Just what is it about modified pickup trucks that makes them so cool? While I try to figure that out, let’s take a look at another machine submitted through the #featurethis program. This 1988 Toyota Hilux double cab was built by Speedhunters reader Kurt Muller, who says that his experience building Japanese cars is like playing with LEGO in the way that everything can be pieced together so easily.
Why do I love drifting? Because of events like Formula Drift Vegas. It was epic to say the least. There was just so much to take in and everything you could want as a fan. There were huge upsets and some of the closest, most intense battles I have ever seen. I will try to convey [...]
This year’s Retro Rides Gathering returned to the magnificent Prescott Speed Hill Climb, buried deep in the rural countryside of Gloucestershire in the UK. It was a fantastic day of sun and amazing builds, and the Gathering showed off its expectedly hugely eclectic turn-out of cars in the club corrals under the orchard trees at [...]
We never tire of watching cool videos of great events like Gatebil. Here is Daniel Hovdahl’s take on the whole crazy weekend that went down last month in Rudskogen. I won’t blabber on…just hit play and enjoy!
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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You may have missed this dramatic crash that happened during the Pro Am drift competition in Las Vegas on Saturday. Jim Guthrie’s Mustang hit the tire barriers at high rate of speed, which caused the car to flip and eventually land on its roof. Thanks to the roll cage (built by Justin Pawlak at his shop Hot Line), Guthrie was able to emerge without major injury.
Just another reminder of the danger that lurks in motorsport and the importance of having proper safety equipment in case things go wrong.
-Mike
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Each time I look through the cars and builds that have rolled through our #FeatureThis program, I am more and more amazed. It’s a true global pool of amazing machinery, and after looking at the submissions I always end up with a huge smile on my face. Cars like this 1969 Opel Commodore are very much a reason for that smile.
Fresh from winning at Pikes Peak, New Zealander Rhys Millen has continued his winning ways by taking the spoils at Formula D Las Vegas. Second place went to our very own Fredric Aasbø, who drove near perfectly for the entire day, and third went to the current points leader Vaughn Gittin Jr. Here are some quick highlights, [...]
It’s been a long time coming, but Fredric Aasbo has finally qualified on top for the very first time. Today was his turn to shine. The Norwegian Hammer has grown so much since he first stepped foot into professional drifting. We hope the best for him on competition day. Formula D Las Vegas has been a very [...]
While not a bad car for daily transportation, the Kia Cee’d is certainly not what many would consider a remarkable one. If it weren’t for the fact that it’s used as Top Gear’s reasonably priced car, few people would even know what it is. Well we recently received a message in the #featurethis inbox from Martin Ďuriš of Slovakia who wanted to share what is probably the world’s most interesting Cee’d – and it’s not even driven by celebrities!
As I mentioned during my main event coverage, Bonneville Speed Week is full of stories. Stories about racers pushing their cars to the absolute limit across the salt flats, late night campfires full of stories from the past, and the stories of the journey to the salt itself. It’s more than an auto race and it’s more than a car show – Bonneville is a pilgrimage. Making the trip to the salt in a rental car or a brand new pickup truck with the air conditioning and satellite radio blasting is one thing, but many choose come to Bonneville in their hand-built Hot Rods. These cars don’t come to compete, but they have become just as an important and memorable part of Speed Week as the streamliners that shoot across the salt going hundreds of miles an hour.
Some cars just have a natural attraction. At Spa while we covered the 24hrs race we had the opportunity to test drive the Audi S7. When I first saw the car I immediately fell in love with the looks. It’s a very big car that is perfect for those long hauls. A true grand tourer. [...]
I have been interviewing quite a few drivers recently and I love the insight that they have on racing and what kind of experiences they have behind the wheel, but this time I wanted to interview someone who is almost never in the limelight, the all important crew chief. I caught up with Scott Dodgion [...]
It’s been just over a month since I was at Gatebil Rudskogen, but already my recollection of the Scandinavia seems very much like a dream. It is a place indescribable by words, one filled with cars that seem more like pipe-dream-double-dares than reality. I can imagine no other place on earth where absurd concoctions like [...]
There is a right way and a wrong way of doing things. Or is there? As far as I know nobody has ever imposed any rules or guidelines when it comes to cars. Like works of art anyone is free to do whatever one sees fit with his own car. Last week’s feature on The [...]
For this week’s Thursday Shoutout it’s back to Japan as we give some more love to the recent JDM submissions to the #featurethis inbox.
Now, let’s enjoy car life Japan style!
お待たせしました。日本のSpeedhuntersファンの愛車紹介第4弾です！
