Posts Tagged ‘racing’
With things like cheap gas and the value of a dollar slowly being taken from us, it's good to see that somebody wants to give us something. For the US release of the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Polyphony has thrown in features the Japanese version didn't get.There's a drift mode that judges drivers on ......
For Sale: Zagato Caddy
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Say "Italian-styled Cadillac" and any car person will shoot back "Allante." It does appear, though, that Zagato executed coachwork on top of a fourth-generation Eldorado before Cadillac ever thought of shipping its wares to and from Pininfarina. This Eldo looks a lot like a Ferrari, and there's a re......
New livery for Corvette Racing C6R revealed
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above to see more images of the 2008 Corvette C6RYellow and black, it's a classic combination. It can convey speed yet spur people to make cautious moves. After all, Wasps are yellow and black, and if you're not careful, you'll regret denying them deference. Bad Boy Vettes has been delivering......
VIDEO: Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR at the track
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
click above to view the videoThe Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR is a racing machine, that's what the three letter suffix denotes (American Club Racer), of course. You don't even have to be within 100 feet of the Viper ACR to know what it is, that wing on the back clues you in. Somewhere, a 737 is missing an......
Rumormill: Dodge Challenger SS Drag package weeks away
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Dodge Challenger Super Stock shown from 2006 SEMA ShowJust like in the '60s, some people will take their new 2008 Dodge Challengers to the drags. Chrysler is reportedly ready to make this very easy for new Challenger owners. Allpar is reporting that within a few weeks, there will issue forth from C......
Jewish racer describes antisemitism in NASCAR
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Jon Denning, right. Photo courtesy of jondenning.comThe other day I came across "Before the Thunder Rolls: Devotions for NASCAR Fans", a Christian prayer book written by a former NASCAR chaplain. It brought to light for me the degree to which stock car racing and Southern Baptist Christianity inter......
A1GP switches to ethanol mix, ships fuel to New Zealand
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Switching a racing series to ethanol? Smart. Shipping the ethanol around the world to show how green that racing series is? Less so.A1GP has announced that its upcoming race in New Zealand will mark the inauguration of the series' switch to E30 Hiperflo ethanol-gasoline blend, which, as organizers p......
Joy to the World: Honda F1 ditches globe livery
Monday, October 29th, 2007
The Honda Racing F1 Team didn't win a lot of fans when it pulled the bold move of ditching its sponsors and painting the 2007 car like a globe. Thankfully, the Japanese team has revealed that it'll be ditching the map scheme for next season's car, the RA108.The world map livery was instituted last y......
Toyota F1 pins its hopes on new TF108
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
'Tis the season to unveil new F1 cars, and following Ferrari's unveiling of the new F2008 and McLaren taking the wraps off its MP4/23, Toyota is next having debuted the TF108 at the team's headquarters in Cologne, Germany earlier today.
The TF108 departs from last year's TF107 primarily in two areas......
Aston Martin announces expansion into LMP1 class
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Never a moment's rest for the team at Aston Martin Racing. Not since Prodrive chief David Richards took over with his consortium of investors, at least. With the announcement of the V8 Vantage GT2, the team has expanded into every class of GT racing in the Le Mans Series, campaigning racing DB9s in ......