Historic Ice Trophy 2012, Altenmarkt / The French and The Japanese

There's another post of Porsches coming round tomorrow, but for now I've got a gorgeous Renault Alpine, a Mazda and a Datsun 280Z for you.

Historic Ice Trophy 2012, Altenmarkt / The Italians

A few gorgeous Italian cars were in attendance at the ice troophy. I especially liked the Martini-liveried Lancia Delta Integrale, one of them actually an ex-works car. They were sliding by with incredible speed and a beautiful exhaust note.

Historic Ice Trophy 2012, Altenmarkt / The Germans

This is some of the trackside action I shot at the trophy. I bundled all of the shots of german cars in this post (yes, Ford is an American company, but spiritually...).

Historic Ice Trophy 2012, Altenmarkt / The Paddock

One interest of mine that rarely shines through in this blog is motorsport. Last saturday I've been to the Historic Ice Trophy in Altenmarkt / Zauchensee. I did some shots of static cars, but of course I also covered the trackside action, which I'll show you over teh next few days.

Tauplitzalm Bergpreis 2011 / Cars: Pocket Rockets.

Fast Hatchbacks at the Tauplitzalm Bergpreis 2011. Yes, there is one BMW in there.

Tauplitzalm Bergpreis 2011 / Cars: Fast, Small, German.

Some of the hordes of fast german cars at the event.

Tauplitzalm Bergpreis 2011 / Cars: yellow Kadett c

This all race-ish looking Opel Kadett C was probably my favourite car that day. The yellow paint made it a blast to shoot.