Subjects: Design

The Goodwood Vintage Revival is one of the most prestigious events on the motorsport calendar; the British Lawnmower Championship isn’t. Although they both attract a different clientele, each event features wheel to wheel racing, engineering excellence, and an unmatched competitive spirit. The only difference is about a ton of mud.

At Goodwood, vintage car owners put their trust in father and son restoring team Ian and Will Nuthall to race their million dollar beauties to the finish line without trading paint and suffering a costly bump along the way.

Not far away, the ‘Gods of the Track’ are trying to fend off ‘Team Rhino’ in the annual Lawnmower championship. The British rains have provided a muddy track, and if they don’t drown first, the winner will have lawnmower bragging rights for another year.

Also on this episode, RJ Anderson tries to move up a class in the Lucas off-road series and gets a rude welcome from the veterans.

The Isle of Mann TT circuit is regarded as the most dangerous racetrack in the world, but motorcycle racers from near and far come back every year to capture the TT title and boast they survived.

The Porsche 918 Spider is the world’s fastest Hybrid clocking in at over 200 miles per hour.

Bryce Menzies has won almost every off-road event he’s entered but there is one race that has always eluded him, The Baja 1000. Bryce and his co-driver Pete Mortensen are determined to conquer whatever the desert throws at them this year and cross the finish line first in the iconic event. It won’t be easy, of the 240 trucks that will start, less than 10 percent will survive the ultimate endurance race.

Barefoot Bobby Williams is out to capture the crown at another iconic event: the annual Swamp Buggy Championship in Naples, Florida. If Bobby is successful he’ll win the ultimate prize, a chance to dunk Miss Swamp Buggy in the murky waters of the swamp.

When it comes to supercars, the Pagani Huayra is the epitome of luxury. Crafted by hand, the Huayra is custom designed, with no detail overlooked: from personalized paint to the ignition key that is actually a model of the car sculpted from solid aluminum. It can be yours for $1.8 million.

Ryan Villopoto is a superstar in the dirt and he’s out to capture the national championship of motocross racing. Ryan has led the points race from the beginning of the season and he can seal the championship with one more victory.

Rocky Robinson wants to go into the record book on the fastest motorcycle in the world. To get there he’ll have to go 376 miles an hour.

The Indianapolis 500 is one of the most iconic racing events on the planet, it’s a race everyone wants to win and James Hinchcliffe is no exception. But with just one week before qualifying, the Oakville, Ontario native is in a hospital bed recovering from a severe concussion.

Hinch, as he’s known to fans and friends, has the backing of one of the most successful teams on the circuit and his car is definitely fast enough, but it all comes down to whether he can recover in time to qualify for the big race.

This speedy episode will also scream down the quarter-mile at the Nitro Nationals as the top fuel funny cars top out at 300 miles an hour.

One of Britain’s top stunt drivers rears his van up on two wheels for a television commercial, and we take a McLaren P1 for a test drive on the world famous Silverstone race circuit.

The North West 200 in Northern Ireland is one of the world’s fastest and most dangerous road circuits. Alastair Seeley is a local hero, and the 34 year-old desperately wants to break the record of 15 career wins at the North West. He’ll have a chance to win at least five more times on the weekend of racing if he can avoid crashing.

Formula 2 boat racer, Tammy Wolfe is taking on the big names in a Formula 1 event on the St. Lawrence river on the Ontario/Quebec border. If Tammy has a good showing she’ll be able to move up a class.

Larry Larson is out to retain his title as World’s Fastest Street car, a smart car that’s been transformed into a dragster, and a jet powered truck tears it up on the quarter mile.

The Targa Newfoundland rally is one of those events that every racer puts on their bucket list. Not only is the race extremely challenging as it weaves through narrow village roads, but it’s also one of the most picturesque races as it hugs the Atlantic Ocean on Canada’s most rugged province. As you’ll see in this episode it’s not necessarily the fastest driver who wins the Targa, it’s the one with the car still moving at the end.

The Lindberg brothers might be the fastest siblings on the ¼-mile ever! Jonnie recently shattered the world record with a speed of 272 miles an hour. We try to catch up with Jonnie and his brother Johan as they try and seal the European Championship.

This episode will also take it off-road with the Lucas Oil dirt championships, test a state of the art electric motorcycle against its gas cousin, and see how a pair of drivers survived crashing over a cliff.

When it comes to Pikes Peak the numbers are staggering; 156 turns, 12-miles of zig-zags, a starting position at over 9000 feet, and a summit finish line at 14,115 feet. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is unlike any other race in the world; it’s not just racing against other drivers – it’s competing against the mountain.

In addition to following an electric car in its attempt to break the battery powered record, we’ll be there as a father and son both try to break the magical ten minute mark.

Shamwreck can be compared to a demolition derby, but the drivers are actually racing around a half mile track. The kamikazes behind the wheel throw out the rule book and basically bang each other all the way to the finish line.

This episode will also feature the ultimate in 50’s and 60’s hot rods, a world speed record on water, and stadium super trucks that tear it up on the Las Vegas strip.

On this episode we follow the Vesco family as they try to set a new land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The Vescos have been racing on the “flats” for three generations and they’ve held the land speed record since 2001, but the competition is closing in on their record and this year they’ll have to fend off their arch rivals, Speed Demon.

Bobby Dykes is a part-time Las Vegas bartender who gets the ride of his life behind the wheel of a million dollar Ferrari. It’s a hair-raising experience that he can only describe as “awesome on top of awesome.”

Nobody gets to school faster than Paul Stender as he fires up his jet school bus and goes head to head in an ultimate drag race with an airplane.

The dirt is kicked up and the action is bumper-to-bumper on the half-mile oval as we cover the dash for sprint car championship.

Valerie Thompson is all style and substance as she attempts to hit the magical 200-mile-per-hour mark on her motorcycle.

On ‘Surviving Speed’ we catch up with daredevil Eric Barone who limped away after a wipeout at 170 kilometers an hour on his bicycle!

Rookies Craig Breen and Lara Venneste are determined to make a name for themselves on the European Rally Championship Series, but they’ll have to do it on the toughest track on the circuit. The San Remo Rally winds through the dangerous mountains of San Remo overnight with only headlights to guide the way. It will take everything Breen has to pilot his car to the finish line.

Sabine Schmitz is Queen of the Ring. For 480 Euros a lap, Sabine scares the heck out of her passengers as she screams around the world famous Nürburgring racetrack in Germany.

Carl Renezeder and Rob MacCachren go bumper to bumper 30 feet in the air at the Lucas Oil Off-Road championships.

Mike Bowman says goodbye to his trusty old Chevelle after he goes zero to a hundred in less than two seconds.

Francois Gissy goes 285 kilometers per hour…on a jet bicycle!