Author Archive: Eric Rood
Get ready for the most spectacular rally on the 2016 calendar this weekend in Finland
We don’t usually post event previews here, but this is just a bit of a heads up to expect some great rally jumping content—also known as “yumps” in the local parlance—next week after the...
Enjoy some iconic 12-cylinder audio from the Le Mans Classic this year
The late 1960’s and early 1970’s were an interesting transitional period in sports car and open-wheel racing, marking the time during which race car builders started to understand the complex...
This plane’s engine failure and belly landing might give you a bit of anxiety
Engine failures in race cars run the gamut of emotion from spectacular to crushing to scary, especially if there’s fire involved. Whatever else happens with a car, a failed engine still allows the...
This beautifully shot video of Maryland’s 75-80 Dragway is the best thing you’ll see today
In nearly every corner of the United States, one can typically find an abandoned racetrack without much effort. Every track has its own story, which also includes the reasons for closure and vacancy....
The WORLD of SCORE videos have some sage, common-sense registration advice for all racers
SCORE International, the series that puts on the Baja 1000 race as part of a season of long-distance off-road races, have recently started producing a videos on how to take care of some basic things...
We don’t always notice a Rolls Royce, but when we do, it’s laying waste to its tires at Goodwood
Look, people love to see other people hoon on Rolls Royces and why wouldn’t you? Three Pedal Mafia’s Silver Shadow in 24 Hours of LeMons twisted many a panty into a bundle, but if that’s not...
There can never be enough McLaren Can-Am videos, so here’s another great one from Australia
Bruce McLaren’s legacy is pretty well-cemented by now. The late New Zealand-born race driver and designer has his name now on an iconic road and race car (the F1) and his name has continued to...
Watch this Nissan GT-R driver pull his car from the back of the field up into a podium position with 28 on-track passes
In the field of modern GT3 cars, Nissan’s GT-R is starting to get a bit long in the tooth compared with other manufacturers of GT3-spec machinery who have turned over multiple generations of their...
Watch Josef Newgarden absolutely school the entire IndyCar field at Iowa
In case you’d missed, IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden ended up on his lid at Texas Motor Speedway just a few weeks ago in one absolutely nasty-looking crash. He escaped with a “only”...
Would You Rather, JDM Suzuki Edition: ‘Hello Kitty’ Alto Works or Carry Microtruck?
Most car enthusiasts are well-acquainted with the 25-year law on the books in the U.S. that opens up non-U.S. market cars for import after a quarter-century from their model year. This has become a...
The otherworldly sound of this 210 mph electric tether car will melt your brain
One of the best things about human nature, it seems, is that people will race just about anything and will, at some point, take the performance of said racing machines to an absurd limit. Take, for...
This ski slope chairlift destruction is some of the greatest industrial video ever made
While I’m not 100 percent where this video initially came from, I am absolutely 100 percent glad that it exists. This is an extended industrial video wherein engineers basically take a ski slope...
Do you want to watch a smoky, hill-climbing big rig with a giant cigar on it? Of course you do.
European motorsport includes several styles of racing that are popular on the continent that are a bit more obscure on this side of the pond. Among these are hillclimbing and truck racing, both of...
Watch five current and former McLaren F1 drivers beat on each other in karts
If you’ve ever watched an MLB or NBA All-Star Game, you know that professional athletes are incredibly capable of having a world of fun while still doing things that neither you nor I have even the...