How do you break a track record for your class? You build a car to the rules.
Learn more about how Andy Hollis transformed a Honda CRX he bought for $400 into one of the fastest cars at the 2024 Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals at NCM Motorsports Park.
[Live Thread: SCCA Time Trials Nats and Ultimate Track Car Challenge]
Building a motorcycle from scratch? Why use just any motorcycle engine when you could use an engine from a car?
And why settle for a gas-powered engine when you could go with a diesel power plant instead?
Well, that's pretty much what YouTube channel BelarusCustoms is building: A motorcycle constructed around a 1.4-liter VW TDI engine.
Based on the beginning of the first video, the motorcycle appears to run. Part 1 can be watched above, and you can view part 2 here and part 3 here.
What broke the track record for a production car at NCM Motorsports Park? A McLaren Senna driven by Andy Pilgrim … that is until Steve Luca eclipsed that mark with his Ford Mustang Shelby GT500.
Learn more about what made his pony car so fast at the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge presented by Grassroots Motorsports.
[Raiden Nicol wins the 2024 Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge]
Half race, street, all BMW. For the SEMA Show, BimmerWorld prepped just half of a BMW M2 for track.
The reason? To showcase Hoosier’s new TrackAttack Pro track tire.
See at the SEMA Show.
The 2024 Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge Presented by Grassroots Motorsports crowned its latest Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car. The event’s only rule? Pass safety tech.
What won? Find out here.
The Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge is presented by Grassroots Motorsports and Sunoco, the official fuel of the UTCC, in association with Wilwood Engineering, CRC Industries, HMS Motorsport, XS Power and AMT Motorsport, with trophies from Miller Electric, Vorshlag, Hoosier Racing Tire, Call to Grid, BimmerWorld and Falken Tire.
Has Nissan managed to build a sports car capable of beating the GR Supra with its new Z Nismo?
To find out, we took a 2024 Nissan Z Nismo to the official GRM test track, the Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park, to compare its lap time against the Toyota GR Supra's lap time.
For most race cars, a broken component ahead of qualifying usually means you won’t be setting a time for grid position.
That was not the case for the Nissan R90CK piloted by Mark Blundell ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990, however.
Instead, the car’s wastegates malfunctioned and sealed themselves shut, resulting in the Nissan’s twin-turbo V8–normally good for around 800 horsepower–putting out more than 1000 horsepower.
In the end, Blundell managed to secure pole position with a lap time of 3:27.020.
Even though picking our favorite tools can be like trying to pick the favorite child, there are definitely a few items we find ourselves relying on most when elbow-deep in one of our many project cars. Here are some tools we can’t live without.
Did we miss any? What are some tools you swear by?
Presented by CRC Industries.
How does a Caterham 7, with an old-school suspension, compare with a Mazda MX-5 Cup race car with a more modern setup? They're closer than you might think. Our test driver J.G. Pasterjak took one around the Grassroots Motorsports official test track, the Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park (FIRM), to find out.
How does the most recent Mazda MX-5 Club compare with one of its closest competitors, the Subaru BRZ tS?
Our test driver J.G. Pasterjak took one around the Grassroots Motorsports official test track, the Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park, to find out.
