This is ride along video is pretty amazing, but not because of some fancy editing or a good soundtrack. You will like this video simply for the insane performance and fury of the car that the camera is attached to. The car we’re talking about is a historic race car leftover from the legendary Can-Am series, the McLaren M6B. Jim Pace navigates this Chevy small block powered monster around Road America for our enjoyment.
*SPOILER ALERT* Citroen put together this highlight video of their time at the Neste Oil Rally Finland for this year. They continue their dominance of this season with Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen placing first and second respectively. Jari-Mati Latvala was third for Ford almost 30 seconds back.
Rhys Millen set the overall record up the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this past weekend in Colorado. This year was the first time the entire course has been paved. Millen set the record in his V8 Hyundai Genesis Formula D drift car. This is pretty much just raw in-car footage. I will update this if he releases something better.
Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima was the defending race winner coming into the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb having set the overall record last year while the course was still part tarmac and part gravel. 2012 marks the first year where the entire course has been paved. Monster and Team APEV of Japan built a new car called the E-Runner which is tarmac specific and electric powered. Though Team APEV did the engineering and fabrication on the E-Runner, Monster Tajima promotes the use of electric race cars in Japan with his own EV company called Tajima Natural Energy. Monster qualified first in the EV category by a large margin using a mixed gravel and tarmac suspension setup. Tajima had anticipated that a lot of dirt from the side of the track would be dragged onto the road surface but changed to a tarmac specific setup when he saw the course stayed clean during practice. Many people thought he would set the new overall record in an electric vehicle. Here is video of his qualifying run from Day 1 of practice on the lower section of the course: