Author Archive: Eric Rood
This Road-Racing Subaru Runs 7-Second Quarter-Miles On Its Off-Days
Andy Forrest races his Subaru WRX everywhere. And if you were the Scottish driver who had built such an insane piece, you’d do the same. The 1,200-horsepower Subie primarily competes in time-trials...
Ride Aboard a Totally Bananas Nissan GTP Car at Circuit of the Americas
IMSA’s GTP class remains one of the high points for American sports car racing. The series drew some of the most bananas cars you’ll ever find. Horsepower figures for the crazier GTP occasionally...
This Supercut of 2016 Macau Crashes Lasts Longer Than Some of the Races There
People will forever call the Macau Grand Prix a variety of nicknames, from stupid to grueling to futile. Because of the close confines, no margin for error, and dicey passing opportunities, you can...
Watch A.J. Foyt Set Land-Speed Records in the Oldsmobile Aerotech in 1987
American racing has been filled with a number of colorful characters, but perhaps the longest-lasting in American open-wheel racing is “Super Tex” himself, A.J. Foyt. While Foyt got his start...
General Tito: This Yugo Waits Mercifully for the Crusher in a Missouri Junkyard
Bizarre and terrible Dukes of Hazzard-painted cars are easy to find in the world. Nissan Sentras, Suzuki X-90s…You name it, it’s worn the General Lee’s paint. That said, we’re not sure...
Do Your Holiday Shopping From a Racing Shop’s Liquidation Auction
If you’re sitting around warming up your credit card for the forthcoming four weeks of holiday shopping, you might want to take a peek at the Walker Racing liquidation auction recently put up...
Watch This Tiny Italian Fiat Rip 9-Second Passes on a Runway
We’re not really sure what’s under the hood of this tiny Fiat Uno hatchback in Italy, but whatever is making the power is doing a pretty good job. If you’re not familiar with the Uno, it’s a...
Would You Rather, ’60s Suicide Doors Edition: Thunderbird or Continental
I’ve recently been thumbing through a library copy of Nick Georgano’s Art of the American Automobile: The Greatest Stylists and Their Work to get some learnin’ about American car design. It’s...
You Can Buy the Last Lola Race Cars Ever Built
English race car builder Lola, the company started by Eric Broadley, put together legendary race cars for Le Mans, Formula 1, and the Indianapolis 500 for more than five decades. The last car to bear...
Watch Valerie Thompson Become the First Woman to Eclipse 300 MPH on Two Wheels
At Bonneville, motorcycles don’t always look like Harleys and Hondas, but two wheels are two wheels. And when chasing 300 mph on two wheels, you’ll need a lot of aerodynamic help. That’s plenty...
You Can Buy a House Next to Australia’s Most Epic Racetrack – Car Guy Heaven At Mount Panorama
OK, that photo might be a bit misleading; you don’t get to live in the Tekno Autosports McLaren 650S GT3 car during Shane Van Gisbergen’s record-setting lap, but the arrow points to a house...
Take a Close-Up Look at the Rally Preparations on a Lamborghini Gallardo – Weirdly Awesome Project
Back in 2014, American rally team Brakim Racing set out on a bizarre quest to turn a Lamborghini Gallardo for into a gravel rally car, the Brakimghini. They made a lot of progress on it, installing a...
The Driver Almost Took a Formula 3 Car to the Face at a Crazy Macau Grand Prix Corner
While much of social media has been abuzz with Laurens Vanthoor winning the GT3 World Cup at the Macau Grand Prix by sliding across the start-finish line upside-down, the headlining open-wheel race...
Jimmie Johnson Ties Petty, Earnhardt With 7th NASCAR Championship
On Sunday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jimmie Johnson joined two of the most legendary names in American racing, Petty and Earnhardt, by capturing his seventh championship in NASCAR’s top...