With exactly a year to go until the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, Sky Sports News takes a closer look at the upcoming competition. On February 6, 2026, the Games return to Europe’s mountains after 12 years, and to Italy for the first time in 20 years. Milan Cortina won the … Read more
What happens to tires after our tests? We keep running them–and we keep learning. Our latest findings: Some tires get better the more you run them. Specifically, longterm testing of the Falken Azenis RT660 and the Bridgestone Potenza RE–71RS showed that tread depth, heat cycling and rotation can impact performance over the tire’s lifetime. When we first … Read more
[GRM+ members read this article first. Subscribe and gain access to more exclusive content for only $3/month.] Your track car is no fun in the garage. Sure, maybe you give it a celebratory detail job after a weekend of hard lapping, but the place where you want your track car to excel is on track. And it can’t do that if it’s broken, or acting suspicious, … Read more
No, it’s not legal for SCCA competition. Yes, it’s still fast. After watching many other competitors jump into today’s market for streetable track tires–most of which fall under the 200tw heading–Hoosier finally has an offering with its new TrackAttack Pro. While it carries that ever-popular 200tw rating, it still doesn’t meet the current SCCA regulations. How’s that? This … Read more
For something boasting nearly 700 horsepower, the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona’s press rollout seemed fairly subdued. No smoke machine, no Night Ranger-grade lasers. One of the first comments out of the mouth of Dodge Brand CEO Matt McAlear: Approach the Charger Daytona “as a muscle car first and an EV second.” Okay, Matt, you’re on. Indeed, the new … Read more
[Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the April 2006 issue of Grassroots Motorsports.] Our roads are a wasteland of construction zones, lawsuits and lackluster drivers—and that’s just what we encounter on the way to work in the morning. So while the cars of today are safer than ever before, it’s still a concrete jungle out there. The Theory … Read more
Scientists are calling for the cataloging of human artifacts left on Mars — from spacecraft and landers to rovers, probes, and other debris — to document humanity’s earliest steps in interplanetary exploration. “Our main argument is that Homo sapiens are currently undergoing a dispersal, which first started out of Africa, reached other continents, and has … Read more
Fourteen hundred miles from home, at a race track I’ve never driven before, I experienced the 2023 Honda Civic Type R at its angriest: From the passenger seat. I giggled and marveled at four-time Formula 1 race winner Sergio Pérez mercilessly overdriving one of a few new CTRs in existence. Later that day, I had … Read more
Team GB Olympic cyclist Katy Marchant has been involved in a huge crash that caused a UCI Track Champions League event in London to be abandoned. Marchant, part of the women’s team sprint who stormed to gold in a new world record time at the Paris Olympics, was competing in the women’s keirin event at … Read more