If your in the area of Vista, California or looking for a solid Saturday morning driven then head over to HRE Wheels for quite an Open House. The Open House includes a factory tour showing how these wheels are designed, manufactured, and finished in house right here in California.

Where:
2611 Commerce Way Suite D
Vista, CA 92081

When:
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Time:
7:30am to 11:30am

A great video shot with a Canon 7D of the American LeMans race at Laguna Seca. The video features some great shots of the GT2 class including the Falken Porsche, Ferrari F-430, and the BMW teams. A well produced quick video featuring the fun and excitement of the ALMS series. If you haven’t been to an event in person, you should make a weekend out of an upcoming ALMS race.

Check out the 24 Hours of Nordschleife video that shows the Schnitzer BMW racing team driving to victory. You will notice the Audi R8 teams and the Falken Tires Porsche as the 19,500 frames play out to show you a story of this endurance race.

We tackled the third leg of the Targa Rally today which took everyone from Los Angeles to Santa Barbra. A great pack of cars and a timed/mile route lead to a great event. Sadly, our car broke down at the 50 mile mark of a 400 mile day trip like our Gumball 3000 trip earlier this year. We crammed our video guy in another car so he could Targa Scum it and produce us some great video. Our photographer stayed with me at Mt. Frazier as we waited 4 hours for Cadillac to come rescue us and get us in a loaner. It was of course an adventure so check out our trip inside.

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Between all the drama that has gone on in Formula 1 this year it’s really no shock some teams are leaving. A mix of over the top politics and the fact that BMW has not done well all season we are sure are some reasons why BMW is going to exit after 2009. With a poor economic state on top of all that we are not that shocked BMW would exit this year. The real question is that is anyone going to follow the Germans out the door?

Wustefest 2009 was a three day event in it’s third year that took place this month in Las Vegas. It’s free to show up and this year brought the attention of over 500 cars including caravans from Canada and North Carolina. If you want to attend in 2010 the tentative date is June 4th-6th. You can find out more information about the meet at: wustefest.com. We received photos thanks to Mo Satarzadeh.

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The BMW Alpina B6 GT3 was followed around at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring by one of our favorite videography guys Clash Productions. We posted a link to the live 24 hour webfeed but now you can check out some amazing production video from the event. Clash followed the Alpina B6 GT3 which had to be one of the best looking cars on the track over the weekend.

The Gold Rush Rally just kicked off and we have a video of all the cars before they departed on the run. The rally runs from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and ends in Las Vegas. A gold wrapped Lamborghini LM002, the “Rambo Lambo” can be spotted in the mix along with an Aerial Atom. This is a well put together video without a doubt.

Check out more info on the Gold Rush Rally: http://www.goldrushrally.com/

Day 3 was a long section so most drivers got quite spread out through the day. The cops were out in full force kindly giving out tickets (including one to us) in both Arizona and New Mexico. This gallery has some new cars including the chrome Lamborghini and Vivid Racing’s Gold BMW 7 series! Don’t miss any of these shots.

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Day 1 is now complete which was a fairly small leg of 250 miles. We started at the Santa Monica Pier and made a swing through Orange County for the D1GP event. After leaving Orange County it was a straight dash up I-15 to Las Vegas, Nevada. We have some great photos of the Brabus Mercedes SL, purple Audi R8, the Bugatti’s and much much more!

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