A group of young individuals from the McGill University Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) team got a chance to get up close and personal with the performance minded collective at Ford this past May. In working with SVT’s Shaun Day, Chris Prahacs (faculty adviser to the McGill FSAE team, and former FSAE team member […] More »
By: Scothew | October 19, 2012
I shed a tear when I ran across this story. It’s one thing to see a modern day super car wrecked, especially when the owner is ripping it up on a track somewhere enjoying what the machine was built to do, but to see arguably the best US made super car, a 2005 Ford GT, […] More »
By: Scothew | August 30, 2012
While Vaughn Gittin Jr. might have had a great time in Vegas, Pro-Am drifter Jim Guthrie didn’t have as much luck. After what looked like a pretty sweet slide, he locked up the brakes and went into the tire barrier. While this doesn’t look particularly awesome, according the description on YouTube–a truly unimpeachable source if there […] More »
By: TMS Editor | August 29, 2012
Here’s something I haven’t seen before. Two Mustangs, one set up for drifting, the other tuned for the track, lapping a circuit at the same time. Both feature champion drivers–Formula D ace Vaughn Gittin Jr and 3-Time NASA National Champion Chris Cobetto, respectively–behind the wheel, so the friendly face-off should highlight the car’s strengths. Without […] More »
By: TMS Editor | August 24, 2012
The title of this video might be “Ken Block’s West Virginia cousin,” but the snarky description–“No relation since this was done is one take”–pokes a little fun at the Gymkhana master. Regardless of who the driver is related to, or whether this is actually West Virginia, he definitely knows how to drive.The tire marks seem […] More »
By: TMS Editor | August 14, 2012
Nobody knows why cars with nitrous blow up all the time. Kidding. But this is a perspective I haven’t seen. As the motor gives out, you can see the flash against the other car, which is almost kind of arty.
By: TMS Editor | August 14, 2012
Sometimes conversions work and sometimes they just don’t work at all. This one falls a little short, but their intentions were good. First of all, mixing Ford and Chevy together is somewhat blasphemy, but that didn’t stop this Indian mash up including a Chevy Optera meeeting the drool-worthy Eleanor, the iconic Shelby GT500 featured in […] More »
By: Amie | August 7, 2012
