Race cars

Green GT H2 Uses Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Create Massive Torque in LeMans Prototype

Green GT H2 hydrogen fuel cell powered LeMans prototype racer

If you follow racing long enough, you’ll see all sorts of innovative technology appear in race cars, and if the rule book will allow it, we get to see how that technology performs pitted against the standard fare. Next year’s LeMans 24 Hours is going to see the Green GT H2, a hydrogen fuel cell powered car with twin electric [...]

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Cheetah Continuation Project Shuts Down – SOME Tooling and Rights Up For Sale – UPDATED

It looks like the Cheetah continuation project, started in 2007 by BTM of Arizona, is closing its doors. Everything is up for sale, all of the tooling and rights, a couple of bodies, numerous parts, everything someone will need to pick up where BTM left off. The Cheetah, was a tube frame race car powered by a small block Chevy [...]

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The Art of Engineering – Kirkham Motorsports Builds the Ultimate Cobra Roadster

Kirkham Ultimate Roadster - Cobra built for Larry Ellison

Some cars have a timeless appeal, the AC Cobra seems to be one of those cars. Unfortunately, though some replicas and recreations are very well engineered, many kit cars and replicas have gone the route of cheap imitation rather than “cost is no object” ultimate engineering. Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, commissioned Kirkham Motorsports to build the latter, an ultimate [...]

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