What would you do if you found a fire-damaged Ferrari F355 for sale?
For the team at Grind Hard Plumbing Co, it was simple: you buy it and swap in a V10 TDI engine from a VW Touareg to make what they claim is the world’s first diesel-powered Ferrari.
Could this turn out to be the ultimate Ferrari rally car?
The opposite of that scene from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” where they try to reverse the mileage of the Ferrari by running it in reverse?
This live stream from Cleetus McFarland of a Crown Vic. The goal? To run the car 24/7 until it reaches 150,000 miles.
(Yeah, you’re going to be here awhile.)
A one-make racing series for the Toyota Prius? Welcome to the Prius PHEV class of South Korea’s Superrace Championship.
Is it loud? Not particularly. Is it fast? Sort of. Is the racing intense? Absolutely.
“If it makes you happy, it doesn’t have to make sense to others.” It’s an adage I’ve been hearing quite frequently on the internet, and it’s one that I wholeheartedly agree with.
And do you know what makes me happy? The Classic 2CV Racing Championship, an endurance racing series in which everyone drives–you guessed it–a Citroen 2CV.
The best part, however, is the 24-hour race the series holds once a year, which leaves me with just one question: Where do I sign up?
The best way to enjoy a new, freshly graded–but unpaved–circuit?
If you’re Chris Duplessis, the “Director of Fun” at Southeast Florida’s P1 Motor Club, you tear it up in a Mercedes-AMG GT.
“With the track layout fully visible and the road base compacted,” says P1 Motor Club, “we are counting down the days until paving begins in May.”
It’s not easy to build a race car for less than $2000, but that’s precisely why we came up with our Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack, Powered by AutoBidMaster and Built by Carlyle Tools.
Couldn’t make it this year? Looking for a recap of the action? Here’s a look at some of the wild builds that arrived to compete.
This year’s event, again held at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Florida, was won by a turbocharged, Beetle-bodied Miata.
Can you drive stick? The new owner of Jello Biafra’s Celica GT convertible couldn’t.
Jello, the punk rock legend who originally fronted the Dead Kennedys, recently sent his beat-up Toyota across the auction block.
The buyer is a fan of his music but, less so, of driving a manual transmission. In the video of the hand-off, Jello offers some driving advice.
Why take a picture of yourself wearing a helmet at work? Simply put, it could win you a brand-new Schuberth SP1 Hybrid helmet from our friends at HMS Motorsport.
That’s right, everyone’s favorite holiday, Wear Your Helmet to Work Day Presented by HMS Motorsport, returns Friday, April 24–now less than five days away.
Don’t have the typical 9-to-5? No worries, you can still join in by simply incorporating a helmet into your day.
Here’s how to participate:
When the day comes on April 24, ensure you’re following Grassroots Motorsports on social media, post your photos with the hashtag #HelmetDay, and tag Grassroots Motorsports and HMS Motorsport. You can also upload your photos as a comment to our official Helmet Day post on our Facebook page or on our forum’s official event post.
Wherever you submit your entry, make sure you do so by Friday, April 24, 5 p.m. Eastern–that’s when we’ll put our helmeted heads together to select the winner to receive the grand-prize Schuberth helmet.
What does it take to build one of the most extreme Miatas ever to hit the track?
For Good-Win Racing's team principal, Ryan Passey, he and his team spent five years creating what you see here: the supercharged, LFX V6-powered “HyperMiata.”
Shoehorn a twin-turbo LS7 V8 into a modified Lotus chassis, and you get the Hennessey Venom GT.
But what do you get when you shove a Judd V8 into an Alfa Romeo 4C? This insane hillclimb racer, apparently.
Dubbed “MG-AR 01 Furore” by its creator, Marco Gramenzi, the car is good for more than 650 horsepower, can rev upwards of 11,000 rpm and weighs less than 1800 pounds.
