My Life at Speed – Motorsports Stories, Driver Interviews and VideosSet your DVR’s or try to sneak out for an hour of “American Daredevils” on the History Channel titled “Too Tough To Die” which will be airing at noon est on Wednesday, January 8th. The show features Tim Chitwood from the world famous “Joie Chitwood
Inspiring and motivational best describe Darius Glover. Darius has been riding dirt bikes since he was 7 years old. At 15, everything changed when he suffered a life changing injury during a race; paralysis from the waist down. Undeterred by those telling him he’d never ride again, Darius has found a way not only to
Stage 2 of The Dakar Rally 2014 is in the books and was quite exciting. #18 Sam Sunderland, the young Brit we profiled in December 2013, won the Bike stage, a first for his career! Chile’s #5 Chaleco Lopez was second and #3 Joan Barreda Bort of Spain was third. In an interesting twist, the
The public-service announcement, from NZ Transport Agency, dissects an accident by freezing the moment before impact. A man who pulled out of an intersection too fast pleads for his life and that of his son. “I’m going too fast,” replies the driver of the oncoming car. The point of the advertisement: Other drivers make mistakes
In 2007 Askel Lund Svindal had one of the most spectacular and scary crashes the Downhill Skiing world had ever seen. He was on the notoriously difficult, and fast, Birds of Prey downhill run at Beaver Creek in Colorado when he missed his mark on the takeoff of a jump by just inches. The crash
Rookie Roczen Wins Opening Race of Monster Energy Supercross in Anaheim Last-Lap Pass Gives Anderson the Win 250SX Class Victory ANAHEIM, Calif. (January 4, 2014) – In front of 45,050 fans inside a sold-out Angel Stadium, rookie Ken Roczen won the opening race of Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, aboard his Red Bull
Matt Field. I started rooting for him a few years ago when I learned he was a Bay Area guy (my home area) and I keep rooting for him because not only is he a genuinely good person, he’s got a ridiculous amount of talent, as well. After a long, grueling year that was the
Ladies and gentlemen, Stage 1 of the Dakar Rally from Rosario to San Luis, Argentina has been completed. Right now competitors are getting all the rest they can at the bivouac while crews work to get their vehicles ready for Stage 2. Joan Barreda won on his Honda CRF 450 Rally bike despite taking a
Trucks have been competing in The Dakar Rally since 1980. It was won by a Sonacome truck driven by the Algerian team of Ataquat, Boukrif and Kaoula. In the years since then there have only been a few multiple-winning drivers like George Groines of France and Italy’s Francesco Perlini won twice each, while the Czech
I had the lucky opportunity to have some time to roam today, so I made my way down to Matt Field’s Drift Cave in San Jose just in time to be able to meet with Formula Drift and WTCC driver Charles Ng. Charles was nice enough to spend some time talking to me about his
