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When you found the film materials, how was their condition in general? Gitomartoyo: There were several notes from Davide Pozzi [director of L’Immagine Ritrovata], mostly related to the chemical aspect of the negative and its copies. The lab found symptoms of vinegar syndrome, in which acetate film decays, then shrinks or curls—meaning that the film had lost its original width, requiring certain modifications from the lab before it could be put into the scanner [for digital restoration]. This syndrome is similar to cancer for a human body. It can’t be cured. You can only try to extend th...

By IMSA Wire Service Wayne Taylor Racing recorded the victory in Sunday's Rolex 24 for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Daytona International Speedway. Photo: IMSA Wire Service Filipe Albuquerque suspected something was amiss with his closest competitor near the end of the race. He was right. Albuquerque watched in his mirrors and heard his team’s reaction over the radio Sunday when Renger van der Zande was forced to pit with a flat right rear tire with 7 minutes, 50 seconds left in the race, allowing Albuquerque to sail to victory in the 59th Rolex 24 At Daytona. The histori...

RM Sotheby's This car was derived from the Porsche 911 Type 930 Turbo and was massively successful during its tenure under the American father-and-son team of John Paul Senior and Junior. The JLP-2 was naturally preceded by the JLP-1, and the Paul family would continue to build more radical machines, culminating in the JLP-4. All of these cars proved massively successful, and some of their titles include the 1982 Daytona 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours (in JBL-3 configuration). After the 1979 racing season and the unfortunate demise of the JLP-1, the team decided to build the number two...