Ken Block and Marcus Gronholm at X Games 17 in the USA , Ford expected great things from the Fiesta race program. But this is However motorsport and things often go south. The new Fiesta had to fight through some of the best rally cars and racers in the world and she did just that.

You can read more about Kens new rally car after the jump..
http://automodified.co.za/uncle-kens-new-rally-toy/

This coming weekend Killarney will be hosting a Streetcar Open Track day on Saturday afternoon from 2pm till 6pm. This event allows members of the public the opportunity to drive their road going cars around the 3,2km long main circuit. Drivers are separated into one of three groups depending on their driving experience while the Porsche club will have two 15 minute sessions before joining the rest of the normal groups later in the day. Racing cars are allowed however if piloted by a race driver they will be pushed into group 3, …

Ken Block revealed his newest weapon of rally destruction last week at the Gymkhana world tour in Los Angeles. The Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle (H.F.H.V.), yes thats what its being called, gets its name not from its method of drive, but instead from its ability to transform and race at the highest level for each of these motorsport events it faces,  this makes it one of the most unique and versatile competition vehicles ever built by Ford. Uncle Ken is going to not just dominate, he is going to wipe …

Drifting has become quite popular in South Africa over the past 3-4 years, a couple of names come to mind. Anton is one of those names that comes to mind, having not personally met Anton but seen in action at a good few open track days and at a couple of the KinG Of The Mountain events the man has helped put drifting on the map in Cape Town. This is Video Clip put together by Oryx Media and the video explains what is needed to set up an drift …

This event is for Sports & GT car competitiors, friends and Sportcar interested people. 
These Cars include Porsche, Ferrari, Lotus and any other exotic Sports/GT Cars.
Entries 1.30pm till 3pm, CoC office at the bottom of the admin building.
2pm is the safety brief.
On the track till + 6pm.
Entry fee: (Drivers) WPMC members R200, Non members R250. (Passengers) R50 for all.
Drivers will be separated into three groups: Group 1 (Easy group – no out braking allowed) / Group 2 (Medium group – single file through the corners) / Group 3 (Racing rules apply, for …

Killarney: Club Drags Practice & Street2Strip 9.30am till 8pm with Short Circuit Racing on the oval from 8am till 5pm – Saturday 9th July 2011

Admission: R30pp 12 years and older

This coming Saturday Killarney will be hosting an official practice session for the drag racing competitors from 9.30am till 1pm (entries 9am till 11.30am) allowing these faster competitors an opportunity to test their vehicles,

Brentons project started about a year ago when he acquired a rolling chassis from a friend, already had a roll cage built into it, after throwing around a few idea’s for motor he decided on a Lexus V8(1UZ-FE), stock internals are good for 400hp.
I bought the motor and W58 box and sent it for the adaptor plate, was finally able to fit it into the car after 6 months. Does not matter what anyone tells you, time to complete is always 6 months longer than you were told! Next was …

About 2 weeks ago was the Lemans 24hour race at Circuit de la Sarthe
Audi took the win with their R18 TDI car, but as always there were some horrific crashes.
Two violent crashes took place on Saturday at the 24 Hours Of Le Mans, one of auto racing’s most prestigious events, but the affected drivers seem to have escaped OK.
Here are 2 clips of accidents at the 24hour Le Mans race.