Autozone Sport Compact round 4. 29/08/10

The fourth round of the Autozone Sport Compact series took place at Tarlton Raceway on Sunday the 29th of August.

these are just a few of the action shots from the day.

Dastek Dyno Day 31 July

The buzz is about as one of the most anticipated dyno days fast approaches us. It’s been punted for a good while now and finally the day dawns. It’s time for the Dastek Dyno Day.

For those that don’t know, the day will take place on the 31^st of July at Dastek’s premises in Pretoria, on the corner of Hans Strydom and Veldpou street in Monument Park. The proceedings will start at 7am and run until well in the afternoon. Prizes are up for grabs courtesy of www.streetracer.co.za and it’ll cost you R100 to enter on the day. Entry is by pre-entry only so log onto www.streetracer.co.za to book yourself a spot on the day.

Heinrich from Sunoco fuels will also be in attendance with Sunoco giveaways and some great promo cars and girls. Look out for the Speed and Sound Drift team there too! Apart from Speed and Sound coverage, Ignition TV will be on hand, filming and taking notes. Make sure you don’t miss out on this one – it’s going to be a killer event.

Sport Compact July 4th 2010

The next round of the Autozone Sport Compact Series will take place this Sunday the 4th of July at Tarlton International Raceway. Be there early to ensure you get a good spot on the stands. This one promises to be action packed with drivers going all out to prove what they have.

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AutoZone Sport Compact Round II

Round two of the Autozone Sport Compact Drag Racing Series promised to be a pretty damn sweet event, and I’m happy to report that it was just that, a sweet event. A contributing factor was the World Wide Web, in particular the Speed & Sound Magazine forums. It was here that many challenges were made, and if they weren’t, the snide remarks between users were enough fuel to make the competitors perform at a pace better than their best. There was friendly rivalry between all the usual suspects, but the main focal point was in the normally aspirated class, the front-wheel drives in particular. This hotly contested class is seeing new cars enter at just about every event. It’s also not like a few years ago when someone entered after slapping throttles on an 8-valve Golf, these entries are all purpose-built race monsters. Ok, sure some can be driven on the street, but most of them can’t because they’re made for straight-line speed. So out of the online challenges between the guys from all over SA, who pitched up and who chickened out? Get hold of Issue 106 to find out and let us know what you think of the awesome layout Batty put together for you.

Poster in Issue 105

Issue 105 is out and as usual it is hotter than ever. There are all the regulars you’ve become accustomed to as well as a shed load of hot features from all over the country. There is also a wicked poster of Otto Gravens new 350Z drift car in all its glory. Get down to your nearest store before they’re all sold out!

Castrol Xtreme Show time again

That’s right! Can you believe it? It’s already that time of the year where the who’s who of modified metal gather together in one of the country’s biggest motor shows.

This year the show takes place from the 23rd to the 24th of April and promises to be even bigger than ever. Speed and Sound will have a stand there - manned by us, the very people that piece your favourite magazine together. We’ll have some hot cars on display as well as other cool things to look at.

Don’t miss this once a year event - it’s going to be insane!

SADC goes large!

On Saturday the 17th April we attended the first round of the Carnival City South African Drift Challenge at The Rock Raceway in Brakpan. It was to be an epic day out with a total of 37 cars entered into the day’s proceedings.

A big round of applause to the out of town competitors who traveled from as far afield as Cape Town to compete in the event.

Taking the win on the day was Otto Graven in his awesome new Nissan 350Z Turbo. For more results and info check out Issue 106.

Insane Hummer - Just how we like ‘em!

Ok, so we don’t get snow here, but that wouldn’t stop me from getting my hands on one of these sick puppies!  This monster Hummer H2 is called the Bomber and it’s been created by the folk at GeigerCars.  The mad tuners replaced the normal 20×8.5 wheels with a set of something called Mattracks 88M1-A1 rubber tracks.  The rubber tracks attached are 40cm wide and 150cm long and the car is propelled by a 398hp V8 engine.  That means there’s loads of torque powering these tracks so this Hummer can pull itself over just about any obstacle.  I want a black one!

Rolling LMC ‘Cuda nails Enzo!

I was sent a link to the vid, and then followed more links from there until I got the whole story.  This thing is simply insane!  We often see muscle cars getting rebuilt and the most common thing I hear about them is that yeah, they make power but you still have to cruise coz an old V8 won’t handle.  Even with a new trick suspension system fitted you never see them playing on the track.  I drool when I watch Overhaulin’ and see Foose and the crew building the hottest cars ever.  Some get serious engines too, and I always wonder how they’ll be to drive.  Well the chaps at Legendary Motorcar Company answered my question.  Ok, so it’s not quite a V8, there’s two extra cylinders under the hood with a healthy addition of boost, but it was still a ground-up rebuild.  A rebuild with speed AND handling in mind.

This was on their site: “The culmination of almost two years of hard work by the team at Legendary Motorcar, the Cuda’ is the successful realization of a seemingly impossible goal. Can Legendary Motorcar build a resto-mod muscle car that will rival the world’s most exotic super cars?  The television show Dream Car Garage, which can be seen each Saturday on SUN TV, has followed the construction of the Super Cuda’ from a rusted shell to show car and track star. This week’s show is the season finale, featuring the exciting shootout between the twin-turbo V10 powered Super Cuda’ and an Enzo Ferrari. Peter Klutt, President of Legendary Motorcar, and Chip Foose debuted the Super Cuda’ at the SEMA convention in Las Vegas . The car was an instant hit but it had yet to achieve its most important goal, to match the performance of an Enzo Ferrari and to goover 200mph.  It all came together on Tuesday December 1st. The Super Cuda was cleared to run on the track. Grey skies and the threat of snow gave way to sun. As the track warmed, speeds increased and the Super Cuda’ punched a hole in the air topping 208mph with still more power to spare.”

The best thing you’ll hear in the vid?  When Peter says “above 200 the Cuda’ was running out of aero… and I was running out of cohones”.

Here’s a few build pics, you can check out the rest of the pics here.

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Money can’t buy brains - GTR crash ends in fraud!

Yup, some people really shouldn’t be allowed to sponge oxygen.  I mean if you’re gonna do something completely stupid, like street race at night, then make sure there are no cameras around with footage that can be used as evidence.  Added to that, if you’re gonna be stupid and street race, then make sure you can actually drive properly.  The Nissan GTR is one of the best handling cars out there, but in the hands of a plonker, it’s just another car.  Brainy brother and sister Jay and Tracy Chen from Southern California were arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud after investigators found a YouTube video show their crash during a street race.

“Investigators say 21-year-old Jay Chen and his 29-year-old sister, Tracy, both of Diamond Bar, California initially gave conflicting reports about what caused $76,000 in damage to Jay’s 2009 Nissan GT-R. After the video was discovered on net, prosecutors charged Jay Chen with six counts of felony insurance fraud and his sister with one count.  They were booked March 5 and both face prison time and fines if they are convicted”.

Lol - just lol.  There’s more info here and here.

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