“Count Rossi could find no country in Europe willing to issue license plates for it. So, instead, he came stateside and managed to convince the state of Alabama to do the honors. Given that the car was plated with Alabama tags in 1975 might have had something to do with Mark Donohue’s record 221-mph lap at Talladega, cementing both the 917 as the fastest racing car and the famed Alabama track as the fastest in the world. Legend has it that Rossi was given his license plate as long as he promised never to take the car to Alabama. As far as we know, the car only ever plied the roads of Europe, not Dixieland.” Great background information from @defineprogress thankyou
BMW Z29 prototype, 2001. A collaboration between BMW’s Technik GmbH subsidiary and M division. The two-seater sports car was designed to be as light as possible, weighing in at 1166kgs. It was powered the 336bhp straight-six engine used in the contemporary E46 M3
