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The late 1960's and early '70's World sportscar championship (or "World championship of makes" as it was officially named) saw some legendary cars competing, with the two heavyweight contenders being Ferrari and Porsche. Ferrari had the 330P series, and then the fearsome 512 series. Porsche had the 908, then the 917. The 908 being superseded by the 917 - still in development. It may not have been known at the time, but the 908 chassis still had a lot to give. Firstly the 908-2 variant had the roof removed to turn it into a 'spyder', and run successfully by a number of teams. Whilst the 917 was beginning to prove itself as a race winner, it was also known as a widow-maker due to its unpredictable handling. Therefore Porsche built the ultra lightweight 908-3, with just two races in mind - the Nurburgring 1000km, and the Targa Florio held around the mountainous public roads of Sicily. Although giving away power and straight line speed to the 917, the nimbler 908-3 would prove to be a better option on the twists and turns of these tight circuits. Pedro Rodriguez is shown behind the wheel, speeding to 2nd place in the Targa Florio. One of the sister cars, piloted by Jo Siffert and Brian Redman would take a narrow victory, but Rodriguez's team-mate Leo Kinnunen would cement his place in history as recording the fastest ever lap around the 72km lap, at 33m 36sec as after 1973 the race was abandoned as part of the world championship.
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:10 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:15.25 W x 13.25 H x 1.2 D in
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Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to check out my artwork, and learn a little bit about me. I was born in 1982, in Invercarcargill, the deep south of New Zealand. I grew up surrounded by motorsport, the family home just a couple of minutes' drive to Teretonga - the local race circuit, with speedway, Go - Kart and motorcross tracks all within a stones' throw. My father raced Go - Karts in his early years, before taking up Midget car racing at speedway, and there was usually motorsport on the tv at the weekends when I wasn't watching it in the flesh. I started painting with water paints when I was about 7 or 8 years old. Simple stick figures soon evolved to more complex pictures using arcrylics, as I started to experiment with abstract art as well as keeping my hand in with painting racing cars. In 1999 I started racing Go-Karts, and the lack of available time, as well as other interests meant that only a few artworks were completed between '99 and 2006. A couple of years after leaving school I started studying to become an engineer, becoming qualified in 2006. It was after this, that I was gifted some un-needed art supplies, re-igniting my creative flame The first few works I created in this period were all abstract, as I experimented with different shapes and colours. One of them being "Losing time". I put it on display in a Christchurch art gallery, where it was quickly snapped up by a collector, thus fuelling my passion. After that success, I decided to be selfish and reward myself by getting back into motorsport art. I painted "Master McLaren" and showed a few people, and had such an encouraging response, I decided to do more. Since then on the majority of my work has been motorsport based.
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