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...

Oct 25, 2011

Marco Simoncelli tragic MotoGP accident (video) After the tragic death of Dan Wheldon, one of the best known drivers in Indycar, last sunday (16.10.2001) in a hard crash happened in the race at Las Vegas, the last one of the 2011season, tragedy struck again this time in a MotoGP accident. Fatal MotoGP Accident Video (after the jump): The Italian rider Marco Simoncelli fell and was hit by the bikes of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi in the MotoGP race in Malaysia. Italian rider Marco Simoncelli was involved in a fatal MotoGP accident sunday (23.10.2011) on the Sepang circuit. Marco Simoncelli was racing in the penultimate race of the MotoGP season. Simoncelli lost control of his motorcycle while fighting for fourth place with Alvaro Bautista and fell right in front of Colin Edwards from Yamaha and Valentino Rossi from Ducati. A motogp accident inevitable occurred because the two couldn’t avoid the impact, Simoncelii being hit in full by their motorcycles. Simoncelli’s...

Mar 20, 2011

Nokian tire manufacturer has set a New Ice Speed World Record - 331.06 km/h on board the Audi RS6. Shortly after the ice speed record recorded in a Bentley Continental Supersports Cabrio, Nokian announced that they had established a new performance in this area. More specifically, the Finnish manufacturer has equipped an Audi RS6 with the new Hakkapeliitta 7 tires and called the racing pilot Janne Laitinen to make a new record attempt. Fortunately, they have reached the objective and managed to reach a speed of 206.06 mph, which is 331.6 km/h. The previous record was 330.7 km/h and was established in February. Those of from Nokian are not at their first attempt at breaking an world speed record on ice. Previous attempt was in a Bentley Continental GT equipped with...

Feb 20, 2011

The former WRC driver Juha Kankkunen managed to break the Ice Speed World Record at the wheel of a Bentley Continental Supersports Cabrio, reaching 330.7 km/h (205,4 mph) on a frozen lake in Finland. The former WRC driver Juha Kankkunen, who as a matter of fact is the one that actually holds the old record, achieved in 2007 at the wheel of a Bentley Continental GT Coupe (321,6 km/h). According to the four-time world rally car champion, the ice speed record was reached after running five kilometers in a straight line. The Bentley Continental Supersports Cabrio who managed to enter the Guinness World Records was equipped with the series engine of the British model, but the fuel used was bioethanol E85 (a mixture of 85% alcohol and 15% gasoline) widely used in Nordic countries and more recently, in the United States. 2011 Bentley Supersports Ice Speed Record (205 mph)...

Feb 15, 2011

Car-Addicts.com presents for you the extended Swedish Rally summary, the first stage of the 2011 season of the World Rally Championship, won by Ford with Mikko Hirvonen. Mikko Hirvonen won Sunday’s second consecutive victory in the Rally of Sweden after he won with some emotions in front of the surprising Mads Ostberg, the pilot of the Stobart Ford. In a step unquestionably dominated by the pilots who have competed with the Ford Fiesta RS WRC podium was completed by Jari Matti Latvala, the second pilot of the Ford team. Here it’s the evolution of Ford‘s pilots from all three days in the WRC 2011 Rally of Sweden: Meanwhile, traditional rivals from Citroen failed to keep pace and managed only a fourth place by Sebastien Ogier, while seven times world champion Sebastien Loeb took only sixth place, mainly because he went first on all the special stages on Friday: Citroën Racing – WRC 2011 – Rally Sweden – Day 1 Citroën Racing – WRC 2011...

Feb 10, 2011

Monster World Rally Team published photos and video with the new 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC that American stuntman Ken Block will be driving in the 2011 season of World Rally Championship. In addition to taking on more WRC rounds this year, Ken Block will also be competing in Summer X Games, Gymkhana GRID, and select RallyCar rallies and RallyCross events in the United States. “2011 is going to be really big for me and the Monster World Rally Team,” says Ken Block. “We’re doing more WRC races this year, kicking off the Gymkhana World Tour, racing in Summer X Games, filming Gymkhana 4, plus hitting up a lot of other rally-related events worldwide. We even have a few top-secret projects in the works. I’m a lucky bastard to be doing all this, it’s going to be...