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Icon: The Lamborghini Diablo

Icon: The Lamborghini Diablo

The Lamborghini Diablo, a car that adorned the walls in poster form of many 90's kids.  A car that still is a show-stopper, 20 years after it ceased production.  A car that was so outrageous for it's time (and still is), deserves a centerfold in our digital magazine.

By Winding Road Staff | September 06, 2022
electric vehicles, Tesla
Tesla Hasn’t Conquered the World
Tesla Hasn’t Conquered the World

Tesla does indeed dominate the US market for EVs, however it's not the same everywhere around the world.  And we have to assume that their market share in the US will dwindle once the major OEMs continue to broaden their EV model lineup in the coming years:

By Winding Road Staff | September 28, 2022
Gooding & Company
Spotlight: Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction
Spotlight: Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction

Gooding & Company will be holding an auction next week in Pebble Beach, California during the 71st Pebble Beach Concours. After going through their online auction catalogue of 160 incredible cars, these are our top-10 favorites.

By Winding Road Staff | August 12, 2022

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Features , Cars
WR TV: Sigma Sport Car at M1 Concourse

Frank LoScrudato takes the Sigma Sport Car development vehicle, Alessandra, around for a few laps of the M1 Concourse Champion Motor Speedway.

By Winding Road Staff | December 06, 2016
Features , Cars
Holiday Wish Book: BMW M235i Racing

Over the new few weeks, we’ll be putting together our dream holiday wish list. From race cars to apparel, we’ve compiled our Holiday Wish Book that would even make Rudolph jealous.

By Winding Road Staff | November 16, 2016
Features , Cars
Classic: Volvo 240 Evolution

The words “Sweden” and “turbo” are generally associated with Saab when used in the same sentence. However, Volvo jumped on the ever-crowded forced-induction bandwagon in 1981 when it introduced a turbocharged version of the 240 that offered motorists 155 horses under the skinny pedal. The sedan was capable of sprinting to 62 mph from a stop in nine seconds flat, and it reached a top speed of 121 mph. Those figures were impressive in the early 1980s; in fact, the 245 Turbo earned the honor of being the fastest station wagon on the planet.

By Ronan Glon | January 04, 2016
Features , Cars
Winding Road Racing BMW Race Car Builds

BMW E30 M3: Fuel Cell Our house E30 M3 needed a fuel cell installed to be compliant in SVRA. This installation required less fabrication than…

By Winding Road Staff | January 01, 2016
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Winding Road Racing Nissan Shop Projects

Nissan 350/370 Roll Bar Installation Custom welded DOM tubing 4-point rollbar with harness bar. (Sparco seats and Schroth belts installed above) (Sparco seats and Safecraft Restraint Systems…

By Winding Road Staff | January 01, 2016
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Winding Road Racing Porsche Race Car Builds

Porsche 944: Fuel Cell Installation Many vintage racing organizations require fuel cells. This 944 was already experiencing fuel tank leaks, so a fuel cell was a…

By Winding Road Staff | January 01, 2016
Features , Cars
Winding Road Racing Mazda Race Car Builds

Winding Road Racing builds race cars and tunes performance cars for the track. View our Mazda race car builds and installations, including…

By Winding Road Staff | January 01, 2016
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Winding Road Racing Mustang Shop Projects

2017 GT350R Watson Racing roll bar & Safecraft 4 point harness install in 2017 GT350R. 2012 Mustang Pre-track inspection and setup for HDPE: 2011 Mustang…

By Winding Road Staff | January 01, 2016
Features , Cars
Winding Road Racing Performance Tuning

Miscellaneous HPDE and race car installation projects. Installs include: bolt-on suspension and performance parts, safety upgrades (roll bars, four/six-point harnesses, seats, fire bottles, etc.). Contact…

By Winding Road Staff | January 01, 2016
Features , Cars
Winding Road Racing Prototype and Formula Car Builds

Winding Road Racing Prototype and Formula Car Builds Gallery

By Winding Road Staff | January 01, 2016
Features , Cars
Ten Race Cars We’d Like To See Under The Christmas Tree

Christmas time can be frustrating for car enthusiasts. How do you explain to your well-meaning relatives that what you really need in life is a new set of racing slicks and a spare water pump, not a sweatshirt or a Nespresso machine? In a perfect world, Santa’s sleigh would be an eight-wheeled car hauler and the reindeers would be replaced by a Freightliner. Here are the ten race cars we’d like to see under the tree on Friday morning.

By Ronan Glon | December 21, 2015
Features , Cars
Ten of the Greatest Turbocharged Race Cars Ever Made

Companies from all over the automotive landscape are increasingly replacing sheer displacement with forced-induction in a bid to reduce emissions and improve gas mileage. This is especially true in Europe, where a seemingly endless list of cars ranging from the Lilliputian Volkswagen up! all the way to the Ferrari 488 GTB come with a turbo.

By Ronan Glon | August 07, 2015
Features , Cars
Ten of the Most Iconic Le Mans Racers of All Time

First held in 1923, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most grueling races in the history of motorsports. Few other events on this side of the Dakar Rally take such a big toll on both man and machine. It goes without saying that racers have evolved considerably over the past nine decades. The first car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans was a 1923 Chenard-Walcker Sport, which was powered by a 3.0-liter straight-four engine. It drove for 1,372 miles at an average speed of 57 mph; by comparison, in 1989 a Sauber C9 hit nearly 250 mph on the Mulsanne Straight and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, the winner of last year’s race, logged over 3,200 miles over the course of the day.

By Ronan Glon | June 08, 2015
Features , Cars
Ten of the Greatest German Race Cars of All Time

Germany has been involved in motor racing since the earliest days of the sport, so it comes as no surprise that the country’s automakers have racked up a staggering number of victories over the past century or so. We’ve singled out ten of the greatest German race cars ever built, a task that was easier said than done. Think we missed one? Let us know in the comments section.

By Ronan Glon | April 13, 2015
Features , Cars
Winding Road Showroom – Where Race Cars Go To Be Sold

Like many of you, we like to look at race cars that we might buy. Our thinking is often either “that looks like fun,” or “if I had that, we could run with XXXX.” This thinking has led us to purchase and sell more than a few cars.

By Winding Road Staff | February 09, 2015
Features , Cars
Classic: Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR

Mercedes-Benz won the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft’s (DTM) manufacturers’ championship several times during the first half of the 1990s. However, the Stuttgart-based automaker faced the unenviable prospect of racing against itself after Alfa Romeo and Opel, Mercedes’ main rivals, pulled out of the series in the wake of questionable choices made by the FIA. DTM was canceled altogether after the 1996 season, leaving Mercedes without a major presence in motorsport.

By Ronan Glon | February 02, 2015
Features , Cars
Under Construction: SCCA ProSolo Champion Autocross Porsche

This car, born as a Porsche Boxster, is now running a 2003 2.7 liter with ported heads, beehive valve springs, custom cams and 12.5 compression ratio. With Troy Acosta at the wheel, it won the 2014 SCCA Pro Solo R2 Championship. Winding Road Racing is now updating the roll cage and revising the seat mounting. Greater safety with lower weight is the goal.

By Winding Road Staff | January 05, 2015
Features , Cars
Ten Cars to Buy Before They Shoot Up In Value

The collector car market is volatile, and putting the classic you’ve always dreamed of in your garage can become unrealistic in the blink of an eye. The Pininfarina-designed MG B GT, the iconic BMW 2002 and the timeless Citroen 2CV have all shot up in value in the past few years.

By Ronan Glon | December 26, 2014
Features , Cars
Classic: Alfa Romeo Tipo 33

A small team of Alfa Romeo engineers began developing the Tipo 33 racer in 1964. Largely controlled by the Italian government, Milan-based Alfa was eager to return to the track after a nearly 15-year long absence.

By Ronan Glon | December 25, 2014
Features , Cars
Classic: Mini Cooper

Although designed first and foremost a city-friendly econobox, the original Mini began its transition into a rally icon when it caught the attention of John Cooper, a good friend of Alec Issigonis, the man behind the car’s brilliant design. Cooper had made a name for himself by dominating Formula One in 1959 and 1960 with his innovative rear-engined race cars so he was no stranger to engineering. Story has it he noticed the Mini’s potential as soon as Issigonis showed him a set of early design sketches.

By Ronan Glon | December 19, 2014
Features , Cars
Classic: The Origins of the Mitsubishi Lancer

Though the writing had been on the walls for some time, the announcement earlier this year that the current iteration of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution would be the last was still a bitter pill to swallow. When it finally peels off into that great rally stage in the sky next year, it will leave behind it a giant dirt roostertail of broken hearts and racing heritage behind it, a legacy that began as early as 1973.

By Ben Hsu | December 15, 2014

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