An old champion in the March Formula 2? Or a new driver? Neither of these. It was just for fun that Leslie Mandoki climbed into this racing car’s cockpit. During a journey to Wolfsburg, he interrupted it to visit ‘72STAGPOWER in Braunschweig. For coffee and a slice of almond cake. The reason? Leslie Mandoki [...]
Octane, one of the world’s leading magazines for classic cars, visited ‘72STAGPOWER in Braunschweig. Jürgen Lewandowski, author and editor of around 100 books about automobiles, came from Munich as Octane’s representative. He is an internationally acknowledged connoisseur of the scene, and wanted to obtain information about all the Jägermeister rarities standing around in Braunschweig. [...]
The Schloss Dyck (Dyck Castle) Classic Days have been Germany’s most stylish, highest-calibre event for classic motor cars for more than a decade. A note for the diary: in 2018 this event will take place in the Schloss Dyck Park (west of Düsseldorf) from 3 to 5 August. The committed “fixer” behind this event [...]
The European Championship for Formula 3 racing cars is considered to be the stepping stone to Formula 1. That was already true around fifty years ago, and is no different today. One of those who dreams of a Grand Prix Career is David Beckmann. He has just turned 17. ‘72STAGPOWER also tested its historic [...]
... to the ‘72STAGPOWER pits. The Motorsport Arena in Oschersleben is ‘72STAGPOWER’s ideal and preferred test circuit. After all, this this racetrack is only one hour’s driving from the ‘72STAGPOWER workshop in Braunschweig; and even a single test circuit in the morning or afternoon can be managed without a gigantic effort. Prominent visitors regularly [...]
‘72STAGPOWER’S Formula 2 Racing Cars Markus Hotz, one of Switzerland’s best racing drivers from the nineteen-sixties to the nineteen-eighties, drove speedy laps in a Formula 2 Jägermeister March on the Arena circuit in Oschersleben. The car ran perfectly. This car was owned by Markus Hotz, but he sold the vehicle to ‘72STAGPOWER a short [...]
An article entitled “Im Zeitraffer” (fast motion, time-lapse) by Boris Schmidt about the Paul Pietsch Classic Rally in the magazine of the “Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung” (FAZ) newspaper appeared on 8 July. Boris Schmidt, an FAZ journalist, had taken part in this old-timer rally in the Black Forest in ‘72STAGPOWER’s Ford Capri RS 2600. A [...]
Eckhard Schimpf started in the “Festival of Speed” in Goodwood. Not (yet) with a ‘72STAGPOWER racing car, however, but with a jewel from the BMW Classic collection. The 100,000 visitors to this unique event in England have an opportunity to marvel at the fastest, most expensive, rarest and maddest 300 cars in the world. [...]
„Porsche Veterans“ Are ‘72STAGPOWER´s Guests ‘72STAGPOWER was visited by men who can be described as “Porsche Veterans” in the truest sense of the words. One day after the “Le Mans Legend” talk show in the Auto City of Wolfsburg, Peter Falk, Herbert Linge, Günter Steckkönig and Kurt Ahrens joined a coffee circuit in ‘72STAGPOWER’s [...]
‘72STAGPOWER’s Eckhard Schimpf presented the talk show “The 24-hour Le Mans – a Legend” on 13th June (18:30 hrs.) in the Porsche Pavilion at Wolfsburg Auto City. Guests included former Porsche “veterans”, namely racing driver Peter Falk, works racing driver Kurt Ahrens, Head Technician and racing driver Herbert Linge and racing technician Dieter Steckkönig. [...]