What do you get when you mix 1,000 hp motors with fully hand built machines, add in some dirt, and a huge budget? Simple. The most intense motorsport on the planet …Trophy Truck Racing. I came across this awesome video following Norman Motorsports at this years Parker 425. Its about 20min long but if gives you an overall feel of whats involved in a days worth of off road racing.  I promise you that by the end of the video you’ll have a whole new respect for the sport. (BTW they placed 7th in their class )

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Recently I had posted up a post talking about how Ken Block had switched from working with Subaru over to Ford to drive their new Fiesta in WRC. Well him and his co-driver Alex Gelsomino, didnt have the best of luck at the Sno*Drift Rally after a problem with the suspension resulted in a DNF.

Well both Block and Gelsomino are back at it practicing again for the upcoming 100 Acre Wood Rally that’s this weekend and Monster was nice enough to provide us a Hi Res video of them tearing it up. If Block pulls of a win it will be an amazing 5th consecutive win.  Check out the video after the Jump.

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Honda recently announced that it will be competing in Japan’s Super GT series with its all new HSV-010 GT. The company use to campaign their NSX in the series until a rule change required a FR layout instead of the NSX’s MR layout. Although the rules state that only production ready vesicles may compete, Honda managed to squeak by stating that the HSV V10 has been production ready for a while now and has just been put delayed in the mean time.  To check out the full list of specs of the GT500 car as well as some photos and a video hit the continue reading link.

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Remember the Tomi / Cusco STi ? Remember how it ran crazy fast times at Buttonwillow? Remember the HKS Evo and how it holds the record at Buttonwillow? Well things are a changing. Sierra Sierra’s Time Attack Evo * recently beat the Tomi / Cusco STi’s record and is closing in on HKS’s time 1:43.523.  Eric Hsu posted up the following on his blog:

“Last week I went testing with the Sierra Sierra team to test out a bunch of new stuff on the EVO 8 at Buttonwillor Raceway. Some of these new modifications include revised front suspension geometry, stiffer spring combo, larger Garrett T04 turbo, Full-Race twin scroll exhaust manifold, larger exhaust, and a pair of larger custom Cosworth cams. Did it all work? So far so good. I think we are definitely making progress. On Hankook C91 DOT tires and the middle boost level, Dave Empringham piloted the car to a 1:44.2 on Buttonwillow’s configuration 13 clockwise. Good enough to smoke the Tomei/Cusco STi’s, but not quite HKS’ 1:43.523 yet.”

Check out the video after the jump!

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As some of you can tell Im into trucks just as much as Im into cars. My FJ Cruiser post should have at least hinted that. Growing up in southern California its hard not to get into trucks in one way or another. Out of anything I like seeing trucks that are built with purpose, and nothing has much more of a purpose then a truck that is built for racing from 100% scratch from the ground up. My good friend Jon Brenthel and his team at Brenthel Industries built this bad ass Class 6 Race truck that they recently just got in the dirt for testing purposes. Everything on the truck was designed in CAD and laser cut prior to assembly. The guys at Brenthel Industires only use the best and never cut corners. Check out the testing video after the jump.

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That right it says HYBRID. I came across this promo video of Porsche running their new Hybrid 911 GT3 out on the track on Autoblog. Its well worth the 43 secs it takes to watch it

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After lots of complains from racers Redline Time Attack did a complete redo of their website. The new site promises to be more user friendly, have better event registration, and even some areas for fans to check out additional features such as photos and videos and driver interviews.

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Like usual I was browsing Jon Sibal’s blog and came across this insane BMW E36 3 series. The car is built by DBM Engineering out of the Netherlands. Unlike traditional E36 M3s that are powered by S50 motor, they have swapped it out in favor of RB26DETT Skyline GTR motor thats commonly found in R33 and R34 GTRs. For photos and a couple of vids hit the read more link.

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A quick video that Monster posted up on their blog of Ken Block testing out the new Ford Fiesta out in the snow. The video is shown in real time so you can get an idea of how crazy fast they are blasting through the trees and the little room for error. For more info on the Ken Block’s Fiesta check out the Monster World Rally Team website. Video after the jump.

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