Blind Rider Dan Parker to Race the Bonneville Salt Flats
26 Aug 2013, 12:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here we go with another story of a blind motorcycle rider who's making it into the history books, this time racing at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Dan Parker,43, has been into car raci...
Blind Record-Breaking Biker Stuart Gunn Thinks about the Isle of Man TT
22 Aug 2013, 09:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As we're preparing the next week's exclusive interview with the amazing Stuart Gunn, here's one more from the man who defies being blind and disabled, and manages to get up on his Hay...
Blind and Disabled Rider Breaks Speed Record aboard a Hayabusa
20 Aug 2013, 13:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Hats off to Scotsman Stuart Gunn, a rider from Edinburgh, for his astonishing, mind-boggling performance. Though blind and disabled, Stuart Gunn managed to break the existing speed record for disabl...
Experiments in Speed: Amazing Custom Bicycle Does 102 MPH
30 Jul 2013, 10:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you thought that motorsport fans are the only ones who are dreaming of going ever faster at the Bonneville salt flats, you were a bit off: the bicycle world has its own pioneers and they're ...
Land Speed Record Holder Bill Warner Dies in 285 MPH Crash
15 Jul 2013, 14:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's a sad moment for the motorcycle world and it is with regrets that we must announce the passing of Bill Warner, multiple land speed record holder. Bill, 44, was attempting to beat his 20...
Indian Shows the Spirit of Munro Commercial
9 Jul 2013, 13:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The fact the Indian Motorcycles are mustering their forces to start battling the Motor Company is no longer newsworthy. What is indeed new is Indian's latest emotional commercial, featuring the...
300 MPH Biker Bill Warner Acquires Rights for the Houston Mile
17 Jun 2013, 13:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bill Warner is the first and only rider to ride past the 300 mph (482 km/h) and he has just acquired the rights to the Houston Half Mile Shootout. Warner's company, National Mile Racing (...
Rocket-Powered Bicycle Does 263 KM/H
24 May 2013, 07:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / So, you've only got a bicycle and dream that one day you could take on those tough boys revving up their Ninjas around the neighborhood... Your day gas come, just give Frenchman François...
Out of Nothing, the Bonneville Documentary Trailer
7 May 2013, 14:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With summer comes heat, but there's one more cool thing coming our way, too, and its name is Out of Nothing, a nice documentary on what racing at the Bonneville salt flats is really about. T...
Hennessey’s Fastest Camaro Totaled
29 Mar 2013, 15:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After setting a new world record with the Ford GT that clocked 430.7 km/h (267.6 mph) on the Texas Mile, Hennessey was struck by bad luck, as their fastest Camaro ever made was totaled, trying to be...
Triple Record-Breaking for 171 mph Velocette
25 Feb 2013, 11:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you thought that old Velocettes were lazy and only good for cruising around the block, here's Suart Hopper and his 1959 Venom, racing once more at Lake Gairdner, A ustralia, and having just ...
James Toseland to Attempt 640km/h in Bonneville
5 Dec 2012, 15:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When it comes to speed, James Toseland now 32, is no newbie: the English former rider is a two-times World Superbike champion in 2004 and 2007, and he wants more. But this time it's a solo race...
2013 Brings Annual Land Speed Races in Europe
25 Oct 2012, 11:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When hearing about motorcycle X breaking another land speed record, most people already have in mind the image of the white salt plains of Bonneville, Utah. These plains are an icon in the world ...
Twin-Turbo Ford GT Sets New Standing Half Mile Speed Record
16 May 2012, 08:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Ford GT’s production ended quite a few years ago, but the supercar that borrowed its engine (block) from a truck is far from retired from the performance scene. The latest example of a GT ...
The Fastest Couch in the World
2 Oct 2011, 13:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Here's one couch that will make you want to be its potato: the creation you see here is the fastest couch in the world, a vehicle that can go as fast as 101 mph (163 km/h). Australia's ...
Toyota Breaks Compressed Air Speed Record with Ku:Rin
23 Sep 2011, 18:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota seems to be determined to become the absolute master of green car records. The Japanese automotive producer recently set the fastest Nurburgring laptime for an electric vehicle and now it is ...
Ford F-250 Super Duty Breaks Two Speed Records
23 Aug 2011, 06:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Good news from the Bonneville Salt Flats keep coming these days and we are about to hit you with some more. This time, we’re not talking about one, but two speed records that have been broken....
How Much Would You Pay for the World's Most Expensive Bike?
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Rusu / Before we go any further, let's first establish how the world's most expensive bike looks like, because we're willing to bet good money that it's not what you envisioned. If you&...
Speed Record in Ethanol-fueled Ford Mustang
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / When you're a corn farmer in Oklahoma and also a race car museum owner, there is a high possibility that you enjoy car races in vehicles using what appears to be the next generation of fuels ru...
Blind Man Breaks Speed Record in Borrowed Lamborghini
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Rusu / This story goes to show just how much some people love cars and how they are able to go to any length to get that adrenaline rush of flooring the gas pedal in some exotic supercar. It's a story...