May 6, 2018: I'm sure many endurance racing fans, like me, were confused and apprehensive when recently they found out that the World Endurance Championship Series (including the Le Mans 24-hour race) had signed on with the US-based channel Velocity (by Discovery) to provide limited coverage of the
Read more: Yes, you can get the WEC race broadcasts in Canada
Over the years I’ve had many racers ask me for tips on getting up to speed quicker. Getting up to speed as quickly as possible is massively important to your success on a race weekend. Simply put, the sooner you find the limit, the more time you have to fine tune the car and your driving
The 2015 Canadian Grand Prix came and went, and this year I was lucky to be able to watch Lewis Hamilton win his fourth race in Montreal from the VIP Hospitality suites located directly above the team garages in pit lane. This is by no means the best vantage point to watch the action on the
I’ve been a fan of rallying – honest-to-goodness, endurance racing on real roads, with real cars going real fast – for many years. The drivers’ mastery of vehicle dynamics is superhuman. The cars are relatable: they look just like models I can buy at the dealership (but they sound so much
Call it power shifting, packing gears, or side-stepping the clutch. Anyone who has taken a run down the drag strip has tried it, but is it really faster? How much time are you really losing by taking a moment to complete a gearshift smoothly rather than beating the poor life out of your
A few years ago I took a guided bus tour across Cuba. In a casual conversation with the Cuban guide, one of us wondered what would happen to the American cars there if trade with the United States were ever normalized. He offered that he thought that there would be a big demand for the cars from
Read more: What’s the Future of Cuba’s “Classic” American Cars?
In this companion video to our full review in the Winter 2014 issue of Ignition Luxury & Performance, Managing Editor Shaun Keenan drives the scintillating 2015 McLaren 650S Spider at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) thanks to our friends at McLaren Toronto and the Pfaff Automotive
At various times over the past few months, people have asked for my take on James Hinchcliffe’s Verizon IndyCar Series season.
The answer I usually give goes something like this: Canada’s only full-time driver has been qualifying quite well (average start, 7.2) and has strong runs in many
Read more: Turbulence: It's been a lot of down with not enough up for James Hinchcliffe