Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 10:03pm
Jim Elder, 80, and his wife Suzanne, 78, keep helmets in the back of their Subaru. Red gas cans are stacked on the roof and fog lights are attached to the front bumper, “aimed a little bit out to look for critters,” Jim said. The Manhattan couple will compete next week in a 5,000-mile, 10-day road rally from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 10:02pm
From two brands, a single vehicle emerges: an affordable, basic, rear-wheel-drive Japanese sports car. Twenty years ago, this sort of vehicle was commonplace. Japanese carmakers had been giving us inexpensive, reliable, rear-drive sports-car catnip since the 1970 Datsun 240Z. After effectively killing off their Italian and British inspiration in the U.S., though, the Japanese were left to battle themselves. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 9:57pm
A little Valentine’s Day romantic role-playing went wrong for a Portland, Ore., couple after police found the woman bound and naked in the back of a Subaru driven by her lover, the Portland Police Bureau reports. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 9:56pm
Australia’s Summit Rally Team are embarking on an exciting rally program in 2012, with team drivers Will Orders and Ross Allan contesting four events in the United States of America. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 9:55pm
The Ouninpohja stage, one of the most famous in the World Rally Championship, will return to Rally Finland this year. The organisers of the August 2-4 rally have revealed the route for this year’s event, which retains its Thursday-Saturday format. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 9:55pm
As you may already know, race and stunt car driver and Top Gear USA host Tanner Foust is in the Philippines. Apparently, he’s here doing some stunt car works for The Bourne Legacy and despite his hectic shooting schedule, he has spent some of his free time off-camera checking out the local car scene and doing some promotional work for Rockstar Energy Drink, Foust’s official racing sponsor Read More →
Posted Monday, February 13, 2012 at 9:53pm
There’s nothing better than extreme sports. The fearless nature of these riders proves inspirational and awe-inspiring after every insane trick. But no one has headlined the world of lunatic athletes better than Travis Pastrana. Supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, rally racing, he does it all.The champion X-Games medalist continues to astound his audience with memorable attempts at immortality. Let’s take a look at his five best tricks ever. Read More →
