Mar

BMX Video – THE STREET SERIES ROUND 1 SOUTH AFRICA

Categories: BMX, Cycling, Video - general

This year Monster is putting on street jams in major cities all over the world. The first was held in Cape Town, South Africa. The Monster team (including Ben Lewis, Dan Lacey, Greg Illingworth and Ed Zunda) all came to the first stop and killed it along with some help from Paul Ryan and the rest of the locals. I didn’t get a ton of footage but I put this together anyway just to give you an idea of what it was like. Hit up the Street Series site for more information on the next jam going down in Barcelona on March 30th.

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Mar

Sports Car Racing – Inside Porsche’s 919 hybrid LMP1, and a closer look at the competition

Categories: Automobile, Sports Car

For motorsport enthusiasts, 2014 is shaping as one of the most exciting years ever because Porsche is returning to World Championship Endurance Racing after a 16 year absence, and thanks to some intelligent reframing of the regulations, the battleground is now not just one of outright performance, but of technological excellence.

New World Endurance Championship rules focused on encouraging hybrid drives, engine downsizing and energy efficiency have thrown three automotive giants into a pitched battle to prove their technological expertise in the harshest environment possible.

Audi has won the Le Mans 24 Hour Race 12 times in the last 14 years – it started racing just after Porsche stopped. The world’s largest automaker, Toyota, is … More

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Mar