Pastrana puts competition on ice at Rally America Sno*Drift

Filed under: Motorsports, Ford, Subaru

Travis Pastrana has no shortage of critics who claim the daredevil is skating on thin ice. Okay, that was a terrible segue into this year’s Sno*Drift, the opening event in the Rally America Championship series, but yes, Pastrana and co-driver Christian Edstrom did skate to a fourth straight Sno*Drift victory on Saturday, trumping the second place team of Antoine L’Estage and co-driver Nathalie…… Continue reading

The Autoblog Weekender: Motley Fools edition

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Dodge, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Pontiac, Saab, Misc. Auto Shows, Peugeot, Canada, Skoda

This week’s bag of news is all about automobiles, vehicles and vehicles. Was anyone else aware that the Canadians know a thing or two about tuning Lamborghinis?…… Continue reading

Introduction to Ice Racing: Part 2

Filed under: Motorsports

THE WHAT AND THE HOW It’s time to delve a little further into the crazy, sideways world of ice racing - where grip is at a premium but the grins come cheap. In last week’s first article in the series we gave you a little bit of information about the sport in general, or rather sports, and talked about the class structure used by AMEC, the club we’ll be running with. We’ll be participating in the street legal…… Continue reading

Geneva Preview: Alfa-based Pininfarina Spider concept to make its debut

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Alfa Romeo, Design/Style, Luxury

Pininfarina is celebrating its own 80th birthday, as well as Alfa Romeo’s 100th, by unveiling a new concept at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The Pininfarina Spider show car is, naturally, a two-seat roadster based on Alfa Romeo mechanicals. It’s intended to pay…… Continue reading

Ford releases two new crate engine options for racers

Filed under: Motorsports, Ford

Racers and project car builders have two fresh engine options to choose from in the Ford Racing parts catalog. Fans of the classic 302 cubic inch V8 and a lighter budget can opt for the 340 horsepower X302 crate engine. At $3,495, the X302 offers the classic cast iron block and aluminum cylinder heads mated with forged aluminum pistons and die cast aluminum valve covers. Those… Continue reading

Geneva Preview: Ferrari to show off 599 Hybrid, production model planned

Filed under: Concept Vehicles, Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari

News of an impending hybrid from Ferrari is nothing new, but now we appear to have an actual date when the Italian supercar manufacturer plans to show such a vehicle in an official setting. And it’s coming soon, during the first week of March at the… Continue reading

Video: Remember that Gullwing tunnel trick? Yeah, that was Schumi

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz looked like it was out to change the laws of physics when it released video footage - whether factual or digitally created - of its new SLS AMG supercar driving upside down in a tunnel. Now it looks like they’re out to…… Continue reading

Video: Ken Block and new Ford Fiesta rally car meet - it’s love at first drift

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Hatchback, Ford

We know, it’s going to be weird watching Ken Block rally in a Ford Fiesta. We’re so used to watching him ply his craft in a Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Gymkhana and Subaru became synonymous thanks to Ken. After the announcement earlier this month that Block was dropping Subaru for Ford…… Continue reading

Autoline going LIVE at 12:30PM EST from Washington Auto Show, now accepting questions

Filed under: Government/Legal, Videos, Misc. Auto Shows

This day at 12:30PM EST, our friends at Autoline will be hosting a live webcast from the 2010 Washington Auto Show. Special guests include Ford CEO Alan Mulally, President of Audi America Johan de Nysschen and President of BMW North America Jim O’Donnell, among others. In anticipation of the show, you can… Continue reading

Heluva Good! Big renovations planned for Watkins Glen

Filed under: Motorsports

Watkins Glen is in for some renovations. The historic road course in upstate New York was once the home of the US Grand Prix, and this day hosts races in the Indy Racing League, NASCAR, the Rolex Grand-Am series and the SCCA Speed World Challenge, not to mention several vintage racing series. It’s a veritable landmark in American vehicle racing, and (nostalgia not being what it used to be) only stands to get better with the new improvements underway.

Intended to improve both safety and competition… Continue reading

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