Dani Sordo, WRC driver, meets up with Andreu Lacondeguy, professional downhill mountain biker in Portugal. This only means… a race is about to take place! Place your bets! Will the Mt Bike get down faster, or will the Rally Car get to ring the bell first?
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We love to race – that’s just the long and short of it all. While a very small handful of men and women are fortunate enough to enjoy the thrills of life as a professional racecar driver, there are yet handful more who can afford it off to the side; plenty of entry-level events let you race just about anything you own. Still, for most of us regular folks, having a dedicated racecar to daily-drive or racing a dedicated commuter or family car just doesn’t make sense. But rather than let the professionals and ballers have all the fun, us commuter-driving, regular guys find our own things to race.
Sometimes, it’s less about budgetary constraints and more about the fact that it can be raced out of necessity … More
Williams Heritage Driver, Karun Chandhok, talks us through the Goodwood Festival of Speed Hill Climb from the cockpit of the Williams-BMW FW26
Describing Brian Lock’s last year as hectic would be a major understatement. In between building a new Nissan GT-R for next year’s season in NASA, building his own house, and racing his Z cars, he had to keep up with the ceaseless, bread-and-butter shop work. He was spread quite thin, and it was high time for a vacation.
Encouraged largely by his wife Christina, the two flew to Germany. Cruising through the Dolomites, wandering around musty castles, and drinking from steins were all pleasant and rewarding items on their itinerary. However, a true racer never passes up an opportunity to get back in the seat. Amid all the lounging, long lunches, and fresh air, Lock managed to schedule a few laps at a very special track… More