Jeremy Foley and his co-driver go off at Devils Playground at exactly the same spot Bobby Regester did last year. They weren’t quite as lucky. Both were taken to the hospital but all I heard was that one of them had serious but not life-threatening injuries. I certainly hope it wasn’t too serious.
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It’s not every day you get the opportunity to sit in a donut shop three miles above sea level and talk racing with real champions. If you do, I’d say jump at the chance. In my case, there was a whole lot more listening than actual talking, but you get the picture.
We had a pretty good idea that motorcycles would be setting new records in this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, (the first five classes did!) but when Greg Tracy clocked 9:58.262 on his number 555 Ducati Multistrada, to crack the 10 minute barrier first, even the car drivers sat up started paying attention  … More
Rhys Millen claimed yet another world record and overall victory at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Sunday’s rescheduled event, which was postponed from July by wildfires.
Millen set a blazing pace to the summit in his hillclimb-prepared Hyundai Genesis Coupe racecar, needing only 9m46.164s to make international motorsports’ most challenging ascent to the 14,000ft summit. For 2012, Millen’s own race team, Rhys Millen Racing, made additional performance enhancements to  … More
Earlier this weekend, 66-year-old Thorkil Simonsen of Denmark brought his Porsche 356 to a classic car race event at the Nürburgring. Unfortunately, he didn’t leave with the Porsche — someone stole it, and now Simonsen and other enthusiasts are seeking the Internet’s help in getting it back.
The story comes to us from our friend Nikolaj Karlshøj, the editor of a car magazine in Denmark called Bil Ekspressen. Karlshøj said the car was stolen from the parking lot of the Hotel Hohe Acht, which is not far from the race track. In addition … More
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www.stokednews.com understands what this poor guy is going through. Our family has owned and autocrossed our 1964 356 since 1972. Here’s a picture from a Northern California Porsche Club Autocross taken a couple of years ago. 