2012 was a landmark year for the Global Rallycross Championship (GRC). What they didn’t gain with respectability, they certainly made up for with notoriety. Despite the innovation of making temporary rallycross circuits in NASCAR and IndyCar speedways, there was great controversy over the large metal gap-jump. Debate over the behemoth raged on both sides of
Ride on-board with the Peter Conroy Motorsport Audi R8 LMS of Peter Conroy, Rob Huff and James Winslow during practice for the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.
Join some of the best drivers in the world at the 25th anniversary of the famed Race of Champions in Bangkok, Thailand. Formula 1 world champions Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel team up as they represent Team Germany in hopes of winning their 7th straight Nation’s Title. Check out more Race of Champions action at
A vision of loveliness appeared on my Twitter feed this morning, a still photograph of the new Maserati GranCabrio Sport. Just I put my jaw back in place, Maserati’s official Twitter feed followed up with their promotional video. They spent an impressive amount of time showing interior shots of the car. They seem proud of
Since the Rolex 24 in Daytona over and the 12 Hours of Sebring over a month away, international endurance racing fans need not despair as there’s another event that’s gaining international acclaim. It’s the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Race at the Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit in Bathurst, Australia on February 8-10, 2013. With a
“Small, wicked and now topless” is how Italian model Catrinel Menghia describes the Fiat 500 Abarth Cabrio in the latest commercial. If the scorpion crawling on Ms. Menghia’s bikini-clad body doesn’t get your blood pumping, then footage of the world’s hottest of hot hatches most certainly will. Its 1.4L 16v turbocharged 160-horsepower MultiAir® engine with
Computer generated graphics which detail Felix Baumgartner’s Red Bull Stratos jump and World Record Supersonic Freefall. Baumgartner reached an estimated speed of 1,357.6 km/h or 843.6 mph (Mach 1.25) jumping from the stratosphere, which when certified will make him the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall and set several other records
Audi RS “Moments of Truth” is a series of highly stylized, dynamic short-form documentaries that capture a moment in time — visual, visceral proof of the impact that technological innovation and risk-taking has had on performance in a highly competitive world. This film tells the story of Audi quattro and the advantage that four-wheel drive
Records were made to be broken but in the automotive world, there’s something very special about breaking a record on hallowed ground like the Nürburgring in Germany. Perhaps the only thing better would be to shatter your own record, and that’s exactly what Englishman Andy Carlile did. Of the top five fastest lap times of
“I cut steel or bend aluminum, listening to how I feel at that moment” A short film about custom motorcycle engineer shinya kimura @ chabott engineering, directed by Henrik Hansen henrikhansen.net, shot on the Canon 5D and 7D.
