lead at Donut talks about the new Corvette ZR1, run-ins with Horacio Pagani, branded soap, Car Week traffic, a mystery air dam, BMW window regulators, the $850 911 he bought on BaT, new TV-oriented shows on Donut, price/value in car mods, Y2K spinners, the Great Host Departure, being a Civic liker, and his troubled diesel Cayenne.
Alex pays a Car Week visit to our friends at Mohr Imports to talk about the early days of their partnership, their annual Car Week collection, treating every car the same, a local celebrity, alumni listings, our offers tool, the photographic variety of the Monterey Peninsula, the BaT comments section, and the folks who help them out day to day.
Friend of BaT Jim Huff, connoisseur of the Neue Klasse, talks with Alex and Randy about racing at this year’s Car Week, mixing it up with Giulias and GTAs in his BMW 1800 Ti, developing camaraderie on track, helmet-yelling, the ultimate old-school tow rig, the wooden boat of our dreams, and the 50th annual SAAC meeting.
In this encore episode, the legendary Bruce Meyer talks about his early discovery of BaT, his start as a paper boy, racing motorcycles in college, his first Porsche, race cars built by hot rodders, a lifetime of Cobras, Tahoe in the 1960s, “air cars”, his involvement with the Petersen Automotive Museum, and his love of the LA lowrider community.