In the hidden archives of racing history is this motorcycle engine powered racer, the Mac's IT Special, and I can't recall ever hearing of this before. This car was built back in the CanAm racing days of 1970 when the famous Chaparral cars of Jim Hall were racing against the McLarens and Lolas, cars with huge horsepower and practically no rules. Somehow, the idea was born … [Read more...]

Here's another very nice example of V-Twin motorcycle power in a purpose built car, called the TwinTech, it's powered by an S&S 124 engine with 125 hp and 125 foot pounds of torque. It's the brainchild of Dave Piontek who many years ago built the Sportech, a kevlar bodied car powered by an 1100cc inline 4. The TwinTech story goes that Dave was watching American Chopper when … [Read more...]

Just got a note from Andreas Viktorsson, owner and builder of the new and vastly improved GSXR powered Smartuki, that it's finished and on the road. He took a little 130 mile trip over the weekend and it performed great. He is going to put it on display at the entrance of Semcon for a few weeks where he's the Powertrain Manager and then off on a trip to the Nurburgring. He also … [Read more...]

The Smartuki, the amazing little GSXR powered Smart car, has been through a lot since we first introduced it in June of last year. After its initial build in England where Peter put it through its paces, thoroughly enjoying the surprised (terrified?) looks as he whizzed by, he moved on to another project which required selling the Smartuki. Andeas Viktorsson, who, at the time, … [Read more...]

If you want something a little different, why not do it yourself? That's what Lincoln Brier thought as he stood there looking at his slightly used Legends racer. The Legends Car Series, if you're not familiar with it, is a class for 5/8 scale fiberglass bodied replicas of the old NASCAR modified racers from quite a few years back. They're powered by a Yamaha FJ1200 engine and … [Read more...]