Insider Interview with Top Gear’s Adam Ferrara

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We all have dreams of doing something extraordinary. Unfortunately, most of our realities are extra ordinary. However, there are a lucky few who not only live out their dreams and childhood fantasies, but knowingly do it for the rest of us. One such man is comedian and actor, Adam Ferrara. This native New Yorker is [...]

NORRA Mexican 1000: Defining the Spirit of Adventure Down the Baja Peninsula.

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They call it the “The Happiest Race on Earth” and for three years now, it hasn’t disappointed me.  Once again, Mike Pearlman and his great crew at NORRA, delivered an epic race adventure. The race is defined by the participants in our very individual motivations for taking on Baja in this four day desert rally. [...]

Conversation: Paul Dallenbach – Video

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I get lucky now an then and get a chance to sit down with my racing heroes. Paul Dallenbach is one of those people.  I got double-lucky today.  I was on m way home to the Bay Area from our family vacation in San Diego and we just happened to be driving through the LA [...]

Our Own Ryan Schnell’s Peak Stock Car Dream Challenge

Ryan Schnell (Pikes Peak 2011)

My Life at Speed has always been a home for race stories from the racers themselves.  One such racer is Ryan Schnell.  If it’s got anything do with an engine and a steering wheel, count him in!  His passion for motorsports began when he first laid eyes on a race car.  After that his goal [...]

Shoot the Shooter: Professional Speedhunter, Larry Chen

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When it comes to photography, Larry Chen just gets it.  He possesses a natural talent for recognizing the moments the rest of us miss and having his camera ready to seize it.  Taking the moment, the scene, the action and the emotion captive for us.  If raw talent is, indeed, a gift, then every day [...]

Rally Dreams: WRC Mexico with Josh Chang

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Josh Chang has spent his entire adult life chasing his dreams.  With the encouragement of his family and a deep desire to live a life in racing, he found himself on the eve of his College graduation with a choice: Take one of the many opportunities he had been offered with his shiny new engineering [...]

Will Roegge and Keep Drifting Fun shoot FD Atlanta in 4K

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Will Roegge…Wow.  So, the man has plenty of talent in the first place, but then arms himself with some of the most robust new gear in the industry, the Canon 1Dc — and this is the result.  Again…wow.  Can’t wait to see what the fine folks over at Keep Drifting Fun produce next.  If this [...]

X Games Barcelona 2013: Rallycross Preview

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It seems like only yesterday we were talking about the first GRC round in Brazil, and here we are on the cusp of the second round in Barcelona.  The Catalan capital has made use of pre-existing infrastructure from its role as Summer Olympics host city in 1992.  Of course, the X Games is on a [...]

Robb Holland and ROTEK Racing take class win at Nurburgring

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My apologies for getting this out a couple weeks late.  Here’s the press release from ROTEK Racing on their recent victory in Germany. – Kenneth Stouffer   Rotek Racing Takes Class Win at the Nurburgring Rotek Racing took their first win in dominant fashion when they took their Audi TT RS to victory in the [...]

Anatomy of an F1 Pit Stop

Sahara Force India Pit Crew at Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir, Bahrain, 18-21 April 2013

I’d never been a Formula 1 fan but a friend of mine is so passionate about it, that I promised to give it a try this season.  Well, it only took one race and I was hooked.  It really is the pinnacle of motor car racing.  Behind the glitz and glamour associated with the drivers [...]

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