A Top Fuel dragster is an odd beast. They cover 1000 feet (305 meters) in about 3.7 seconds, reaching 335 mph (539 km/hour)--they don't do a quarter mile anymore because: they are so fast and so out of... continue reading

posted by SFOGuy 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,282 views • 1:22

From YT: Vaughn Gittin Jr. heads to Niigata, Japan in his 550 HP 5.0L V-8 Mustang RTR to take on Daigo Saito’s 650 HP V-12 Drift Lamborghini. Built by Liberty Walk and Phat Five racing, Saito's AWD... continue reading

posted by blutruth 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 20 views • 5:47

This is just glorious :) I loved watching the old F1 cars most of all, even though they weren't the fastest. Jalopnik liked the sound of the 8.5 liter V8. (via Jalopnik) YouTube Description: ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 10 months ago • 400 views • 13:06

YouTube Description: Many are familiar with New Zealand's famous road, the Crown Range Pass. This public road climbs to 1,100 meters above sea level by the way of fast twisty corners and steep uphill... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 5 months ago • 191 views • 11:15

YouTube Description: Jeff Zwart in the Porsche GT3 Cup Turbo Hill Climb Special, during Pikes Peak 2014. Soon after leaving the starting line, one of the fuel pumps begins to fail, only to get worse... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 716 views • 11:46

YouTube Description: '08 Smart Car with a 1.5 Liter Toyota Paseo Sprintex Blown engine give the Shelby a run for the money and barely loses as he sheared the cogs off the blower belt after the wheelstand... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,168 views • 43 secs

Sébastien Loeb's record Pike's Peak run, 8m13.878s in a Peugeot Sport 208 T16. This is over two minutes quicker than Ari Vatanen's time in the classic film "Climb Dance" from 1989 (when the course was... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 4 months ago • 403 views • 9:11

YouTube Description: We take you behind the scenes at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth, UK for the sign-off of the last ever Formula 1 V8 engine to leave the factory: unit FF73. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 6 months ago • 690 views • 5:30

YouTube Description: We're vlogging from inside the Caterham F1 Team throughout our 2013 season. Episode 20: Heikki Kovalainen is back! Join him for a session in the simulator ahead of his run in FP1 at Monza ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 7 months 4 weeks ago • 89 views • 7:26

This is a POV video of Federico Liber's 2:06.231 run in race 3 at Rampa da Falperra 2013 Portugal Hillclimb in his Gloria C8F. He ended up coming 7th in his class over the three races... but never mind... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 11 months 3 weeks ago • 718 views • 5:05

BBC F1 video explaining the KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) unit used in Formula 1 since 2009 (except 2010 when, by agreement, no team ran it even though it was still legal that year). In the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 1 month ago • 262 views • 2:02

Pastor Maldonado crashes a Williams F1 car during a 12 lap demonstration run around Los Proceres in Venezuela. Fortunately for the crowds GP2 driver Rodolfo Gonzalez put in a few laps before rain prevented... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 627 views • 36 secs