Retro Race Looks, Three-Rotor Power: A Heroic RX-3

Retro Race Looks, Three-Rotor Power: A Heroic RX-3

Mazda. Rotary. Beloved. Groundbreaking. With a mere utterance those words conjure up visions of the RX-7, which began production in 1978 and would continue through 2002 in its home market of Japan. And while the...
Crazy 88: An E30 M3 That's Not Afraid to Have Fun

Crazy 88: An E30 M3 That's Not Afraid to Have Fun

If you are like most red-blooded driving enthusiasts, you've probably dreamt of owning a BMW E30 M3 at some point. And you've probably also taken a look online and seen that prices for said E30...
Unlimited – Why Volkswagen’s I.D. R Pikes Peak and Porsche’s 919 Hybrid Evo Matter

Unlimited – Why Volkswagen’s I.D. R Pikes Peak and Porsche’s 919 Hybrid Evo Matter

For many racing fans, the idea of an unlimited race car is all at once appealing and disappointing when you look at the top tiers of motorsport. Prototype and Formula Car racing are supposed to...
A Study in Perseverance: Toyota Finally Gets Its Le Mans Victory

A Study in Perseverance: Toyota Finally Gets Its Le Mans Victory

Victory at Le Mans is never a guarantee. This is a lesson Toyota learned firsthand in 2016 when Kazuki Nakajima’s number Five TS050 lost power with a scant three minutes and twenty five seconds left...
Did Someone Say Yanny? Pushing the Limit With an RB-Swapped C33 Nissan Laurel

Did Someone Say Yanny? Pushing the Limit With an RB-Swapped C33 Nissan Laurel

While drifting in Japan, Matt Haugen fell in love with larger sedans stuffed with powerful engines. This is the very reason he imported this 1989 Nissan Laurel C33 with an RB25DET swap. “I started driving...
Shooting Lessons at the Thermal Club

Shooting Lessons at the Thermal Club

The idea of the country club is to allow those who are affluent enough to afford the high cost of entry a place where they can get away, golf and socialize in peace. A place...
Gridlife Midwest 2018

Gridlife Midwest 2018

It was a very cloudy Saturday afternoon during the last drift session of the day. The sun was peeking out periodically, but not enough to light the area where I was shooting my camera. I...
Ben Mich’s 1993 FD3S Mazda RX-7 is Uniquely Original

Ben Mich’s 1993 FD3S Mazda RX-7 is Uniquely Original

One could say Ben Mich’s 1993 Mazda RX-7 R1 is a breath of fresh air as it isn’t a modified rotary engine car with another V8 swap or even another drift build. However, he still...
Never Say Die – Corey Hosford’s 2JZ-Powered S14 Nissan 240SX

Never Say Die – Corey Hosford’s 2JZ-Powered S14 Nissan 240SX

Even when it seems you have something all together and working right, life sometimes reminds you that it hates you and wants nothing more than to make you miserable. If you followed Corey Hosford for...
HyperFest at VIR

HyperFest at VIR

The ultimate playground for petrol heads, HyperFest,has been around since 2001 and this year’s event was the biggest yet. With so much going on, it was almost too much to take in even over an...