Yay Honda!

The underdogs have done it boys! One podium finish and one points finish! Take that Ferrari and Mercedes! Well, Mercedes did win 1-2. Header image from Red Bull and scores from Google

F1 Hype!

With the Australian Grand Prix kicking off the 2019 season next weekend, there is plenty to be excited about. New liveries, new car regulations, and plenty of competitive races to come. Here are some highlights of r/formula1 in the preseason: Who will you root for, and more importantly, who will win this year's … Continue reading F1 Hype! →

Off-roading

One popular sport in America is off-roading. While some may doubt its presence as a true sporting event, many competitions prove this wrong. Still, driving out in the wild tempts millions of drivers around the world to take their modified cars out rain and shine. One popular recreational activity is "dune bashing," common in the … Continue reading Off-roading →

Gymkhana

Gymkhana is a motorsport in which competitors will drive through a course using complex techniques to achieve the fastest time. This is derived from the horse racing sport of gymkhana. In practice, many of these events actually turn out to be more of a freestyle parkour for cars. See the over edited example below of … Continue reading Gymkhana →

Drifting

Drifting actually is a sport, which may be surprising to some. And if you don't know what drifting is, just imagine driving around an icy corner. Drifting is when a driving will purposefully loose traction on the rear (or all) tires, and steer the car through a corner. Drifting requires rear-wheel drive to be executed … Continue reading Drifting →

International Racing Colors

Professional teams in motor racing often use a standardized color for spectators to easily identify the vehicles in a fast-paced race. Later on, many teams switched to liveries showing sponsors funding their team. Each team would have a specific color to show the country of origin of the team or driver. In the early years … Continue reading International Racing Colors →

Touring Car Racing

Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars. It is popular in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Norway. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing which is popular in the United States. Credit: Wikipedia Touring racing differs from other sports such as Formula One and rallying in that … Continue reading Touring Car Racing →

Rallying and Its Cars

Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars. It is distinguished by running not on a circuit, but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points (special stages), leaving at regular intervals from … Continue reading Rallying and Its Cars →