auto racing
“Baja 1000: The Ultimate Off-Road Challenge That Keeps Racers Coming Back | Giga Gears”
Every year for the Baja 1000, thousands of racers, support trucks, crew members, and hangers on invade the Baja California Sur peninsula for an all-out balls-to-the-wall bacchanalia of speed, powered by cheap gasoline, and even cheaper beer. An imperialist invasion force of Ford Raptors drove south over the border the…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Cup: Lightweight Track-Only EV You’ll Love | Giga Gears
Hyundai’s 1980s-inspired angular monster electric hot hatch, the 641-horsepower Ioniq 5 N, is getting its own one-make racing series. The new eN1 Cup racer is effectively Hyundai’s version of Porsche GT3 Cup, allowing privateer racers to hit the track in identical equipment to sort out the best drivers from the…
Illinois High School Racing Program Unable to Race Due to Insurance Loss
A group of Homewood-Flossmoor High School students—dubbed the H-F Auto Club—have been working on a 1997 Ford Mustang drag racing car for several years. After making its post-COVID racing debut during the 2022 season at nearby Byron Dragway (above), the club has been forced to shelve its efforts from now on. The…
France’s Midnight Endurance Race: A Wild Tradition | Giga Gears
At this point, it’s a bit boring to make a general statement like “racing used to be really frickin’ dangerous,” but every so often I’ll find myself surprised by the absolutely insane things race organizers used to make drivers do. Such as, for example, beginning an endurance race on public roads at the crack of…
Rimac Nevera Dominates Formula 1 Car in 1/4-Mile Drag Race
The Rimac Nevera is one of those cars that, even knowing the full backstory and how Rimac came to be, makes it hard to believe really exists. Some guy in Croatia decided to electric-swap a BMW 3 Series, and less than 20 years later, his company now makes a 1,900-hp electric hypercar that continues to shatter records.…