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 ...
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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 biggest change is the new 1.6-liter turbo engine, which produces 300hp and 332 lb/ft of torque.

November 1st, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ready for Debut

2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ready for Debut

Ford’s newest World Rally Championship (WRC) competitor, the 1.6-liter turbo Fiesta RS, is set to debut this week with FIA homologation approval. Ford WRC drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala will enter the Fiesta RS in its first WRC round in early February, Rally Sweden.

October 29th, 2011 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

Top 10 Cars From The 2011 RallyCar SnoDrift Rally

Top 10 Cars From The 2011 RallyCar SnoDrift Rally

From Prelude to STI, we gather up 10 of the most interesting cars to have shown their faces at the 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift rally in Atlanta, Michigan.

October 25th, 2011 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC Debuts

2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC Debuts

Ford reports that the full spec on the Fiesta RS will be released at the beginning of February. Testing will continue in Sweden next week ahead of the Fiesta RS WRC’s championship debut in Rally Sweden

January 13th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Top 10 Cars Of Gymkhana Grid

Top 10 Cars Of Gymkhana Grid

Filled with 500-600hp cars, Gymkhana Grid had more than a few nicely built competitors. Here are just 10 of our picks from the crowd.

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

Gymkhana Grid 2010

Gymkhana Grid 2010

Using elements of autocross as well, the Gymkhana Grid event boiled down to a mixture of timed drifting and “real” gymkhana.

December 10th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid – The Paddock

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid – The Paddock

SCCA and time attack racers were parked next to show vehicles that could barely fit credit cards between their tires and wheel wells.

December 7th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Tanner Foust Wins Drift Packed Gymkhana Grid 2010

Tanner Foust Wins Drift Packed Gymkhana Grid 2010

The all-wheel drive class was led by Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3 Ford Fiesta and Tanner Foust’s X-Games/Rallycross Ford Fiesta.

December 7th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

Ken Block’s Kickass Ford Fiesta Birthday Cake

Ken Block’s Kickass Ford Fiesta Birthday Cake

What do you do when you’re multi-million-view Internet famous, successful, and one year older? In Ken Block’s case, you throw a party and geta custom Ford Fiesta cake from your friends.

November 24th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Best Of The 2010 SEMA Show – Part 1

Best Of The 2010 SEMA Show – Part 1

It’s no coincidence that the annual SEMA Show takes place in the heart of Sin City. Packed to the grilles with aftermarket parts and modified cars, the enthusiast trade show is high on flash and bolt-ons. And we’re just talking abou the booth babes.

November 8th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta At Gymkhana Grid

Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta At Gymkhana Grid

Inside Ken Block’s Gymkhana Three Ford Fiesta during some pre-video release testing at Hollywood Park. Watch as Block gives a ride to Formula Drift star Daijiro Yoshihara.

October 13th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3 Video – In France?

Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3 Video – In France?

For the third video, Block takes on L’Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery in France, which has a distinctively European feel to it and some massive banking. Block even demonstrates the banking’s steep 51-degree incline by standing on his Fiesta at an angle.

September 17th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | 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 »

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 »

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid Invades Hollywood Park

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid Invades Hollywood Park

With millions upon millions of views online, the gymkhana stunt videos from rally racer Ken Block have put the sport’s name on everybody’s mind. While it may have been the case that gymkhana was a mystery to American gearheads just a few years ago, it’s out of the shadows now.

August 9th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Tanner Foust Wins 2010 X Games 16 Rally Race Gold

Tanner Foust Wins 2010 X Games 16 Rally Race Gold

With TV bragging rights on the line and no standardized rulebook to worry about, most of the turbocharged, all-wheel drive cars were making near 600hp.

August 1st, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

X-Games Can Save American Rally Racing

X-Games Can Save American Rally Racing

Mother Nature is actually out to puncture and flip your rally car but that’s just part of the fun. So, how come rally racing isn’t as big as NASCAR in the US?

July 27th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »