These Old Photos, NHRA Xplod Series Final October 22, 2006
So I was looking at a bunch of old photos on my computer the other day and I found these from 2006 which doesn’t seem like that long ago but…
SlipAngle Podcast /// Old School Time Attack with JC Meynet
Austin and Mike sit down with JC Meynet to talk about time attack. JC Has been building and running the same STi since the late 2000s. Coming from a background…
The Queen of Hearts – Erin Sanford’s LS-powered Time Attack 240SX
Erin Sanford bought his first S13 in late 2003 after wanting to find something fun to daily drive. The S13 coupe was always visually appealing to him, and so he…
Dai Yoshihara and Eneos Oil
I have been working with Dai Yoshihara for 10 years now on an adventure that has taken me all over the world and has gotten me involved in winning stuff as…
SlipAngle Podcast /// – Austin the Road Warrior
The gang gets on the horn, and talks with Austin. He tells stories of his travels, while the rest of us live a regular and uneventful existance. Episode 247 –…
A Look Back, Nissan’s Best Ever Super Bowl Commercial and the Racecar that Never Was
It’s been a long-standing opinion of mine that a front engine layout can potentially work better for Prototype racing. A front engine car can easily be packaged into a body shape like…
SlipAngle Podcast /// Costa Gialamas – Crew Chief Extraordinaire
Costa Gialamas has been behind the scenes of major racing efforts since the late 90s. From Pikes Peak with Rod Millen in 1998, the only Baja 2000 held in the year 2000…
Mason’s Mean LS Powered Mustang 5….3?
Josh Mason originally found himself on the same old path that most drifters travel — an S13 240SX with an impending turbocharged LS swap. Josh, at just 26 years old,…
SlipAngle Podcast /// Eddie Lee of Titan 7 Wheels helped shape the US Sport Compact Market as we know it
Eddie Lee of Titan 7 Wheels stops by to chat about how he helped shape the import culture in North America as we know it. In the late 1990s Eddie…
2019 Super Lap Battle USA at Circuit of the Americas
I wasn’t originally planning on attending this event, but all the stars aligned and Austin ended up being a stop on a road trip. I made it to the first…
SlipAngle Podcast /// James Houghton at Super Lap Battle USA
Episode 243 – Racing is hard. SuperLapBattle USA was at COTA this weekend, and we catch up with Time Attacker James Houghton throughout the weekend to hear how things are going…
SlipAngle Podcast, now Powered by MotoIQ!
The SlipAngle podcast has been the premier track day, amateur wheel to wheel racing and performance sport compact podcast since 2015. After 241 Episodes (seriously, check out the back…
#GRIDLIFE Travels West for One-Day TrackBattle at Streets of Willow
2019 was the year that the #GRIDLIFE team finally ventured west, and brought along a unique spin on time attack that’s been run in the Midwest for a couple of…
Master of Motors: The PRI Edition!
Check it out as Industry Illuminaries Brian Lohnes, Jeff Smith, David Freiburger, and our own Mike Kojima duke it out and pick out winners in Race Winning Brands Master of…
K-Tuned Integra Type R: Team Approach!
2018 has been both an incredibly successful year while at the very same time quite a challenging year for the K-Tuned Integra Type R. The car is more powerful and faster than ever, but so is the competition. The team has been pushed throughout the year as they seek to get even more out of this amazing car and even more out of this amazing team.
Masters Of Motors Episode 1, The SEMA Edition
Check it out as Industry Illuminaries Brian Lohnes, Steve Brule, David Freiburger, and our own Mike Kojima duke it out and pick out winners in JE Pistons and Race Winning…
LA Auto Show 2018: Nerd’s Eye View – Engines and EVs
In this story, I am going to be looking at some of the latest technology behind the latest powerplants on display at the 2018 LA Autoshow be it internal combustion…
Tribute to Georg Plasa and his BMW 320 JUDD V8
For the best part of two decades, there was hardly a more recognizable name in European hill climbing than Georg Plasa. He essentially defined the entire sport on the…
Quick Spin and Nerd-Out: Jaguar I-PACE
As everyone knows, many of the OEMs are adding EVs to their lineups. I worked at an EV startup for almost three years, so I’m always keen to see…
Industry Insider: A Look Inside StopTech’s Production Facility
We have worked with StopTech on many of our project cars evaluating their excellent brake upgrades for street cars as well as some of our more involved motorsports projects in time…
Oh Boyd That’s Quick – Boyd Racing Evolution X
In drag racing, people talk about “quickest” and “fastest”. Fastest is the term associated with MPH on the timeslip. In time trials and time attack, no one really cares who’s…
WATCH: Our Favorite Things at PRI 2018!
Join the MotoIQ crew as we each pick a few of our favorite things at the 2018 Performance Racing Industry Show (PRI) in Indianapolis! SEMA is the big popular…
BBi Autosport’s Ultimate Porsche 993, Modding the Last of the Air Cooled Era Porsches
The Porsche 993 variant of the iconic 911 is perhaps one of the most significant of all the 911 models. It was in many ways a game-changing model that incorporated…
The Best of 2018: The King of Speed, PZ Tuning’s Amazing Time Attack Civic
The King of Speed, PZ Tuning’s Amazing Time Attack Civic By Mike Kojima At the end of 2018, we take another look at the all-dominating FG4 Honda Civic of William…
WATCH: 2018 SEMA Show BTS – Vince’s First Time
Want some MotoIQ BTS action? Come follow the team as we make our way around the 2018 SEMA show. We gave the youngest member of our staff a…
2019 Mazda CX-5 Turbo Winter Test Drive and Tech Dive
My wife has a 2016 Mazda CX-5 which we absolutely love. Her only complaint is that it needs more power. Apparently, many Mazda customers said the same thing. So, for…
The Performance Racing Industry Show 2018: What’s New and Cool Edition
The Performance Racing Industry (PRI) trade show happens not long after the gigantic SEMA Show every year. While SEMA focuses on the entirety of the automotive aftermarket, the PRI show,…
Mike Kojima in Masters of Motors SEMA Video!
By Shelby Crackston JE Pistons Continues Masters of Motors Competition at PRI 2018 Beginning at the 2018 SEMA show and continuing on to the PRI show, JE Pistons will once…
LA Auto Show 2018: Nerd’s Eye View – Porsche
The eye-candy this year was the 911 GT2 RS Clubsport which is the track version of the GT2 RS Porsche brought last year. The huge reveal for Porsche this year…
King Engine Bearings – Race Engine Seminar at PRI
King Engine Bearings will sponsor and host a powerful technical seminar at the 2018 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, featuring four championship race engine builders. This will be of…
Nerd’s Eye View: McLaren 720S
The McLaren 720S currently sits at the top of the supercar heap when it comes to straight-line top-end as bought off the showroom floor. A 4L, twin-turbo, V8 pushing out…
WATCH: The MOST In-Depth Look Into the CSF EVO X EVER!
We take a look at CSF Radiator’s EVO X you’ve seen all over the Internet, YouTube and even magazines in the deepest dive you’re gonna find ANYWHERE! If you…