Indy drive Alex Lloyd is given the opportunity to take the Brock Racing Enterprise Datsun 510 out for a spin. He goes into the historical significance of the car and it’s victories in its class of Trans-Am racing. He then goes onto highlight the car’s quirks and how they relate to the romanticism of vintage race cars.
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.
There’s nothing like some top level drag racing to get excited about a pure display of horsepower. Here’s some highlights from this year’s NHRA Fall Nationals that took place in Ennis, TX. The video starts with some time lapse footage of one of the top fuel dragsters getting its engine rebuilt between runs and then goes to some head to head racing. There are several runs that hit the quarter mile in less than 4 seconds. That’s mind blowing speed.
**UPDATE** I was told that the NHRA runs 1000 feet instead of a quarter mile for safety reasons. Still mind blowing speed.
Mercedes and Nico Rosberg have been putting out a pretty interesting series of videos detailing some of the systems used in Formula 1 racing. This episode deals with the Head and Neck Support (HANS) system. The back of the driver’s helmet is strapped to a chest brace that is held in with the safety harness. In the event of a crash, the force that would whiplash the head forward is transferred to the chest greatly reducing the amount of hyper-extension the neck sees. Simple and effective.
Nissan recently announced that the experimental Deltawing race car will be making a return after being unceremoniously knocked out of its one-time exhibition in Le Mans. The car will be making another appearance in the Petit Le Mans series here in the US. Highcroft racing posted this on-board footage of some testing at Road Atlanta.