Australian race driver Jeff Denmeade has his sights set on the 2012 Pikes Peak Hill Climb and will tackle the 19.99km Race to the Clouds next year in an Australia-made Skelta G-Force. The Skelta G-Force has already taken Denmeade to second-place overall at the 2010 Targa Tasmania. The 2012 Pikes […]
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Video: David Higgins’ record-breaking Mt. Washington hill climb
A high-definition video of David Higgins breaking the record at the Mt. Washington hill climb earlier this year has just been posted up onto YouTube. Higgins broke the record in a Subaru Impreza WRX from the Subaru Rally Team USA. The impressive run beats Travis Pastrana’s unofficial record run (6:20.47) […]
2011 Superlap Australia World Time Attack winner and results
Tarzan Yamada and the Cyber Mitsubishi Lancer EVO were crowned the winner of the 2011 Superlap World Time Attack Challenge at Eastern Creek Raceway yesterday. Tarzan managed a best time of 1:28.851 in the Pro class during the two-day event, which ran from Friday until Saturday afternoon. This is the […]
2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car announced
Porsche has taken the wraps off the new 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car which will be raced in various Carrera Cup-style competitions around the world. The new GT3 Cup race car gets a larger, safer fuel tank and minor trimming and detail changes over the existing version. The 2012 […]
Volkswagen thinking of entering F1 in 2018
In a recent interview with Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport magazine, Volkswagen Motorsport boss Wolfgang Duerheimer has hinted VW Group could be thinking of entering into Formula One by 2018. Recent international reports have blown this out to be a bit bigger than what it is, but nonetheless, Duerheimer did […]
Video: Aston Martin Zagato race car review
Autocar has just posted up an Aston Martin Zagato race car review onto its YouTube channel. This is the first time we’ve been given a decent interpretation of the super-exotic racer. As the video describes, the Aston Martin Zagato gives off a glorious V12 soundtrack, and not just from the […]
Video: Nurburgring crazy wet lap by Andreas Gulden
There’s not much point even explaining this video, recently added on YouTube, it’s quite simply one of the craziest wet laps of the Nurburgring we’ve ever seen. The lap was done by Andreas Gülden, the Chief Instructor at the Nurburgring Driving Academy. Almost every corner is taken with a dab […]
Red Bull Racing for the road – Cars with wings?
Remember when Red Bull was just a humble energy drink? And then you started seeing the name and the ‘charging bulls’ logo sponsoring various sports events, mostly extreme ones like the Red Bull Air Race. Now, Red Bull isn’t just a company that puts fizzy drink into a can. It […]