Track Day Motor Sports

The E-RA has set up a speed of 252.09 km/h world record. It is the highest ever measured speed of electric cars on an ice surface.

The measurement took place on 17 March 2012 on the frozen lake in Finland Ukonjarvi place. The 449 hp sports car was the necessary grip through-tipped spikes Nokian “Hakkapeliitta 7″ winter tires 225/40 R18. At the wheel of the car sat Janne Laitinen, the test driver of the Finnish Pneuherstellers. The electric car E-RA (Electric Raceabout), in collaboration with Nokian and the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences developed. Read more…

The Japanese take the first street circuit electric motorcycle competition in its history, called RC-E. This bike has 120 horses and go for a speed record.

In the last Tokyo Motor Show, Honda introduced 7 prototypes including motorcycle track was RC-E, that was electric propulsion and the look of a motorcycle of 250 cc powers.Just three months later, this project became a reality and will make the RC-E to rally Zero TT Isle of Man, famous worldwide for hosting a legendary motorcycling competition held since 1907 in a street race against time format individual. Read more…

Under the new provisions on security of the FIA, the 2012 cars of Formula 1 will have a nose for ‘Platypus’. The rule establishes a trunk with a maximum height of 55 cm. In substance and form, as always, changes in Formula 1 induce to think that you get to a championship more open and uncertain results in some of the past 62 editions of this world of speed.

20 races are scheduled, which start on 18 March in Australia and close on 25 November in Brazil, among which is included as a major new prize for the return of the United States, this time in Austin (Texas), and disappears scale financial problems in Turkey is announced Abu Dhabi race but still doubts about its viability for
political reasons and public order, and the Spanish circuit of Valencia and Barcelona facing serious economic difficulties. Read more…

On the first day of the Championship Turtle Michelin Motor ran two races for the categories of Free Force and Super Touring. Berrio also won the Freedom Force 2.

The pilot vallecaucano 21 years of age, Juan Camilo Acosta, who was released in the Tocancipa Speedway, won the first two valid in the category of Free Force 1 for the first round of National Championship Motor Racing Turtles that ran the Michelin Sunday. Acosta, aboard a Radical 1340 No. 97 car, won the first run through the circuit valid long–2,725 meters in length, ahead of last year’s champion, and Felipe Leyton Nikolas pilot prototype Triana Salamander No. 59. Read more…

With the peaks District Championship 1/4 mile National Championship and Camper 4×4 Cross starts on 17 and 18 February 2012 in the automotive calendar Speedway Tocancipa.

On Saturday 18 and Sunday February 19 will run the first valid Peaks District Championship ¼ Mile Mobil 1 and the first race of the year’s National Championship Cross 4×4 Camper which officially starts the 2012 season in the Tocancipa Speedway. Read more…

There will be two hybrid LMP1 Audi 80 of this issue long-term competition and will be accompanied by two diesel-powered models. Audi has won 10 of the last 11 shares.

This year Audi reinforced the team that will compete in the long term testing is famous worldwide, the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year comes to an issue that will run 80 and 16 and June 17.

To do this, Audi compete for the first time two hybrid prototypes will join two other diesel-powered prototypes.

Not the first time that Audi revolutionizes the competition by bringing a car with mechanical innovations. After the first victory with a turbocharged direct injection engine (TFSI) in 2001 and the first win with an engine turbocharged direct injection diesel (TDI) in 2006, now the German faces another technological milestone in the race to bet on the hybrid technology. Read more…

The next year the German brand will be present at major championships with the development length made to its competency model based on 911.

The German constructor Porsche continues to invest in the development of innovative technologies in the sports racing. From Stuttgart last week announced that by 2012 it will return to the slopes with an improved and more advanced of the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid version.

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With this car, a real laboratory tests, Porsche hopes to gain additional experience under actual race and make the machine even more efficient hybrid of what achieved so far.With the 911 GT3 R hybrid, we have shown how they can be tested on the track important future technologies and pave the way for the success of motorsport in the future. We will continue on this path with determination and further develop hybrid technology “said Wolfgang Hatz, member of the board of research and development of Porsche. Read more…

Up to now, there were only racy small series which created famous motorsports division, NISMO Nissan for the road. That should change now: Nismo is also top sporting future versions of mass-produced vehicles create.

As a world premiere and first, by motor racing genes refined vehicle is the Nissan Juke Nismo Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show (03.12.2011 – 11.12.2011) in the spotlight, which boasts an optical character sharpness and a power boost. Read more…

Now it is the manufacturer of high quality exhaust systems with the VW Golf GTI Edition Akrapovic for the first time a step further than before. The classic compact sports rolls as a special edition with a performance-enhancing, high-volume stainless-steel exhaust system on the road and to get a significant power-Plus everything that makes a car faster.

The slight race light wheels from ATS in the 19-inch format to reduce the Kumho tires in 235/35 the unsprung masses. The result is a better driving dynamics, comfort, optimized acceleration, and a significantly improved agility. In conjunction with a specially developed ceramic brake system of MOV.IT and discs of size 370 x 35 mm and 6-piston calipers of the Gulf will become the animal at corner entry. Read more…

Sought after for their lap records at the prestigious Nurburgring-Nordschleife, the winds of 20.832 kilometers like a rollercoaster ride through the Eifel. A new record for electric vehicles won the Peugeot on 27/04/2011 EX1 with a time of 9:01,338 minutes.

With an average speed of 138.324 km / h drove the French racing driver Stephane Caillet’s 340-horsepower all-electric Roadster – despite cool and rainy weather – through the “Green Hell”. Officially, the record certified by WIGE performances that are otherwise in international racing events timekeeper. Read more…