Friday, April 13, 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

What to watch this weekend (Apr 13th - Apr 18th)

  • Formula 1 - Chinese Grand Prix; from Shanghai, China/Shanghai International Circuit. Practice. Friday @ 2am - 3:30am (SPEED/SPEEDHD) live
  • Mecum Auto Auctions. Muscle Cars and More 2012. From Houston, TX (Part 1-3). Friday @ 4pm - 10pm (Velocity/VelocityHD) new - replay @ 10pm
  • Formula 1 - Chinese Grand Prix; from Shanghai, China/Shanghai International Circuit. Qualifying. Saturday @ 2am - 3:30am (SPEED/SPEEDHD) live
  • Targa Newfoundland. Highlights of the (2011) 10th annual Targa Newfoundland Rally, held over six days in September. Narrated by Andrew Marriott. Saturday @ 1pm - 2pm (SPEED/SPEEDHD) re-airing
  • Mecum Auto Auctions. Muscle Cars and More 2012. From Houston, TX (Part 4). Saturday @ 5pm - 8pm (Velocity/VelocityHD) new - replay @ 11pm
  • Porsche 911: Revolution. The redesigned 911 gets the SPEED Test Drive treatment. Saturday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (SPEED/SPEEDHD) new
  • American Le Mans Series - Tequila Patron ALMS at Long Beach. Saturday @ 7:30pm - 10pm (ESPN2/ESPN2HD) live - also live on epsn3.com Saturday @ 7:15pm
  • Formula 1 - Chinese Grand Prix; from Shanghai, China/Shanghai International Circuit. Sunday @ 2:30am - 5am (SPEED/SPEEDHD) replay Sunday @ 3:30pm and Tuesday 4/17 @ 12pm
  • Wheeler Dealers. Season 7 marathon. Sunday @ 12pm - 8pm (Velocity/VelocityHD) replays
  • IndyCar Series - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Street track in Long Beach, California. Sunday @ 3:30pm - 6:30pm (NBCSNHD) live
  • Top Gear (UK). India Special (Season 17 ep. 7). Monday @ 8pm - 10pm (BBC America/BBC America HD) new US airing
  • Richard Hammond's Crash Course. US premier. Monday @ 10pm - 11pm (BBC America/BBC America HD) new
  • Motorweek. Lexus LFA. Tuesday @ 8pm - 8:30pm (Velocity/VelocityHD) new
  • Chasing Classic Cars (Season 5). Hartung motorcycles and Hershey. Tuesday @ 10pm - 11pm (Velocity/VelocityHD) new
  • Wheeler Dealers. Audi Quattro. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (Velocity/VelocityHD) new
There's so much going on this weekend that I'll try to keep it brief. Red Bull is on the 'tentative' ropes in F1 and Ferrari miraculously is atop the drivers championship board. McLaren and all of Mercedes for that matter, is fast and reliable. The third race will be going down in Shanghai Sunday morning. New US airing of UK Top Gear's holiday special in India next Monday, followed by a new series just for BBC America, Richard Hammond's Crash Course. Look for Season 18 of Top Gear UK to premier every future Monday night with new episodes of Crash Course as a chaser. ALMS and Indy street course action in Long Beach California this weekend. Enjoy.


Video courtesy of BMWNAMotorsport.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Car Pron: Soul of a Classic (Stephen Brooks)

This short film from Stephen Brooks covers one of the biggest classic car shows in the UK, The (2011) Classic Motor Show.


SOUL OF A CLASSIC from Stephen Brooks FILMS on Vimeo.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Quick Vid: Living with the MP4-12C (Drive)

Drive Network's 'Chris Harris on Cars' series brings us a segment on using the McLaren MP4-12C as a daily driver. Now that's a novel idea.


Video courtesy of Drive.