Check out this on-board footage of the a tube-frame 1974 Mazda RX-3 GT-3 race car during the Walter Mitty historic festival at Road Atlanta. The car weighs 2030 pounds with the driver and is powered by a 12a with a bridgeport and 40mm carb. As you will see, the RX-3 is seriously quick.
Nissan recently announced that the experimental Deltawing race car will be making a return after being unceremoniously knocked out of its one-time exhibition in Le Mans. The car will be making another appearance in the Petit Le Mans series here in the US. Highcroft racing posted this on-board footage of some testing at Road Atlanta.
Chris Rado is a former drag racer with his team at Descendant Racing who now compete in the Global Time Attack series. They campaign a very distinctive Scion tC in the unlimited front wheel drive class. If you still don’t know who I’m talking about, it’s the car with the giant front wing on it. Check out this first video to get an introduction to the team, their enthusiasm and the car:
They just set the front wheel drive track record at Road Atlanta. It’s a pretty impressive feat to build a 1000 horsepower front wheel drive car and it’s even more impressive to have gotten this good at driving it.