Michele Abbate joins the ranks of FuelTV’s Octane Academy!

We are excited to announce that one of our avid bloggers, Michele Abbate, was recently announced on the Octane Academy website that she will be a contestant on the Fuel TV show!  If you haven’t heard, Octane Academy is a new show hitting the FuelTV channel this month! Found on the Octane Academy website (www.OctaneAcademy.com) is this description of the show: This isn’t a... Read More

SEMA Week: My Life at Speed Recap!

Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA):  Personal Definition: The Show of All Shows, the best way to end a year of Automotive Events.  If I saw it racing, I know I’ll see it at SEMA. If I met you on track or race course across the US, I’ll see you at SEMA.   If it’s been made for a car… it’s at SEMA, if it’s new to the auto community… it’s at SEMA. 2 million... Read More

North American Festival of Speed – A Recap.

North American Festival of Speed 2011 which was held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway – check out this video shot and edited by Andrew Escarcega. Excited to hear more from our My Life at Speed contributors, Kyle Lewis, Eric Gearhart, Michele Abbate, Matt Tagles – and a few others for sure!! Their updates will be coming out very soon!! Thanks to Jonathan Donner, APD Motorsports,... Read More

TRUE GRIT.

After Subiefest, the staff had some fun with some boxes and a golf cart.  Read More

IndyCar – Las Vegas Motor Speedway: The end of a season, and a legacy.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway has a beautiful facility, tons of seating that allows you to see the entire oval and interior road course. Plenty of places to escape the sun and grab some concessions, and a great sound system to never miss any of the action. Those who opt to buy the Neon Garage passes are treated with some great views into the teams garages. There is... Read More

Formula Drift Round 7 – Title Fight…and a fight it was!

Formula Drift Round 7 – Title Fight           The 2011 Formula Drift series has seen it’s fair share of action and drama as the events have gone on. All of which leading up to this point, the final event of the season, a Title Fight if you will. With the top 6 drivers all mathematically capable of taking this years championship crown, it was looking... Read More

North American Festival of Speed to run Under the Lights on Saturday!

      The inaugural North American Festival of Speed was recently presented with the opportunity to shift the Friday and Saturday portions of the event to an evening schedule. Seeing this as an opportunity to further distinguish the NAFoS apart from most other motorsport events, NAFoS Founder and President, Nikolas Malechikos made the call to make the switch. “LasVegas,... Read More

North American Festival of Speed – November 4th, 5th & 6th

  SEMA, an event all of us in the automotive community know and love. We all enjoy and hate the four days of non stop walking, talking and schmoozing. Once Friday arrives most cannot wait to get on a plane and get out of Las Vegas, this year, will be different… This year we have the honor of unveiling a project that has been in the works for quite awhile now. The North... Read More

My Life @ NHRA NorthWest Nationals

Photo by Kyle Lewis   NHRA Northwest Nationals, an event that has long been a yearly occasion for me. Since I can remember my dad has been taking me to Pacific Raceways for a weekend of amazing racing. So for me it is easy to know why I attend every year, it has always though been a challenge to make others understand what makes this event one to attend. Most just say that... Read More

Went to Endurocross and a Foot Race Broke Out.

My Life at Speed was quick to accept an opportunity to attend the AMA GEICO Endurocross event held up in Everett. We are still filtering through photos and video, but as a special favor to Lee Callahan at KZOK radio station in Seattle, WA we got this gallery up quickly. The Foot Race was crazy – this group of guys ran the perimeter of the Endurocross race course, with ProTaper... Read More