It's getting more and more difficult as time goes on to sift through the amount of high quality videos these days. With the DSLR revolution, it's never been easier for amatuer film makers to produce their own interpretations of the many amazing events that happen around the world. Unfortunately we can't show every submission we receive but when you get something that really makes you take notice, it would be rude not to share. Brumos Racing Team driver Leh Keen sent us this video he shot (which was subsequently edited and put together by Porsche) of his Rolex 24 at Daytona experience. From his arrival at Daytona righ through to the chequered flag, you get a real taste of what it's like to be a professional racing driver, if only for a few minutes.

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Paddy McGrath

Over the past couple of days a stream of 2012 F1 cars have broken cover. Lotus F1 Team (formerly Renault) launched their E20 with this YouTube video featuring Jonny Smith.

Today Red Bull pulled the covers off the RB8, which designer Adrian Newey says is a continued evolution stemming back to the RB5. Will this be the car to take Vettel to a hat-trick of World Championships?

Meanwhile at Jerez in Spain, the Sauber outfit debuted the Ferrari-powered C31. “The C31 is revolutionary where we had fresh ideas, particularly at the rear of the car" said chief designer Matt Morris. "And it is an evolution where we knew we could carry over certain approaches.”

Force India are hoping their new VJM 05 will guide them to fifth place in this year's Constructors' Championship.

With last year's driver line-up of Jamie Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi dropped, it will be Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne who will drive the Toro Rosso STR7s.

Pre-season testing gets under way tomorrow at Jerez, with the Championship kicking off in Australia in just over a month. 

- Charles Kha

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Toyota held a media event yesterday for the new 86 at Makuhari Messe and the festivities included a tandem drift demonstration by Nobuteru Taniguchi and Manabu Orido. Car@Nifty was there to capture the action.

Not bad for a pair of stock cars eh?

-Mike Garrett

I find it truly amazing to see how two people armed with little more than a 5d camera, a 50mm 1.2 lens and an Iphone4S can make such a smooth and stylish automotive film like this. Props to the Crank&Piston team for this little gem of a video!

:Rod

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Don't play golf with Rhys Millen. He cheats.

- Charles Kha

RMR 

This month the 25th Summernats car festival took over Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Spanning three and a half days, the Summernats event (which is short for 'Summer Nationals') attracted 1500 cars and a hundred thousand spectators. One of the big drawcards was the Horsepower Heroes; an invite only dyno shootout. This year's Horsepower Hero winner was Jake Edwards' 8sec Holden Torana. How much power did it make? 1584.8hp at the wheels.

You can also check out one of Jake's quarter mile runs here.

- Charles Kha

Summernats

We don't usually run fan videos, but over the weekend this particular one caught our eye. Dubbed Love For Life, it was created by Finn Antti Kalhola, whose vidding efforts have amassed a strong online following over the past couple of years. A self-confessed motorsport junkie with a passion for editing, Antti's latest video is a great compilation from the archives.

Thanks to reader Slappy for sharing.

- Charles Kha

What do the East Coast's best drifters do for fun? This.

There's nothing else really to say.

-Mike Garrett

The 2012 Dakar Rally is now in the books, with Stephane Peterhansel holding on for the overall win in his Mini. Nani Roma and Giniel de Villiers take second and third respectively. Robby Gordon ended up in fifth overall after taking the win on the final stage.

Final standings from Autosport.com -

Pos  Driver                   Car           Time/Gap
 1.  Stephane Peterhansel     Mini         14h54m46s
 2.  Nani Roma                Mini          + 41m56s
 3.  Giniel de Villiers       Toyota      + 1h13m25s
 4.  Leonid Novitskiy         Mini        + 2h11m54s
 5.  Robby Gordon             Hummer      + 2h16m53s
 6.  Lucio Alvarez            Toyota      + 4h05m52s
 7.  Carlos Sousa             Great Wall  + 4h30m24s
 8.  Ricardo Leal dos Santos  Mini        + 5h03m18s
 9.  Bernhard Ten Brinke      Mitsubishi  + 5h11m18s
10.  Krzysztof Holowczyc      Mini        + 6h59m38s

As the 2012 Dakar Rally nears its finish, Stephane Peterhansel continues to hold the overall lead, with Nani Roma following behind in second. Robby Gordon was the stage 12 winner, but is out of contention for the overall win, running in fourth position.

Results from Autosport.com -

Pos  Driver                   Car           Time/Gap
 1.  Stephane Peterhansel     Mini         11h19m04s
 2.  Nani Roma                Mini          + 20m00s
 3.  Giniel de Villiers       Toyota      + 1h06m40s
 4.  Robby Gordon             Hummer      + 1h44m04s
 5.  Leonid Novitskiy         Mini        + 2h00m01s
 6.  Lucio Alvarez            Toyota      + 3h52m06s
 7.  Bernhard Ten Brinke      Mitsubishi  + 4h14m24s
 8.  Carlos Sousa             Great Wall  + 4h18m21s
 9.  Ricardo Leal dos Santos  Mini        + 4h51m05s
10.  Duncan Vos               Toyota      + 6h19m48s