Filed under: Motorsports
Here’s a story you might expect more from Formula 1 than NASCAR: team owners say that you simply can’t be competitive in the sport if you don’t have a plane to shuttle your crew around. Rick Hendrick, for instance, has three 50-seat regional jets, Joe Gibbs has another three, and Jack Roush has [...]
Golden Jubilee of Mid-Engined CorvettesAfter ten attempts, Corvette engineers are still not convinced that moving the engine behind the driver is worth the trouble.
Blame it all on Corvette patron saint Zora Arkus-Duntov. Roughly half-way through his too-short 21 years at GM, Arkus-Duntov concluded that a mid-engined Corvette was the ideal way to keep performance on [...]
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Filed under: Spy Photos, Sedan, Performance, Europe, Videos, BMW, Luxury
2011 BMW M5 testing at the Nurburgring – Click above to watch video after the jump
The 2011 BMW M5 has been caught on video doing its thing around the ‘Ring, and by “doing its thing” we really mean shredding the life out of the rear tires. [...]
Filed under: Motorsports, Safety, Motorcycle
Alpinestars Tech Air Race prototype suit – Click above to watch the video after the break
We traveled out to Alpinestars’ U.S. headquarters near Los Angeles, California today so that the giant manufacturer of automotive and motorcycle safety gear could show us its latest high-tech hardware. The most important aspect of the [...]
