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24 Hours of LeMons: 'Cure for Gingervitis' preview
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As was the case with the recently snowed-out race at Eagles Canyon Raceway, weather often plays a major role in 24 Hours of LeMons race weekends. Seldom has that been that case more regularly than at races at Gingerman Raceway in southwestern Michigan, especially at races in April. This year’s edition of “The Cure of…
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Motorsports Weekend Guide: April 17 to April 19
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Here we are on Hooniverse for another look ahead to the weekend in racing. This weekend sees America’s biggest street-circuit race and a full boat of motorcycle racing, not to mention a good-sized segment of amateur racing. There’s a bit for everyone, so read through the listings after the jump to find what you’re looking…
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24 Hours of LeMons: A triumphant trio of rotting American iron race in Michigan
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It’s generally no surprise that imported cars tend to make up the bulk of the field at 24 Hours of LeMons races because most Japanese and even some German cars depreciate into $500 territory. If you’re somehow unfamiliar with irreverent low-dollar endurance racing series, the basic premise is: Bring a $500 car to go endurance…
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Motorsports Weekend Guide: April 10 to April 12
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The weekend is rapidly (or perhaps not-so-rapidly) approaching, which means it’s time for Hooniverse to look ahead to the coming weekend in racing. This weekend, coming on the heels of Easter, seems to mark the real beginning of the racing season rush, where something like 20 major racing series hold events every weekend for the…
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RXSpeed.com wants to write a better prescription for parts shopping
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Car enthusiasts buy car parts. That’s likely the most obvious statement ever made on Hooniverse, but as we discovered just a couple months ago here (before IntenseDebate ate the site’s comments section), enthusiasts buy their parts from a myriad of places for a similar myriad of reasons. Not least among those reasons is that there’s…
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Motorsports Weekend Guide: April 3 to April 5
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Welcome to a holiday edition of the Motorsports Weekend Guide. For the most part, there’s little racing in the U.S. because this weekend is the holiday of Easter, where a bunny comes back from a three-day chocolate binge and has to hand out its remaining candy to get over the bump. It’s something like that,…
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American racer Mike Skeen is the "Ginger Stig"
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Professional racecar driver and red-haired human being Mike Skeen has launched a new personal website, www.gingerstig.com, on the heels of a podium performance at Pirelli World Challenge’s round in St. Petersburg in, fittingly, a bright-orange Audi R8 LMS GT3. Skeen, an exciting-to-watch racer, is well known for his ability to come up to speed quickly…
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Found on CraigsList: Holman-Moody's 1967 Ford F100 Ranger shop truck
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Unless you don’t have a pulse, you are probably enamored with Jeff’s HoonTruck, a sweet Ford F100 with a 390 V8. And unless you really don’t have a pulse, you should be salivating over the above image of what was—the CraigsList seller claims—the shop mule for legendary North Carolina racing shop Holman-Moody. It’s a 1967…
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Motorsports Weekend Guide: March 27 to March 29
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Thanks for reading this weekly edition of Hooniverse’s guide to racing for the upcoming weekend. The coming days bring the opening of two big series, one highly anticipated with series changes and the other highly anticipated to see if a young phenom can match his performance last year. In addition, the F1 and NASCAR seasons…
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Found on CraigsList: A four-cylinder, daily-driven Mercury Comet
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As odd as it seems, this automotive writer has never really had a dream car. I have enthusiasm for a variety of makes and models, but none have ever struck me as a “must-own.” Instead, I typically fancy a car for a few weeks or months and then file it away to my dream garage for…
