Germany’s Nürburgring has long been teh standard bearer for performance machines. Setting records on the famed track in an SUV was unthinkable a short time ago, but the performance market has changed. Ring Queen Sabine Schmitz pilots the 2012 Grand Cherokee SRT8 to an 8:49 lap time around the 12.8-mile circuit.
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When Ted Phillip opens the curtains in the morning and finds a good old Manawatu westerly blowing, he is in heaven.
His celebrations don’t go down well with those who aren’t his accomplices in the land-sailing sport known as blokarting.
“You don’t have many friends,” he said. “People say, `the bloody wind in Palmerston North’.”
Not Phillip. He packs his sleek 29kg kart into the boot of his car and heads for Coronation Park, the Sanson sports ground or Himatangi and Foxton beaches. Sometimes a secondary runway at Ohakea will be opened for them, or a Massey University car park  … More
The beginning of a new racing season is always filled with hope. That hope, for most, is soon dashed. For some, though, it brings surprises of success unexpected, if not desired.
There were several surprises in the opening weekend of competition for the 2012 edition of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Some of those were reserved for the competitors, as they discovered … More
Soboba Sand Drags are returning today for a three-day run, with double the number of events this year compared with last year.
“I think the tribal council is happy with us. The casino seems to be happy with us. We signed a contract for four events this year,†said Steve DeNunzio, one of the organizers from the Covina area behind the Southern California Sand Drag Association  … More