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Speed Secrets: Setting HPDE Expectations

Speed Secrets: Setting HPDE Expectations

The story of two bad wrecks and how experience teaches that managing expectations is key for track days (and even more important for wheel-to-wheel racing).

By Ronan Glon | February 08, 2022
The Start: Ten Seconds That Can Make… Or Break Your Race
The Start: Ten Seconds That Can Make… Or Break Your Race

The old saying goes, “No race has ever been won in the first corner, but many have been lost there." Well if that’s true, then why do so many drivers go for it at the start?

By Ronan Glon | August 29, 2022
Formula 1
Why We Love Willy T. Ribbs
Why We Love Willy T. Ribbs

Just one week into F1's summer break, we've found ourselves rewatching some of the 2022 season's highlights.  One of the most memorable moments so far has to be Willy T's podium interviews after the Miami GP.

By Ronan Glon | August 08, 2022

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Features , Racing
Ten of the Greatest Designs from Marcello Gandini

Marcello Gandini is an Italian car designer born on August 26th, 1938, in Turin, the motor city of Italy. He developed a passion for cars in the early 1950s and quickly started sketching them in his free time.

Story has it Gandini’s sketches first came to life when a friend hired him to draw a new body for the OSCA 1500 Barchetta that he raced all around Italy. The stunning body that Gandini drew was later built by an experienced panel beater and bolted to the Barchetta’s chassis.

By Ronan Glon | July 09, 2014
Features , Racing
Skeen Scales Pikes Peak: A Recap

On Monday, June 23rd, I found myself flying out to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the 92nd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. I was fresh off a pair of wins at Road America in our Hawk Performance Audi R8 Ultra, but it was time to transition into Rookie Mode. There were lots of unknowns for us at this new event, but some of my team members had beaten me there with our Hawk Performance Nissan GT-R and were getting everything ready to go.

By Mike Skeen | July 03, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR First Laps: Swedes Can Drive Insanely Too

Watch Nic Jönsson demonstrate amazing starting technique as he battles his way through the pack in the #36 Kia Optima in this Pirelli World Challenge series race at the Belle Isle circuit in Detroit, Michigan.

By Winding Road Staff | June 30, 2014
Features , Racing
Speed Secrets: Sometimes Data Makes You Gaga

Contrary to some reports, I’m not a confirmed Luddite. Data acquisition and numbers are important. But I’ve coached a lot of drivers who have become fixated on numbers at the expense of staying connected to their own mental outlook and the feel of their car. I tune the helmet, not the car. I’ve seen the numbers get in the way.

By Ross Bentley | June 27, 2014
Features , Racing
Ten of the Greatest Uses of NACA Ducts in Automotive History

The NACA duct was designed in 1945 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, a federal agency that laid the groundwork for NASA as we know it today. NACA engineers initially designed the duct as a way to feed air into an airplane engine without adding an excessive amount of drag, but it was seldom used because it provided a very limited amount of airflow.

By Ronan Glon | June 27, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR TV: Onboard Andrew Palmer’s Audi R8 Ultra at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix

Ride along with GT-class driver Andrew Palmer in the #21 GMG Racing/Audi R8 Ultra as he fights through the pack in would lead to an eventual second place finish at the Cadillac V-Series Challenge race at Bell Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan – his fourth podium finish in his first season Pirelli World Challenge.

By Winding Road Staff | June 26, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR TV: Vintage Racing On Indy Road Course – Onboard 1989 BMW M3

Ride along on board the Winding Road Racing/Jagermeister BMW M3 in the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association group 8 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

By Winding Road Staff | June 23, 2014
Features , Racing
Team WR Time Trial: NJMP In RX-8

Ride along as Team WR Racer Christopher Gray pilots the #74 TTD Mazda RX8 to 2nd place at New Jersey Motorsports Park for the NASA Northeast Region Time Trial on 5/18/201.

By Winding Road Staff | June 18, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR’s Fantasy Racer GP Contest: Round 18

Round eighteen of FRGP takes us to the Hockenheim circuit for the F1 German Grand Prix and to the IndyCar street circuit in Ontario, Canada for the Honda Indy at Toronto!

By Winding Road Staff | June 07, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR’s Fantasy Racer GP Contest: Round Seventeen

Our seventeenth round of FRGP brings us to Iowa Speedway for the Iowa Corn Indy 300 and back to Canadian Motorsports Park in Ontario, Canada for the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix!

By Winding Road Staff | June 06, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR’s Fantasy Racer GP Contest: Round Sixteen

Round sixteen of FRGP takes us to the Silverstone Circuit for the F1 British Grand Prix and to Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, PA for the Pocono IndyCar 500!

By Winding Road Staff | June 05, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR First Laps: Onboard Crash on Lap 1 at the Long Beach Grand Prix

Ride along in the #52 Ford Mustang Boss 302S, #73 Porsche Cayman S, #1 Chevrolet Camaro, and #51 Nissan 370Z as we bring you multiple angles of the crash on Lap 1 at the Long Beach Grand Prix.

By Winding Road Staff | June 05, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR’s Fantasy Racer GP Contest: Round 15

We’ve got an action packed racing weekend ahead of us with IndyCar headed to Houston, the Continental Sports Car Challenge series is mixing it up at Watkins Glen, and the 92nd annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb returning to Colorado Springs, CO!

By Winding Road Staff | June 04, 2014
Features , Racing
The Guide to Road Racing, Part 9: Driving Academies

A day at the track doesn’t get much better than driving Jaguar’s F-TYPE R Coupe at the Circuit of the Americas with instruction and coaching from racing legends. It’s all part of The Jaguar Performance Driving Academy, a program that teaches essential track-and-street driving skills as well as demonstrating the performance capabilities of the entire Jaguar line.

By Robert Harley | June 04, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR’s Fantasy Racer GP Contest: Round Fourteen

Into our fourteen round of FRGP, we head to the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria for the Austrian Grand Prix, which returns to the Formula One calendar for the first time since 2003.

By Winding Road Staff | June 03, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR’s Fantasy Racer GP Contest: Round Twelve

For our twelfth round of FRGP we’re headed to the Montreal for F1 action at the Canadian Grand Prix and Fort Worth, Texas for IndyCar racing at the Firestone 600.

By Winding Road Staff | June 01, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR TV: 2000 Prodrive Subaru Impreza P1 Rally Car

Chris Amos recently got up close and personal with the Prodrive Subaru rally car – a two door race-spec Impreza boasting 280 horsepower, a five speed manual gearbox, speed-sensitive rack and pinion power steering, and a curb weight of just 2858 pounds. While the Prodrive Impreza with hit 60 mph from a standstill in 4.8 seconds and reach a 155mph top speed, to get a real sense of what the Impreza P1 is all about, we needed to experience the car in rally-like conditions.

By Winding Road Staff | May 27, 2014
Features , Racing
Racecar Profile: Wolf GB08

The Wolf GB08 is a two seat sports racer with a wide range of motorsport applications, including SCCA and NASA sprint car, HSR Group 7, and endurance racing. Utilizing an FIA safety-certified carbon fiber chassis and crash box, the GB08’s composite work is manufactured by the same company that makes chassis and bodywork for Pagani and Dallara IndyCars. Designed for durability as well as incredible performance, the GB08 can be had with a variety of different engines ranging from 255 to 500 horsepower.

By Winding Road Staff | May 20, 2014
Features , Racing
Speed Secrets: Objective: Learning

I admit it. I’m an addict, a junkie. In this case, it’s an addiction to learning. While I’m considering forming a Learners Anonymous group, a difference from many groups like this is that there would not be a 12-step program to beat the addiction. Instead, there would be a 12-step program to feed the addiction, for I can see nothing wrong with learning more.

By Ross Bentley | May 20, 2014
Features , Racing
WRR’s Fantasy Racer GP Contest: Round Eleven

In our eleventh round of FRGP we’re heading to the Motor City for IndyCar, United SportsCar Championship and Pirelli World Challenge racing action at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan.

By Winding Road Staff | May 17, 2014
Features , Racing
Spec Miata: Take A Ride In The Class You (Probably) Should Run

If you are considering getting into road racing, someone has probably advised that you to run Spec Miata. Spec Miata is great for new drivers and those wanting to refine their well-developed skills. If you are unsure what the fuss is about, here is a video that illustrates the Spec Miata experience.

By Winding Road Staff | May 16, 2014

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