The organisers of the 2008 Dakar, Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), announced that they decided to cancel this year’s rally which was due to start from the Portuguese capital today, Saturday, January 5, due to security concerns in the African republic of Mauritania. An official statement issued by A.S.O. stated that: “Based on the current international political tension and the murder of four
Aston Martin Racing has revealed the first impressions of its new Vantage GT2 racing car that is based on the Aston Martin Vantage V8 road car. For the first time, Aston Martin Racing is designing this car to run on either standard race fuel or E85 bio-ethanol (where regulations allow). In 2007, Aston Martin Racing had converted a standard DBRS9 to run on E85. With the Vantage GT2 race car, the
At the 2008 Indianapolis 500, GM will unveil a pair of distinctive Corvette models that will serve as the official pace cars. The Corvette Z06 E85 that will be driven during the race’s pace lap by two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Emerson Fittipaldi, runs on E85 ethanol fuel. Apart from the fuel system and powertrain controller revisions, the Z06 concept pace car is mechanically stock. The
The Lancia Delta S4 was one of the most bad-ass cars that ever appeared in the history of rallying. It competed in the short lived Group B category of the World Rally Championship in 1985 and 1986. Despite its name and resemblance with Lancia’s hatch, the S4 shared nothing in terms of construction with the production front-engine Delta. The all-wheel drive S4 featured a mid-mounted 1.8-litre 4-