What makes for the best racing? What do people prefer? A Sunday afternoon or Saturday night watching the big boys of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series or a Saturday night at your favorite local paved or dirt 1/4-mile bullring?
Just to keep this from blooming into a wide open discussion, I am going to limit this to stock car, sprint cars and midgets for the most part. Obviously there are many out there that prefer NHRA, Formula One, Indy Car Racing etc.. All good choices, but this is more of a comparison between local weekly shows and the top series in America, NASCAR. …Â More info
HP today announced a two year partnership with the ING Renault F1 team. The announcement was made at the launch of Renault’s new car, the R29, at Renault’s office in Paris.
Innovation, technology and performance are key criteria that both companies share and are critical to the success in the worlds of Formula 1 and technology. HP supplies highly reliable, performance-engineered products and solutions to support the racing stable on its course to victory…. More info
It was like I had stumbled into the chamber of riches akin to what confronted Ali Baba in the cave of the 40 thieves. Of course there was a mighty big difference: I had known and read – and sometimes seen a few – of these riches but here they were – over 83 of them from a collection of over 400 delectable automotive objet d’art lovingly made for the express purpose of going fast, both in competition and on normal roads.
German sportscar supremo and now de facto owner of the Volkswagen Group, Porsche lined up an exclusive viewing of it’s the iconic cars which bore not just its stamp and name but also those which its illustrious founder created for other makes…Â More info
Apart from being one of the most amazing 3D animations I’ve seen in a while, this Formula 1 2009 video shows how the new KERS works, a kinetic-to-electric-energy system that allows for speed jumps.
KERS is short for Kinetic Energy Recovery System, an ingenious mechanical device …Â More info