Our latest Success Story was penned by BaT member ChevyJ, who won one of the 56 1988 Corvette Challenge spec racers from eyedrron in a July 2025 BaT auction:
I’ll be completely honest: I literally didn’t have a good answer when I was confronted with the question: “What are you going to do with it?” I just always wanted one, so I suppose I’ll drive it.
Our latest Success Story was penned by BaT member ChevyJ, who won one of the 56 1988 Corvette Challenge spec racers from eyedrron in a July 2025 BaT auction:
I’ll be completely honest: I literally didn’t have a good answer when I was confronted with the question: “What are you going to do with it?” I just always wanted one, so I suppose I’ll drive it.
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.
BaT member Ctsvr brought his CTS-V race car, which he won from Dlawrench back in November 2024, back into to the public spotlight at Road Atlanta. He recently wrote in to tell us about his Cadillac and included some great photos and a video of the car in action!
As a Cadillac CTS-V enthusiast (specifically the first-generation V1), I naturally had my notifications turned on specifically for that model on Bring a Trailer. When I saw this Cadillac CTS-V.R up for sale, I knew I had to make it happen. I had previously attempted to purchase one of the other chassis out of a private collection, but was never able to come to an agreement on the deal.
With the Gruppe P collection from Bond Group and Road Scholars, we’ve been celebrating Porsche’s 75th anniversary for three years running. With the superlative Stuttgarters they keep bringing to the site, the collection (now at nine parts and counting) just keeps getting more exciting. Several of the Porsches offered in Part IX have our jaws on the floor, including our first-ever Porsche 904 GTS, our third Porsche 910 (the first—chassis #022—appeared in Part I), a pair of 356 Speedsters with your choice of taillights, a factory-built 914-6 GT Group 4 racer, and a Carrera GT with less than 2k miles on the clock.
After his coverage of this year’s Le Mans Classic, we thought that kobus had been to the top of the mountain. But his enthusiasm continues unabated, and he played a big role in thie year’s Lime Rock Historics—behind the scenes, behind the lens, and behind the wheel. Here’s his coverage of the event, which included some very interesting cars that came up on last week’s episode of the BaT Podcast with Donald Osborne like the Drinkwater “Le Monstre” replica and the Cunningham C4RK coupe.
Lime Rock Park—Salisbury, CT, August 28–September 1
This Success Story comes to us from BaT member SRA59, who won this 2016 Wolf Racing Cars GB08 SM from jcarson72 in an August 2025 BaT auction:
When this BaT listing first appeared before me, it felt like fate. It was for a 2016 Wolf GB08 SM featuring a carbon-fiber tub, a sequential gearbox, and a look that screamed with purpose. The auction page was alive with dreamers and bench racers, but I wasn’t one of them—I was hunting for keeps. The final hour of bidding was a blur filled with heartbeats and refresh clicks. My palms were slick against the keyboard as the bidding climbed. The Wolf had lived its life on circuits I’d only watched online, but I could already envision it unloading under the Texas sun at MotorSport Ranch in Cresson, Texas. It was like hearing the starter drop the flag on a brand-new chapter of my life once the timer hit zero and the listing was marked “sold.”
BaT member NK_TiSA is a vintage racing legend in his own right, and recently kicked off a period transformation of the Ex-Peter Herke ’68 BMW 1600-2 racer that he won from smdickey in an August 2025 BaT auction. He wrote in to tell us the story of his purchase and give an update on work in progress:
I have been racing cars for over six decades. Over the last few years, I’d been having the thought that it may be time to hang up my helmet. With that in mind, I thought about selling my collection of vintage BMW race cars, so my kids wouldn’t have to deal with them if and when. It began with the sale of my beloved BMW 700 racer, which I sold on BaT at the end of 2023.
“The surprise comes when the road is clear or a fine track like Continental is spread out ahead. This Bocar hurls itself forward with an effortless violence at any speed and in any gear. It just doesn’t care.”
-Karl E. Ludvigsen, Sports Cars Illustrated Editor
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This article about the Bocar XP-6 was clipped from the January 1960 issue of Sports Cars Illustrated, and initially appeared here while discussing the Bocar XP-7R from 911r in the Weekly Weird and Wonderful a few months back. We found ourselves coming back to that car repeatedly, and decided that Bocar needed to be presented all unto itself. The piece, written and photographed by SCI editor Karl E. Ludvigsen, showcased Bob Carnes’ latest Bocar creation at the time, and included a some interesting background on his now-obscure operation.
BaT member dargt3, an accomplished vintage racer, won this Dodge Charger NASCAR racer from Bulletmotorsportsinc in an October 2025 BaT auction. He recently wrote in with an update on the car and his future plans for it:
In late 2025, HSR dropped its 2026 schedule. On it was a race that had never appeared in the past: it was for NASCAR Cup cars, included as part of the NASCAR Classic Series at the 2026 Le Mans Classic Legend happening in July. I had raced a Porsche RSR during the 2018 Classic 24 Hour race, and vowed if I ever had the opportunity to go back, I would do so. I’ve owned a number of vintage race cars, including an R8 LMS Audi, a few Porsches, a 1969 Trans-Am Camaro, and an IROC Firebird, among others. But I didn’t own a NASCAR Cup car, and the day the schedule was announced, my search for one was afoot.