Spec MX-5 Challenge Series presented by Toyo Tires kicked off a West Coast double-header this weekend, seeing the return of Wyatt Couch, and the Series…
Luckily, with backing from NASA and DARPA, Influit has developed an incredible flow battery that solves all of these issues in one fell swoop.
So you want to get started in competitive road racing, but you don’t know where to begin? Fret not, as this is the first chapter in our ongoing series chronicling my journey toward the goal of becoming a bonafide race car driver from a background devoid of previous motorsport experience. Accordingly, I’ll be starting this process with nothing more than the desire to challenge my fellow man in the arena of amateur motorsport and a vehicle to do it with. So, where to begin? Well, above all else, I knew there was one simple question I needed to answer: What do I need to do in order to get involved?
All quiet on the broadcast front, sports fans.
Competition was fierce this year at NASA Champs at Mid-Ohio, particularly in the TT5 field. According to this article in NASA Speed News, the top three finishers were separated by a total of just .112 seconds, and first and second were separated by just .048 seconds.
Often in racing, the best battle to watch is the battle for third, no matter the level or class.
You might miss this and that would be a shame, especially if you are in track management or buy track time from track management.
The Team Racing Endurance Challenge (TREC) is a new NASA enduro series that focuses on fun and lots of track time — and you don’t need a competition license to be part of the action.
With the holiday season upon us, now is a good time to consider where to go racing in 2019. Here are a few thoughts to help you think clearly on the subject. Perhaps you are a track day or HPDE who would like to take the plunge into wheel-wheel racing (you won’t regret it!). You may need to attend a school, and…
Here’s a short excerpt from our documentary “The Big Engine That Could” that we think summarizes why we loved running the NASA 25 Hours Of Thunderhill. Maybe you would love running it too? The 2018 race is November 30-December 2. Visit nasa25hour.com for more information.
When you’ve done a fair amount of wheel-wheel road racing, you hear drivers say a lot of things. And we’ve always been a little surprised at the vehemence with which drivers talk about the NASA and SCCA experience.
Many people we meet in the paddock seem to have strong opinions about the differences between SCCA and NASA as sanctioning bodies for road racing events.
Since we’re featuring CoTA this week, what with NASA’s first race at the F1 track coming up soon, we thought we would share some in-car footage showing how to dominate there in the rain.
NASA will be a Circuit of The Americas in Austin for the first time May 26-28. This is a great chance to race on the F1 track, which is one of our favorites — long, with a wide variety of turns, plenty of passing points and excellent runoff.
We talk to a lot of racers each week. At the beginning of the season, many of them of are thinking about what events to run and even what class to run in. Since we run teams in Pirelli World Challenge we get lots of questions about what car to run.
BYOB is an acronym dating to the 1970s that formalized a long-standing practice for impoverished friends who wanted to party: Bring Your Own Bottle.
Here we see the opening laps of a multi-class NASA race. Tube frame Trans Am and NASCAR style racers with big V-8s and bias plys are pitted against motorcycle-engined (1.5L) sports racers and heavily modified Porsches. The pace of these different cars is surprisingly similar, with much of the difference coming down to drivers (as in many kinds of racing).
One of the toughest competitions in NASA’s season this year is coming up fast – the Western Championships. The event will take place at a legendary racing venue – Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – July 31st through August 2nd. Running in conjunction with the Eastern Championships taking place September 4th through the 6th at Virginia International Raceway, the 10th NASA Championships will allow competitors from all over the country to battle for the coveted title of National Champion in their respective classes at some of the most demanding and prestigious road courses in the country.
Winding Road Racing is excited to announce a new partnership with the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) as the new Official Motorsports Equipment Supplier of NASA. The newly announced program will provide NASA Members with a number of significant benefits including a Winding Road Racing Member Benefits Program, Contingency Programs for Road Racing as well as AutoX/TT, and special benefits available to participants graduating from NASA’s HPDE program with a TT or competition license.
Team Winding Road member Adrian Little sent us this clip of his recent ST2 class race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Piloting a 1999 Chevrolet Corvette FRC, Adrian keeps the pressure on the #4 Dodge Viper throughout the race. After an extensive full course yellow during the middle of the race things get underway again, and Adrian’s tenacity eventually pays off when he’s able to capitalize on his competitor’s missed shift on the main straight:
The SR3 is the most popular offering in Radical’s racecar lineup, with nearly 1000 examples delivered to customers worldwide. Designed to be fast and agile in the hands of both seasoned pros as well as novices, the SR3 offers incredible traction, light weight, and a wide range of adjustability to suit the driver’s requirements. Since its introduction in 2002, the SR3 has proven itself to be very competitive within multi-marque championships around the world, with a multitude of class wins to its credit. With its two seater configuration and advanced data logging capabilities, it is also an ideal design for driver coaching and instruction. Let’s take a closer look at the Radical SR3, as well as the extensive list of options and services offered by SR3 builders here in the US.