VIDEO ROLL>> PAT MORDAUNT’S FD ATL RECAP

NEWS>>FT-86 DELAYED UNTIL 2013?

Here's some not particularly good news regarding everyone's favorite automobile of the future – the Toyota FT-86. Word out of Japan is that the release of the car has been pushed back to 2013, possibly to rethink the design or even to accommodate hybrid technology. Considering the overwhelming positive response the concept has had, I [...]

DESKTOPS>>DRAGGING AT EAGLE FIELD

By request, I've uploaded this little bit of high res nostalgic goodness from last weekend's drag event at Eagle Field. Head over to the Desktops section now to pick it up in either widescreen or standard format. -Mike Garrett

BEHIND THE SCENES>> SPEEDHUNTING @ WORLD TIME ATTACK

Being that I'm from the Northern Hemisphere I'm normally associate this time of the year with the start of summer and definitely not the start of winter! I am sitting here freezing my butt off in my little holiday apartment in Nelson New Zealand as I type this… Well at least my hands are warm [...]

GUEST BLOG: MIKI TAKA>> BUGS, SWEAT & TEARS

Why, hello there, my fellow Speedhunters! It’s M8 here, yet again, to ramble about my most recent happenings from Formula Drift: Round 2 at Road Atlanta. Thanks for tuning in for my latest installment of whacky coverage featuring none other than, Team Need for Speed at the track that held the very first Championship in [...]

EVENT>>2010 NURBURGRING 24 HOURS – WRAP UP 2

It is not only the Japanese manufacturers that regard the Nurburgring and the 24 Hour race as a suitable proving ground for their products. Aston Martin have embraced the race and the track enthusiastically in recent times. There is now a test facility located in Nurburg village and all new models get a 10,000 kilometre [...]

DRIVER BLOG: PATRICK MORDAUNT>> THE PAT ATTACK!

Hello Speedhunters! This time around I’ve been lucky enough to write a guest blog for all of you! Atlanta is my favorite stop on the Formula D tour, So I’m excited to give you a little insight into my weekend! Just to give you an idea of how my weekend started, I drove to Atlanta [...]

VIDEO ROLL>>SLIDING THE ROADS OF HAKONE

DRIVER BLOG: TOMMY MILNER>> FRUSTRATION IN MONTEREY

Round 3 – Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Laguna has traditionally been the season finale for the American Le Mans Series. This year however, Laguna is moved up to the third race of the season and extended from a four hour race to a six hour race. This would definitely be a long race. Everyone knows [...]

ROADWAY>>DRIVING LA’S ORIGINAL FREEWAY

Living in the Los Angeles area, it was pretty obvious that one of my drives stories should feature a freeway. After all, people in LA spend a lot of their lives on the freeways, and like it or not – they are the backbone of the entire region. But which freeway to use? I decided [...]

DESKTOPS>> ALMS @ LAGUNA SECA PT. 2

Here's the last set of ALMS desktops from this past weekend at Laguna Seca! So click here to grab these fantastic photos for your desktop. Like this photo of the Drayson Racing Lola … … or of the Extreme Speed Tequila Patron Ferrari F430 in front of the Risi Competizione –both taken by Camden Thrasher. [...]

USER RANKING>> RTR-X LIVERY VERDICT

    First of all, thank you for the overwhelming response and feedback to the RTR-X Livery. I thought this would be a really cool way to involve everyone in the build and with over 1000 comments (a new record for Speedhunters), I would say the involvement way over-exceeded my expectations. It was really cool to [...]

ROADWAY>> THE SALLYGAP

Starting where we left off yesterday at the bottom of the Wicklow Gap, we briefly head north before turning off for the signposted route 'Sally Gap'. The Sally Gap is the second of two routes to cross the Wicklow mountains and we'll be travelling it from east to west. The route is some 25 miles [...]

DESKTOPS>> PANSPEED RX-7 IN ACTION

We will be releasing quite a few desktops from last week’s World Time Attack Challenge in Eastern Creek. To whet your appetites here is one of Sasaki-san in the Panspeed RX-7 blasting down the main straight. World Time Attack Challenge Coverage on Speedhunters   -Dino Dalle Carbonare

EVENT>>THE OLD SCHOOL DRAGS @ EAGLE FIELD

As you might have read during the road trip story I posted yesterday, our destination was the Fresno Dragways Reunion, held at Eagle Field in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley. A no-frills retro drag event at an old airstrip? This was going to be cool. So what is Eagle Field anyways? It's a [...]