This is some pretty amazing footage of a Toyota AE86 from a European time trial event. The course looks extremely challenging which emphasizes the driver’s skill and the fact that the car is set up very well. This car was produced by Toyota in the mid 80’s and is the spiritual successor to the Scion FR-S and the Subaru BRZ.
7Tune posted these pictures from a testing session at Fuji Speedway for RE Amemiya and Voltex. Both companies were prepping cars for the World Time Attack Challenge in Australia. Head over to 7Tune for the full story.
Icon Motorsports posted this video about Canadian motorcycle drag racing champion Ethan Barkley. He rides a 2006 Suzuki GSX-R1000 that’s been turbocharged to 500 horsepower.
This 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona is owned by Lee Sicilio and it will be running in Bonneville this August. It’s running a twin turbo 496 cubic inch Hemi built by Ray Barton and tuned by Scott Clark. The dyno run gets cut short, but you can tell this car is going to be a beast. They’re shooting to break 300 mph and Bangshift estimates the final power numbers to be in the 2000-2500 horsepower range.
The Sauber F1 Team has spent the last two years working on this project: the cutaway F1 car. It sounds simple, but I’m sure it was immensely complicated. It’s just like a biology exhibit you might find at a museum. The car is cut into two halves to allow you to see how the internal components are packaged. It’s an absolutely fascinating and slightly frightening look at where everything goes and it lives up to the old adage “If you want to find out how something works, push that $*%@#% through a band saw.”