The fastest four-wheeled All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) racers in America will make their return to the world-famous Glen Helen Raceway on March 8 for the opening round of the 2009 ITP Tires/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship Presented by Parts Unlimited.
The Glen Helen race will feature the top professional ATV riders in the country competing on a closed course featuring jumps, bumps, corners and the infamous Glen Helen hills.
Riders will compete on custom-built 450cc machines from top manufacturers such as Can-Am, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Polaris, Suzuki and Yamaha…. More info
The patience Tony Stewart displayed on a frigid January evening shooting an Old Spice commercial in a shopping mall garage is just a pinch of the perseverance he’ll need this season as a rookie NASCAR team owner.
But in smiling through numerous takes from varying angles, the two-time Sprint Cup Series champion proved he will …Â More info
Following up on the immense success of the R10 TDI race car, Audi has been hard at work on its successor. A pair of new R15 TDI race cars will make their race debut at the Sebring 12-hour race next month, but the highly anticipated Le Mans Prototype has already been seen running development laps.
In developing the R15 TDI, Audi’s motorsport engineers had to cope with new LMP1 regulations that place restrictions on downforce, while also trying to gain ground against the newer 908 HDi campaigned by rival Peugeot. The new R15 features …Â More info
‘Saab 96 two-stroke singing.”
Watching and, more importantly, listening to the above-titled YouTube video clip of a mid-60s Saab 96 rally car tackling a gravel stage in snarling snap-crackle-and-popping fury is a better introduction to the charm of these feisty little Swedish cars than I can manage with mere words.
Sounds and smells often take a back seat to the visuals that can pop up unexpectedly on memory’s monitor. But when they’re triggered, they can transport you back in time with an astonishing degree of intensity.
A V-12 Matra Formula One car on a misty long-ago Mosport morning. The smell of Castrol R “bean oil” cooking off a Manx Norton single that’s being rhythmically revved to warm it up in a racetrack paddock and emitting a ripple of crisp-edged thuds on the way up and a unique twitter on the way down. These are just two memories that come readily to mind…. More info