Earlier this year, GM commissioned me via agency, Commonwealth McCann, to produce detailed illustrations of each generation of the Corvette Grand Sport series. The print will be released at a future date
In the meantime, the American Chevrolet website has composited the illustrations together into a wallpaper which you can download here on the Chevrolet website.
Leading Taiwanese team, Team AAI – Fist, partnered by legendary Asian performance part manufacturer, Buddy Club, recently showed off their new BMW M6 GT3 racecar during testing, ahead of its Asian Le Mans Series debut in October. Team AAI have a number of race programmes around the world which included running a Corvette C7.R at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.
I was commissioned by Team AAI to create a design using the Buddy Club colors and basic graphic, but to make it a little more dynamic. At the same time, ‘Fist’ needed a larger presence, so while the car was in Buddy Club colors, they would share billing with FIST with additional flashes at the rear.
If everything aligns with delivery, this weekend will see the debut of a new IMSA t-shirt at Virginia International Raceway.
The Colors of IMSA showcase 16 liveries from the 2016 series from the iconic colors of Corvette, Turner Motorsport (hopefully 😉 ) and Stevenson to some of the striking new colors this year including the Gas Monkey Viper and the new Ford GT. Can you guess the rest?
On the rear, all the full time teams are listed.
The shirt should be on-sale at the IMSA Shop on site at Virginia International Raceway and will then be online in the next week or so.
If you are attending VIR this weekend, don’t forget to grab the official IMSA Spotter Guides at my sister site, SpotterGuides.com
It is hard to imagine it has been a year since Justin Wilson passed away. As has been repeated around the world on the internet, at the circuits, in the media, Justin Wilson was a very special racer, to quote Robin Miller, “…he didn’t have a bad bone in his body”.
As part of the fundraising efforts following his death, I worked with then Indycar artist (now Haas F1 Creative Guru!) Ryan Long to produce a very limited edition print showcasing all of Justin’s winning cars.
All 50 prints sold out within a couple of days and thanks to Rowland Printing, the print now hangs in various homes and workplaces round the globe, including the Wilsons.
The forthcoming Road America round of the IMSA Continental Tires Sports Car Challenge will see a revised livery for the #35 CJ Wilson Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport, supporting the Chicago Blackhawks Charities program.
While I wasn’t involved in the small tweak to the existing livery I was able to contribute on a Forza based render which was used for the press announcement earlier this week. Top Forza skin creator, Â Skreamies captured the image below from Forza, complete with the Road America bridge and I then photoshopped this Cayman into a full ‘GT4 Clubsport’ model with new splitter, air intakes, rear wing, additional branding, wheels and adjusted interior.
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.
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.
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.
The wrap was expertly applied by my friends at 37Inc.
More soon.
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
Thanks to Lamborghini and IMSA for their continued support.
#forthefans
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!
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.
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.
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.
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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
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
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
The official IMSA Spotter Guide for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is now live on SpotterGuides.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The first round of the 2016 Formula Drift (Pro) championship took place this past weekend and four of my designs were on track.
Dean Kearney continued with his Black and Orange livery on his awesome Dodge Viper as this proved to be very popular with the fans last year.
The Official IMSA Spotter Guide for the Bubba Burgers Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach is now available to download on sister site, SpotterGuides.com