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Challengers Fight For Records At Global Time Attack’s 2018 Super Lap Battle

If you’re a fan of time attack, then what a time to be alive! A FWD Civic owns the overall North American time attack record, the Unlimited AWD record was just broken, twice, and there’s an all-new, world-class annual event in the works, right here in the good ol’ US of A.

By |2019-07-02T09:50:16-04:00November 19, 2018|Event Coverage, Racing|Comments Off on Challengers Fight For Records At Global Time Attack’s 2018 Super Lap Battle

Final Fight: Formula Drift Finishes The 2018 Season In Style

Formula Drift's season-ending event was full of drama and dynamic displays of driving prowess, with three final-round battles required to determine the 2018 Champion. In the end, James Deane took home his second straight title thanks to help from a past champion.

By |2019-07-02T09:51:04-04:00October 22, 2018|Event Coverage|Comments Off on Final Fight: Formula Drift Finishes The 2018 Season In Style

Mazfest 2018: A Murder of Mazdas Take Over The Horse Thief Mile

If you love Mazda pickups and all things rotary, you might want to stick to that other annual Mazda gathering. But if you’re obsessed with perhaps the best roadster ever made, and pretty much everything else Mazda-badged, Mazfest may be just what you’re looking for.

By |2019-07-02T09:51:24-04:00September 24, 2018|Event Coverage, Racing, Shows|Comments Off on Mazfest 2018: A Murder of Mazdas Take Over The Horse Thief Mile

25 Heroes from Gridlife South: Drift, Time Attack, and More

Over the past several years, Gridlife has built its name on doing things differently. Take its most popular events: bash-style drifting combined with serious time attack competition and major car shows going down on race weekends, mixed in with camping and the 24/7 debauchery that goes with it.

By |2019-07-02T09:51:39-04:00September 21, 2018|Event Coverage, Racing, Shows|Comments Off on 25 Heroes from Gridlife South: Drift, Time Attack, and More

Night Shift: VTEC Clubbing in the Dark

For VTEC Club’s Round 4 competition, Honda time-attackers visited Streets of Willow for the second of two stops on the 2018 calendar, this time also running the course backwards from its traditional clockwise configuration, and partly at night.

By |2019-07-02T09:52:10-04:00September 10, 2018|Event Coverage, Racing|Comments Off on Night Shift: VTEC Clubbing in the Dark

Event Coverage: IMSA Midseason Mayhem at Road America

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship chase is well underway, and Road America was the scene for the most recent display of horsepower, tire grip, and driver skill. Luke Munnell reports.

By |2019-07-02T09:46:59-04:00August 20, 2018|Event Coverage, Racing|Comments Off on Event Coverage: IMSA Midseason Mayhem at Road America

The Battle in Seattle: Formula Drift’s Competitors Wage War

Evergreen Speedway might be Formula Drift’s fastest course, with drivers regularly accelerating to triple-digit speeds through the initiation zone, and has possibly seen the most collisions when compared to any other stop in the series’ history.

By |2019-07-02T09:52:26-04:00August 3, 2018|Event Coverage, Racing|Comments Off on The Battle in Seattle: Formula Drift’s Competitors Wage War

Gridlife Midwest: There’s Something for Everyone

Gridlife bills itself as The Ultimate Automotive Experience, and if the recent Midwest stop on the tour is any indication, that's exactly the case. From show to HDPE to Time Attack and even drift battles, Gridlife Midwest had it all.

By |2019-07-02T09:52:40-04:00June 25, 2018|Event Coverage|Comments Off on Gridlife Midwest: There’s Something for Everyone

24 Moments from IMSA’s Rolex 24 at Daytona

The Rolex 24 at Daytona enjoys more publicity and prestige than any other race of the IMSA season, and its winners have to fight harder than ever to take home top honors and those coveted Rolex watches. Rather than bring you race results that are old news by now, we thought it might be interesting to present the event from Luke Munnell's perspective.

By |2019-07-02T09:47:19-04:00February 16, 2018|Event Coverage, Racing|Comments Off on 24 Moments from IMSA’s Rolex 24 at Daytona

Man Against Man, Machine, and Time: GTA Super Lap Battle

This year’s Global Time Attack finals and 13th annual Super Lap Battle at California’s Buttonwillow Raceway saw 82 competitors in 13 classes fight some of the harshest battles we’ve ever seen in the two days of their shared quest for the ultimate stateside time attack honors.

By |2019-07-02T09:52:54-04:00December 8, 2017|Event Coverage, Racing|Comments Off on Man Against Man, Machine, and Time: GTA Super Lap Battle
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