Archive for the ‘Automobile’ Category
Autocross: is it just an excuse to talk about buying swaybars? No! It’s an extremely cheap way to do excitingly stupid things in your car, even if your car is a hunk of crap like mine.
There are two problems with autocross: it’s not sexy and it’s intimidating for everyone who isn’t driving a tuned BMW E36 M3 or a lowered ’90s Civic hatchback.
There are good reasons why you should ignore those problems … More
The Stoked News Porsche 356 at a N. Calif PCA Autocross
Perhaps no other race car claims the outright success that is boasted by Porsche’s 917/30, a purpose-built spyder that dominated its only season of competition and went on to set a still respectable closed-course speed record. Rooted in roughly four years of development of similar racing spyders, the 917/30’s beginnings initially arose from two goals.
With a new American retail relationship between Porsche and Audi forming in 1969, VW of America executive Josef Hoppen sought to publicise the development with a racing campaign. This suggestion nicely melded with Porsche’s plans for entry into the Can-Am Challenge Cup, the unlimited regulation Canadian-American series that featured racing’s most powerful cars … More
“We’ve got a decision to make,” said Brian Wiley, his breath fogging in the cold air.
Wiley, president of the East Branch Sno-Rovers, stood on the second-story balcony of the Sno-Rovers’ clubhouse in Medway. Below, racers and mechanics paused mid-conversation and looked up. A snowmobile revved, drowning out Wiley’s voice. He waited patiently until the machine was switched off … More