The garage next to this one had 11 Ford Starliners in it!! Late to the Party or Just on Time? Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2013-14 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends. Some on this list including comedian Tim Allen and professional wrestler John Cena have a clear preference for classic American-made vehicles. Can a non-F1 driver like myself make the cut and actually drive the 2021 W12 F1 car? 04 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the inaugural race of the new SRO GT America presented by AWS series Saturday at Sonoma Raceway. Jacobs, a two-time Super Bowl champion, has remained silent despite accusations he organized the high-speed escort to Atlantic City. HURON, Ohio - When we first took you inside the George Conrad Collection a couple of years ago, it proved to be one of the most popular car collector / photo gallery postings that ever graced the Enthusiasts section of FordPerformance.com. 04 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo to a 5.90-second win over the No. George Jones in his 1978 Corvette The National Corvette Museum unveiled a newly acquired Corvette that will be the first celebrity-owned car to join the collection on Friday, September 4, 2020. "175!" WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - Crowdstrike Racing with Riley Motorsports' George Kurtz was able to pass Zelus Motorsports' Jason Harward in turn 9 on the final lap and held . 119 Stephen Cameron Racing BMW M4 GT4 of Sean Quinlan, who led from flag-to-flag. We drove away from them. Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection) is the premier genealogical dictionary of French-Canadian families. The March incident, first reported in The Sunday Star-Ledger, is now the subject of an investigation by the State Police and the Attorney General's Office. Kurtz had nearly a 20-second lead prior to serving the penalty, which initially dropped him to fourth overall before the late-race charge. US RaceTronics, all of our sponsors, and everyone out there just doing their absolute best to support us. Former "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is famous for his collection of rare and powerful cars. Fantastic points for the No. Pirelli GT4 America closes out its weekend with a 10:55 a.m. PST start for its second one-hour race before the Fanatec World Challenge finale brings the weekend to a close with a 1:15 p.m. PST scheduled start time. Notable vehicles: Porsche 918 Spyder, Lamborghini Miura SV, Ferrari Enzo. July 24, 2022 Phil Allaway. So George Kurtz explains the attraction and the challenge of racing in the Total 24 Hours of Spa, the first round in 2021 of the Intercontinental GT Challenge that next visits Indianapolis Motor Speedway in October. 4.5. ", Steven Aghakhani, Driver No. 111 E Tabernacle StreetSt. "I had (motorcycle) police passing me," he said. Rarely running out of the overall top three, Murillo, Szymczak and the No. We almost got second place in the pits today, so its possible to gain positions like that.. George Kurtz and CJ Moses each claimed victories in GT America Powered by AWS while Kevin Boehm continued his march toward the Touring Car championship in TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing School. Last Monday, state authorities suspended the two troopers and reassigned a station commander. Notable vehicles: Various Bentleys, Maybachs, Bugattis, Mercedes Benz. ", Loris Spinelli, Driver No. "Its almost a little embarrassing to take them out the way the world is with the economy right now," Jeff B. Kurtz, a 43-year-old Alpine resident, says of his fleet of supercars, some of which are worth upwards of a million dollars. Aghakhani qualified second in the No. One of his favorites among his very American-centric collection is a custom built 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS. 04 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3: It was a great race. George Kurtz has scored a come-from-behind victory in the inaugural GT America powered by AWS race at Sonoma Raceway. There was a little bit of a pit stop issue in Sunday's race, and we had to swap out our front right tire with one that was ice cold, so we were competing on three hot tires and one cold front tire. Rapper Wyclef Jean was born in Haiti and moved to the United States with his family when he was 9years old. George Kurtz, Colin Braun claim victory Sunday at NOLA Motorsports Park. SONOMA, California - George Kurtz secured a comeback victory in the No. Brian Polite, a spokesman, would not discuss the handling of the ticket. For many, however, the similarities end there. There is 80,000 sqft to view some fantastic cars. And for good reason: This little-known private collection of mostly high-performance Mustangs and Shelbys could easily have been considered among the . Many of his vehicles were reportedly purchased with duffel bags of cash. You might be able to read all about your Quaker ancestors in one of these volumes of Quaker family history. Kurtz, who regularly competes with Colin Braun in Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS in the No. . One of the richest men in the world, he has a collection estimated at 168 cars. We created the ultimate resource of America's Automotive Museums. Oct 14, 2022. Its unfortunate, but I just put my head down and clicked off lap after lap. His career has defied expectations because anytime someone said no, he heard it as a challenge. The total value of Jerry Seinfeld's collection, which includes a number of rare Porsches, is estimated to be worth millions. Follow us through social media to stay up-to-date with Mercedes-Benz news. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in any form without prior authorization. A few weeks after the team launch, we're on a plane. [4] Early life and education [ edit] Kurtz grew up in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey and attended Parsippany High School. Kurtz says he enjoys collecting sports cars as a hobby. In last month's season-opening doubleheader at Sonoma Raceway in California, Kurtz and Braun co-drove to second and third place finishes in the weekend's race. At one point, the camera view from inside a Lamborghini shows the car ripping up Route 287 through Morris County, its driver gripping the steering wheel with both hands as the car passes a minivan in fractions of a second. I was on the inside, got a good run off the corner and shifted it to the next one and tried to clear everybody. He, Braun and Jon Bennett won the 12 Hours fo Sebring in the LMP3 class, for example. Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Notable vehicles: Aston Martin One-77, Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss, Bugatti EB110. 1 podium. 72 Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4: Coming into the event, our expectations were high because the last time we were here in 2019 we won and had two podiums. Members of this club, as well as other supercar groups scattered across the country, shut down freeways and treat small airports as their private playgrounds. Dagys spent eight years as a motorsports correspondent for FOXSports.com and SPEED Channel and has contributed to numerous other motorsports publications worldwide. I knew from the race pace that we had a really fast Mercedes-AMG GT3. It'll be joining a collection that's currently hovering around the 85-car mark, which Lopez has invited us to check out. Last year, he put several of his vehicles up for auction, including a McLaren 675LT, which has an estimated value of over a quarter million British pounds. Its a distinction not lost on all exotic car fans. An especially valuable collection, many of his cars are worth several million dollars a piece. The program collected three victories and three runner-up finishes around the spacious 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course north of Milwaukee. He covers primarily sports car racing as a writer and photographer, with occasional forays into off-road and other forms of racing. How to do it. Allens co-driver Kris Wilson took over at the halfway point and charged from fourth to the podium result in the races final 15 minutes. Speculation as to the exact size of the Sultan's collection ranges from 2,000 to as many as 7,000 exotic, high-end luxury, classic, and one-of-a-kind classic cars. Son of a General Motors executive, Ken Lingenfelter keeps his collection of roughly 250 exotic and rare cars in the town of Brighton, Michigan. He says the club always tells drivers to remember that the roads arent closed for them. Hes spent time in the same circles as Driving Force Club members. New Jerseys Automated Traffic System has no record of a ticket being issued to Srour that day, nor does the Paramus Municipal Court. Additional information may be found by viewing the images of the published books. I havent really seen what happened. I cant thank them enough just to be here and be in the paddock, and to get a good result is the cherry on top. Jon Shirley, a former Microsoft executive, has a collection of 27 exotic cars, mostly from the 1950s and '60s. Estate Sales & Auctions by George Kurtz AuctionZip Auctioneer ID # 45880 . Quick work by the DXDT crew put Dalziel back in the race third in Pro-Am. Today, in the pits, we had trouble with a wheel, but the team worked really hard to make the switch to try and get us a good result. 6 for Saturday's race while Braun was third quickest in Pro-Am qualifying in the No. Galgano answered many of the questions on Linns behalf, denying that Linn knew anything about the March police escort. This weekend's success gave Kurtz, Braun and the No. Do not sell or share my personal information. In a way, the clubs activities highlight the divide between the rich and everybody else, showing how some of the wealthy live their lives. The latest Head-to-Head comparisons generated for George Kurtz. He caught and passed the second-place Pro competitor but didn't have enough time left on the clock to reel in the race leader. Can Kyle Larson succeed in his long route back to NASCAR glory? There are, however, blog entries that suggest the organizers may be a little more relaxed about some small weekend drives. The North Coast Mustang Clubof Ohio had been visiting club member George Conrads private stash of cars every June for the past several years by invitation-only one of the highlights on the NCMCOs calendar each year, beyond its annual Mustang & Ford Show held at Nick Abraham Ford in Elyria, Ohio, in July. They rent helicopters to take pictures of their cars and recruit bikini-clad women to wash their rides. Often, he opens up his collection for public viewing and donates proceeds to charity. Thats obviously going to change it up a little bit. This is the first time hes heard of the clubs members being associated with anything like the "Death Race 2012," as the March caravan to Atlantic City has come to be known. However, much of it is in a state of neglect. Its racing, its really bad when its your teammate, but when David got back out there, he was lapping anywhere from a second to two seconds a lap faster than the other Pro-Am cars. 6 off to Aghakhani. The following details, when available, have been indexed from the books in this collection. 04 CrowdStrike Racing with Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3: "Riley Motorsports and CrowdStrike Racing gave us a great car. Nick Mason, drummer for Pink Floyd, is also one of the world's foremost car collectors. Wadoux: GTE-Am Win Proves Girls Race Just as Well as Boys, Auto Technic BMW Declared Sunday Winner in Photo Finish, Stephens Makes Last-Lap Pass for Sunday Win at NOLA, JDC-Miller, JOTA Receive Customer Porsche 963s, NASCAR Garage 56 Completes Final Sebring Shakedown, DOUBLE STINT: Weekend Recap; News Roundup & More, Van der Zande Cadillac Crashes Out in Second Hour, Aitken Joins No. The average older, affluent American has $920,400 socked away. Our new visitor information center is coming soon with a lot of new amazing changes! The comedian's collection is stored in a custom-built, secret, underground facility in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He is an internationally recognized security expert, author, and entrepreneur. There is 80,000 sqft to view some fantastic cars. SONOMA, California George Kurtz secured a comeback victory in the No. Paul Loriquet, a spokesman for the attorney general, said he would look into the matter. Over 160 cars are on display from classic Chevys and muscle cars to a Schacht high-wheeler. And he did it with less than 10 minutes to go, in an absolute downpour the type of side-by-side racing in tough conditions that certainly supports the argument for the quality of the drivers. John Dagys is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sportscar365. A Driving Ambition. Retirement savings: The average older, affluent American has $920,400 socked away. 54 Black Swan Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport of Tim Pappas was the races only other retirement, also due to contact. 6 US RaceTronics Mercedes-AMG GT3: "Absolutely, the entire weekend was off the charts. August 18, 2021 2:11 PM ET, It starts with weather, the number of cars its like a car every couple hundred feet or something, so traffic is a big challenge. CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday spoke with George Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of cloud cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Here is a look at the most iconic classic American cars. Most notable were his podium finishes at the 24 Hours of . Theres some interest in them coming over and doing some races, Valentin in particular. October 9, 2022 Phil Allaway. Kurtz says he enjoys collecting sports cars as a hobby. But it doesnt really differ from any of the dozens of other local clubs found across the country, he said. Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Secure Pro-Am Race Win, Pro-Class Second-Place Finish and a Pair of Third-Place Showings in Competitive Fanatec GT World Challenge Weekend at NOLA Motorsports Park, Saturday Pro-Am Victory for George Kurtz and Colin Braun in No. Today, his collection of over 100 cars is stored in a 5,000 square meter facility on the Terrasses de Fontvieille that is open to the public. Every week we list thousands of new items at auction near you from our collection of over 25,000 auctioneers nationwide. His car collection is very unique as he owns some quite extraordinary machines. It was probably the best drive he has had in a couple of years. "They've always, pretty much, respected the rules and the guidelines of the law," he said. Email: er@automotiveaddictionmuseum.com. an acronym of his children's names: David, Andrew, and Dylan. A former editor of the SCCAs publication, SportsCar, he has a special love for the grass-roots side of the sport and participates as a driver in amateur road racing. Some keep it on the track, but others clearly push their cars on the highways of New York and New Jersey. We had good pace all weekend and we had a big gap. Crowdstrike, Bimmer World take GT World Challenge victories at NOLA, Auto Technic, Heart of Racing, BimmerWorld victorious in GT4 America at NOLA, RS1, Wright Motorsports take NOLA GT World Challenge America wins, All contents copyright 2023, Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. All rights reserved. He also would not discuss the ticket, which was issued by a state trooper on the Garden State Parkway in Paramus. Making the most of a late-race restart that created the two-lap dash to the finish, Braun passed for second at the drop of the green flag and then took advantage of a skirmish just in front of him a few corners later to make what turned out to be the winning pass. He led every lap of his opening stint and pitted from the lead at the one-hour mark to hand the No. I've never seen such an amazing display of Ford Performance vehicles of this magnitude in a private collection: 50 Shelbys; 7 Ford GTs; 12 Boss 302/351/429s; 24 Mustangs; 7 Torinos; 12 Cougars; 2 Cyclone Spoilers; 1 Pantera; and much more. Some members of Driving Force seem to enjoy the social aspect. The kernel-level security agent is configured to observe events, filter the observed events using configurable filters, route the filtered events to one . Many members of the Driving Force have declined to answer questions in the last week. Driving Force is a very well-known car club recognizable to just about anyone in the exotic car world, according to Eckart. All rights reserved. There are "track days" at exclusive race circuits. He was also the founder of Foundstone and chief technology officer of McAfee. The weekend schedule of events, live timing and scoring, session reports and one-stop video viewing are available at gt-world-challenge-america.com. That's where the Mercedes-AMG GT3 has always shined, and it's always good on the tires. A Saturday Pro-Am class victory by George Kurtz and Colin Braun in the No. George Kurtz No. For others on this list, nostalgia for the glory days of American auto manufacturing takes a back seat to state-of-the-art technology and performance. The 24 Hours of Spa has a long history, and is considered one of the premier GT races in the world. Quick Links. He and Braun are also second in the GT World Challenge America Pro-Am points. As the story unfolded in recent days with condemnations from politicians and revelations that it wasnt the first time State Police had provided such escorts many members of Driving Force remained silent, refusing to discuss their group or any involvement in the caravans. He counts one of only 20 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRs ever made among his collection, which is stored in a garage in Bahrain. Notable vehicles: 1906 Stanley Steamer, McLaren MP4-12C supercar. This large, seven-volume collection was published by the French-Canadian priest and genealogist Father Cyprien Tanguay from 1871 to 1890. In Saturdays season-opening Fanatec GT World Challenge presented by AWS 90-minute race, co-drivers David Askew and Ryan Dalziel shook off a pit-lane drive-through penalty of their own to secure a second-place Pro-Am class finish in the No. August 18, 2021 2:11 PM, By Richard S. James | Another car pulled out of line and passed before you could, and that started a domino effect of everyone doing some weird stuff. Notable vehicles: Various Corvettes, including the first ZR1 ever produced. Many GT World Challenge America regulars are racing this weekends 24 Hours of Le Mans. One post on the Driving Force website from January 2010 describes how the man with the yellow Lamborghini got his 116 mph ticket: "The drive was mostly in New Jersey, but despite it being early Sunday morning the police presence on all the roads/highways we went on was overwhelming so we mostly behaved and tried to attract (as little) attention as possible. Spinelli set a track record in qualifying Saturday morning and then joined Aghakhani in contending for the Pro-class victory in both races. Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is a Yemeni-born Indian businessman. However, his collection also includes a more modest 1989 Jeep Wrangler and an ultra-luxury British Rolls-Royce Phantom. Vaccine arrival could return US economy to near normal by end of 2021, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 72 team led and finished second in the Silver class while also securing top-three overall honors in the 33-car field. Issued May 26, 2015United States9,043,903. Some European family histories are also included, with emphasis on connections to nobility. Two small bank failures: They won't be the last if COVID leaves some businesses struggling to pay loans. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position ofSpeedwayMedia.com. While his collection may not be as vast as some others on this list, he believes in driving all of them. NHLBreakdown hosted by Scott Levy, w/George Kurtz of RotoExperts.com covering all the on & off ice NHL action! Notable vehicles: 1963 Porsche 356, 1972 Jaguar E Type V-12 Convertible, 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280SE, Ferrari Daytona. The 2021 edition culminated with Alessandro Pier Guidi executing a stunning pass for the Pro Cup and overall lead in his Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 on Dries Vanthoor in the Team WRT Audi R8. 6. Robby Foley will be making his Le Mans debut in a Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR with Dennis Olsen and Anders Buchardt in GTE-Am. All rights reserved. I think thats going to be the key. I think we're stronger on the long run and stronger on tire degradation. Saturday's victory came after a late charge by Braun from third to first in the final two laps of the race. Such police escorts happen all over the county, according to Eckart, who says hes been in several, including one in Georgia where he reached 120 miles per hour.