As I mentioned this morning in the Mega Cheaters article, when it comes to the 24 Hours of LeMons, winning isn’t everything. In fact, winning is kind of lame. I mean serious — big deal. You have a reliable car, you didn’t drive fast or aggressive enough to crash and get penalized, your team is [...]

Usually I’d include a year, but really this little guy could be anything from a 1963 to a 1968. I first got introduced to the G4 by Gran Turismo 4, where the tiny, low horsepower car is a prize for some race championship. With a little tweaking, it became a force to be reckoned with, [...]

One of the things I enjoyed about going home for the holidays was my father’s collection of old slot cars. Growing up I never had a go-kart or raced an R/C car, so my first hands-on experience with motorsport (if you can call it that) was racing slot cars with my dad and my brothers. [...]

Nothing’s sacred, Fiends. Kawasaki has just announced its intention to withdraw from MotoGP. The company started with the series when it began in 2003 and hasn’t managed to secure a championship win since. Fans of the neon-green Kawasaki’s had their hopes set on a new set of drivers and new ZZ-XR racing bikes for 2009. [...]

While no one is really sure what the actual goal of a LeMons race is (Winning? Getting away from your family? Having the best theme? Index of Effluency? The People’s Curse?), I’m pretty sure it’s not winning. I mean, let’s say you get your crappy car around the track the most times — so what? [...]

Alright, this thing isn’t the hottest looking supercar out there, but it’s got the muscle to go toe to toe with the mainstays of the supercar universe. The first Lotec boasted anywhere from 850 horsepower to 1,200, coupled with a steel-tube frame and a carbon-fiber skin. With a curb weight in the 3,000 lb range, [...]

Could it be? Is it possible? The Fiends over at eGMCarTech are reporting Honda intends to bring a new NSX Concept to Detroit. Of course, this runs completely against Honda CEO Takeo Fukui’s announcement two weeks ago that the GT-R slayer was dead in the water. We don’t know who to believe anymore. According to [...]

We’ll save you some counting and go ahead and say it: the Eliica’s an 8-wheel drive electric vehicle. Why all the rollers? Each wheel sports its own, 80 horsepower electric motor, and the combined effect of all eight is good enough to launch this funky-looking ride to 60 in under four seconds. Top speed? That’d [...]

At least that’s what the Fiends at Motor Trend say. They stuck the mighty Nissan GT-R on a new dyno to measure peak power as well as mechanical drag. What’d they find? The 3.8-liter V6 pretty much puts out what Nissan says it does. Well, almost. The motor put down an average of 485 horsepower [...]

Yep. Since October, GM has taken a hefty 10,000 pre-orders for the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro. That, Fiends, is a good chunk o’ Bow Ties. Needless to say, the classic styling, rumored low price and great power numbers have made an attractive package for folks looking to get into the muscle car renaissance. It’s hard to [...]