Category Archives: Racing

If you have two things with wheels, then you just gotta see which one is faster.

The Golden Years of DTM

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2012 marks the return of BMW to the German Touring Car Championship (DTM). It will be Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW fielding cars this year. I’ll probably put together another post later about the newest generation of DTM cars, but they basically have nothing in common with the road going cars besides the headlights. All three teams will be using the same basic carbon tub as the foundation of their cars for 2012. I felt like that kind of took a lot of the meaning out of what it meant to have the three manufacturers racing each other. Then I was reminded of one of my favorite car videos on the internet. It’s a tribute to what the editor calls “The Golden Years of DTM.” This is back when the race cars were prepped versions of the mass production cars and they still raced on the Nordschleife.


Source: DTMEnthusiast on YouTube

Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro and Ultra Testing at Sebring by Drive

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This is an absolutely fascinating video posted by Drive on YouTube. They got an exclusive inside look at the Audi Le Mans racing program as they tested their new 2012 cars at Sebring. Audi will be fielding two cars this year, the R18 E-Tron Quattro and the R18 Ultra. Both cars use a V6 direct injection diesel engine to drive the rear axle. The only difference is that the E-Tron Quattro also has an electric motor that drives the front axle. For energy storage, the E-Tron is using the magnetic flywheel system that Porsche has been developing with the Williams F1 team in their 911 GT3 RS Hybrid endurance racer. Drive does an amazing job providing footage of the car as well as interviews with the drivers about how the cars have changed throughout the years and interviews with the team leaders about development of the cars as well as Audi’s Le Mans program.


Source: Drive

The Institution of the Bonneville Salt Flats by Motor Trend

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Motor Trend just posted this great video about the Bonneville Salt Flats. What makes it interesting is that they give you a picture of the culture built by the racers that convene there every year. What they do is not racing in the traditional sense. The competition is not a cutthroat head to head to race. It’s more accurate to think of it as a competition of the people against the salt and the clock. You get a really good feel for the mentality of the racers from the interviews in the video.


Source: Motor Trend YouTube Channel

Triple Turbo Diesel Dragster

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Check out this amazing video of a diesel powered dragster laying down a 7.62 quarter mile. It’s powered by an International DT466 inline 6 engine that is similar to the one that was probably under the hood of the school buses you rode in as a kid. It’s similar except for the three gigantic turbochargers that are on this one. The title has a typo, the car makes 300 hp, not 3000. It’s still a pretty impressive sight. I always wanted to do a diesel project at some point. It seemed to be a legitimate reason to buy a turbocharger that was significantly bigger than my own head.


Source: Bangshift.com