May 11, 2013

Car enthusiasts everywhere have a special place in their heart for Nascar. Even if you aren’t the type to care about cars taking continuous left turns in hope to pass each other while attempting to miss the collisions that make the sport exciting. You may be the enthusiast that is just interested in what happens during the pit stops or how the car is built in general. Regardless of where you fit on the spectrum, I am positive that if you have a love for cars, you have a respect for those used on race day every weekend from February-November. Clint Bowyer is my main man when it comes to Nascar. This has recently become a huge debate in my family. I was introduced to the sport a few years ago, which was actually what brought me to love cars. My uncle was a Clint fan back when he drove a Chevy but he quickly gave him the boot when he started driving a foreign car last year. As a driver of a Toyota myself, I can’t complain with Clint’s car choice or argue with the...

Apr 24, 2013

Peugeot released the technical details of the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak competition model that the French manufacturer will make available for Sébastien Loeb for the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb competition which will be held in Colorado on June 30. Peugeot has released the first images and info of the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak, the performance car in which the nine-time world rally champion Sébastien Loeb will compete in the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb American competition. Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak – Engine & Design Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak, the performance car used by Sébastien Loeb to compete in the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb competition, has a 3.2-liter 24-valve twin-turbo V6 engine, center mounted, that develops 875 horsepower and 900 Nm (664 lb-ft) of torque. The 6-speed sequential transmission, the ceramic carbon brakes and aerodynamics have been “borrowed” from the Peugeot 908 Le Mans Series sports...

Apr 21, 2013

Sebastian Vettel won the race in Bahrain ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean after Fernando Alonso had problems with the DRS system and Nico Rosberg has settle with a modest prize. Grand Prix of Bahrain has offered one of the most spectacular starts in Formula 1 in recent years, after Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso gave thrilling duels in the first laps. Yesterday we had an article regarding F1 Grand Prix Bahrain – Qualifying Results but just minutes ago the actual race here in Bahrain has finished! Overtook after the first corners by Alonso, Vettel quickly regained second place and became leader after the third lap when he went past Rosberg. Red Bull Racing driver quickly distanced himself from the German, who because of a weaker pace caracterestic to Mercedes in this season’s de, constantly lost platoon positions. Alonso was announced as Vettel’s main rival in the fight for victory, but Scuderia Ferrari entered the pits early after the DRS system...

Apr 20, 2013

Nico Rosberg has achieved the second pole position of his career in Bahrain and will be followed on the starting grid by Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso in the next F1 race. Mercedes continued its best debut of a F1 season and earned second consecutive pole position after the one in Shanghai, but this time the performance was achieved by Nico Rosberg. 2013 F1 Grand Prix Bahrain Starting Grid At his second pole position of his career after the one in China last year, the German stopped the clock at 1:32.330 and surpassed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing with two-tenths of a second. Fernando Alonso won third place with his Ferrari race car, but the Spaniard dropped his last lap after a mistake. Lewis Hamilton finished fourth, but the Mercedes team driver will start from the ninth position because of a penalty for a gearbox change. This change propelled Felipe Massa on the same line of the grid with Alonso, although the Brazilan has used the opposite strategy starting the race...

Apr 9, 2013

The new toy of Vaughn Gittin Jr. for this year’s Formula Drift Championship is this Ford Mustang RTR MY2014. Weighing  just 2,900 lbs. (1,315 kg), the Ford Mustang RTR delivers 845 horsepower, all decked out in the colors of Monster Energy and rests on 18-inch wheels. The Monster Energy Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR is built by Autosport Dynamics. Its 845 hp engine is mated to a 4-speed dog-box transmission. The current Formula Drift Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. will make its debut with the new monster on the April 12-13 weekend in the first game of this year’s Formula Drift Championship in Long Beach, California. “I’m really pumped on this years’ livery and overall aesthetics surrounding our efforts,” says Vaughn. “For the first time in my career, I have been able to start from a clean slate and get a bit crazy with the look of my car that I will be using for battle. Being that the Mustang is my weapon of choice out there on the track, the base of the livery was...

Apr 7, 2013

Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, the reigning world champion, won the first 2013 MotoGp race at Losail, Qatar without any doubts, the first round of the motorcycling world championship, MotoGP class season 2013. But the show was provided by veteran Valentino Rossi and rookie Marc Marquez. Note, however, that second was 34-year Italian Valentino Rossi, who scored a phenomenal race at Losail circuit and finished on #2 place behind Jorge Lorenzo. We don’t know who to praise more: Lorenzo won this race seconds apart, detaching himself from the pack, but what “Il Dottore”succeeded reminds us of the heyday ended when signing the contract with Ducati, two years ago. Rossi has achieved an excellent second place in this season’s debut after a race in which he started from the 7th position, spectacular overtaking his competitors and placing his name on the list of those with a real chance to fight for world title, fight that seemed to be only between Lorenzo and Pedrosa. Qatar podium was...