The Gumball Rally 3000 dropped the flag on their coast-to-coast race to Miami, but not before showing off their super-car snazzies by the Santa Monica Pier on Friday afternoon (5/1/09).
More than 100 vehicles prepared to hop on the 10 freeway and not stop until they hit the Atlantic. There were drophead Rolls Royces, classic Cadillacs and more Ferraris than you could shake a dipstick at. Not to mention a vintage De Tomaso Pantera and a bunch of Bugatti Veyrons.
The ladies, the brew and the music were all kicked into high gear…Â Details & Pictures
Epsilon Euskadi, a race car company based in the Basque region of Spain, is working with a bunch of masters students at Cranfield University in England to develop a kinetic energy recovery system for a Le Mans racer that could hit the grid next year.
OK, so yet another outfit is developing some green tech for the track. Interesting. But it’s also part of a broader trend that’s seen automakers and engineers bringing eco-friendlier auto tech – KERS, alternative fuels, hybrid drivetrains and even high-performance electric cars – to a specific arena:
Le Mans-style endurance racing.
You could argue Audi started it off when it rolled into Le Mans with the R10 diesel a few years back …Â Details
PORSCHE SWEEPS ROLEX GRAND-AM GT PODIUM IN NEW JERSEY; PORSCHE VS PORSCHE FOR FINAL PODIUM SPOT IN DAYTONA PROTOTYPE LEAVES EVERYBODY SMILING
MILLVILLE, NJ – May 3 — Whether they were tears of joy or extra large rain drops dripping down their cheeks, nearly every Porsche driver was smiling after the Verizon Wireless 200 Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 race on a dismal and dreary day in New Jersey Sunday.
Porsches swept the podium in GT – indeed, Porsches 911 GT3 Cup cars finished one through four – with victory going to …Â Details
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As fossil-fueled cars and trucks whizzed by on adjacent Interstate 30, about 150 junior high, high school and community college students at Pulaski Technical College’s South Campus put their electric-powered vehicles through their paces.
The sixth annual Arkansas Electric Vehicle Rally, sponsored by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, has expanded from four teams running five cars in 2004 to eight teams fielding 11 cars for Friday’s competition, cooperative spokesman Rob Roedel said…Â Details
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