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 ...
Articles about “Motorsports”
Sumo Power Nissan GT-R FIA GT1 Racecar

Sumo Power Nissan GT-R FIA GT1 Racecar

Campaigned in the FIA GT1 series, Sumo Power’s Nissan GT-R GT1 is a 600hp turbocharged racing machine that regularly takes on Aston Martin DB9s, Corvettes, and Maserati MC12s.

January 15th, 2011 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

Inside Pan Speed’s Time Attack Mazda RX-7

Inside Pan Speed’s Time Attack Mazda RX-7

Pushing more than 500hp from just 1.3-liters requires either a big turbo or some wishful thinking. Pan Speed makes use of a custom built side-port rotary with a massive T04Z turbocharger.

January 14th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, 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 »

MAZDASPEED Motorsports – 2010 Year In Review

MAZDASPEED Motorsports – 2010 Year In Review

In the US, MX-5 Miatas, RX-7s, RX-8s, and other Mazda-powered vehicles are a common site at the track. Not even mentioning the massive growth of the Spec Miata class, Mazdas are involved in formula, prototype, touring car, and GT racing the world over.

January 4th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

2010 Year In Review – Motorsport Lens – Part 1

2010 Year In Review – Motorsport Lens – Part 1

There was big news in F1, ALMS, and rally racing and lots of new car releases that show that manufacturers still care about performance. New Mustangs and Italian compacts are great, but they can be even better once they’re raced.

January 3rd, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

Top 10 Biggest Motorsport Milestones Of 2010

Top 10 Biggest Motorsport Milestones Of 2010

From F1 to Audi to Pikes Peak to rally racing, we pick some of the most important motorsport moments, highlights, and events in 2010.

December 27th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

The Fastest Man In Time Attack – Yasushi Kikuchi

The Fastest Man In Time Attack – Yasushi Kikuchi

Revolution FD3S Mazda RX-7, driven by Yasushi Kikuchi. A Super GT, Super Taikyu, and endurance racing driver, Kikuchi set a 53.673, a tenth off of the HKS time.

December 22nd, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

5Zigen Honda Civic Type-R Turbo Now Fastest FWD In Japan

5Zigen Honda Civic Type-R Turbo Now Fastest FWD In Japan

Zigen has taken the Japanese front-wheel drive record at Tsukuba Circuit. Using their newly revamped FD2-chassis Honda Civic Type-R,

December 15th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | 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 »

Quick Look – Toyota Team Australia Goup A Corolla

Quick Look – Toyota Team Australia Goup A Corolla

The Toyota Team Australia Corolla, which in the mid-1980s was one of the most successful touring car racers in their continent.

December 6th, 2010 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

Inside Australia’s National Motor Racing Museum

Inside Australia’s National Motor Racing Museum

There are the usual suspects, a Champ Car, motorcycles, and a couple V8 Supercars. And nestled along the back wall is Toyota Team Australia’s Group A Corolla.

December 6th, 2010 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

BMW Announces ALMS, DTM, WTCC, and Formula In 2011

BMW Announces ALMS, DTM, WTCC, and Formula In 2011

Jens Marquardt will be taking over BMW Motorsport on January 1, 2011 and will oversee its BMW M3 GT2, WTCC, DTM, and formula car programs.

December 6th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

Revisting the V8 BMW Z4 GT3

Revisting the V8 BMW Z4 GT3

BMW built it by putting the E92 M3’s 4-liter V8 engine under the hood, good for 480hp, and then stretching the coupe body in all the right places.

December 3rd, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Inside R Magic’s 580hp Mazda FD3S RX-7 Turbo

Inside R Magic’s 580hp Mazda FD3S RX-7 Turbo

With almost 600hp, a welded and caged body, and a six-speed sequential transmission, the car moves on track.

December 3rd, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Chevy Cruze 2010 WTCC Champions

Chevy Cruze 2010 WTCC Champions

At the 2010 Macau Grand Prix, Chevrolet tied up the 2010 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) with the manufacturers’ title. Chevy Cruze driver Yvan Muller also took the drivers’ title.

December 3rd, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Which Is Faster – Toyota Supra vs Honda S2000

Which Is Faster – Toyota Supra vs Honda S2000

Both were laying quick times (in the high 1:20s), the Supra by use of its power, which could be seen and dramatically heard on the front straight, and the S2000 by use of its constant throttle and neat lines.

November 29th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

JAF Grand Prix Super GT Fuji Sprint Cup 2010

JAF Grand Prix Super GT Fuji Sprint Cup 2010

Held at the massive F1-friendly Fuji Speedway, the Fuji Sprint Cup held races on the same day and same track configuration with Super GT and Formula Nippon.

November 26th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

1,243hp Supercharged Lingenfelter Chevy Camaro Destroys 8s

1,243hp Supercharged Lingenfelter Chevy Camaro Destroys 8s

The world’s fastest LS9-powered Camaro puts out a whopping 1,243whp and even more incredulous 1,328 lb/ft of torque. Folks, that’s almost fourteen first-gen Miatas combined.

November 25th, 2010 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

BMW Motorsport Director Retires Ahead of DTM Program

BMW Motorsport Director Retires Ahead of DTM Program

As BMW Motorsport Director, Theissen had his hands in every racing program that BMW participated in, from Formula One to GT cars.

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

Porsche and Ferrari Supercars at Laguna Seca

Porsche and Ferrari Supercars at Laguna Seca

Beyond the usual rich guys with Ferraris and Porsche 911 GT3s, entrants included the Super Lap Battle, Redline, ALMS, Grand-Am, Driver’s Cup, and World Challenge series.

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