Friday 17 June 2011

Challenge to find Driving Heaven

Hammond May and Clarkson go on a hunt to find the World's best roads in some of the world's best supercars. Lightweight cars are the winners, James May has a rough ride and Hammond finds a gem of a road in Switzerland. 
The hills are alive to the sound of horse power. Clarkson Hammond and May pack their suitcases and their Lamborghini Aston Martin and Vanquish supercars on an epic journey to find the best driving road in the world. Amazing views and fantastic driving terrain in this clip from BBC's Top Gear.

2011 Falken Porsche GT3 RSR Testing - Sebring, FL

Falken Tire tests their 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at the 2011 American Le Mans Series Winter Test in Sebring, FL at the historic Sebring Raceway. In a few short weeks this course will host the season opener of the 2011 American Le Mans Series with a grueling 12 hour endurance race.

Team Falken Tire, along with team manager Derrick Walker and drivers Bryan Sellers and Wolf Henzler hope to improve on their performance from last year with new slick compounds and a newly managed team.

Derrick Walker's background includes open-wheel racing such as Formula One and Indy Car.

Ford Fiesta Rally Cross storms Pikes Peak

Ride along with rally champion Marcus Gronholm as he storms up the Pikes Peak course in the Ford Fiesta RallyCross in an homage to the famous Climb Dance Pikes Peak run.

Wednesday 15 June 2011

Ken Block 2009 Highlights Slo-Mo & Hi-Def

Monster Energy Presents: Ken Block 2009 Highlights Slo-Mo & Hi-Def

This exclusive high definition viral film features the very best shots of Ken Block, captured during 2009, including  the Northstar at Tahoe shoot, the Gymkhana Two photo shoot at the Salton Sea, the 2009 Rally America National Championship season, Gymkhana Two: The
Informercial, the SCORE Powerdays 300 race, Ken's appearance on Top Gear and The Nitro Circus TV Shows, Gymkhana 2.1 featuring Rob Dyrdek, and  testing his 1978 Ford MKII Escort rally car. The footage was shot by Mad Media on RED, Phantom, and HD cameras.

The film is edited to "Mad World", written by Roland Orzabal and performed by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews as featured on the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack, and appears courtesy of Everloving Records. For more amazing clips and information on Ken Block visit:
www.monsterenergy.com


Ken Block vs Kimi Raikkonen - Rally Portugal



Everyone's favourite shoe salesman takes on f1 champ and ties! WTF! SHould have been in a subaru!

KEN BLOCK'S TRAX STI CAR

On the heels of Ken Blocks insane Gymkhana videos and the groundbreaking snowboarding/rally part to close out DCs MTN.LAB 1.5 video, the DC Co-Founder and Rally Team Driver has joined with Subaru to make the worlds fastest cat track operation automobile for backcountry access for snowboarding. Dubbed the TRAX STI, this is a new teaser video from the test session for the highly-modified, snow-ready (to say the least) car. Full specs and the full story at dcshoes.com/auto.



Top Gear - Richard Hammond struck by lightning in car - BBC

Ariel Atom - No Door No Roof Just Purists Insanity

Cars don't get much more hardcore than this. You need to have a biker's attitude to dressing for driving, but the reward is superb.

The Ariel Atom is a high performance sports car made by the Ariel Motor Company based in Somerset, England. The car is also manufactured under licence in the United States, originally by Brammo Motorsports, currently by TMI AutoTech Inc.

There have been four Ariel Atom incarnations to date: Ariel Atom, Ariel Atom 2, Ariel Atom 3 and Ariel Atom 500 V8. The current model is the Ariel Atom 3 which is also the most powerful of the three.



The Atom 500 V8 is a limited production model with a Suzuki Hayabusa - derived 500 bhp (373 kW; 507 PS) V8 engine.


Tuesday 14 June 2011

Ken Block Airfield Rallying

Rallying and stunt-driving legend Ken Block joins James May on a rather quiet airfield in California. Quiet that is until he turns the airfield into a playground and shows off his Sabaru-sliding skills against dirt-biking champion Ricky Carmichael!

Monday 13 June 2011

Rally star Ken Block to drive Formula One car

Tyre manufacturers Pirelli have announced ’Gymkhana’ legend and World Rally Championship star Ken Block is to be given the chance to drive their Formula One test car. Block will get behind the wheel on August 5 for a one-off drive at the famed Monza circuit in Italy.

“I’ve been lucky enough to do some pretty spectacular stunts in my career so far, but this is something else,” he said. “Everybody talks about Formula One being the pinnacle of world motorsport so I can’t wait to discover it for myself.

“I’m very grateful to Pirelli, which has been one of my partners since 2010, for this amazing opportunity. These cars are so specialised that I need to be realistic about what I can do, but I know that it’s going to be a lot of fun and take hooning to a whole new level…”

Pirelli's test car was used in competition throughout the 2009 Grand Prix season but has since undergone aerodynamic and weight distribution modifications to simulate the latest Formula One regulations, which Pirelli's current PZero tyres are designed for.

Button takes last minute win in Canadian GP epic

Jenson Button made sensational amends to McLaren, having inadvertently taken team mate Lewis Hamilton out of a chaotic Canadian Grand Prix on the eighth lap on Sunday, by snatching victory from Sebastian Vettel halfway round the final lap.

The disjointed race began behind the safety car due to heavy rain, started to dry, then got much worse as the rain returned and refused to abate.

Things went bad for McLaren by the second corner as Hamilton tapped Mark Webber into a spin and attracted the attention of the stewards yet again. But that was nothing compared to the bad news that lay ahead for McLaren…




Sunday 12 June 2011

Here’s how not to jump on your Lamborghini

Intoxicating beauty of Le Mans cars at sunset

The sun has already rising on Le Sarthe, but the cars looked amazing as twilight gave way to no light. How is it that Gulf Oil livery looks better as the sun goes down?




Second Audi R18 crashes at 24 Hours of Le Mans

Another massive accident has marred Audi's 79th running of the Le Mans 24 Hour race. Just hours after Audi's Allan McNish suffered a heavy shunt, the sister R18 of Mike Rockenfeller, who had been running second at the time, was involved in an enormous crash between Mulsanne and Indianapolis.

Race control immediately sent out the safety car and recovery trucks and ambulances were quickly on the scene of the accident, which had strewn debris over a wide area.

Allan McNish Huge Crash 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours

The first major accident of the day with the #3 Audi R18 of Allan McNish crashing into the #58 Ferrari 458 Italia in ridiculous fashion. McNish went in too fast, smashed the Ferrari, and went tumbling into the tire wall. Everyone's ok but, warning, it's horrific.