Gambler 500 Adventure Scooter Build Part 1: Sorting the Electrics
The Gambler 500 isn’t the most friendly event for a vehicle to partake in, let alone if the vehicle wasn’t really made to exist outside of a city. Typical Gambler […]
“Tom Rolled, But He’s Okay.”
Zach walked up to me as I was checking a few things on my racecar prior to my group’s morning practice session at HyperFest. My staff radio was on the […]
Hyped Up: Three Days at VIR for NASA Mid-Atlantic’s HyperFest
Years ago, NASA Mid-Atlantic director Chris Cobetto wanted to bring the throngs of people typically seen spectating at pro racing events to the amateur level. And so, 18 years ago, […]
Kicking It (Slightly) Old-School: 2019 Toyota Tundra Platinum Towing Test
Go to any amateur track or race weekend and you’ll notice a sea of trucks, SUVs and trailers littered throughout the paddock. Racers, time trialers, and even some HPDE students […]
Torque For Days: On-Road Seat Time in the 2019 Ram Heavy Duty Pickup Trucks
President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy ideology could be summed up with his well-known phrase, “speak softly and carry a big stick.” That same phrase could be applied to the new […]
It’s Finally Here! On-Road Seat Time in the 2020 Jeep Gladiator
Until very recently, the Comanche was Jeep’s most recent pickup truck – and it ceased production in 1992. With modern half-ton trucks too big for most buyers’ needs, the midsize […]
Five Cylinders of Fury: NCCAR Track Day in a 1993 Acura Vigor
How often have you witnessed a longitudinally mounted Japanese five-cylinder scream to its redline while the fully-independent double-wishbone-suspended chassis carves through hairpins and strikes down apexes? You haven’t? I didn’t […]
Boosted Bread-and-Butter: 2019 Ford F-150 XLT 3.5L EcoBoost Towing Test
I’ve been dealing with Ford corporate a lot lately. My 2018 F-150, equipped with the revised direct-injection 5.0L Coyote V8, has an incurable rattle coming from the variable camshaft timing […]
Smart Cars, Motorcyles, and the Gambler 500: Introducing Mercedes
Motorsports are a fantastic and exciting way to spend time, have fun, and connect people together. There are so many ways of getting into it and it’s not just limited […]
Just Roll With It: Autocrossing My (Mostly Stock) BMW 128i
Spring time in the North East marks the beginning of motorsport season! And while I’m waiting on my Redshift Motorsport coilovers to be built, I’ve had the chance to do […]