Lets all be honest here. Exactly zero people should be surprised by the fact that a company in Japan, home of Gundam, Macross, Evangelion and countless other giant robot anime series, has made a mech suit that you can now purchase for a mere $1.3 million dollars. It’s easy to get very excited about this upon first impression. Finally! a 13 foot tall, 4.4 ton mech suit that I can ride around in punting off all the people who drive slow in the passing lane! Biped legs would make for a more graceful punting form, but I’m sure they’re working on that for Kuratas 2. Oh look, here’s a very cheery promotional video to go with the Kuratas. I’m not completely sure, but I think there’s an F-Bomb in the lyrics of the song, so it gets a precautionary **NSFW WARNING**
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2012 Formula D Evergreen Speedway Highlights
Driving Sports put together this highlight video from Round 5 of the 2012 Formula Drift Championship at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington. They also interviewed Cheslea Defoe after his first time competing behind the wheel of the Nitto Tire BC Racing Mazda RX-8.
Source: Driving Sports on YouTube
2012 Southern Rock Racing Round 1 – Choccolocco Mountain Offroad Park
If you don’t know what Rock Racing is, it’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like: rock crawling really, really fast. These are some jaw dropping highlights from Round 1 of the Southern Rock Racing series.
Source: YouTube user MadRam11
2012 Formula D Round 5 Evergreen Speedway Walkthrough
As a primer for all of the coverage of Round 5 of the 2012 Formula D Championship at Evergreen Speedway about to come down the pipe, watch this walkthrough of the course by Ryan Tuerck and Maxxis Tires.
Source: Maxxis Tires USA on YouTube
2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 vs. Red Devil – Hot Rod Magazine
Hot Rod Magazine does a showdown between the Camaro ZL1 and Mark Stielow’s 1969 Red Devil Camaro. This is interesting on levels beyond simply old vs. new. The ZL1 is Chevrolet’s ultimate expression of the current Camaro with the LSA supercharged engine, third generation magnetorheological shocks and a high tech computer controlled driver’s aid package. On the other hand, the Red Devil is widely regarded as the ultimate expression of the first generation Camaro with a 750 hp Corvette ZR-1 drive train and Detroit Speed suspension system. Going even deeper than the specs, both cars are essentially built by the same man. Mark Stielow works as a suspension engineer at GM and helped develop the ZL1. Watch the video to see which of his children set the faster lap time around Gingerman Raceway in Michigan.
Source: Hot Rod Magazine on YouTube