A few days ago I was in Baja with a bunch of racers who were participating in a rally where the keyword was fun. Even seasoned racers such as Robby Gordon made the trek for the sake of being part of an event without any chance of making money or gathering publicity for sponsors.
Old timers will remember with fondness how the first few Mexican 1000 off-road races, which were extensively covered by Road & Track at the time, were great fun and an opportunity to socialize with fellow competitors. However … Pictures and more
Allan McNish claimed a debut pole position aboard the new Audi R18 e-tron quattro for Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The Scot set a best time of 2m01.578s on his second flying lap in the hybrid Audi. That put him just over half a second clear of   … More
“This was my 2nd drift event. First one was about a month previous, car had a lot of issues. Including overheating like crazy.Â
I pulled the motor, rebuilt with cometic HG, Arp headstuds and new piston rings and bearings. Did all the bodywork and paint pretty much within 2 weeks.Â
The car a is a ka24de-t with a t25 Garrett turbo off of a sr20det, tuned with a safc II and a z32 maf. Stock suspension other then lowering coilover sleeves. Car is on 7psi of boost.”
The two manufacturers planning to race hybrid systems at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, Audi and Toyota, want to see the technology become more widely available to customer teams in the future.
Audi has chosen to use a flywheel-based system while Toyota’s new TS030 harnesses energy derived from super-capacitors, both of which allow  … More