As we enter the concluding episode to season one of Depth of Speed, Josh Clason takes us to an American automotive mecca and the Bonneville Salt Flats. Land speed racing has gone hand in hand with Bonneville as many travel to Utah in hopes of setting the next great record. But beyond the competition has been a strong degree of camaraderie where the ultimate goal lies beyond the record books
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Red Bull invited Tom Cruise to take a break from production of his new movie, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, to pilot the Red Bull Racing F1 car through Southern California’s 2.5-mile (4km) Willow Springs circuit.
 
He reached a top speed of 181 mph (291 km/h) – just 4 mph off the top speed of his instructor and 13-time Grand Prix winner, David Coulthard.
Sarah Cattaneo is looking to make Grand-Am history as the 2011 racing season rolls to a close with the season-ending EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Cattaneo is looking to become Grand-Am’s first female champion. The 25-year-old driver from Scottsdale, Ariz., enters the season finale running third in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner standings.
Cattaneo scored her first career victory in  … More
It wasn’t looking healthy for Cruz Pedregon this time a year ago. Master tuner Rahn Tobler was long gone, Pedregon couldn’t afford another crew chief and anyway, all the good ones were taken. Then he got an idea: I’ll do it myself. People snickered, but Pedregon and his young team shocked everyone by the end of the season, not just contending but winning. Out of title contention well before the Countdown to the Championship playoffs began, they won multiple Countdown events.
Of the tiny fraction of nitro drivers who tune their own cars  … More