Archive June 2010

Bill Bacon Out to Have Fun at NEFR

Bill Bacon Out to Have Fun at NEFR

30 June 2010 in Rally

New England Forest Rally (NEFR) stands as the final round of the Rally America 2010 Championship Series. Antoine L’Estage tops the leader board with 87 points going in, but Bill Bacon is only 13 points behind him. Who will be crowned champion this year? A brief * EXCLUSIVE * interview with Bill going into NEFR.

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Scott Glassbrook’s RWD Talon

Scott Glassbrook’s RWD Talon

30 June 2010 in Drag

This weekend, we in America celebrate the 4th of July. It’s a time of patriotism, fireworks, and all things American. Today begins THREE DAYS IN A ROW of drag racing 1G DSMs in red, white, and blue. We start with Skizzo’s impeccable red Talon.  Are you ready to go fast with class?

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Carl Jardevall: 30 Years Rallying

Carl Jardevall: 30 Years Rallying

29 June 2010 in Rally

One of our readers suggested we track down Carl Jardevall. Carl got his start racing Saabs in Sweden, but he’s since moved on to Volvos and even Mitsubishis. Fortunately, Carl was able to spend a few minutes sharing some of his thoughts on rally over the years. 

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Dalton Fetsch’s 1991 Geo Metro

Dalton Fetsch’s 1991 Geo Metro

15 June 2010 in EV

Everyone who builds, builds different. That includes our budgets, every one is different which is another factor making home-brew EV’s so diverse. It’s not a Porsche, BMW or a Tesla, its a solid platform chosen by many who know they can build the EV for the “every man”.

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What’s your favorite EV?

What’s your favorite EV?

8 June 2010 in EV, Let's Talk

For me the coolest DIY conversion would be John “Plasma Boy” Wayland’s White Zombie drag car. That’s probably a pretty obvious favorite, can any of you tell me about what you think ?

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Which Mitsubishi Projects Are You Following?

Which Mitsubishi Projects Are You Following?

8 June 2010 in Let's Talk

The gearhead’s internet has come a long way from the email lists of the early days. Once forums caught on, folks would start build threads where they would post updates on the progress of their projects. It was something of an art. Build threads are still common today, but many gearheads like having their own sites.

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Run Whatcha Brung: Alex Rademacher

Run Whatcha Brung: Alex Rademacher

8 June 2010 in Rally

Alex Rademacher shares an interesting story with us. It’s the story of a rallyista out to run as many events as he possibly can, taking unpaid time off from work to compete, and actually driving his rally car to and from events all over the place. Who says you need a tow rig, right Alex? 

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Brent’s 1982 Chevrolet Corvette

Brent’s 1982 Chevrolet Corvette

7 June 2010 in Collector, Custom

In this interview, Brent tells us about his 1982 Corvette that he did a LS1, that’s right LS1, swap in. This is the best of mixing the old with the new!

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Karl Richardson’s Evo V RS

Karl Richardson’s Evo V RS

7 June 2010 in daily driver, Events, RoadRace

We are SO slacking. A different generation of Evo every month in 2010, remember? Here it is June and we haven’t had an Evo V on the front page yet. That changes NOW. Karl took a few minutes to talk about his V, competition in the MLR Sprint Series, and even the rare Tommi Mäkinen Edition Colt.  

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