In a surprising move, Team Peugeot Total announced that their purpose-built vehicle for the 2015 Dakar Rally will be two wheel drive. Just when we thought this race couldn’t get any more interesting! From Team Peugeot Total: A bold technical gamble: Meet the Peugeot 2008 DKR After grabbing public attention with the stunning new
Let it not be said that Finnish Formula 1 driver, Kimi Raikkonen, doesn’t have a sense of humor. He may not be the most loquacious of motorsports stars but bless his heart, this lawnmower race against Martin Brundle, Johnny Herbert and Anthony Davidson was just too much of a good time to pass up. We
From The Sports Corp: Bobby Goodin Pikes Peak Motorcycle Safety Fund Created To Assist In Making Pikes Peak Safer For Bikes Colorado Springs, July 2———–The family of motorcycle rider Bobby Goodin and the Board of Directors of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb have come together to honor the memory of Goodin, who was killed
On this week’s Top Gear USA, they make the pilgrimage to Pikes Peak in Colorado. This makes us chuckle because our team is still recovering from our own trek to “America’s Mountain” for the annual hill climb. Still the History Channel audience should get some idea as to why we love that place so much,
What’s the most relaxed motorsports event you’ve ever been to? Local autocross? Club track day? Go-karting with your mates? If your experiences with any of the above are anything like mine, I can tell you none come close to the TORC Off-Road Championship in Kyneton, Victoria. The Trike and Odyssey Racing Club (a rather different
They say if you’re really good at something, you don’t need to shout about it. And Historic and Vintage Restorations, or HVR, in Victoria, Australia, doesn’t need to shout. Indeed, driving past, you wouldn’t even know it was there. There are no company logos visible on the building’s exterior – just leftovers from past occupants.
It’s been almost a week since Romain Dumas rocketed to overall victory in the 2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Get your mouse or fingers ready for the onboard video from his run is interactive! Thanks to cutting-edge tamaggo technology, we can zoom in/out and turn the image horizontally for 360°. It’s about as close
Most people driving up the Mt. Washington Auto Road get a tight sphincter and sweaty palms just driving at a pace that would make a snail lift and eye brow with skepticism. With the 150+ turns to a summit of 6288 ft. and roads barely wide enough for two shopping carts to be side by
In 2013 Ken Gushi of Formula Drift fame, won his rookie effort at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb’s Exhibition Auto Class in a Lexus ISF CCS-R. This year he returned to America’s Mountain to contest the Time Attack 1 class in a specially-prepared 2013 Scion FR-S. In this onboard video, we see what the
This new Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is rolling with 707 horsepower and 650 lb.-ft. of torque right off the production line. That’s a whole lot of muscle and we can only imagine what the numbers will be after custom shops get their hands on it. By the way, the song playing in this video is
