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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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 the RallyCar calendar and sees ambient temperatures as low as 0-degrees during night stages.

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

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 »

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 rally car. Prodrive is also responsible for the custom valving, specs, and setup of each Ohlins 3-way damper setup.

October 26th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | 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 Sno Drift Rally Action Highlights

2011 Sno Drift Rally Action Highlights

Video action highlights from the 2011 running of the RallyCar (formerly known as Rally America) Sno*Drift rally race in Atlanta, Michigan.

February 2nd, 2011 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Rally America Sno Drift Kicks Off

Rally America Sno Drift Kicks Off

The cars are prepped (Subaru Rally Team USA took up residence inside a nice, enclosed, classic garage on a main street in town), tech’d, and ready to race – literally sitting in parc expose as I write this

January 28th, 2011 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Rally Nissan 350Z Donut Burnout

Rally Nissan 350Z Donut Burnout

J-WRC Abbring chose to do donuts around his team using his bio-methanol 300hp near stock Z rally car.

December 30th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | 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 »

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 »

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 »

2012 Ford Focus ST Turbo

2012 Ford Focus ST Turbo

With 247hp, a six-speed transmission, Recardo seats, big brakes, a new body, and a global platform, the 2012 Ford Focus ST had the booth abuzz at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show.

December 1st, 2010 | Filed under Videos | 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 »

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 »

Mini Countryman WRC Tests Without Breaking

Mini Countryman WRC Tests Without Breaking

Taking place over four days, the Prodrive engineering team drove the car over tarmac, dirt, and other loose surfaces. The Countryman World Rally Car is now scheduled to go to Portugal for a week of gravel testing.

September 10th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | 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’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 »

Foust Wins First Ever X Games Super Rally With Ford Fiesta

Foust Wins First Ever X Games Super Rally With Ford Fiesta

Competition whittled down to the final four: Foust, Deegan, X-Games rookie Samuel Hubinette, and Subaru drifter/rally racer Stephan Verdier. As the four cars lined up at the top of the Coliseum, anticipation was high for a thrilling race.

August 2nd, 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 »