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Gallery: The Intercooler’s first track day

4 years ago

Writer:

Dan Prosser | Ti co-founder

Date:

2 September 2021

There were all the usual GT3 Porsches and mid-engined Ferraris, but also a Dallara Stradale, a Porsche 962 and a Jaguar XJR-9 (both of which raced at Le Mans), a Porsche 911 GT2 that finished 16th there in 1995, plus several Lotus, a few McLarens, a gorgeous Alfa Romeo GTA 1300 Junior, several older 911s and a tuned Alpine A110.

I think everybody there nodded their approval towards the bloke who turned up in a Ferrari 456.

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