1.0 g.  –  In the world of sports cars it’s a magical number, the barrier between mere excellence and exaltation.
A measurement of traction and cornering ability, the figure means that the lateral or longitudinal forces being created by a car as it travels through a turn or decelerates are equal to those pulling it toward the center of the Earth.
In other words: If your seat disappeared in the middle of a corner, you could theoretically stick to the door without falling onto the floor  … More
Frank Profera has spent six years making his Lotus go faster, stop shorter, and corner harder. Though it only has to move around 2,150 lbs, Frank’s Lotus makes 680 wheel horsepower with a twin-charged 1.8L engine; giving it a better power-to-weight ratio than Mario Andretti’s Formula One Lotus. It’s an ongoing project that may never be finished, because of Frank’s never-ending obsession with speed. We had to take it for a ride.
Drew – What do you think?
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Patrick Long is likely the most famous international racing driver who is unknown to most Americans.
Part of the reason, of course, is because the 30-year old Californian is a sports-car racer—and sports-car racing is fragmented worse than your old computer’s hard drive.
In North America, we have  … More
A 1,200-horsepower Koenigsegg Agera R topped out at 249.54 mph (401.6 kph) on the main straight of the Nürburgring Nordschleife at yesterday’s Gran Turismo Nurburgring supercar meet-up. No, it wasn’t a video game, and yes, it is insane.
The driver, Norwegian BÃ¥rd Eker, isn’t even a factory test driver. He is a regular Koenigsegg owner (who happens to own part of the company), simply driving flat out on the nearly one-and-a-half-mile-long Döttinger-Höhe straight. He described the run, saying  … More
Pagani Zonda vs Koenigsegg Agera-R on the Nürburgring