Kendall Norman and Quinn Cody became part of motorsports history by capturing the overall motorcycle victory in the 43rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
Norman, Santa Barbara, Calif. and Cody, Buellton, Calif., the JCR / Honda Racing team stars, dominated the motorcycle portion of the race on their Honda CRF450X.
Norman and Cody gave Honda its 21 overall motorcycle victory including its 14th consecutive triumph, after Norman drove the first and final sections and Cody the middle to a winning time of 19:22:22 with an average speed of 54.87mph.
Here I am at Kil-Kare Raceway, driving at one of USDrift’s 2006 events.Â
The footage here consists of two of my early runs. I made several good runs that event, but unfortunately I didn’t have extra camera batteries and they ran out before I could get footage of a single clean run.
The car is a *stock power* 240SX with not so much as an intake, exhaust, or air filter changed from factory settings. The suspension has been improved: including alignment, coilovers, tie rods, rod ends, strut bars, and tires. This car came from the factory with a viscous LSD and SuperHicas 4 wheel steering.
I’m far from the best driver out there, but this video makes a compelling arguement that 4 wheel steering does not hinder a car’s ability to drift as much as some less-informed users of forums would have you believe.
For the past several weeks, BMX rider and ramp designer Nate Wessel has been building a custom BMX park at the Davidsonville, Maryland home of X Games multi-sport medalist Travis Pastrana. “He’s got a lot of bike skills, and he’s been riding the new course on both a BMX bike and a mountain bike, killing it,” said Wessel.
Wessel, of Wessel Built LLC Ramp Construction, along with a crew that includes BMX ramp builders Ryan Corrigan and Ron Kimler, designed the course according to rough ideas from Pastrana, who said he wanted … Details