A John Cooper Works Mini Showdown _ Almost four weeks ago, PRN IGNITION hooked up with DriveTeq, Engineered Automotive and Wheels on Edge at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for a showdown and a throwdown of Mini Cooper JCWs. One is from 2003 and the other from 2013. It’s the very limited Mini JCW GP, or Grand Prix, model in fact.… Read more →
Category: Aftermarket
Michelin puts total performance into new A/S 3
From the race track to your street car Brothers Édouard and André founded Michelin well over a century ago in Clermont-Ferrand, France where the company’s headquarters are still located. The company mascot, Bibendum, a.k.a. the Michelin Man, is approaching his 120th birthday and remains one of the oldest trademarks in the world. Michelin has come a long way from repairing… Read more →
Teaser: Interview with Dario Franchitti
During last year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas I sat down with Dario Franchitti, reigning Indy 500 Champion and Target Chip Ganassi Racing IndyCar driver, in his sponsor BorgWarner Turbo’s booth to get the Flying Scotsman thoughts on the 2012 season, Randy Barnard’s firing and his racing career – past, present and future – among other things. It starts like… Read more →
Vagkraft 2011
The fifth annual Vagkraft show, Canada’s premiere VW and Audi enthusiast event, was recently held at the Brampton Powerade Centre, drawing more than three hundred vehicles from Southern Ontario, the Northeast U.S. and even from as far away as Florida to the home of the OHL’s Brampton Battalion. The parking lot is dominated by Mk5/6 Golfs, VR6 Jettas, ‘90s Corrados… Read more →
Fiesta Rallying with Team O’Neil
I’m at the O’Neil Rally School and Car Control Center in moose and bear country to experience the Ford Fiesta in a way many never people will get to experience it, sliding sideways through muck and muddy puddles while being in complete control. The school is owned and operated by Tim O’Neil, a five-time U.S. and North American rally champ,… Read more →
Happy Birthday to me
I’ve driven some pretty cool rides on my my birthday in year’s past. This includes a MTM Bentley Continental GT (the world’s fastest Conti GT at the time, on a German autobahn no less) and a pair of Aston Martins (a V12 Vanquish S and the first year of the V8 Vantage). A few years after that, I got to… Read more →
Testing Pirellis greenest tires
Yesterday I went to a Pirelli Ride and Drive where I drove on Pirelli’s newest “Green” tire – Scorpion Verde All-Season – back-to-back against the Michelin Latitude H/T A/S in identically-prepped BMW X5 35d xDrive diesels. Conveniently, there was a handling course set up for us – consisting of a quick four-cone slalom leading into a sweeping right-hander with rumble… Read more →
Teaser: 2009 Ivory White Nissan GT-R
The full digs on this JDM-inspired dream machine are coming soon to a Sun Media paper near you. I’ll let you know where and when, after I find out. In the meantime, a candid photo of car and model at Performance World 2010 by the PAS Nation booth. Related posts: Teaser: Interview with Dario Franchitti Tested: 2009 Nissan GT-R Tested:… Read more →
The love tap
In motorsports, the love tap is usually administered by the competition to let you know you’re going too slow. Well, not this time. In this video, he’s clearly trying to tell the guy in front, I love you, which is when it all goes to hell. See for yourself here. Hugs. (Big LOL!!) Related posts: A gymkhana redux: session 1… Read more →
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Pre-round four action in the Castrol Drift Mania Canadian Championship at Downsview with BFG Drift Team mates Ryan Lanteigne and Claude Poirer showing how to rock it in tandem. A very nice exhibition run for both pros!! Related posts: Back in Block! The love tap Block grabs Top Gear Teaser: Interview with Dario Franchitti Read more →