Battle Cross, premiering on November 17th at 10pm EST on SPEED, takes action motorsports to a never before seen level of extreme as the top drivers race for speed and style on the most challenging courses imaginable
“Steel Yard Edition”, the premiere episode of Battle Cross, pits 2011 Rally America champion David Higgins against his Subaru Rally Team USA teammate, X-Games star Dave Mirra in identical Subaru WRX-sti rally cars on a track that twists and turns through a working steel mill.
Stacy Keibler hosts the event and top rally driver, Andrew “ACP” Comrie-Picard provides his point of view as the show’s expert commentator. Produced by Rob Cohen, the top action director and creator of the “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, Battle Cross was created to attract a young adult audience with the intense visual excitement of 400 horsepower cars competing on challenging courses that combine spectacular jumps with high-speed precision maneuvers.
This exciting contest features two rounds of competition between the two rally stars: Round One is a lap of the Battle Cross course scored by time. Each driver gets two attempts to score a fast time around the difficult course. Round Two is a two-minute freestyle session scored for difficulty, creativity, precision and style by two expert judges; drifting champion Samuel Hubinette and rally driver Stephan Verdier.
McLaren, the U.K. motor-racing team that trails only Ferrari in Formula One victories, is switching its pursuit of the Italian icon from the track to the road.
McLaren yesterday opened a 50 million-pound ($80 million) factory that will allow mass production of a 200-mile-per-hour street-legal model selling for 168,500 pounds as it seeks to translate sporting success into 4,000 car sales a year.
Only a handful of  … More
Color us a bit puzzled: Ferrari president Luca de Montezemolo says he would like the Italian supercar maker to include more technologies from Formula One racing in its road cars. The puzzling part: Ferrari is arguably already the leader in doing just that.
de Montezemolo told Automotive News Europe that he is looking to Formula One as a source of  … More
I generally try to keep my emotions on an even keel. This practice has served me well over the years, and never letting myself get too high or too low kind of suits my personality. But even I have to admit to feeling plenty of electricity in the air when Mopar’s Pietro Gorlier and me tugged the car cover off our new JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger at the SEMA show in Las Vegas.
Just thinking about it again now makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up, and I’ll tell you why  … Pictures and more