The Goodwood Festival of Speed is many things to many people. If you’re a major manufacturer, privateer driver, trader or spectator, you all have different experiences. This year’s even was fraught with torrential downpours, a number of on-track incidents, and high winds which ultimately led to the Saturday being cancelled – a first in memory. […]
Gatebil Rudskogen: The Power Party Rages On
Saturday Shenanigans If you caught my first post from Gatebil Rudskogen 2023, you’ll already know that the event’s first two days were exceptional. Saturday? Well, I could tell from the exhaust noise alarm that woke me, it was going to be another wild one. With Thursday being very wet, it was cool seeing Gatebil in […]
Engulfed In Smoke At Gatebil Rudskogen
On Thursdays, It Rains Ah… Gatebil Rudskogen. There is no other automotive event in Scandinavia that can fill my lungs with tire smoke and leave my body broken like this one can. This is where it’s at, but if you missed it, I’m here to help. Now that I can finally breathe fresh air again, it’s […]
Going Undercover At The FlatSix Show
Psssttt… over here. Ah yes, you probably can’t recognise me in this cunning disguise. Normally I rock up to a car show in some sort of BMW. Those who’ve read my articles in the past will know that my alliances with the Bavarian titan are blood tight. Fidowicz with no BMW is like Christmas with no […]
When An F1 Team Takes On Tin-Tops: The Williams BTCC Laguna
Frank Williams once said: “Next to Formula One, the BTCC is the most important series in the world outside America.” He was right. With over a million people tuning in on a Sunday to watch their favourite drivers battle it out in the British Touring Car Championship, few other live sporting programs came close. To have Williams run […]
Drift Masters Rd3: A Wild Ride In Finland
After Sweden got its own round in 2022, Finland finally made it onto the Drift Masters European Championship calendar for 2023. Huvivaltio PowerPark – the country’s largest theme park – played host to the sold out event last weekend, and it was a real rollercoaster ride in more ways than one. Before I delve into DMEC 2023’s third round, […]
Campsite Curiosities At The Le Mans Classic
Any 24-hour race event brings with it a challenge for the spectators. Where do you sleep? In Le Mans especially, regular hotel or AirBnB arrangements tend to be either ridiculously expensive or straight up unavailable due to scarcity. At the end of the day, the population of this city in northwestern France is just 140,000, […]
Car Crop Circles At EuroTreffen
EuroTreffen Big car show are great, but lately I’ve found myself enjoying the more chilled out vibes of smaller events. They have the atmosphere, people and the cars, but distill things down to a level that’s devoid of the panic and madness you find on a packed show floor. So what’s not to love?! Northern Ireland’s EuroTreffen […]
7’s Day Japan 2023: A Rotary Celebration
July 7th in Japan only means one thing to car enthusiasts: 7’s Day. We’ve been covering this car culture spectacle since the very start of Speedhunters in 2008, and 15 years later the official unofficial gathering of RX-7s and other rotary-powered machinery still can’t be missed. Because, despite the fact that Mazda no longer produces a rotary-powered car, […]
Super Tourers: The Golden Age Revisited
Short of Formula 1, not much came close to the spectacle of British Touring Cars in the 1990s. The budgets were astronomical and the drivers were rockstars, but the cars were relatable with production models they were based from found on most UK driveways. For many of us, the mere mention of Super Tourers conjures […]