Rolex 24 at Daytona Spotter Guide

The first Rolex 24 at Daytona Spotter Guide, presented by SPEED.com is available to download atSpotterGuides.com and later in the week at SPEED.com

This is the first of the 2012 series of Spotter Guides and features a 60 car entry over two pages.

We plan on expanding our range of guides for 2012. If your company would like to sponsor a guide and get your brand in the hand of thousands of die-hard fans, contact Andy now.
Saudi Falcons choose Andy Blackmore Design

Saudi Falcons by Schubert Motorsport chose Andy to design their colourscheme for the BMW Z4 GT3 which finished fourth in the recent 24 Hours of Dubai.

Schubert Motorsport have been a client of Andy Blackmore Design with the Team Need for Speed brand in recent years and directed the Falcons to Andy for the latest design.

The design is based on the Falcon logo across the side of the Z4.

Note, Andy did not do the logo placement for this design.
The Making of the Mustang RTR-X

The very talented Will Roegge has produced a short video on the Making of the Mustang RTR-X which Andy designed with Vaughn Gittin Jr last year. The video shows the first run of the car at Willow Springs and features interviews from Andy, Vaughn and Twins Turbo, who built much of the car.

In addition, a number of magazine features will appear in the coming months including Redline Magazine in the UK and Mustang Monthly in North America
Arena go testing for the WTCC

Arena International, a client of Andy Blackmore Design for 18 years have been busy testing their updated Ford Focus Touring Car in preperation for their debut in the World Touring Car Championship later this year.

A Blank Canvas..... :)

 
2012 Racing Wall Planner

Andy has produced a comprehensive Racing Wall Planner for 2012, in conjunction with DailySportsCar.com and Radio Le Mans.

The PDF is a free download at the new SpotterGuides.com website.
Need for Speed Shelby Super Snake GT500 Cover/Show car

Andy recently designed after market modifications to a one-off Shelby Super Snake GT500 for Need for Speed -The Run, out in November. In addition to usage on the cover of the Multi-Million selling game, Shelby have replicated a show car which shows off almost all the modifications, including new Graphics, HRE C90 Wheels with Falken Tyres, Carbon Conponents and a new front bumper design which gives a more agressive look.

A small gallerye exists on Need for Speed's Facebook Page
MegaBloks Need for Speed Range

As Vehicle Styling Director for the franchise, Andy has been working with MegaBloks on anew range of cars which featute in various Need for Speed games.

Working with the very licensors, Andy designed a number of liveries for the cars.

The MegaBloks Need for Speed range is out now in North America and Europe

 
2011 Spotter Guides

The 2011 Spotter Guides continue to be vailable as a free download at SpotterGuides.com.

We currently have the Official ALMS guide, the FIA GT1 World Championship, V8 Supercar and the Le Mans Guides available. All our guides have a significant increase in downloads (60,000 for Le Mans!!!), so thans to everyone who download the guides.

Download at http//www.spotterguides.com
TH Motorsport announce Skoda Octavia NGTC BTCC car

Andy was comissioned by TH Motorsport and Matt Hamilton Racing to style the new Skoda Octavia NGTC car which will compete in the British Touring Car Championship in 2012.

The render appeared in numerous traditional and online magazines including Autoblog, Auto Express, Motorsport News, Jalopnik, BTCC.net and Autosport.
Last year's GRAND-AM Concept shows the future

Andy's GRAND-AM Design study, designed with the help of SPEED.com and Marshall Pruett has appeared on many websites and forums in recent days as word comes Corvette and others are involved in the new 2012 DP look. This was confirmed recently on RadioLeMans.com

.You can read the full article on my design, from last year and see a full galley HERE
2011 Le Mans Spotter Guide now online!

Powered by Nissan, the 2011 Guide is now released and features the latest designs and cars ahead of Scruitneering. The Guide will be updated after Scruitneering.

The Guide is massively popular with over 55,000 downloads in the last two years. With our partnerships with Nissan, Radio Le Mans, DailySportsCar, Speed and others, we hope to spread the word further.

You can download your free copy HERE
Mobil 1/ Red Bull Gardella Camaro Makes its debut

Originally the first of three liveries for Gardella Racing, their new Chevy Camaro made its debut at Road Atlanta round of Formula Drift, finishing 2nd in intial qualifying.

More images will be availble shortly, but for now, you can read the article on Enkei's blog
Mustang RTR-X goes testing, spreads around the net

The Mustang RTR-X which I designed with Formula Drift Champion, Vaughn Gittin jr went testing at Willow Springs recently. The car performed well and looked stunning out in the sun.

Twins Turbo did a truely awesome job building it. Full Article on Speedhunters shortly, but a full gallery on Autoblog.com can be viewed here
Eric O'Sullivan's Formula Drift Pontiac Solstice

Irish Drifter, Eric O'Sullivan will be making his 2011 debut in the next round of the Formula Drift Championship in a Gardella Racing Pontiac Solstice.

Gardella have a long history of Blue race cars, so this was a great chance to show off a more creative livery, their iconic blue and the new GR identity. As you can see on WreckedMagazine, the livery has gone down a storm!!!
Jenson Button Pit Crew Spotter Guide

Just a bit of fun. I created a Pit Crew Spotter Guide for Jenson to use at the next Grand Prix!

As a past employee of McLaren, I'll be trying to ensure he gets a copy :) You can view the full image HERE

F1 guide will be release soon, have been very busy
2011 Team Need for Speed BMW Z4 comes to life

Following its Dubai 24 Hour win in January, the Team Need for Speed BMW Z4 has gone back to BMW for a full update and is now back with Schubert Motorsport ready for the FIA GT3 and Nurburgring 24hour races.

As you can see, we've decided to keep the reflective wireframe mesh livery, combined with the Team NFS look. I'm sure the Vinyl guys in Germany hate me. More on Edward Sandstrom's Facebook page.
Truck illustration for Team Aon

Here is a great example of artwork I create for teams. The illustration of the two Ford Focus BTCC cars is produced in vector and is scaleable without any loss of resolution.

This will be printed around 3.5 metres tall to fit on the race transporters. Smaller versions will appear on mechandise and pit panels
Team Need for Speed makes its 2011 Drifting debut

Andy has been heavily involved with the identity of Team Need for Speed again in 2011, updating race trucks, Electro Lounge area and the racecars.

As shown below, Andy designed a new livery for Fredric Aasbo's Scion tc and also assisted Matt Powers on its very individual Nissan S14.

You can follow the exploits of Team Need for Speed on Speedhunters.com
2011 Spotter Guides now available

The first 2011 Spotter Guides are now available as a free download at SpotterGuides.com.

We currently have the ALMS/ILMC Guide for Sebring, and the all-new FIA GT1 World Championship Guide available. Formula One and GT3 to follow.

Download at http//www.spotterguides.com
Team Aon 2011 Ford Focus debuts at Geneva Moto Show

Andy’s longest serving client, Arena International under the ‘Team Aon’ brand, launched their new 2011 Ford Focus Touring Car with Ford at the Geneva Motor Show this week. The all new car features a development of Andy’s livery.

Andy also assisted in a consultancy role with the Engineers at Arena on the bodykit design of the car. View a gallery of Images of the new car here
Fredric Aasbo joins Team Need for Speed

Formula Drift's 'Rookie of the Yea', Fredric Aasbo has joined Team Need for Speed for the 2011 season with two machines in a new eye-catchning livery. The Supra will compete in selected European events while the Scion tc, prepared by Papadakis Racing will compete in the Formula Drift Championship

As with all Team Need for Speed designs, this car has been personalised, with the Rocket Red, paying homage to Fredric's previous Supra. Press release here
Bimmerworld celebrate new livery with a podium

Andy has recently completed two new liveries for GRAND-AM Continental Tires team Bimmerworld. The team are fielding two E90's in the ST class and tweo M3's E92's in the 'GS' Class. The two cars have slightly different hood designs to tell them apart on track. You can view a gallery here.

Bimmerworld scored a podium at the first round of the series, the Daytona 200. Congratulation guys!

Reflective livery stand out on top of the podium in Dubai.

The 2011 Team Need for Speed livery on the Schubert Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 made its debut with a convincing win at the Dubai 24 hours in January. The reflective livery was a photographer favourite during the event and received much praise on Need for Speed and Speedhunter's Facebook and Twitter outlets.

The livery features a unique wireframe graphic from the in-game cars, which is in reflective on the white areas. More images and full details on Speedhunters' Dubai coverage.
Two designs win Speedhunters Cars of the Year!

Speedhunters readers have voted two of Andy's designs as 'Cars of the Year' in the annual reader voting.

The Mustang RTR-X, designed with Vaughn Gittin Jr won Demo Car of the Year.

Mad Mike's Team NFS Red Bull Mazda RX8, with Andy's livery, won Pro-Drift Car of the Year.
Andy's Photos of the Year

As a part-time contributor to Speedhunters.com, the leading Car Culture website, Andy has attended a number of events during 2010 including Formula Drift, American Le Mans Series, SEMA and Le Mans.

All the contributors were asked to pick their photos of the year. You can view Andy's images HERE!

 
Team Need for Speed enter 24H Dubai with an updated look

Andy has been working with the 'Team Need for Speed' crew at Electronic Arts to design the latest Team Need for Speed livery. The race winning Team NFS will be entering the 24 Hours of Dubai with the BMW Z4 GT3.

Andy has updated the livery with wire-mesh from NFS Shift 2 which is partly reflective, so it will glow in the dark during the 24 Hours.

Full details on Andy's launch post on Speedhunters.com
2012 Lotus IndyCar Livery for SPEED.com and Indycar.com

Andy recently created a quick livery for SPEED.com to announce Lotus' Bodykit and Engiine program for the new 2012 Indycar.

The IZOD Indycar series liked the art so much, they also used the image. The Image was used by multiple news outlets including Autosport and Racer.

Click here for the article on IndyCar.com, SPEED.com and Racer.com
Team Need for Speed Mustang RTR-X unveiled at SEMA

The Team Need for Speed Mustang RTR-X which Andy designed with Vaughn Gittin Jr was unveiled earlier this week on the Ford Stand at the SEMA Show. The car looks stunning in the flesh.

Twins Turbo and Steen Chassis did an amazing job bring Andy and Jr's vision to reality. AutoGuide.com said it was "Definitive showstopper".

You can follow the build process and the debut of the RTR-X here,on Speedhunters
Voted ''Best looking Car' in Formula Drift

The Team Need for Speed/Red Bull Mazda RX-8, which Mad Mike Whiddett campaigned in the 2010 Formula Drift Championship won the 'Best looking Car' Award at the season banquet. The award was presented following voting by drivers, teams and industry figures.

Andy designed the livery with MIke, a variation of Andy's BMW Z4 design for Team Need for Speed to include Mike's Red Bull sponsorship.
Congratulations Champions!!!

As the racing season comes to an end, a number of Andy's clients have won the following Championships :-

Team Aon (Ford Focus) BTCC Independent Teams Trophy
Tom Chilton (Team Aon) BTCC independent Drivers Championship
Scott Tucker/Level 5 ALMS LMPC Championship
Vaughn Gittin Jr. Formula Drift Championship
GRAND-AM 2012 Design study spreads around the net

Andy's GRAND-AM Design study has spread around the net, creating quite a buzz on Facebook, Twitter and forums such as Ten-Tenths.com, to the official GRAND-AM and SPEED.com forums, the study has been positively received.

Endurance-Info.com and DailySportsCar.com (subscription)have also run stories on the study.You can read the full article at SPEED.com and see a full galley HERE
GRAND-AM 2012 Design study, in association with SPEED.com

Andy has recently been working with SPEED.com on a design study for the 2012 GRAND-AM Cars. The series has been working with teams for new ideas to improve the look of Grand-Am cars via a chassis update. With his vehicle styling experience at McLaren, Yamaha, KWM, Arena and Electronic Arts, Andy was commissioned by SPEED.com to work on some proposals.

You can read the full article at SPEED.com and see a full galley HERE including a Corvette Version, showing how a GRAND-AM Car with more extreme styling.
Mustang RTR-X build progress! Getting ready for SEMA

The Team Need for Speed Mustang RTR-X which I designed with Vaughn Gittin Jr is progressing well at Twins Turbo. You can follow the latest updates here as the build takes shape. Note we have now confirmed colour with Green accents.

The car will make its debut at the SEMA Show in November 2010. See you there!

 
2010 Spotter Guides series - ALMS, BTCC, FDrift, Le Mans

The 2010 Edition of the BTCC and the OFFICIAL ALMS Spotter Guide are now available as a free download at SpotterGuides.com. The ALMS guide will be updated prior to each race..

The ALMS guides also appears on the official site (Race hub section) and is available as a poster and on T-shirts at ALMS races.
Riley Racing Choose Andy Blackmore Design

Grand Am Continental Tires Challenge entrant, Riley Racing commissioned Andy Blackmore for a new livery for their title sponsor, PitchEngine, a PR and media release website.

The top half of the car remains Black, while the bottom half has an all-new look. The livery will make its debut in September.
Team Need for Speed Mustang RTR-X Announced

Andy has been working with Formula Drift race winner, Vaughn Gittin Jr, on this exciting new build over the past few months. The build is based off a 1969 Mustang Boss and will be built from a new Chassis, from scratch.

The car will make its debut at SEMA 2010, but you can follow the entire build process including livery voting here at Speedhunters.com
Team Need for Speed Livery Design Process

Andy recently published an article on Speedhunters about the livery process for the Team Need for Speed collective of cars racing this year. Read the full article on Speedhunters.com

The Mazda and Nissan race in Formula Drift, while the BMW Z4 GT3 races in FiA GT3 and various VLN races including the Nurburgring 24 hours
New look for Ryan Gates in Redline Time Attack - UPDATED

Andy was recently commissioned by Ryan Gates to design a new livery for his Evo X, one of the fastest Evo X's in the world. Making over 700bhp, Ryan and his machine achieved a 100% win rate in the Redline Series in 2009.

This is just a Work in progress shot as a few of the logos still need to be applied, but you can view more images on Ryan's Flickr site.
Team Need for Speed BMW Z4 breaks cover

Hot off the press, just after the vinyl work was complete.Here is the new Team Need for Speed BMW Z4 entry for the FIA GT3 European Championship

More Images over on Speedhunters.com
Team Need for Speed makes its debut

Following the Team Need for Speed announcement earlier this month, Mad Mike Widett and Matt Power's made their Team debut at the Long Beach Formula Drift event.

Photos and background to Mike's Mazda RX8 is available here, and Matt Powers here, all courtesy of the Team NFS section of Speedhunters.com which I'm involved with
CRS Racing Formula Renault livery

Podium finishes marked the debut of the new Formula Renault livery for CRS Racing at Thruxton. The livery was designed before the car had been launched, using CAD screengrabs which gave Andy more of a challenge. The team wanted a different livery to the Ferrari and have ‘coloured pockets’ for different sponsors on multiple cars.
Team Need for Speed launched across multiple disciplines.

Andy has been working on a new livery for EA’s Need for Speed race team which will compete in multiple disciplines including FiA GT3 and Formula Drift. The asymmetric livery has been designed to stand out from the crowd but also be personalized for each ride.

Andy also assisted on race gear and the VIP booth at FD events. Andy's art will also feature on some Fatlace clothing. Full story and more images over on Speedhunters.com
Team Aon builds on partnership with Andy Blackmore Design

Team Aon, run by Arena International, a client of Andy Blackmore Design for the past 17 years, launched their new 2010 Ford Focus at the BTCC media day. The livery has been updated with new sponsors including Calor.

Andy designed all the race clothing, pit panels and truck graphics for the 2010 season. A long job!
CRS Racing Ferrari F430 goes testing

The 2010 CRS racing Ferrari F430 has recently been testing in preparation for its competition debut in April. See more images here.

As you will see, some sponsor changes, but the livery still holds together well
Legend Fires Skoda Fabia WRC

Andy has designed a Legend Fires livery for John Stones new Skoda Fabia WRC which will complete in the British Tarmac Rally Championship. The livery is based around a scaled up version of the Legend Fires logo, with the colours tweaked for maximum exposure.

Images will appear here shortly.
2009 American Le Mans Series Yearbook now available!!!
The 2009 ALMS Yearbook, produced by TPP Publishing has now been printed and will be shipped for Christmas (in North America). Andy supplied all the car illustrations for the Yearbook, which also features hundreds of fantastic photos. A fantastic review of the season. Available now, with LMP1,2 or GT2 Champion colours at TPP Publishing
CRS Racing livery makes its debut at Autosport International

Andy recently completed a new livery design for CRS Racing, one of the top Ferrari GT teams in the world. 2010 will see CRS move into the Le Mans Series, complete with this new livery which has been designed to improve branding placement and opportunities.

A full launch will take place nearer the start of the season
Jenson Button's 2010 helmet travels around Social Networks
Andy mocked up Jensons 2010 McLaren sponsored helmet, shortly before his 2010 drive was confirmed. Originally published on Radio Le Mans Facebook group, the image spread across Facebook and Twitter rapidly and appeared on a number of websites including F1 Scoop and Grand Prix Diary, claiming it to be an 'EXCLUSIVE'...only, it wasn't....just as their wasn't a credit. Lucky I sneaked on in - Edit: March 2010...pretty much spot on as well
Merry Christmas from Andy Blackmore Design

As is now tradition, the Andy Blackmore Design Christmas Card has now been released, Merry Christmas and a Happy, successful 2010 to clients, past, present and future.

Click on the image to view the card.

You can download older cards here : 2008 , 2007
BTCC 2009 Season Preview (!) on SpeedTV.com
The BTCC returned to North American TV in December. As a SpeedTV.com writer, and produced of the on-screen TV car graphics, Andy wrote a preview to bring the North American audience up to speed….without letting slip who won! You can read the full article here. BTCC airs on Speed on Saturday afternoons during December and January
Hero Poster for Matt Hamilton Racing
A Hero Poster was recently produced for new BTCC star, Matt Hamilton. Using the Photoshopped images of his, then, to be completed Honda Civic, the poster was designed and laid out by Andy and produced double sided A2 for fans at the track. Click on the image for a larger version. Contact Andy now it you want a stunning Hero Card or Poster produced for 2010.
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca uses Spotter Guide art
The Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca race track commissioned Andy to supply car images for their own Spotter Guide, which was available at the circuit. Produced by designer J.R.Martinez, Andy supplied all the cars for the guide. If you are interested in using my 2010 cars for your own circuit or sponsor Spotter Guide, please contact Andy directly.

Need for Speed.com articles on RadioLeMans.com and Petit
As an offshoot of Andy’s writing on Speedhunters.com, Andy produced two articles for Need for Speed’s new website in October as the video game was sponsoring #92 BMW M3 GT2 at Petit Le Mans. Andy’s first article was an insight of ABD client, RadioLeMans.com while the second article was a review of the race, centered around the #92 car.

Team AON Ford Focus finishes season with a win
Andy had three cars in the final rounds of the 2009 BTCC. Matt Hamilton’s Honda Civic and the two Team AON Ford Focus, run by Arena International. Tom won the final race of the season, quite an achievement given the team started the season with no development. More to come in 2010 ;)
McLaren F1 GTR Retrospective on Speedhunters.com

Andy is a member of the Editorial team on Speedhunters and also worked for McLaren in the 90's. Andy designed 14(!) liveries, as an employee, or freelance to the teams. In this retrospective, Andy recounts the 1995 and 1996 BPR seasons and the 95 Le Mans wins, also telling many behind the scenes stories regarding the livery designs of the F1 GTR

Read the two part series here
2009 Spotter Guides - A huge success!

Spotter Guides were very successful this year. Over 10,000 downloads for the ALMS guides on SpotterGuides.com (+ who knows how many on the official ALMS Site) and 35,000 Le Mans Guides. ALMS and BTCC will be back in 2010. Unsure of Formula 1 as that was abused, copied and pirated by sponsors, websites and even 2 Grand Prix’s without any authorization….makes me wonder why I bother. These things take about 30hrs to set it initially
American Le Mans Series - State of the Series address

Scott Atherton, CEO of the American Le Mans Series presented his annual 'State of the Series' address on Friday of the Petit Le Mans weekend. The presentation included two slides showing Andy's artwork from the Spotter Guide series.

As a client of ABD, the ALMS uses Andy's artwork for Spotter Guides and presentations.
BTCC Matt Hamilton Racing Honda Civic livery launched

Andy was commissioned to create a livery for the ex-Syncro Motorsport Honda Civic Type R. The car was still in blue and silver. We were limited by time and budget with the livery but were able to convince the sponsor to vinyl wrap over the Blue area with Red Vinyl creating a cohesive look with the Sponsor corporate identity

Livery Design Artwork is available here, in our livery section.

Road & Track Magazine - October 2009

Andy was recently commissioned by Road and Track magazine to produce three images showing the class structure in the American Le Mans Series.

The series put Road & Track in touch with Andy directly. Click here for a scan of the image or pick up a copy of the October issue of Road & Track Magazine across North America.
GrandTouringPrototype.com

Andy is working with Marshall Pruett on the new GrandTouring Prototype.com website. The website showcases golden era of North American Motorsport, the IMSA GTP championship in the 80's and 90's. Andy is producing a number of graphic assets including website branding, stickers and t-shirts.

You will be stuck in this site for hours. Lots of awesome videos to watch!
March 09/R line drawing

Andy has recently worked with KW Motorsport on various artwork to showcase the new S2000 March 09R, which is a modern day version of the classic 75S

You can view the article at Professional Motorsport World here
Sunday Times Goodwood Festival of Speed

If you are lucky enough to be attending this years Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday July 5th, make sure you pick up a Sunday Times Goodie Bag, which will contain some Andy Blackmore Design Artwork
SpeedTV.com commission : 'Two Fastest"

Andy recently commissioned by Marshall Pruett of SpeedTV.com to produce this piece as a print which will be given to Allan McNish and David Brabham, in recognition of being voted the Two Fastest Sportscar Drivers, by fellow drivers, journalists and team owners. The image also appeared on Allan's official website.

You can view the article HERE and download the image HERE
Over 29,000 Downloads of the Le Mans Spotter Guides

The 2009 24 Heures du Mans Spotter Guide was a major success. Over 31,000 hits across four websites hosting the guide in a six day period. Radio Le Mans, Eurosport and Speed TV commentary teams all used the guides!

If you would like to sponsor the guide for 2010 and capture a dedicated motorsport audience please contact Andy today. Branded versions of guides are also available.
2009 Le Mans Spotter Guide Released

The 2009 24 Heures du Mans Spotter Guide is now online at www.spotterguides.com

The guide is available as a two-page PDF and JPEG versions..Produced in association with Radio Le Mans, SpeedTV.com, Ten-Tenths.com, Fourtitude, Speedhunters and l'endurance magazine. SpeedTV commissioned a unique branded version for their website
SpeedTV.com article : The Science of Liveries

Andy recently wrote his first article for SpeedTV.com. The article reviews the liveries of the 2009 Formula One teams and explains to the Speed TV audience challenges faced by livery designers.

The article is in two parts. Part One, Part Two

BTCC Arena Ford Focus bodykit and livery design.

Andy was commissioned to create the car, truck livery and various presentation artworks for the new Arena Motorsport Ford Focus, which Tom Chilton and Alan Morrison will campaign in the 2009 British Touring Car Championship. The livery is loosely based on the Ford WTCC design from 2004.

Livery Design Artwork is available here, in our livery section.

'Grid Graphics' for ITV Sport BTCC Coverage

Andy has produced the 'Grid' graphics ITV's coverage of the 2009 BTCC season. Andy's graphics were first used in 2008. The images are based of the BTCC Spotters Guide which you can download (see below).

A video of the 2008 Gird is available on You-Tube
ALMS 2008 Yearbook featuring artwork by Andy Blackmore

Andy has recently been working with TPP Publishing, providing car illustrations of every car raced in the 2008 American Le Mans Series. Based on the Spotter Guide artwork, the illustrations compliment a year in review, technical review and team-by-team guide.

You can order the Yearbook, and view preview pages showing Andy's work here
Audi R15 TDI Artist Impression

The new Audi R15 has been caught testing this week, in bare carbon. With the help of 'Mulsanne' Mike Fuller and others, Andy was able to create an artist impression from images taken at the test. The livery is a guess, based on the 2008 season

Illustration, photographs and technical Analysis over at Mulsanne's Corner
Team / Sponsor branded Spotter Guides available.

Team branded Spotter Guides can provide ViP's, fans and team guests with useful race entry information on the series they are involved with. This is a great cost-effective way to spread your brand via a unique header and when required, featured cars such as the Team Dynamics Guide shown here.

Please contact andy if you are interested in using this cost-effective marketing tool

Need For Speed / Speedhunters Porsche

Andy was recently commissioned to produce a livery for Patrick Soderland's new Porsche, which will be running in selected Endurance races in 2009. Base colour had to remain white, due to time constraints. The clean livery is loosely based on NFS 'Undercover' cover car, which Andy also assisted in designing (see below).

You can view images and report at Speedhunters.com, by clicking the image.
Interview: 'Need for Speed' Porsche (Cover Car) Design

Need for Speed.com and Speedhunters.com recently carried an interview with Andy on his design for the modified Porsche 997 GT2 car which features on the cover of Need for Speed - Undercover.

In the interview Andy discusses the design process in designing a bodykit, livery design and its approval from Porsche AG. Interview is available here
Spotter Guides return for 2009!

We are now planning our 2009 series of Spotter Guides. We plan on producing F1, ALMS and BTCC guides. The American Le Mans Series will be using Andy's guides online and at the circuit. You can view the 2008 Guides, here!

Release schedule will appear here, on Ten-Tenths and on the new Spotter Guide Facebook Group

2008 Christmas Card

Following the success of our 2007 Christmas Card, Andy Blackmore Design produced a new card for the 2008 Festive Season. Click on the image to download the card

You can also view the 2007 card, HERE
SpeedTV.com Interviews Andy Blackmore

SpeedTV.com carried an Interview with Andy during the ALMS finale weekend. The in-depth Interview, by Marshall Pruett, covers Andy's career and future direction, now he is based in North America.

You can read the interview in full HERE.

2008 Spotter Guide wrap

The final Spotters Guide of 2008, for the final round of this years ALMS is now online. You can download this, and all our other Spotters Guides here!.

Thanks to everyone for their support and helping to promote and download this during the season. Special thanks to John Hindhaugh at Radio Le Mans, Marshall Preutt at Speed TV and Grant at Ten-Tenths. We will be back in 2009
Andy's designs remain in F1 for over a decade!
Every year, F1 teams attempt to out-do each other in the pit lane with new pit equipment. McLaren started this trend back in the 90's. It is therefore a credit to Andy Blackmore, that the pit crew helmets he designed for the 1998 Championship Winning Season and the overhead garage modules, introduced at the 1997 French GP are still in use, Eleven years on!.
SEAT BTCC Commemorative Wallpaper

Andy has recently produced commemorative wallpaper for SEATCupra.net highlighting SEAT Sport UK's participation in the British Touring Car Championship

The wallpaper can be downloaded at SEATCupra.net
BK-Lola Mazda Illustration on SpeedTV.com + others

Andy was recently commissioned by Speed TV, to create an artist impression of the B-K Motorsports Lola Mazda coupe, which will appear later this year. The illustration and article has now appeared on countless forums and new sites as well as the official American Le Mans website. You can view the original article and image here.

A larger version of the image can be viewed here.
'53 Ford Truck Design & Illustration

Andy was recently commissoned to design and illustrate a customised '53 Ford Truck

You can veiw the finished article HERE
Speedhunters.com

Speedhunters.com, a website dedicated to car culture has recently been launched. Andy is one of the contributors on the site, concentrating on circuit racing, rallying and design topics. You can read Andy's topics HERE.

Speedhunters also published a biography on Andy, which is available HERE
ALMS, F1, Le Mans, BTCC& WTCC Spotters Guides online

A series of PDF Spotters Guides are now online as a free download HERE We have partnered with Ten-Tenths.com, SEATCupra.net, Radio Le Mans and DailySportscar.com. The guides will be updated during the season, keep checking the dedicated Spotter Guides site.
'Grid Graphics' for ITV Sport BTCC Coverage

Andy was comissioned to produced new car 'Grid' graphics for the 2008 BTCC coverage on ITV. The images are based of the BTCC Spotters Guide which you can download (see above).

A video is available on You-Tube
Radio Le Mans 'Midweek Motorsport' logo

Andy has just completed a new logo for Radio Le Mans flagship show, Midweek Motorsport. Broadcast online every Wednesday evening and as a podcast, the show is presented by John Hindhaugh and Tim Grey. www.radiolemans.com

The show also has its own successful Facebook Group HERE
Leigh Rallying website relaunched.

The 'LeighRallying' website of BTRDA Navigator and rally driver, Robert Leigh has been relaunched to reflect his 2008 Championship Campaign.

The website is a great example of a low-cost effective website, which can be easily updated with page feeds from Blogger.com. The website address is www.leighrallying.co.uk
2007 Christmas Card

Our Topical 2007 Christmas Card proved to be extremely popular and was downloaded 1000's of times. We still get requests, so if you would like a copy (unless you are from the FiA!) then please Click on the image to download the card
2007 BTCC, WTCC, DTM & Cupra UK Spotters Guide now available
2007 Edition Tintop Spotters Guides are now available to download free, in pdf format. Produced in conjunction with SEATCupra.net, Ten-Tenths.com and Fourtitude.com, each pdf features side view drawings of each car/team/driver combination. Martin Haven & David Leslie of Eurosporrt TV are already using them! Goto the '07 Spotters Guide Download Page
DeviantART page launched
DeviantART is a portfolio style website for artists to showcase their work. Andy has recently joined and his 'DA' Page will showcase past projects and also his own 'free-time' work including the 'Vexel' style Red Bull SEAT Leon Touring car shown on the left. Visit his DA page at :- http://andyblackmoredesign.deviantart.com
A1 GP Livery Competition - Through to the Final
Earlier this year, Andy mocked up a quick livery for an A1GP Netherlands Livery competiton. The competition was open to Amateurs and Professionals and over 1000 entries were received. An online 'fan' vote of the 12 finalists resulted in 3rd place for Andy (The winner of this round doesnt actually meet the brief). Not bad for 2 hours work :) You can view the design here.
BTCC: A-Tech Alfa Romeo Liveries
Andy was recently comissioned by A-Tech racing to design the liveries for their Alfa Romeo 156 British Touring Car Liveries. The brief and the design was completed and approved in just 24 hours! Due to the quick turn-around, the design had to be applied with vinyl only, using the original Alfa Romeo Red as a base. You can view a larger image here
CheekyChops.ca website

Andy has recently produced a website for CheekyChops.ca, based in British Columbia, Canada. Cheeky Chops is a baby contentment and child sleep consultant which works with you and your child to help solve bedtime and naptime sleeping habits

View the site here at www.cheekychops.ca

Andy's McLaren F1 'Ueno Clinic' livery voted favourite by the fans!

The Black and Grey livery of 1995 Le Mans winner, Ueno Clinic McLaren F1 GTR was recently voted the favourite livery by fans in McLaren Automotive's monthly online poll. Two of Andy's other designs, 1995 Gulf and 1996 Fina also figured in the opinion poll. Visit the livery page for more of Andy's liveries.
Peugeot Cartoon makes print, web and t-shirts!
A cartoon was produced as part of the team identity for Team Farecla recently. This has been used extensively. Its first appearance was on the new team website. The image was also used in the Donington BTCC programme. Just 36 hours later, it was utilised for a third time, printed on T-shirts, for fans and team personnel. Maximum usage!!!
Peugeot 307 makes its second Andy Blackmore Design debut

Despite a late change of sponsor, the renamed Team Farecla made its debut in the British Touring Car Championship. You can read more about the team here

This makes a return to the championship for the Peugeot 307 BTCC car which Andy helped style with VLR in 2003.
Street Safari Van Livery
StreetSafari, the organisers of the original European banger rallies Staples2Naples and Home2Rome and CzechWrecks needed a livery for their support vehicle. Andy created the final design and sticker artwork from a rough concept using the 'Dad's Army' style map by Kirwin Design. You can view the final design in more detail, here
New British Touring Car Livery
Andy has recently completed an extensive team identity for the new Team Add-It team which will join the BTCC. Peugeot 307, truck, pit crew uniforms, team logo and Pit Garage Banners were all designed with this distinctive livery. Andy originally helped with the bodykit design of the Peugeot with VLR racing in 2003. The team aim to debut at the Donington round of the BTCC. More information available here
New LMP1 Coupe announced for 2010!
KW Motorsport recently commission Andy to work on a design proposasl for the new ‘Creation’ LMP racecar. With the aid of CAD drawings from the current car, Andy restyled and redesigned the machine to meet the new 2010 Le Mans ACO regulations. This is the third commission from KWM this year. You can view the images here