Monster bike versus monstrous car. The bike has 192hp, the car 620. The venue was Santa Pod drag strip.
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Chevrolet became the final American manufacturer to roll a pony car into the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and the 2013 Camaro was unveiled a few miles from its unofficial birthplace.
Before the Nationwide race at Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Clermont, Ind., last July, a group from the design studio for Chevrolet descended on NASCAR garage with calculators, cameras and open minds.Â
After meeting with NASCAR, measuring the styling lines of the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger and being briefed on the parameters for construction, the designers were  … More
Ever ask yourself what race cars would look like if there weren’t any rules? Porsche did. Then they answered their own question with the 917-10.
By 1971, Porsche had won just about every major event in which the venerable 917 was eligible to compete and the company needed a new challenge. It didn’t take long for Porsche to set it sights on the North American Can Am series where the competition was fierce and the rules were almost non-existent. With the help of Penske Racing and Mark Donohue, the company set about transforming their long distance coupe into the open top monster seen here  … More
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How To Win An Autocross
Next to drinking a beer in the Talladega grandstands, autocrossing has the lowest physical risk in motorsports. If you go off, you’ll just squash a few orange cones. But the lower risk can actually make winning an autocross harder.
Yes, the biggest risk in autocrossing isn’t hitting a wall. It’s overdriving.
If you’ve mastered the column in which I proclaimed, “To drive fast, you must  … More