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What Is Autocross? The Complete Guide
The first time you walk an autocross course, it doesn't look like much. A parking lot. Some orange cones. A few people pacing out corners wi…
What Is Time Attack Racing? The Complete Guide
There's a version of motorsport where the track is empty, the competition is invisible, and the only thing you're racing is a number on a ti…
How to Backside Cones in Autocross and Rallycross
Some things in motorsport are intuitive. Backsiding cones, for me anyway, was in the latter category.
How to Drill Holes in Steel Without Losing Your Sanity (or Burning Your Hands)
Installing rock sliders on a Jeep sounds simple enough — until you realize you've got to drill seven-sixteenths-inch holes straight into the…
Know Your Go-Fast Bits: Ultimate A-Z Glossary of Sports-Car Parts & Their Nicknames
You speak car? Learning the lexicon of sports car parts is no small feat. Here's your cheat sheet — the Rosetta stone for deciphering garage…
Machine Love Track-Talk Glossary
Whether you're threading cones in an empty parking lot or hammer-down in a forest stage, racers speak their own dialect. This quick-hit glos…
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Willow Springs International Raceway.
The fastest road course in America — that's the claim Willow Springs has carried since it opened in 1953. Long, sweeping corners and dramatic elevation changes make it unlike any other circuit in SoCal. The high desert location means fast air, consistent grip, and almost no rain days.
The garage.
Cars are not
luxury goods.
They are friends, projects, money pits, and the most honest mirror you've ever been handed. We cover the people who treat them that way — quietly, on weekends, in lots and on hillsides — and ignore the rest.
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