Professional Driver + Closed Course + Fiesta ST Race Car
Next to drinking a beer in the Talladega grandstands, autocrossing has the lowest physical risk in motorsports. If you go off, you’ll just squash a few orange cones. But the lower risk can actually make winning an autocross harder.
Yes, the biggest risk in autocrossing isn’t hitting a wall. It’s overdriving.
If you’ve mastered the column in which I proclaimed, “To drive fast, you must  … More
Ryan uses a 2012 GMC Savana cargo van equipped with a 6.6L turbo diesel (260hp/525ft-lbs) and rear-wheel drive, for what he considers it’s best use: Gymkhana. Competing against him in the makeshift competition is Nate Tennis, instructor at the DirtFish Rally School, who is behind the wheel of a rally modified Subaru STI. Let the Vankhana battle – Begin!
Spinouts, the smell of burning rubber.
It’s a fast and furiously fun day at the racetrack — in this case, the parking lot of Henderson Stadium, full of carefully laid out rubber cones to create the mile-long course for regional drivers who wish to test their skills.
The Middle Georgia Region Sports Car Club of America meets monthly as drivers test their vehicles and skills against each other and themselves. The drivers hit the course four times, trying to come up with a best overall time that will bring them a trophy or a medal in their specific class.
They’ll race pretty much anything   … More