Red Bull released another promotional video for Julien Dupont, a French trials motocross rider that they sponsor. Here he is having fun in his home town. Dupont described trials motocross as a mix of BMW and freestyle motocross and his sessions in this video really showcase that philosophy.
Here’s some insanity to start your weekend off right. This video is footage from the European Hovercraft Federation. The fact that they named their organization a federation means its serious business. Hovercraft racing is like a crazy bastard Frankenstein of dirt track racing, jet skiing, motocross and drifting. Basically it will rock your face off and stomp on it.
BeardLife.net put together this grassroots drifting video featuring Formula D pro drifters and Drift Alliance brothers Ryan Tuerck, Vaughn Gittin Jr and Chris Forsberg. It’s basically the guys in beater cars keeping their skills sharp and their passion fresh by just having some good clean fun. There’s some bad words in the soundtrack, so the video gets a **NSFW**
Henry Catchpole of evo walks us through the BMW Art Car Collection that was gathered in London as part of BMW’s sponsorship of the Olympics. It turns out he got his start writing for the automotive industry after doing his philosophy and art history dissertation on this collection of Art Cars so there are few people who make a better guide. Evo also has an accompanying gallery of the cars here.
Somebody at Porsche must have heard that Chris Harris sold his 911 GT3 RS 4.0 liter for a Ferrari 599 and decided to win back his heart. They invited him to the Porsche test track to drive the Porsche 962 that won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1987. As part of the deal, they also let Harris pick the mind of the man who designed the 962, Norbert Singer. Not only do we get to see the car in action, the interview with Singer really brings the significance of the car into perspective.