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Official IMSA and Lamborghini Spotter Guide for EVERY race at Road America

Thanks to commissions from IMSA and Lamborghini Squadra Crose, EVERY race at this weekend’s Continental Road Race Showcase event at Road America has its own Official Spotter Guide on sister site, SpotterGuides.com

You can download a combined Spotter Guide (PDF)  featuring the four series or download the individual guides at the following dedicated pages on SpotterGuides.com

Thanks to IMSA and Lamborghini.

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Additional Nissan vector illustrations

Nissan have recently released a couple of infographics featuring my illustrations.

The image above features a new illustration of the 1991 Spa 24 class winning Skyline R32 GT-R. It was quite hard to find good reliable reference for this and had no scale drawing to work from, so many photos were required to accurately replicate the livery right down to the front brake caliper. The R35 GT-R behind was also updated from launch spec to the Spa 24 identity it will run at the legendary race.

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New livery for Vancouver Canucks mascot, FIN

A new livery made its debut on social media earlier this week and publicly in Vancouver during the Canada Day Parade. The ‘FINmobile’ is a modified Ford Transit which is used for the Vancouver Canucks mascot ‘FIN’ to travel around and get ready in.

This joins the Toyota Tundra which is featured in the folio.

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The wrap was expertly applied by my friends at 37Inc.

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More soon.

EVERY race at IMSA 6 Hours of the Glen has an ‘ABD’ Spotter Guide

Thanks to commissions by IMSA and Lamborghini Squadra Corse, EVERY race at the ‘6hrs of the Glen’ event will have its own Spotter Guide!

All the guides are now available to download on the sister site SpotterGuides.com.

The main IMSA WeatherTech/Continental guide features a number of new liveries for the 4th July weekend including the exclusive reveal of a retro livery for BMW Teal RLL and the recently announced Mazda Prototype liveries celebrating the anniversary of the Le Mans win with the Mazda 787B

As a bonus, you can download a PDF (22Mb) containing all the guides together or download the guides individually on the dedicated pages for :-

IMSA WeathTechSportsCar Championship & Continental Tires SportsCar Challenge

Mazda Prototype Lites

Porsche GT3 Cup USA

Porsche GT3 Cup Canada

Lamborghini Super Trofeo

Thanks to Lamborghini and IMSA for their continued support.

 

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IMSA commission Mazda Prototype Lites Spotter Guide

I have recently produced a new IMSA commissioned Spotter Guide to join the existing folio of IMSA Spotter Guides. The Mazda Prototype Lites Presented by Cooper Tires is a feeder prototype series for both IMSA and Mazda through their ‘Mazda Road to 24’ program.

Hard copies of the guide will be available in the Lites paddock, or you can download a guide from its new dedicated Prototype Lites page.

This weekend’s IMSA 6 hours of the Glen will see Spotter Guides for EVERY race, including the main event and Porsche GT3 Cup and Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo. These will be released during Monday once various embargos and liveries have been launched.

Thanks to IMSA for the commission!

Lamborghini Super Trofeo European Spotter Guide joins North American counterpart.

I am pleased to announce another additional to SpotterGuides.com. Commissioned by Lamborghini Squadra Corse, the Super Trofeo European Spotter Guide will debut for this weekend’s races at Paul Ricard and join its North American couterpart at SpotterGuides.com

You can download the European Spotter Guide HERE, while the North American guide will be updated and released on Monday for the Watkins Glen event.

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For those going to Watkins Glen, each of the championships running will have its own Official Spotter Guide including the debut of the Pototype Lites Spotter Guide.

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Dunlop Le Mans Spotter Guide updated following Scrutineering

As the title says, the 2016 Dunlop Le Mans Spotter Guide has been updated following two days of Scrutineering in the town of Le Mans. Thanks to some helpful teams and photographers, along with less changes than previous years, I’ve been able to release V2 earlier than ever. Full details including change list on the dedicated SpotterGuides.com page here.

Feel free to use this advert below if you want to help spread the word! Thanks all

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Dunlop 2016 Le Mans Spotter Guide launched

I am very pleased to announce the 9th Le Mans Spotter Guide has been launched, thanks to a partnership with Dunlop Motorsport.

As with previous years, the guide features all the information you need, be it at home, at La Sarthe itself as a fan, marshal, commentator, media or race engineer. From Driver grading to Pit garage allocation and Twitter handle, everything is covered making this the one resource to have at your fingertips.

The third page of the guide will feature map, timetable and other useful information.

Version1 of the Dunlop Le Mans Spotter Guide is now available on this dedicated page on SpotterGuides.com

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TORA CJ Wilson Racing Cayman Cup Virtual Racing Spotter Guide released.

A new addition to the SpotterGuides.com series with the TORA CJ Wilson Racing Cayman Cup, a virtual race series run by CJ Wilson Racing and TORA, The Online Racing Association. The guide features 42 entries including the guest rides of Marc Miller and Danny Burkett, CJ Wilson Racing’s ‘real-world’ racers in the IMSA Continental Tires SportsCar Challenge.

You can download the guide at the dedicated Cayman Cup guide at sister site, SpotterGuides

Vancouver Canucks Livery Design

The Vancouver Canucks recently commissioned me to produce a livery for one of their new Toyota Tundra trucks. The NHL Hockey team wanted a striking and unique design to showcase their new relationship with Toyota and promote their ‘#PlayForThis’
campaign.

You can read more in my latest Portfolio feature

Thanks to local wrap specialists 37Inc and AERO Paint, who supplied some of their special Cobalt Blue paint film for accents

IMSA Spotter Guides live for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

The official IMSA Spotter Guide for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is now live on SpotterGuides.com

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In addition to the usual WeatherTech/Continental Tires entry lists, IMSA have commissioned me to produce a range of support series guides, starting with the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA.

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As a further bonus, Lamborghini North America also commissioned me to produce a Spotter Guide for their 2016 Lamborghini Blancpain  Super Trofeo North America Championship which kicks off this weekend.

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Clients, CJ Wilson Racing, Tyler McQuarrie and Safecraft join forces

It is a cool experience when my clients join forces.

GT and Formula Drift racer, Tyler McQuarrie has been a client for many years as has CJ Wilson Racing, the team he has driven for during the past three seasons. Last year, Tyler teamed up with CLP Motorsport, owners of Safecraft Safety Equipment and Nexgen diesel fuel.

I have designed liveries for all three.

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Safecraft wll be title sponsor on the CJ Wilson Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 of Tyler and Till Bechtolsheimer at the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca next weekend.

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Khaled Al Mudaf makes debut in Stadium Super Trucks

Successful GT3 racer Khaled Al Mudhaf made the trip from Kuwait to Long Beach, California this past weekend to take part in his first ever Stadium Super Truck race, support for the Indycar and IMSA event at the same weekend.

I have known Khaled from a few years ago when was was one of the most welcoming people at the Dubai 24Hours.

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Khaled reached out to me a few days before the event to confirm he was able to compete and could I design a livery, but they needed to wrap the truck almost immediately. His company, G-Force Auto Worx is a very successful high end tune and build shop in Kuwait with a strong identity featuring a bar-code graphic which was just as well given the time available.

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Nexen Tire Formula Drift Spotter Guide launched.

Nexen Tire re-enter Formula Drift as a partner and tire supplier for 2016 and commissioned me to produce a ‘car-toon’ style Spotter Guide having seen my Instagram art of Ford GT and Corvettes earlier this year.

Head over to the dedicated Nexen Tire page on SpotterGuides.com to download your guide, or pick one up printed up as removable stickers from Formula Drift events during 2016!

Thanks to Nexen for coming on board and Formula Drift with helping out on assets.

 

Hankook Tires Formula Drift Spotter Guide launched.

Hankook have been a partner with my Spotter Guide series for a number of years and proud to announce their return for 2016 to showcase their four cars in Formula Drift

Head over to the dedicated Hankook page on SpotterGuides.com to download your guide, or pick up one at the Formula Drift events during 2016. We have deliberately left space for you to get Autographs.

Thanks to Hankook Tires USA for their continued support.

 

 

Slipstream Podcast

I was recently asked to appear on one of Slipstream great series of podcasts with hosts Dusty Michael and Scott Elkins.

I talked about how I started from my days at Uni and McLaren and my transition from vehicle styling into livery design. Also a few tips and tricks of the trade. Finally I touch on how Formula Drift is really NASCAR for the 21st century 🙂

Its a long one, so grab a coffee. Links below.  Thanks for the opportunity Scott and Dusty, it was great fun.


http://www.slipstreamnetwork.com/podcast/2016/3/30/ssp-53-the-art-of-livery-design-with-andy-blackmore