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USER BLOGSBrowsing all articles from February, 2009
11 year old drives a Mitsubishi Evo in snow
This made us laugh yesterday and shows why Finland is home of the rally driver. Cue an 11 year old lad, plus his mum, in an EVO on snow. Awesome.
Ayrton Senna’s Heel-and-toe at Suzuka
“I saw this video last night, and it’s still on my mind this morning. Check out how Senna pedals (if that’s the right verb…) through the 130R. I’ve never even thought of doing that, let alone seen anyone doing it.” – Chris Ratcliff
Pikes Peak Big Rig
Racing a big rig up Pikes Peak sounds like a massive accident waiting to happen. That thought doesn’t seem to enter Mike Ryan’s mind as he Scandinavian flick’s his truck into one of the hillclimb’s perilous hairpins
Espace F1
Take a Renault F1 V10, shoehorn it in the back of a Renault Espace, give it to Alain Prost and tell him to give it some stick. Then stand well back
Ford Supervans
Someone at Ford must have had a helluva sense of humour to sign these monsters off. Meet the white vans from hell…
BMW X5 Le Mans
Take one McLaren F1 V12 engine, shoehorn it into the front of an X5, give it to racing legend Hans Stuck and tell him to wring its neck. Then stand well back.
Guess the mystery press car
We get weird and wonderful cars through the DR office quite often. But today something surprising has sparked child-like glee amongst the DR staff.
WRC hairpin collection
“Remember when rally cars looked and sounded ace, and went sideways around tight corners?” – Marty Spain.
Lewis Hamilton’s GP2 overtakes
“Deeply, deeply impressive stuff.” – Marty Spain.
Zonda R at Monza – Awesome sound
“It’s mental at tickover, but then blasting past the pits at full chat marked it up from an expensive irrelevance to I WANT!” – Chris Ratcliff.
