Red Bull’s New Year, No Limits series is moving from Las Vegas to La-La-Land, and this time it’ll be Travis Pastrana’s turn to try to wow the crowd.
Pastrana will try to break the world record for the longest jump in a car. A handful of Los Angeles landmarks are being considered for the New Year’s Eve stunt by the freestyle motocross star and rally car champion.
Considering that this is the guy who at 15 celebrated an X Games gold medal by jumping his motorcycle into San Francisco Bay, almost anything might go.
Pastrana hopes to shatter the record of 171 feet set by his Subaru teammate, Ken Block, in a rally car in November 2006…Â Details
Jimmie Johnson hasn’t won a Cup race on a road course, but now he has a leg up on that accomplishment.
Johnson turned a lap of 71.340 seconds (123.633 mph) Friday at 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International to win the pole for Sunday’s Heluva Good! at The Glen, edging Kurt Busch (123.619 mph) for the top starting spot by .008 seconds.
The pole was Johnson’s first of the season and the 20th of his career but his first on a road course…Â DetailsÂ
So my last article covered the actual logistics in regards to drifting, why it’s popular and perhaps why you should or should not drift yourself. This article is covering why you should AutoX instead, save some coin, be happy and drift later, but better.
Auto X according to Wikipedia “Autocross is a form of motorsports that emphasizes safe, low-cost competition and active participation. An autocross is a timed competition where drivers navigate one at a time through a temporary course marked by traffic cones, rather than racing on a track with multiple other cars, as in road racing or oval racing. Autocross tends to place more emphasis on … Details
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Ahead of its launch next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche has taken the wraps off of its revised 2010 911 Turbo. A new 3.8-liter six-cylinder engine will crank out 500 horsepower – about double what the first 911 Turbo produced – and will be able to propel the car to 62 miles per hour in just 3.4 seconds.
The direct-injected powertrain features turbocharger with variable turbine geometry and it can be paired with Porsche’s PDK Doppelkupplungsgetriebe, the automaker’s dual clutch seven-speed transmission.
PDK models will also offer …Â Details