The 62nd running of the 12 Hours of Sebring has been eviscerated by fans, drivers, and the racing media in the wake of IMSA’s celebration of incompetence in Central Florida last Saturday.
In case you missed it, more than five hours of the 12-hour race were spent under caution for silly crashes, fires, and bonehead moves that came from on-track maneuvers and from inside the control tower.
Of all the tales to emerge from the second race in the newly unified TUDOR United SportsCar Challenge, the story of how Alex Job Racing’s (AJR) No. 22 Porsche 911 GT America was penalized for contact with a rival car that it never touched will go down in Sebring infamy … Video, pictures and more
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For most of us, “do it yourself” in an automotive context means pumping gas, cleaning the windshield, maybe even checking tire pressure.
But for some driving enthusiasts, it means building your own car.
Many of us bought and built model car kits as youngsters. But a company based in Wareham, near Boston, will sell you kits so you can build a real car, one you can drive on the road or the racetrack.
Factory Five Racing’s latest offering is the 818S. That’s 818 as in the vehicle’s target weight in kilograms (or 1,800 in pounds) and S as in Street.
For $9,900 you get: … More
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For years, the United States deemed these foreign cars off-limits—because they were never here in the first place, they didn’t conform to our safety and emissions standards. Drivers who wanted to import their own rare classics risked losing their insurance and even doing jail time if they were caught—and the cars would be confiscated and crushed. There’s a little-known red-tape workaround, though, called the 25 Year Rule: It simply means these models are officially of age.
One caveat: if you’re in California, the cars are … More
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In episode 3 of the evo track battles, Richard Meaden takes the ultimate battle of the Porsche 911, the Carrera 4S v Carrera 2S. Who will win?!
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