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BEHIND THE SCENES>> THE NASCAR EXPERIENCE

Before all of you start getting red in the face, I'd like you all to take a second take a few slow breaths, calm down and relax. Your regularly scheduled speedhunting has not been bought out, taken over and been renamed to oval-hunters or left-turn-hunters. This is just a look at something that we normally [...]

SOCIAL >> ASK TEAM NEED FOR SPEED

This weekend is FIA GT3 at Paul Ricard and next weekend is Formula Drift Seattle. Two weekends of speedhunting and events with team Need For Speed drivers: Patrick Soderlund, Edward Sandstrom, Mad Mike Whiddett, and Matt Powers. We will be fliming and want to use your questions for the interviews. Ever wonder what its like [...]

CAR SPOTLIGHT>> PIKE’S PEAK DATSUN 240Z

Sitting not too far from the Lister Roadster at Fan Fest in downtown Colorado Springs was this exquisite example of a Datsun 240z. This was another car that I was unable to see in the three morning practice session because it was running in the vintage race car class. What sits in this immaculate example of a 240z, [...]

CAR SPOTLIGHT>>A RATTY, BAGGED VW

The rat look is a popular one for the VW Beetle. I've seen examples everywhere from Los Angeles to Tokyo, and here's one more built by Nys Diego out of Heestert, Belgium. When I say that most of the parts on this car are stock, I mean stock. As in they haven't been touched since [...]

RETROSPECTIVE>>2000 LE MANS 24 HOURS PART 2

Sometimes you do not need the Ouija board to forecast the outcome of an event. Ten years ago it was the assembled wisdom that Audi would dominate the Le Mans 24 Hours and finish 1-2-3. So it came to pass. Mind you, the same, self appointed experts reached a similar conclusion about Peugeot this year [...]

RANDOM SNAP>>SILVER GC8 IN ITALY

Shot right across the Italian – Swiss border in Livigno. A detailed road trip report including a drive from Davos – Flüelapass – Stelvio is coming soon!

EVENT>> MODIFIED LIVE – BRANDS HATCH

The Time Attack Series runs as a part of the Modified Live event. The event in it's entirety includes Time Attack, a static show, trade stands, demonstration runs and the European Drifting Championship. The scale of the static show is quite substanstial, with a wide variety of manufacturers and styles being represented by their respected [...]

EVENT>> SUPER TAIKYU: NISSAN GT-R RS DEBUT

Here at last: the first of what is expected to be many customer cars from NISSAN. The all-new GT-R RS. Many expect the GT-R RC to become the flagship car of the Super Taikyu series – and why not!  Weather had been pretty dismal since the previous day, and the start of the timed four-hour [...]

BEHIND THE SCENES>> TIME ATTACK SERIES PIT WALK

The Time Attack Series in the UK has developed into one of the most respected and closely fought Time Attack series on the planet. With each season that passes, everybody raises their game. With a host of MSV circuits which includes Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Cadwell Park the drivers have a variety in [...]

CAR SPOTLIGHT>> PIKE’S PEAK LISTER ROADSTER

Many of you may have noticed that in first three days of Pike's Peak coverage, you'd see photos of the same groups of cars in each post and there's good reason for that. I was purposely following the biggest storyline for the event: to see if either Monster Tajima or Rhys Millen would be able [...]

CAR LIFE>>510 CRUISING

My buddy Mike is a bit of a Datsun 510 nerd. He's built two and a half (I'll explain later) 510's over the past several years, and his most recent project is coming along quite well. Over the Memorial Day holiday weekend I met him in our hometown of Fresno,CA to check out the progress [...]

RETROSPECTIVE>>2000 LE MANS 24 HOURS PART 1

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.  The more things change, the more they stay the same. Anyone taking a casual glance at the results from the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours and recalling the verdict way back in 2000, would conclude that the wise words of Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, from the mid 19th [...]

EVENT>> TIME ATTACK SERIES RD.3 – BRANDS HATCH

The third round of the 2010 Time Attack Series took place at a scorched Brands Hatch circuit, south of London. The loop in use was the Indy Circuit, a 1.2 mile loop that included the famous Paddock Hill Bend, Druids and Clearways. The Time Attack Series record on the Indy Circuit was set in 2009 [...]

DESKTOPS>> SUMOPOWER GT TEAM AT BRANDS HATCH

Ahead of the fourth round of the 2010 GT1 World Championship at Paul Ricard this coming weekend, the Sumopower GT team used the opportunity of a series of demonstration laps at Modified Live to shakedown the two cars. The team have made some small changes to an already potent package and I'm looking forward to [...]