VAY Special at the 2009 Monterey Historics
V.A.Y. Special racecar gallery from our coverage of the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Monterey Historics 2009 – RM Sports Car Auction
A quick look at the RM Sports Car Autions from our coverage of the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Monterey Historics 2009 – IMSA GTP Racecars
IMSA racecar gallery from our coverage of the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Monterey Historic Automobile Races 2009 – Day 4
Day 4 Gallery image coverage from the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races.
Monterey Historic Automobile Races 2009 – Day 3
Day 3 Gallery image coverage from the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races.
Monterey Historic Automobile Races 2009 – Day 2
Day 2 Gallery image coverage from the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races.
Monterey Historic Automobile Races 2009 – Day 1
Day 1 Gallery image coverage from the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races.
Formula Drift 2009 – Round 4 – Las Vegas
Formula DRIFT returned to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Round 4: All In. Champion Tanner Foust takes the victory in his Rockstar / Hankook Scion Racing tC, while Chris Forsberg in the NOS Energy Drink / Maxxis Nissan 350Z moves to the top position overall in the chase for the Formula DRIFT Pro Championship.
APR Performance Open House
Our money needs to be spent where it matters most – going faster. There’s no time for fancy dress-up tricks that don’t do anything or attract unwarranted attention for no reason. That’s why we’ve always liked the guys at APR Performance.
Time Attack UK 2009 – Silverstone – Part 3
With their right feet planted firmly on the accelerator throughout the entire day, it was a record time of 57.989 seconds from the 705bhp Roger Clark Impreza that secured Olly Clark his first win of the competition; a fractional 0.811 ahead of Matt Allison in the 620bhp Zen Performance car.
Time Attack UK 2009 – Silverstone – Part 2
With over twice the standard power, it’s no surprise that competitors were logging quicker times than the British Touring Car Championship racecars.
Time Attack UK 2009 – Round 3 Silverstone
On this occasion, each of the pit garages were occupied by high performance road cars and eager drivers were tearing up the tarmac before Jenson Button even had chance.
Redline Time Attack 2009 – Willow Springs
Willow Springs International Raceway is known as “the fastest track in the west”. In fact, there’s a giant sign at Willow Springs proclaiming just that. With some of the longest straights in California and the highest top speed of any West Coast track, Willow Springs, aka the big track, favors high speed stability and horsepower.
Super Lap Battle 2009 – Willow Springs
Called the “fastest track in the west”, Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, CA has just nine turns and plenty of straightaway space. Cars that have lots of horsepower, stability and minimal drag often do well, with only the fastest production-based cars dipping into the 1:20s.
2009 Monaco F1 Grand Prix Preview With BMW Motorsport
Sandwiched between yachts and casinos is the annual Monaco GP. One of the world’s most famous and most coveted races, the Monaco GP takes place on a temporary street circuit that is the tightest on the entire F1 schedule.
D1 Grand Prix D1GP 2009 – Anaheim
The Japanese D1 drifting series was directly responsible for the massive attention and media explosion that surrounded drifting’s US birth. When even mainstream publications like Autoweek and Motor Trend start paying attention to enthusiast interests like drifting, you know it’s gotten big.
2009 New York Auto Show – 2010 Kia Forte Koup
Kia’s been re-inventing itself as of late. Borrowing cool kid cues from Scion and Honda, Kia has been designing and marketing some of its latest offerings as edgy, hip and cool. Did you see the hamsters driving down the road on TV?
2009 New York Auto Show – 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
The new 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG debuts at the New York show with 518hp out of its 6.2-liter V8. A seven-speed dual-clutch transmission is now on board, with four selectable driving modes.
2009 New York Auto Show – Nissan Nismo 370Z
Like the Nismo 350Z a couple years back, Nissan has once again applied the Nissan Motorsports (Nismo) name to the Z platform. The new Nismo 370Z is only offered one way. No options and no automatic transmission available. Sweet.

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