GTSPIRIT - Daily Supercar and Tuning News » Carbon Black http://www.gtspirit.com Daily supercar & tuning news, automotive event coverage & car forum! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:53:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Carbon Black 2008 Round-Up http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/11/12/carbon-black-2008-round-up/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/11/12/carbon-black-2008-round-up/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:02:06 +0000 Lawrence http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=2720 Our database problems came at one of the worst possible times this year. Carbon Black 2008 jetted off on the 3rd October for a week of supercar and party excess. In true Carbon Black style the grid was packed with 30 of the world’s most expensive and exclusive supercars. Among the entries were a Ferrari [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/11/12/carbon-black-2008-round-up/feed/ 2 Carbon Black 2008 Grid http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/11/12/carbon-black-2008-grid/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/11/12/carbon-black-2008-grid/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:26:29 +0000 Lawrence http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=2712 Having limited our coverage of this years Carbon Black to the forum for technical reasons, we thought we’d make it up to you in a series of summary articles. The first of which will show you the fantastic grid of 26 cars that took part. Click below to see the full list… Car No: 1 [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/11/12/carbon-black-2008-grid/feed/ 0 Carbon Black 2008 Postponed http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/03/28/carbon-black-2008-postponed/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/03/28/carbon-black-2008-postponed/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:06:03 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/03/28/carbon-black-2008-postponed/ Without a doubt the best supercar rally from the past two years, Carbon Black, won’t take place as scheduled in May of this year. But instead it’s moved to the fall; from 28th of September until the 3rd of October 2008 the Carbon Black will once again head out to Eastern Europe for an adrenaline [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2008/03/28/carbon-black-2008-postponed/feed/ 4 Tangospeed 2007 http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/04/20/tangospeed-2007/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/04/20/tangospeed-2007/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:14:59 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1160 After a roaring 2006, doing Gumball, CB and a lot of parties, Tangospeed returned from a refreshing snowcamp in March ready to rumble again. The cars tuned, wrapped and serviced for a new season filled with rallies. This year promises to be more intense then ever for team Tangospeed with two rallies and a load [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/12/19/carbon-black-2007-2/feed/ 0 Tangospeed goes Carbon Black http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/12/14/tangospeed-goes-carbon-black/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/12/14/tangospeed-goes-carbon-black/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:16:05 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/12/14/tangospeed-goes-carbon-black/ Last weekend Team Tangospeed premiered the movie they made during Carbon Black! It’s the first big movie from Carbon Black and we are impressed. They certainly had a great time and know how to party! Visit the Tangospeed website for downloads and photos!

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/11/01/carbon-black-2007/feed/ 0 Carbon Black Video 3 http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/24/carbon-black-video-3/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/24/carbon-black-video-3/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:06:38 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=927 After a 30 minute delay at the Swiss / French border we were off into France. Not long after we left the border the Porsche ‘Kool It’ guys decided it wasn’t going fast enough and overtook the rest of the pack, they immediatly got flashed. After a 20 minute drive along the southern side of [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/24/carbon-black-video-3/feed/ 0 Carbon Black Video 2 http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/23/carbon-black-video-2/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/23/carbon-black-video-2/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:05:04 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/23/carbon-black-video-2/ After the first checkpoint at the Swiss – Italian border crossing the Carbon Black teams received a new routecard that pointed them towards Rosignano-Monferrato, a small mountain village west of Milan. After a nice downhill run with the Bentley, SLR and M5 we stopped to take the top down and catched up with the Porsche [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/22/carbon-black-video-1/feed/ 2 Carbon Black: The Aftermath. HeCe Speaks to GTspirit http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/14/carbon-black-the-aftermath-hece-speaks-to-gtspirit/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/14/carbon-black-the-aftermath-hece-speaks-to-gtspirit/#comments Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:20:08 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=922 Team Tangospeed are now back home after a week of road mayhem. HeCe took some time out to dish the dirt on the first Carbon Black rally…. Penny: Now that you’re a fully fledged Carbonite, how was Carbon Black different to other rallies you’ve been a part of? What made it so good? HeCe: Well, [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/14/carbon-black-the-aftermath-hece-speaks-to-gtspirit/feed/ 1 Carbon Black: The First Award Winners http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/07/carbon-black-the-first-award-winners/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/07/carbon-black-the-first-award-winners/#comments Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:17:23 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=921 The winner of this year’s Carbon Black Award is Team 10! The Hickster et crew bagged the award for being the first to complete the rally via the medium of sky. After they majestically blew up the engine of their Jaguar XK convertible just 5 minutes after the start in Kent, they flew to Barcelona [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/07/carbon-black-the-first-award-winners/feed/ 0 Carbon Black: Diamonds and a Scandalous Lack of Donuts http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/06/carbon-black-diamonds-and-a-scandalous-lack-of-donuts/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/06/carbon-black-diamonds-and-a-scandalous-lack-of-donuts/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:57:10 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=920 After five furious days on the merry-go-round of wheel-party-sleep-wheel-party-sleep, our whirlygig gems have arrived triumphant in Milan. I received a report from the Flying Dutchman as I sloped in my office this afternoon. Picture the scene: Penny – Friday afternoon, UK grey skies, restrained in hell with fluorescent lighting and project deadlines looming; The Dutchman: [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/06/carbon-black-diamonds-and-a-scandalous-lack-of-donuts/feed/ 0 Carbon Black 2006: Geneva and the New United Nations http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/05/carbon-black-2006-geneva-captain-aquatic-and-the-new-united-nations/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/05/carbon-black-2006-geneva-captain-aquatic-and-the-new-united-nations/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:19:14 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=919 The Carbonites have been sauntering into the beautiful city of Geneva tonight, after another day of hard-driving and cop-teasing. The city, which is famous for its fine architectural heritage and is home to the European HQ of the United Nations, has acquired a number of stunning mobile landmarks to add to its cultural portfolio: the [...]

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