Author Archive: Eric Rood
Rumor: Audi to End Le Mans Prototype Program
For the last few years, the same rumor has swirled around the world of sports car racing: Audi will finally shutter its Le Mans dynasty at the season’s end. And every year, Audi has affirmed...
Remembering Late Porsche Cup Superstar Sean Edwards
In 2013, English racer Sean Edwards was well down the path to becoming a Porsche factory driver. In his fifth season of Porsche Supercup racing, Edwards was leading the championship and very likely...
Do You Need More British Sidecar Racing? You Probably Do.
The British F1 Sidecar Championship has become one of our favorite discoveries of 2016. Sure, sidecar racing has been around for more than a half-century and the Isle of Man TT sidecar races are...
Civil Aviation Math: Goose Plus Cessna Equals Many Giblets
This one might not be for the squeamish, but it’s worth noting right away that neither the pilot nor passenger were harmed beyond probably needing a new pair of underwear. The Cessna 210 flight...
Watch Moog and Marty From Mighty Car Mods Host the Bathurst 1000 ‘Unprofessionals Race’
Supercheap Auto sponsors Australia’s Great Race, the Bathurst 1000, but they also got Marty and Moog from Mighty Car Mods to host the “Unprofessionals Race” ahead of the last weekend’s...
The IndyCar 2016 Blooper Reel Is Highly Awesome
You know how all those in-race features, introductions, and interviews during races looks really great? That’s usually because some poor editor has to cut up about 13 hours of footage to find 90...
Would You Rather, Air-Cooled Coupe Edition: Volkswagen Karmann Ghia or Porsche 914
Beyond the ubiquitous Volkswagen Beetles and the collectible early Porsche 911s, both companies’ air-cooled vehicles ran the gamut of vehicles including the Type 3 Squareback wagons and Volkswagen...
Touring Car Masters: Watch Classic Muscle Cars Race at Bathurst in Australia
Australia’s Mount Panorama Circuit is one of the most epic race circuits in the whole world and while we love V8 Supercars’ epic Bathurst 1000-kilometer race there, there’s nothing quite as...
Watch the Mayhem of Early 24 Hours of LeMons Races
The 24 Hours of LeMons celebrates the 10th anniversary of its first race this weekend at Gingerman Raceway and while I’ll be there wearing the robes of the LeMons Supreme Court. While the endurance...
BangShift Previews: The Bathurst 1000, Australia’s Great Race
The Virgin Supercars Championship—formerly V8 Supercars—will tackle the daunting Mount Panorama Circuit this weekend for the 54th running of Australia’s Great Race, the SuperCheap Auto Bathurst...
Watch Film From When You Could Park Your Car a Few Feet From a Presidential Motorcade
Mid-century films and newsreels always seem to show some incredible way in which the world has changed and this “lost” footage of John F. Kennedy visiting Chicago for the first time as president...
German Formula Series Crash Leads to World’s Weirdest Non-Fight
When you’re used to seeing NASCAR shoving matches or…whatever it was…that happened in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Gateway, other shouting matches can seem a bit tame....
This Corvette GT3 Lost a Championship With a Horrifying Crash
Germany’s ADAC GT Masters series is the only place in the world you’ll find a GT3-spec Corvette C7.R and with a championship seemingly sewn up in the final race of its debut season, this Callaway...
DragonSpeed Become First American Team to Win European Le Mans Series Race
The “Star-Spangled Banner” is not a common sound on the overall podium in Europe. The continent is largely dominated by home teams, but last weekend, Florida-based DragonSpeed managed to become...