If thereās one event you should experience in Japan, itās the Richard Mille Suzuka Sound of Engine. Now in its third year, the Sound of Engine is possibly the closest thing Japan has to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Except rather than watching cars go up a hill they go around one of Japanās most well-known circuitsā¦
I always imagined that working at McLaren was a fun gig. Today, this was confirmed when I saw the Lego 720S build video. Those bastards get to play with fast cars and sit around building Legos!
Mail services are great at a lot of thingsānamely, never delivering your money-filled birthday cards, bending important documents that say ādo not bendā and giving a neighborās mail to you. But in perhaps the epitome of postal misfires, Nico Rosbergās Formula One championship trophy got lost in mail for five days.
My big gripe with open-wheel race cars is that they are so far removed from any car that I would ever own, drive or interact with that they bear little relevance to my life. Which is why Subaruās WRX STI Type RA was so cool: it started out as a normal STI that you or I could buy. But then Prodrive got their hands onā¦
If you didnāt already know, the highlight of the Goodwood Festival of Speed is to watch professional drivers drive as quickly as they can from the bottom of the hill to the top of the hill. Behind the wheelāthe right-hand wheel, mind youāof a Subaru WRX STI, I did this myself and managed to not kill myself or anybodyā¦
Last week hundreds of thousands of people flocked to Chichester, England, to attend the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Judging by the sheer size of the crowds and how many acres the Festival spans alone, setting up and breaking down everything must be a logistical nightmare. This year, however, Festival employeesā¦
The English countryside. An idyllic place to farm sheep and go on jolly picnics. Itās every bit as scenic and tranquil as the Jane Austen novels would have you believe. Except for the four days every year the Goodwood Festival of Speed happens.
In this photo here, you can see Formula One legend Niki Lauda on one knee, hands pressed together as if in infinite gratitude, before former troll-king of F1, Bernie Ecclestone. It was part of an Ecclestone-honoring photo collage at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed and I just have so many questions.
Besides just sitting and looking pretty, hereās a practical reason for legendary race cars and sports cars alike to show up at the Goodwood Festival of Speed: there are a number of events and attractions to participate in. For anyone who is critical of the cars being locked awayāun-driven, in a museumāthis is theā¦
Since 1993, Englandās Goodwood Festival of Speed has celebrated all eras of cars and racing, usually during the days between June and July. Itās a wondrous and high-spirited event, with spectators sharing space with pit crew members and race car drivers alike. I just went to see it for myself and holy shit, it wasā¦
A set of wheels can make or break a carās looks. The wheels actually take up a pretty decent percentage of a carās side profile, especially if they are big and the car is sleek. Which is why itās extremely important to make sure they look good. How do we feel about these?
The week began well for the No. 88, the beacon of all light and hope for NASCAR fans. Racing demi-god Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will usher in the end of life as we know it when he retires this year, qualified it first at Daytona. Then, he wrecked it. Then, he wrecked it again. Then, someone in England wrecked it, too.
It is increasingly clear that America is not good enough for the like-an-Alfa-4C-but-livable Alpine A110. Damn it. Damn it to hell.
After much denial of its existence, the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS finally, officially dropped on Friday at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Porsche finally officially unveiled the car it refused to acknowledge, the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS, with official claimed specs: 211 mph top speed, 700 horsepower and (naturally) rear-wheel drive. Also it will be more civilized than its predecessor. Wait, how?
