Category: Blogging
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Art: Olafur Eliasson – Cars in Rivers
Read more: Art: Olafur Eliasson – Cars in RiversWhen Reykjavík’s i8 Gallery placed an idiosyncratic call for photographs of cars stranded in rivers, more than 100 photographs were entered. Renowned Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (born 1967) selected 35 photos to include in the final work. Using these photographs he formed the series Cars in Rivers in 2009. By orchestrating the photos sent to him by jeep driving adventurers, Ólafur Elíasson pays homage to a cultural activity born out of a direct struggle with nature, since motorized exploration of the Icelandic highlands is only a recent experience. The book is also an homage to the “unknown explorer” and his…
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My Top 5 News – January
Read more: My Top 5 News – JanuaryNews: 1) Ken Block to do World Rally Cross and Andreas Bakkerud joining him in the Hoonigan Racing Division team 2) DTM delays new engines and Class One rules to 2019 3) Dakar: Peugeot wins, Loeb 9th, Kamaz only second 4) Jari-Matti Latvala suspended from WRC Sweden after hitting spectator 5) Back-up run certification no longer required for NHRA national records Something to watch: 1) Porsche Documentary: Our Return: A documentary of our road to Le Mans 2015 2) Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman – Official Trailer
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Is Petter Solberg and Monster Energy a Good Fit?
Read more: Is Petter Solberg and Monster Energy a Good Fit?Let’s talk about the war of energy drinks and Petter Solberg this time. We start with drinks: basically in every motorsport or extreme sport discipline there’s a battle between Red Bull, Monster Energy and Rockstar. Red Bull supports more disciplined or old school athletes, usually champions with many years of experience; Monster Energy concentrates on young guns, athletes with a lot of passion and strong lifestyle. While Red Bull sends people to space, wins F1 titles, WRC, Dakar and many more, Monster is pretty much hungry for the wins, so the situation that happened at the beginning of 2015 got…
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Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Ringrada Exhibition
Read more: Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Ringrada ExhibitionIn one of the recent days I was passing by the street where the building of National Archive is situated and noticed that there is a pleasant and humble exhibition about the early years of Estonian motorcycle racing that were held in Pirita part of Tallinn. It was a six kilometre road course called Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa that hosted it’s first race in 1933. Later it became known as Kalevi suurvõistlus (Kalev Big Race) and it was Estonia’s most prestigious racing event with all the USSR competing. Expo itself consists of some photography of the past, booklets from 1930s to 1970s, medals and few…
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How hard can it be to make a “Gatebil” in Baltics?
Read more: How hard can it be to make a “Gatebil” in Baltics?Hello beautiful reader, it’s cold in the parts where I live and my camera is hidden for few months already and awaits the next racing season to start in April. Although I have ideas for visiting some winter-cold WRC events in between. Today I want to talk about one event that many people believe is the mecca for automotive pleasure. It is called Gatebil which means Street Car in Norwegian. It’s an event where 40 000 people from all over the World come to enjoy themselves, get inspired, be astonished, to feel free to express who they are and what…
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“Park wasn’t my co-driver, I was his pilot”
Read more: “Park wasn’t my co-driver, I was his pilot”Today marks 10 years from the tragic accident that took the life away from Michael “beef” Park. For me it was the period when I was following WRC closely and was cheering Markko Märtin up as a future champion. Unfortunately at the end of 2005 season their car hit a tree at close to 200km/h on SS15 of Wales Rally great Britain and the accident was fatal. After the crash, an emotional Markko said: “Park wasn’t my co-driver, I was his pilot”. Year later, on 20th of June, WRC stars from all over the world came to Tallinn for memorial opening. I believe,…
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MY TOP 5 RACING STREAMS
Read more: MY TOP 5 RACING STREAMSI belong to a generation that watches news, different events and plain entertainment on Internet rather on a TV. I’m used to the idea that most of the action can be watched LIVE online. Here I made my personal Top 5 chart of the online racing streams I follow. 1) NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series This one is probably my favourite, even though I can’t check it live. Event is usually uploaded on the next day. The fact that it’s not live actually makes it even better, I’m able to fast-forward the slow parts: pre-staging, interviews, etc. American drag racing is…