Brigadoon racer Chris Brenton dominated proceedings at NSW’s major quad race for the year, the KTM Quad Challenge held at Barleigh Ranch in Newcastle on Sunday.
Meanwhile, fellow KTM racer Len Pipicello also finished first in the Expert and Veterans class in what were rough and fast-flowing conditions… Details
Bulgarian officials are set to meet with Bernie Ecclestone next week in the hope of securing a place on the 2011 Formula One calendar.
Bulgarian Motorcycling Federation president Bogdan Nikolov said that grand prix organising committee chief Rumen Petkov will meet with F1’s commercial rights controller at next weekend’s German Grand Prix.
Nikolov, who announced Bulgaria’s plans to host a Formula One race last December, was hopeful a contract could be signed.
He said the BMF had two projects for a circuit and were waiting to hear Ecclestone’s opinion. The track is likely to be near the northern town of Pleven… Details
TRG (The Racer’s Group) is planning a new challenge, jointly with the Texas-based Circle B Motorcars and the British RML Group (Ray Mallock Limited). The three companies are planning to enter the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT series in Joliet, Illinois at the Autobahn Country Club for the July 24-26 event with a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 GT.
“Bearing in mind that these cars have a racing history in Europe dating back to 2008, we are excited to see what it can do in U.S. trim,” said Circle B Motorcars owner Peter Blom. “We decided to race the 2009 version of the car here in the states to see if we can draw out the street versions of the cars that are currently in North America. Some people buy these cars to add to a collection, I bought mine to race…Â Details
Don your Nomex firesuit and industrial-grade ear protection: It’s time to soak in some nature at 60mph. PopSci staff photographer/madman John Carnett has realized an unholy dream long in the making: an ATV powered entirely by a jet turbine.
And then he took it to the woods and pushed it to the limit; to the edge of logic, control and sanity.
As if intent to cement his internal reputation as the resident DIY crazy man, Carnett told me last year that his next project was going to involve a jet turbine and something he could drive. Unsurprisingly, Carnett didn’t feel the least bit hampered by the fact that he lacked a turbine, a vehicle, and any real knowledge about how to put a turbine on a vehicle.  But… DetailsÂ
