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2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS sets record 6:47.3 Nürburgring lap time

9/27/2017

All hail the new king of the ‘Ring.
Porsche has done it. The German sports car marque’s latest baby, the 2018 911 GT2 RS, has lapped the punishing Nürburgring-Nordschleife in time of only 6:47.3.
That’s the new record for production cars, and it was achieved with drive only going to the rear wheels. More amazing still is that Porsche didn’t just shave a few milliseconds off the previous record. It absolutely smashed it.
The previous record was the 6:52.01 set by the all-wheel-drive Lamborghini Huracán Performante in 2016. The fastest time for a rear-wheel-drive car was the 7:01.3 set by a Dodge Viper ACR at the start of September.
The GT2 RS's record run took place on September 20 and was by no means a fluke. With Porsche test driver Lars Kern and factory racing driver Nick Tandy taking turns on the track, the car was setting times below 6:50 almost immediately. In the end it was Kern who set the fastest time. His average speed on the 12.8-mile lap was 114.4 mph.
Porsche unveiled its latest GT2 RS in June at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed. With 700 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque generated by its 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged flat-6 engine, the car is the most powerful 911 ever sold, and now it’s the fastest too. It means the two-seater weighing 3,241 pounds can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 2.7 seconds and top out at 211 mph.

tags: gt2rs , porsche lap record , king of the ring, nurburgring record , nathan finneman , world record

The insane KEN BLOCK AND HIS 1,400-HP AWD MUSTANG CONQUER PIKES PEAK IN 'CLIMBKHANA"

9/25/2017

Ken Block’s latest addition to his seemingly never-ending crazy driving video portfolio is something we all wish we could do -- run the Pikes Peak Hill Climb circuit. While that’s not in itself that crazy, Block takes his now-turbocharged Hoonicorn all-wheel-drive Ford Mustang up the hill with a constant trail of tire smoke.

You might recognize Block’s Mustang from an earlier Gymkhana installment. Blocks first Hoonicorn sported a naturally aspirated 6.7-liter V8 that spit 845 hp to a rally-bred all-wheel-drive system via a sequential transmission. The nearly 900-hp Mustang wasn’t powerful enough, it seems, and Block had a pair of turbochargers fitted to the engine, which now sends 1,400 hp to the same system.

Have you ever seen a 1,400 hp all-wheel-drive Mustang drift the entire way up Pikes Peak? No? Well, now you can.

tags: breed of speed , ken block mustang , v2 hoonicorn , 1400hp mustang, nathan finneman , sirdrifto , colorado, pikes peak

Ryan Tuerck's Ferrari-powered Scion drifts, crashes, fixes, and drifts again

9/23/2017

We were pretty astonished when Ryan Tuerck and Gumout shoved a Ferrari 458 V8 into a Scion FR-S. And as awesome as that fact alone may be, it's even more amazing that it's a fully functional drifter, not just a show car. Tuerck recently took it out to Portland, Ore. to do some sweet drifting on a mountain road. Unfortunately for him and the car, he did something substantially less sweet right off the bat.

As you'll see in the video, in just the second corner of the course, Tuerck drives the front corner of the GT4586 right into the dirt cliff on the side of the road. For a moment, it looks like things are all right, but the car starts pulling to the right and he stops the car for repairs. After fixing bits including a thoroughly bent tie-rod, the GT4586 is good as new.

We're glad the car wasn't down for long, because the drifting show following the repairs was fantastic. In the video, Tuerck throws the Scion into high-speed, super smoky drifts. And all of it happens to the tune of a shrieking Ferrari V8. It's well worth a few minutes of your time to watch.

tags: drift crash . breed of speed , ferrari powered scion , drift ryan ,

PORSCHE 991 GT2RS GOES SUB-7, IS ON COURSE FOR A NEW NÜRBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE RECORD

9/20/2017

Standing at T13, the conditions tonight at the Nordschleife are perfect for a lap record. Cool air, dry surface, just a hint of sunshine peeking through the stormy clouds.
Porsche booked two full evenings just for laptiming this week; Tuesday and Wednesday. Yesterday the weather was much cooler, and the track a bit slippery. Locals reported laptimes of over 7-minutes.
Today is different. Standing at the outside of T13 left-hander, watching the very first lap of the bright yellow Porsche 991 GT2RS I take a photo of the car crossing the start line…
By listening to the driver come off the gas pedal, I’d say there’s a few more seconds you can take off this time. He cruised into sight taking several seconds to arrive in front of the camera. So don’t think 6m56s, think 6m54s or maybe less.
If the Porsche doesn’t beat the Lambo, I suspect I’ll be eating my own hat… they’re taking it pretty seriously. The whole Touristenfahrten carpark has been taken over by Porsche Sport. The Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s even have their own tyre-heater tents hiding behind the bushes!

That one time Richard Petty Refused to get off the track during a NASCAR race opener.

9/19/2017

Richard Petty is no doubt a racing legend, and a hell of a guy. He recently was the pace car in a vintage Nascar track car, and decided to do a few more laps than what he was supposed to. He eventually got black flagged by NASCAR officials, but no without having the last smile in the process. He's still is and always will be the king.

This Ferrari Driver Takes Out The Red Carpet...And All The People On It

9/18/2017

At the Mille Miglia North American Tribute the driver of this Ferrari 250 made quite an entrance. When he got to the red carpet he decided to slam on the brakes, which caused everyone standing on it to fall exactly at the same time. Maybe next time he won’t come in so hot!

tags: breed of speed , ferrari red carpet , nathan finneman , sirdrifto , ferrari takes out

The 1000+ Horsepower 6 second 0-124mph Mercedes-AMG Project One:

9/12/2017

The biggest hole in Mercedes-Benz’s product lineup is likely something that can get to 124 mph in under six seconds, makes over 1000 horsepower from a 1.6-liter V6 with four electric motors, and tops out at about 217 mph. Oh, and it should look like a really, really pissed-off fish. That hole is now filled, thanks to the Mercedes-AMG Project One.

According to what was heard at the presentation, the car will cost 2.275 million Euros, which comes to $2,723,288.75, assuming they don’t round up. It looks like 275 will be built for the U.S. market, and production startes at the end of 2019.
Mercedes is heavily playing up the Formula 1 roots of the car. From their press release:
“The Mercedes-AMG Project ONE is the first Formula 1 car with MOT approval. Our highly efficient hybrid assembly stems from motor racing and the electrically powered front axle generates a fascinating mixture of performance and efficiency. With a system output of over 1,000 hp and a top speed beyond 217 mph (350 km/h) this hypercar handles exactly as it looks: it takes your breath away,” Ola Källenius says, Member of the Daimler AG Board of Management responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development.
The 1.6-liter V6 hybrid gasoline motor with direct injection and electrically assisted single turbocharging comes right from the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 racing car. It’s got pneumatic valve springs and can reach an insane 11,000 RPM.

The interior is notable for the wide-format LCD displays used for instrumentation, and how they’re refreshingly free of LCD recreations of physical, analog gauges. The steering wheel is an F1-style rectangular wheel full of control buttons, and the seats are a novel siamesed design, with one structure draping over the central tunnel to form two buckets.
Also, unlike an F1 car, there seems to be a phone caddy in the middle.

tags: breed of speed , mercedes project one , 1000hp mercedes , mercedes supercar

Two Dead After Dodge Hellcat Flies Over Ravine During Speed Test At Airport

9/11/2017

A 71-year-old driver and his 76-year-old passenger are dead after a 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat they were in ran off a runway and careened over a ravine at the Central Colorado Regional Airport on Sunday. Authorities said the two, who had been given permission to drive on the runway, weren’t breaking any laws.
The dead were identified as Lynd Fitzgerald, the driver, and Roger Lichtenberger, his passenger, according to The Denver Post.
There were skid marks near the end of the runway, suggesting the car tried to stop; investigators think the Hellcat was traveling over 100 mph. The car ended up hundreds of feet beyond where the runway ended.
From The Denver Post:
[The Hellcat] kept moving off the runway for another 314 feet, sheriff’s investigators found.
Then it went through the air over a ravine before hitting the ground. The car bounced back into the air again, flipped end over end over a second ravine, and landed on its wheels, the investigators determined.
Chaffee County Sheriff’s deputies, Buena Vista police and Colorado State Patrol troopers raced to the scene. They found the wrecked car 650 feet beyond the south end of the runway. They tried to give the men first aid.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The airport’s about two hours southwest of Denver, and has an 8,300-foot runway, according to its website.

This couple has spent 15 years living happily in a 87 year old vintage car and travelling the world.

9/10/2017

In 2000, Herman and Candelaria Zapp set out on a 16-month trip from their home in Argentina to backpack around Alaska. But that trip has turned into a round-the-world saga spanning 15 years that would leave the most hardened vagabond green with envy. The couple left their comfortable life in Buenos Aires behind, and became adventurers extraordinaire. And their mode of transportation has been as unconventional as their lifestyle is enviable—a 1928 Graham-Paige Model 610. The 87-year-old vintage car, with a top speed of 35 miles per hour, looks like it came straight out of a 1930s Hollywood gangster movie, and it doubles as a home for Herman, Candelaria, and their four children.

And now, 4 children, 5 continents, 50 countries, and quarter of a million miles – the distance to the Moon – later, the Zapp family are still exploring. As well as visiting Alaska, the continental United States, and all over their native South America, they have been to Canada, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Malaysia, Tibet, India, Ethiopia, Egypt, and South Africa. They’ve rafted down the Amazon, navigated their way across the Serengeti and meandered through the backroads of South Asia all the way to the snow-covered base of Mount Everest. They’ve broken bread with the Aborigines of Australia, evaded bandits and camped under the stars, and done it all without ever having a schedule or a timetable.

tags: travel , beautiful , family , breed of sppeed

Sneaky car dealer takes free Hurricane Irma garage spaces, city says

9/10/2017

The city of Hollywood thought it was doing residents a good deed by opening its public parking garages for free as a public service to help people in low-lying areas prone to flooding.
It did not go over well when drivers showed up Friday at the garage at Polk Street and 19th Avenue in the city’s downtown and found the garage filled with cars with price tags and no license plates.
Apparently a sneaky car dealer filled the garage with more than 40 of the cars from his lot.

“The lot was designated for residents as a last resort for those who live on the beach and other areas subject to a storm surge — not for a local car dealer, said Hollywood spokeswoman Raelin Storey.

She said it is against the law to use public property for private gain, and all the vehicles have been ticketed. But as of Saturday morning, the city had not yet discovered the culprit responsible.
“We are investigating it, but we have had other priorities. We are taking it seriously,’’ she said.
As many of the cars as possible will be booted, she said, but the city has only so many boots available.
The city has three public garages, but they were all full by midday Friday.
The city’s closest shelter, at Beachside Montessori Village, was also full, city officials said.

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2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS sets record 6:47.3 Nürburgring lap time

The insane KEN BLOCK AND HIS 1,400-HP AWD MUSTANG CONQUER PIKES PEAK IN 'CLIMBKHANA"

Ryan Tuerck's Ferrari-powered Scion drifts, crashes, fixes, and drifts again

PORSCHE 991 GT2RS GOES SUB-7, IS ON COURSE FOR A NEW NÜRBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE RECORD

That one time Richard Petty Refused to get off the track during a NASCAR race opener.

This Ferrari Driver Takes Out The Red Carpet...And All The People On It

The 1000+ Horsepower 6 second 0-124mph Mercedes-AMG Project One:

Two Dead After Dodge Hellcat Flies Over Ravine During Speed Test At Airport

This couple has spent 15 years living happily in a 87 year old vintage car and travelling the world.

Sneaky car dealer takes free Hurricane Irma garage spaces, city says

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