Bobby Regester goes off at Devil’s Playground during the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Bobby Regester Climbing out of Car Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
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It was a car designed to mark its maker’s centenary – and so it seems fitting that a Ford GT smashed a world record with the help of a futuristic coating.
Johnny Bohmer topped 223mph (now 252.97mph), from a standing start and over a single mile, on the runway of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The speed his car, which can legally be used on the road, reached was  … More
PPR Ford GT World’s Fastest Production Car in the Standing Mile at the Top Gun Run Event driven and own by Johnny Bohmer of Performance Power Racing in West Palm Beach, Florida
Sixty-one year old motorsport legend Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima, almost certainly the oldest world class athlete competing in any sport today, won his sixth consecutive Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, at the same time as breaking the long standing 10 minute barrier for the course which rises 1.5 kilometers from start to oxygen-starved finish. Nissan’s electric LEAF established a new electric car record for the course and Ducati’s “four bikes in 1” Multistrada defended its 2010 win with a new record too  … Pictures and more
American racing legend Dan Gurney (LEFT) played a key role in changing the face of the Indianapolis 500 in the ’60s when he convinced Colin Chapman to bring the rear-engined Lotus to Indy. Nearly 50 years later, Gurney is part of the consortium aiming to encourage major change in the automotive world with the scheduled debut of the DeltaWing car at next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Gurney’s All American Racers will  … Pictures and more