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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 Christopher Smith | February 08, 2022
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The Guide to Road Racing – Table of Contents
The Guide to Road Racing – Table of Contents

The Guide to Road Racing: Winding Road Magazine’s ultimate guide to getting your start in racing.

By Christopher Smith | November 03, 2020
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By a Racer, For Racers: Finding Target Brands for Sponsorship
By a Racer, For Racers: Finding Target Brands for Sponsorship

For young racers looking to make the step into racing professionally, a singular topic is always at the forefront: sponsorship.  Current Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup challenger Aidan Fassnacht dives deep into the prospect of finding funding to secure a racing seat; the first of a four part series - By a Racer, For Racers.

By Christopher Smith | September 27, 2022

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Secondhand Gems: Grand Touring, Three Ways

We’re going out on a limb here to assume that, as a Winding Road reader, you like to drive. (Bold, we know.) Let’s try another tenuous branch and say that not all driving enthusiasts are always enthused about driving, especially those who are required by work or other circumstances to spend a significant amount of time behind the wheel.

By Christopher Smith | November 15, 2011
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The Hot List: Volume 13

Every week we sift through a truly amazing amount of “stuff” in the dozen or so hours we spend online—you know, the time spent not driving sweet cars. A lot of the cool stuff we find has to do specifically with new cars, naturally, but there’s also a huge amount of awesomeness that doesn’t completely fit in the normal Winding Road world. Once, we were in the habit of simply reading, watching, or talking amongst ourselves about this web detritus, but recently we thought it might be a good idea to start sharing it with you all. Thus, The Hot List.

By Winding Road Staff | November 04, 2011
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Blog: Three Days In With The V8 Vantage

Driving the Vantage for the better part of the work week, I’ve found that my lists of “likes” and “dislikes” is far different that it would have been after just one day.

By Seyth Miersma | November 03, 2011
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Blog: My Week As An Aston Martin Owner

About a week ago my office phone rang, with caller ID telling me that someone from Aston Martin was on the other end; I love calls like that. As it turned out, Aston PR had a V8 Vantage just lying around and wanted to know if I would have any use for the sultry coupe over the course of a week. As you might guess, it took me about four milliseconds to say, “yes.”

By Seyth Miersma | October 31, 2011
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The Hot List: Volume 12

Every week we sift through a truly amazing amount of “stuff” in the dozen or so hours we spend online—you know, the time spent not driving sweet cars. A lot of the cool stuff we find has to do specifically with new cars, naturally, but there’s also a huge amount of awesomeness that doesn’t completely fit in the normal Winding Road world. Once, we were in the habit of simply reading, watching, or talking amongst ourselves about this web detritus, but recently we thought it might be a good idea to start sharing it with you all. Thus, The Hot List.

By Winding Road Staff | October 28, 2011
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Blog: Marco Simoncelli, We Hardly Knew Ye

As I was starting to write a piece reflecting on the misguided Indycar policies that may have contributed to Dan Wheldon’s death last week, news came in that MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli had died in a race at Sepang. Simoncelli was one of my favorite MotoGP riders, but frankly that doesn’t matter. Any death in racing is one death too many. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

By Tom Martin | October 24, 2011
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Blog: Range Rover Sport vs. Range Rover Evoque

Does the new Evoque make for a better small Range Rover overall?

By Seyth Miersma | October 22, 2011
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The Hot List: Volume 11

Every week we sift through a truly amazing amount of “stuff” in the dozen or so hours we spend online—you know, the time spent not driving sweet cars. A lot of the cool stuff we find has to do specifically with new cars, naturally, but there’s also a huge amount of awesomeness that doesn’t completely fit in the normal Winding Road world. Once, we were in the habit of simply reading, watching, or talking amongst ourselves about this web detritus, but recently we thought it might be a good idea to start sharing it with you all. Thus, The Hot List.

By Winding Road Staff | October 21, 2011
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One Cool Feature: Honda Intelligent Multi-Information Display And Rev Indicator

When Seyth Miersma had a brief taste of the Civic Si in Washington, DC over the summer, he remarked on the rather cool Intelligent Multi-Information Display, or i-MID display and the new Rev Indicator. These two items flank the digital speedometer (Rev Indicator on the left, i-MID on the right) and can quickly cue the driver in to the various functions of the vehicle.

By Brandon Turkus | October 20, 2011
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Graphed: Top Speeds Of The Porsche 911

The Porsche 911 looks and handles great, but a big part of the car’s iconic appeal it in its outright speed. For most practical purposes, we measure speed in acceleration, usually some 0-60 figure. When we want to measure a car’s upper limits, though, we like to look at its top speed.

By John Beltz Snyder | October 19, 2011
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Secondhand Gems: $10K Turbo Dreams

We’ve been on a bit of a V-8 kick here in the Secondhand Gems garage for a while, but that shouldn’t suggest we’re biased towards the disemboweling torque and baritone voice those engine are known for.

By Christopher Smith | October 15, 2011
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Blog: Checking In On The Circuit Of The Americas

While we were attending the launch event for the Kia Rio5 in Austin, Texas the kind people from Kia arranged a visit to the site of the Circuit Of The Americas, home to the US Grand Prix Formula 1 race in 2012 and Moto GP in 2013. It was our first chance to get a close-up look at the topography with the track area clearly demarked.

By Tom Martin | October 11, 2011
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The Hot List: Volume 10

Every week we sift through a truly amazing amount of “stuff” in the dozen or so hours we spend online—you know, the time spent not driving sweet cars. A lot of the cool stuff we find has to do specifically with new cars, naturally, but there’s also a huge amount of awesomeness that doesn’t completely fit in the normal Winding Road world. Once, we were in the habit of simply reading, watching, or talking amongst ourselves about this web detritus, but recently we thought it might be a good idea to start sharing it with you all. Thus, The Hot List.

By Winding Road Staff | October 07, 2011
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Blog: A Night With The Nissan Leaf

My evening with the Leaf revealed a few different things. It will deliver near-as-makes-no-difference 100 miles of pure electric power, meaning it’ll do exactly what Nissan advertises. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some caveats though.

By Brandon Turkus | October 06, 2011
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The Hot List: Volume 9

Every week we sift through a truly amazing amount of “stuff” in the dozen or so hours we spend online—you know, the time spent not driving sweet cars. A lot of the cool stuff we find has to do specifically with new cars, naturally, but there’s also a huge amount of awesomeness that doesn’t completely fit in the normal Winding Road world. To date, we’ve been in the habit of simply reading, watching, or talking amongst ourselves about this web detritus, but recently we thought it might be a good idea to start sharing it with you all. Thus, The Hot List.

By Winding Road Staff | September 30, 2011
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The Hot List: Volume 8

Every week we sift through a truly amazing amount of “stuff” in the dozen or so hours we spend online—you know, the time spent not driving sweet cars. A lot of the cool stuff we find has to do specifically with new cars, naturally, but there’s also a huge amount of awesomeness that doesn’t completely fit in the normal Winding Road world. To date, we’ve been in the habit of simply reading, watching, or talking amongst ourselves about this web detritus, but recently we thought it might be a good idea to start sharing it with you all. Thus, The Hot List.

By Winding Road Staff | September 23, 2011
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Graphed: Average Involvement Ratings Of European Automakers

Ever wonder which automaker’s lineup is more involving? Well, if you are referring to European manufacturers, than this handy graph should help. Just for fun, we’ve compiled the scores for every European car that is on the Involvement Index, and sorted out the average score for each particular manufacturer. This should go a ways to settling some water cooler arguments.

By Brandon Turkus | September 20, 2011
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The Hot List: Volume 7

Every week we sift through a truly amazing amount of “stuff” in the dozen or so hours we spend online—you know, the time spent not driving sweet cars. A lot of the cool stuff we find has to do specifically with new cars, naturally, but there’s also a huge amount of awesomeness that doesn’t completely fit in the normal Winding Road world. To date, we’ve been in the habit of simply reading, watching, or talking amongst ourselves about this web detritus, but recently we thought it might be a good idea to start sharing it with you all. Thus, The Hot List.

By Winding Road Staff | September 16, 2011
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Secondhand Gems: Quarter-Mile Heroes

What diabolical scheme is this? At last check this magazine was called Winding Road—emphasis on the winding bit. And yet here we are, devoting an entire segment of the issue to drag cars.

By Christopher Smith | September 15, 2011
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The Hot List: Volume 6

Every week we sift through a truly amazing amount of “stuff” in the dozen or so hours we spend online—you know, the time spent not driving sweet cars. A lot of the cool stuff we find has to do specifically with new cars, naturally, but there’s also a huge amount of awesomeness that doesn’t completely fit in the normal Winding Road world. To date, we’ve been in the habit of simply reading, watching, or talking amongst ourselves about this web detritus, but recently we thought it might be a good idea to start sharing it with you all. Thus, The Hot List.

By Winding Road Staff | September 09, 2011
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One Cool Feature: Mercedes-Benz SLK’s Magic Sky Control

Last week, we had a chance to reacquaint ourselves with the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK350. Besides being a fun roadster with fetching looks, it has a feature unique to the SLK, called Magic Sky Control.

By John Beltz Snyder | September 07, 2011

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