When I was in my teens, every year I'd look forward to the six hour drive from Vancouver to Oregon, to watch the G.I. Joes Grand Prix at Portland International Raceway. It was an amazing time for sports car racing in America, with factory entries from Jaguar, Nissan, Toyota, and Ford as well as a host of privateer Porsches. In the support role to
There are no words that can really describe just how quick the Super GT Nissan GTR is...... This simply is THE fastest GT style race car in the world today. Nothing else comes close. Presented by Nismo engineer Ricardo Divila, this is a rare look into the exclusive world of top level Japanese motorsports. It took us a long time, and much negotiating
When I say the name Millen, what is the first image that comes into your head? A Red Bull Pontiac Solstice sliding its way to drifting victory? Or a wild Toyota hill climb car clawing its way up Pikes Peak mountain? Or... do you think of Nissan 300ZX road race cars winning everything in sight? Rhys Millen's relationship with his father, the king
Most guys I know have something they like to collect... comic books, urban vinyls, Le Mans annuals, magazines, kicks, rare Japanese rims... Name any type of object produced in some kind of series, and you'll likely find someone that spends their extra money building up a collection. Now, I wouldn't particularly classify myself as a serious collector
Someone suggested today on Facebook that we should rename the site, Drifthunters.... they do have a point I suppose. We do love our drifting..... Hmmm so here is yet another drifting video.. this one is quite different though from anything we've done previously. This is a Japanese street drift car typical of one that you would find drifting at Ebisu
... or should I say Zed?......Here is a question for you Speedhunters readers: are you old enough to remember first hand when Nissans were called Datsuns? Does this name have an emotive tone for you? Tx for Mark Windecker for the photo... we'll be sifting through his Nissan archive materials over the course of the next few weeks or so. Anyone care
Did you guys watch the F1 season finale yesterday? Wow that was intense. Probably the most dramatic race I've ever seen on the tele. I just about died from anxiety during that last lap! Congrats to Lewis from all of us at Speedhunters. So the racing season is winding down; Hamilton is now the F1 World Champion, Audi have cleaned up in both DTM and