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Mar 21 2010, 10:12 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 7 comment(s)
After several years of rising popularity, 2009 was the year that saw the Prodrift Series take a small stumble. Two rounds cancelled, lower entries and smaller crowds at most events, it was a tough year for the Prodrift crew. However, after seeing what they were capable of at the Punchestown Super Series event last year and the quality of the previous seasons, I'd have little doubt that 2010 will be back to normality for the Prodrift Series. For 2010 Prodrift will concentrate on running the Irish...
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Mar 18 2010, 11:30 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 29 comment(s)
Only one week to go now before the 2010 D1 Grand Prix professional drift championship kicks off here in Japan. The cold winter months are almost over and we have one hell of a drift-oriented line-up for you all this year. D1 is promising to be as competitive as ever with a few drivers swapping over to new cars mid-season. I will travel across Japan to bring you coverage from the best Japanese tracks like Okayama where I can't wait to see more of those physics-defying rear-end-first entries! Will...
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Posted
Mar 17 2010, 07:01 PM
by
John Brooks
with 21 comment(s)
March 17th, yes it's St. Patrick's Day when the whole of the USA turns green, drinks Guinness and pretends to have some connection with Ireland. Well, why not, any excuse to have a gargle even if the green wigs do not really go with my complextion. Down in Florida's Central Highlands the date also has a deep significance, it also involves alcohol in industrial quantities but this time a race is tacked on. So in 2010 we anticipate the 58th running of the Sebring 12 Hours, the first round...
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Posted
Jan 25 2010, 11:45 AM
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Andy Blackmore
with 14 comment(s)
Regular Speedhunters will be aware from our preview last week that the Intercontinental Rally Challenge started its season last week with the Monte Carlo Rally. It was a dominant and quite surprising win from Mikko Hirvonen in the all new Ford Fiesta S2000. Hirvonen led from the start from Skoda’s Juho Hanninen. Peugeot followed closely with last year’s winner, Sebastien Ogier (above!) and Stephane Sarrazin and Kris Meeke in hot pursuit. One of the favourites, Jan Kopecky had a dire start...
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Posted
Jan 19 2010, 02:40 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 25 comment(s)
The legendary Monte Carlo Rally starts today, with a prologue stage in the French Riviera, en-route to Monte Carlo. The ‘Monte’ is one of the longest running motorsport events, dating back to 1911, and is normally part of the World Rally Championship. Due to the ridiculous FIA rule that rally venues need to rotate in and out of the World Championship, the premier class this year is the popular Intercontinental Rally Championship. The 'IRC' started in 2006 with the assistance of...
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Posted
Oct 30 2009, 04:25 PM
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Mike Garrett
with 22 comment(s)
It's that time of the year again. Next week the city of Las Vegas will be taken over by gearheads of all types as the SEMA Show rolls into the Convention Center. Although the economy is showing signs of a comeback, this year's show will still be toned down a bit compared to years past, with some companies skipping the event for financial reasons. Nonetheless, it's still SEMA - and there will still be miles of the latest and greatest machinery to check out.
Here are just a few of things to look out for next week-...
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Posted
Oct 21 2009, 08:45 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 35 comment(s)
It's been a very long day today. I headed out to the Makuhari Messe exhibition center in Chiba nice an early ready for a day of shooting at the 41st Tokyo Motorshow. It was a very strange show, the quietest one I've ever been to that's for sure, with only the Japanese manufacturers participating for 2009, along with a handful of a few other exhibitors like Lotus, Caterham and Alpina. Despite this however there was plenty of interesting cars to feast my eyes on, and there is no doubt Toyota...
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Posted
Oct 13 2009, 04:29 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 21 comment(s)
It's only Tuesday, but preparation for the weekend's Formula Drift finale at Irwindale Speedway is already in full swing. It's been nearly two months since the last FD event in Sonoma, and the drivers are fired up to finish the season on a high note. There are a number of storylines heading into the event, and we thought we'd take a look at at some of them in this quick preview....
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Posted
Apr 02 2009, 01:00 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 10 comment(s)
The 2009 British Touring Car Championship kicks off at Brands Hatch this weekend. The BTCC is the premier racing series in the UK and consists of ten race weekends with three rounds at each event The BTCC run two classes, based on production cars. At the front, the FIA S2000 class, which allows 4-5 door cars running with engines no bigger than 2000cc. The engine can come from another car in the manufacture range, which allows teams to choose the best engine and car for racing. Bodywork, Suspension...
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Posted
Mar 26 2009, 05:55 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 29 comment(s)
You have already seen our preview stories on the upcoming European drift season and the 2009 Japanese D1GP series, so now let's continue with a preview of the 2009 Formula Drift season, which will kick off in just over two weeks on the famous street course in downtown Long Beach. 2009 marks the fifth year of Formula D and there are a lot of changes this year for both the series and its drivers....
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Posted
Mar 26 2009, 04:00 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 31 comment(s)
The 2009 Formula 1 World Championship kicks off this weekend in Melbourne, Australia. This has the potential to be one of the most open seasons ever, with new rules and regulations. A number of rules have been brought in, giving a Formula 1 car a different look. From the side, most of the aerodynamic aids have disappeared and the cars look much cleaner. However,wider front wings and narrower rear wings look out of place, even after 2 months of testing. The earlier Video post below goes into more...
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Posted
Mar 26 2009, 03:39 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 5 comment(s)
With the Formula 1 season upon us, I thought it was time to bring you up to date with all the regulation changes. There are a number of wordy technical explanations around, but I found this Red Bull Video gave a good overview of the changes.
-Andy Blackmore
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Posted
Mar 24 2009, 02:51 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 23 comment(s)
It honestly seems like it was just a few weeks ago that I was at Fuji Speedway covering the final round of the 2008 D1GP season, but it's already late March and the 2009 D1 Grand Prix season will begin this weekend at Ebisu Circuit. You can expect to see a lot of D1 coverage from Japan on Speedhunters this year, and we thought it would be a good idea to do a quick preview of the upcoming season before things get started....
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