…and the beginning of another. The 2013 running of the 12 Hours Of Sebring endurance race might have heralded the final time the classic event would run under the banner of the American Le Mans Series (after a 15 year run), but the 61st edition signalled anything but the end. The big LMP1 cars would [...]
As if making any kind of decision at this time of year wasn’t difficult enough, here comes the biggest challenge, the ultimate vote of votes. What is the overall Car Of The Year for 2012? There were tough choices to be made even before the voting started in this year’s Speedhunters Awards; having to whittle [...]
Autumn has been my favorite time of year for as long as I can remember. There’s something refreshing about the days getting shorter and the weather colder, particularly in the American Southwest where the winter is pretty mild. The fall also signifies the end of the motorsport season and with it one event that I [...]
It’s safe to say that the DeltaWing’s first year of competition hasn’t quite been smooth sailing. After being crashed out in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, the car was involved in another incident this week during testing at Road Atlanta. As you can see in the video clip, the DeltaWing makes contact with a slower Porsche GTC car, then gets turned on its side and slides down the track in a rather awkward and scary fashion. Fortunately its driver Gunnar Jeannette was not seriously hurt, but the crash has generated lots of discussion about the DeltaWing’s safety.
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We’re already 10 hours of running down, and that’s just through practice and qualifying here at the Circuit De La Sarthe in France. With three drivers itching to get out and a lap taking three and a half to four minutes, a single flying lap costs a minimum of 12 minutes – so what seems [...]
There’s less than a week to go until the 80th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours, another classic event in this year of grand anniversaries following the 60th Sebring 12 Hours, 50th Daytona 24 Hours and the 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours. Last weekend’s Test Day gave an opportunity to see just what the order of [...]
The hotly-anticipated all-new Ford Focus ST debuted at the Beijing Auto Show last week: the Tangerine Scream metallic option ST is one of 15 cars that Ford will also be introducing to the Chinese market. Inside, the Recaro seats are colour-coded and the instrument cluster is fitted with sport gauges; the steering has been upgraded [...]
To be honest, when I first saw the long, aerodynamic shape of the DeltaWing, I assumed it was built for the salt of Bonneville. That’s not the case though, as the now Nissan-supported DeltaWing is bound for Le Mans where it’s scheduled to run this year. Developed by a team that includes, Don Panoz, Ben [...]
In the road-car world, vehicles that introduce revolutionary concepts normally spawn reams of imitators. They are the obvious progenitors of those that follow, laying down a clear lineage where you can track a certain style or engineering approach back through the years to its starting point. Even peaks of performance just become targets for others [...]
