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by Eric Hsu
Last month I took a trip to Guangdong, China and Hong Kong to train a customer to use the Cosworth ECPro ECU and software suite. I had no idea what to expect in China. It was to some degree what I expected being a developing country, but it was also good to discover that street car tuning is alive and kicking. Track days are massively gaining popularity and there's even a touring car race series.
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The GT Channel
http://gtchannel.com hung out with Tanner Foust for one day at the Global RallyX round in Seattle. When he's not hosting TV shows, he races rallycross cars, stunts and signs autographs at the same time. But this weekend with a dislocated shoulder.
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by Mike Kojima
KW has been looking at their product line up and has made a decision to start adding some applications for some of the classic Japanese exotics from the Japanese supercar heyday of the early to mid 90’s. KW has already come up with coilovers for the MK IV Supra and the NSX. The FD RX-7 is on the R&D schedule and we helped with the R&D for the latest Japanese classic addition, the Nissan Z32 300ZX.
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From LeMons to Le Mans - Eyesore Racing's Victory Tour
Part 3: The 24 Best Cars of The 24 Hours of Le Mans
by Dave Coleman
Le Mans is, more than a race, an excuse for every car nerd in Europe to pull the garage queen out for a drive. The goofy, obscure, exotic Euro garage queen we can't seem to remember the name of. See if you can...
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Inside Look: Dino Crescentini's StopTech Porsche 911 GT3
By Steve Rockwood
Carroll Shelby once said that to make a small fortune racing, you must first spend a large one. Of course, Mr. Shelby was also the spokesperson of some snake oil company that combines the last letter of the alphabet with the shortened version of the word maximum when Global Motorsports Group (GMG) became more than a twinkle in its founders' eyes. Founded in 2001 by James Safronas and Fabryce Kutyba, GMG started its existence in a 1200 sq ft facility, and has since grown to fill its current 15,000 sq ft stable with high-end hardware that features charging bulls, prancing horses and a slew of crests from Stuttgart. One of the many purebreds GMG looks after is the Pirelli World Challenge GT #4 StopTech Porsche 911 GT3, driven by Dino Crescentini, CEO of Centric Parts and StopTech.
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Behind the Smoke Episode 13: Drift Science
GT channel has just released episode 13 of the series Behind the Smoke! The series follows Team Falken Pro Drifter Dai Yoshihara, his Crew Chief Scott Dodgion and Engineer Mike Kojima throughout the 2011 Formula D season.
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Cosworth releases 4G63 Stroker Kit
MotoIQ Staff Report
A high power Mitsubishi 4G63 engine places enormous amounts of stress on various engine components including the heart of the engine, the crankshaft. Cosworth has engineered a 94mm (2.2L) crankshaft that is 50%-80% stronger in critical areas than typical aftermarket parts.
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Zenkai Motorsports Pikes Peak Report
Come follow the Zenkai Motorsports team and two-time class winner Stephan Verdier as they set out to set a new Pikes Peak Hill Climb class record in the Subaru of Las Vegas, powered by Crawford Performance and protected by Motul Zenkai Motorsports Race Car during the 89th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. VIDEO INSIDE
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From LeMons to Le Mans - Eyesore Racing's Victory Tour
Part 2: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About the Le Mans-Winning Corvette's Air Conditioner
by Dave Coleman
Getting to Le Mans is hard. First you have to build a fast LeMons car, assemble a good team, wait until Jay Lamm gets drunk and sends out an e-mail promising to send the LeMons season champions to Le Mans, and then make an all-in press for championship points, landing on the podium at 7 LeMons races in that one critical year. Then you actually have to find the city of Le Mans, France. This time, we finally found it.
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Redline Track Events: Round 4 Race Report - Willow Springs International Raceway July 2 - 3, 2011
By Laura Heng
Every championship winning race team has had bad weekends. Blown motors, wrecked cars, or maybe just a $2 bolt that snapped can put an early end to your weekend during the heat of competition. The only thing that separates the champions from the rest of the pack is that some guys get back to work and rebuild to fight another day, others just pack it up and take up bowling instead (not that there is anything wrong with bowling). July 4th weekend at Willow Springs was Round 4 of the Redline Track Events series and was a particularly brutal weekend of racing for many.
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MotoIQ Staff Report
Edik Stepanyan who normally runs NASA’s H2 class won both rounds of the MPTCC Liberty Grand Prix on July 2-3. Edik, driving the #78 Acura Integra, won the first round on Saturday after an exciting battle with another NASA star, Andy Hope in the #62 Honda CRX.
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By Sarah Forst
Living in the Northeast means there is no shortage of squiggly mountain-hugging roads which lend themselves to a number of rally crosses and hill climbs.
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VIDEO: 2011 Pikes Peak Record Breaking Run with Monster Tajima
MotoIQ Staff Report
Last week Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima achieved the holy grail of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, breaking the 10 minute barrier for a run up the vaunted hill. What makes this iconic record even more notable is that this is probably the last year that the event will have a dirt section in the course. The mixture of dirt and tarmac is what has made the hill climb unique. The road is scheduled to be completely paved by next year so any subsequent record will not be quite the same.
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Auto Talent M3 - A Cheetah In Zebra's Clothing
By Khiem Dinh
The BMW M3 has been the performance enthusiast’s choice within the BMW lineup for generations. The E36 generation is still an extremely popular track day vehicle due to its performance and value. The current generation E92 coupe could be considered the German equivalent of a muscle car packing a 414hp, 4.0L, V8 that eclipses the magical 100hp/L mark for a normally aspirated engine.
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By Efrain Olivares
Part of the perks of being on the staff of MotoIQ.com is that we get to go to all of the cool media events and get some free food and drinks. So we found ourselves at the launch party for Forza 4, the newest version of the Forza series for XBox, which was a big party held at LA Live.
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