Monthly Archives: May 2013

Fredric Aasbo Qaulifies First, Then Places 6th at Road Atlanta

Speedhunters has a great writeup on Fredric Aasbo qualifying 1st at Road Atlanta on Saturday. I love Larry Chen’s pics of that little RWD Hankook Tire Scion Racing tC smoking tires! Sadly, when Sunday rolled around Aasabo ended up with sixth place overall after a mishap with Vaughn Gittin Jr’s Mustang. Overall, first place went to [...]

Lamborghini Unveils Egoista Concept at Company’s 50th Birthday Bash

Lamborghini has been throwing itself a big party to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary. First there was the 350 Lambo tour across Italy. And now they have unveiled the Egoista. Could this be even more extreme than the Veneno? The single occupant super supercar is powered by a 5.2-liter V10 engine pushing 600hp. Styling is [...]

Blacker than Black: The Upside of a Professional Detail Job

This car is a rolling example of why high quality detail work is worth it. Normal people might be okay with just washing their car and (maybe) slapping a coat of wax on it. That alone will bring your car’s look above the riff-raff of daily drivers, but if you want it to look like [...]

Question of the Week: Should the next Challenger be smaller or stay the same?

The next generation Dodge Challenger is expected to arrive in the next two years – should Chrysler continue on with the Challenger being a big, brawny muscle car or should the company try to scale it down to more closely compete with the Chevrolet Camaro and the Ford Mustang? We look at the pros and ...

Watch a Nissan GT-R Drive Up a Ski Slope

Why take the ski lift when you can drive your GT-R? Team IceRiders and Redhouse Media decided to film the Nissan storming up a steep snowy slope in Sweden followed by several snowmobiles. No word on the tires used, but I imagine they were well-suited to the purpose. Video after the jump! via [Speedhunters]

Drag Race Monday: Nitrous Fed Trans-Am Takes on Turbo Regal

For a car that looks better suited for hauling old people to and from retirement homes, the Regal is kind of a beast. So is the Trans Am, obviously, but no one is going to mistake it for a slow car. Both cars are tuned well into the arena of high performance. The Pontiac has [...]

Close Racing During Four Hours of ALMS Racing at Laguna Seca

The action was fast and intense for the ALMS at Monterey Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Pit strategies and restarts played rolls in all classes, but it was the on-track expertise and a few daring passes that kept the race exciting and close to the finish. In P1 the unstoppable powerhouse of Lucas Luhr and Klaus [...]