Grassroots Upset At The 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift Rally

Grassroots Upset At The 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift Rally »

More than living up to its name, Sno*Drift Rally is the only winter rally on ...
Inside The New 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Specs]

Inside The New 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Specs] »

Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team recently debuted the Fiesta RS World Rally Car. The ...
Inside The Mini Countryman WRC [SPECS]

Inside The Mini Countryman WRC [SPECS] »

Based on the production Mini Countryman, the MINI WRC is a 1.6-liter turbocharged, all-wheel drive ...
Inside The Borg Warner EFR Turbocharger

Inside The Borg Warner EFR Turbocharger »

Borg Warner fashions the EFR turbine housing out of cast stainless steel, a material that ...
Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive

Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive »

As RSR tells it, nano technology is basically a dispersion of certain elements to a ...
Porsche Debuts 563hp 918 RSR Concept

Porsche Debuts 563hp 918 RSR Concept »

Powering the 918 RSR Concept is an “updated” 563hp, 10,300RPM V8 engine, based on the ...
Entries posted on “August, 2010”
600hp McLaren MP4-12C Supercar Debut at Pebble Beach 2010

600hp McLaren MP4-12C Supercar Debut at Pebble Beach 2010

McLaren Automotive debuts their new 600hp twin-turbo V8-powered MP4-12C supercar at the world famous 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Run in conjunction with the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion week, the concours show is the perfect debut spot for the F1-inspired exotic.

August 31st, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Tanner Foust Wins First Ever RallyCar Rallycross Race In New Jersey

Tanner Foust Wins First Ever RallyCar Rallycross Race In New Jersey

The invasion of the 500hp all-wheel drive rallycross cars continues in the US. Following up on an exciting run at X-Games 16, rallycross hit the New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) for the first ever RallyCar Rallycross competition.

August 31st, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

$4 Million Supercars At RM Auctions Monterey

$4 Million Supercars At RM Auctions Monterey

All of the top selling sports cars went for prices ranging from 1 – 4 million dollars each. Some of the most historic and rare Ferrari, Porsche, Bugatti, and custom cars to ever be up for sale.

August 28th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

The Four Million Dollar Car Club – RM Auctions At Monterey [w/ VIDEO]

The Four Million Dollar Car Club – RM Auctions At Monterey [w/ VIDEO]

RM sold five cars in Monterey for more than $2 million each with the top spot 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C Lago Speciale Teardrop Coupe going for a cool $4.6 million dollars.

August 27th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Inside The 2010 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Historic Races

Inside The 2010 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Historic Races

With million dollar cars on track and in the concours shows, some going for up to four million dollars in the auctions, enthusiasts show up to Monterey in waves. The cars entered fall into categories like 1966-1972 Trans-Am, 1981-1989 FIA Manufacturer Championship & IMSA GTP cars, Bugatti Grand Prix, and 1966-1983 F1.

August 27th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Vintage Indy 500 Lives On In Chicago

Vintage Indy 500 Lives On In Chicago

Vintage and classic racecars are on everyone’s minds. Restored, rebuilt, and rejuvenated racecars from decades past are once again filling minds with timeless looks and period-impressive technology.

August 26th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Tyler McQuarrie Wins Formula Drift 2010 Las Vegas In Falken Sweep

Tyler McQuarrie Wins Formula Drift 2010 Las Vegas In Falken Sweep

In the main event, the boiling weekend ultimately came down to a battle of the V8s. Making the final four for his first time, Tony Brakohiapa in the Cooper Tire / BSP Tuskegee Airmen Mustang went up against 2010 season points leader Vaughn Gittin Jr. in the Monster Energy / Falken Tire Ford Mustang for third place.

August 25th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

Top 10 Project Cars For $10,000

Top 10 Project Cars For $10,000

A project car is all about the cursing, over-your-head budget, and time spent under the hood. They’re bought used, worked on for countless hours, and then put up against competitors that cost more than twice as much. The classic David and Goliath story.

August 23rd, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

First Super GT Win For The Subaru Legacy B4 In Suzuka

First Super GT Win For The Subaru Legacy B4 In Suzuka

Round 6 of the Super GT series, the 121 lap race at Suzuka Circuit, held some surprises for the 33,000-strong crowd. Longtime favorite ARTA came out on top again with the new Honda HSV-010 and the Subaru Legacy B4 took its first ever win in the series.

August 23rd, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

Rotary Obsession – FD3S Mazda RX-7 Turbo Track Car

Rotary Obsession – FD3S Mazda RX-7 Turbo Track Car

The stock twin-turbocharger system was re-installed, converted to boost non-sequentially, but didn’t produce as much power as White liked. The final answer was a huge single GReddy T78 turbocharger kit.

August 20th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Toyota History Garage – The Dream Museum

Toyota History Garage – The Dream Museum

The History Garage museum is designed to honor production cars from the 1950s through the 1970s, as well as past racing machines. The Corolla WRC car and GT-One Le Mans car are rare sights at any museum.

August 18th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Official Top Gear USA Show Trailer

Official Top Gear USA Show Trailer

Let the comment bashing begin. Unlike NBC, History Channel is not backing out of their plans for a US version of the UK Top Gear TV show. They’ve recently released this trailer for the show and the promo shows off the three hosts and a sample challenge that they will be taking part in – moonshine running.

August 16th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca

Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca

That’s when you know you’re buying a hardcore factory car – when it comes with disclaimers and warnings. There’s no wet weather traction, curb clearance, comfort, and your steering wheel will get nasty from the natural oils in your filthy paws.

August 14th, 2010 | Filed under New Cars | Read More »

2010 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Top 3

2010 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Top 3

Each group is packed to the gills – there’s more trailers, people, and cars than during the ALMS weekend – so we actually got to see more than just trophy wives and trailered supercars. Although there was plenty of that as well.

August 14th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Megaweb – Toyota’s Not So Secret Tokyo Museum

Megaweb – Toyota’s Not So Secret Tokyo Museum

It’s not what you’d expect from a car company who seems dead set on selling only Camrys and Corollas in the US but Megaweb is a little different than anything you’ll find in the US. Sometimes, that can pretty refreshing.

August 12th, 2010 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

Different World – All Japan Gymkhana Evo

Different World – All Japan Gymkhana Evo

Take a closer look at the Cusco All-Japan Gymkhana Championship Lancer Evolution. It’s immediately obvious that their style of gymkhana is different from ours. While ours is all about entertainment, big smoke, drifts, and staying sideways, the Japanese form looks like pure autocross with a couple smoke-less spin turns thrown in.

August 11th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Behind The Scenes – 2010 Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours

Behind The Scenes – 2010 Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours

The winning car, inheriting the lead after the demise of BMW Motorsport, was the BMS Scuderia Italia Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Driver Romain Dumas also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, a feat which has not been done since 1949.

August 11th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

The Best Ten Project Car Ideas For Under 10K

The Best Ten Project Car Ideas For Under 10K

A rewarding and fun to drive machine can be built for less than $10k, if you know what you’re doing and where to look. Our list below, in no particular order, is merely to get your gears turning and your own dreams going.

August 10th, 2010 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

Released – Recaro ProSeries Child Safety Seats

Released – Recaro ProSeries Child Safety Seats

Recaro recently announced their ProSeries line of child safety seats, supposedly “based on Recaro’s racetrack proven mobile seating technology”. We’re not sure what that means (HANS compatible? – Ed.)

August 10th, 2010 | Filed under New Parts | Read More »

Ken Block On Gymkhana Grid And His New Ford Fiesta

Ken Block On Gymkhana Grid And His New Ford Fiesta

We speak with rally driver Ken Block and drifter Kyle Mohan about the upcoming Gymkhana Grid race series. Part autocross, part drifting – entries include Subaru WRX STI, Ford Fiesta, Nissan 350Z, 240SX, and Mitsubishi Evo.

August 9th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »