Grassroots Motorsports

6 days ago | grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood

If you’ve ever used a drill to turn a round hole into an oval–it’s okay to admit it–then you understand the basic theory behind a mill. As we explained in the last installment of “Making Stuff,” a lathe spins the work while holding the tool steady, while a mill spins the tool while holding the work steady. But what can you make with one? Well, nearly anything. Especially when it’s paired with a lathe, very few parts of a race car are off limits. Need to cut a keyway in that shaft?

1 week ago | grassrootsmotorsports.com | No Time |J.A. Ackley |Keith Tanner

By J.A. Ackley May 7, 2025 | Chevrolet, Corvette, Chevrolet Corvette Photography courtesy Chevrolet This might be the rare case where fewer buttons and one more screen might be a good thing. Hear me out on the refreshed interior for the 2026 Corvette. If you’re spiritedly driving a sports car around, you don’t want to be fumbling for climate controls. The 2025 edition had a comical number of buttons for that.

1 week ago | grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood

For many of you, you’re either eyeing the calendar for the first track and autocross events of the year, or you’re still faced with the prospect of another few weeks of nothing while your world thaws out. Here in Florida, the “season” pretty much goes on year-round, even if we do complain about showing up to the track on a day in the 50s. Look, when the heaviest thing you own is a thin hoodie with your favorite band’s logo on it, you have a little bit different frame of reference.

1 week ago | grassrootsmotorsports.com | Tom Suddard |Andy Hollis |Colin Wood |David S. Wallens

By Tom Suddard May 6, 2025 | Hyundai, One Lap of America, Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Photography by Tom Suddard and Andy Hollis By Tom Suddard and Andy HollisBy day three, the Tire Rack One Lap of America Presented by Grassroots Motorsports was in full swing. Proven when we woke up, stared at the ceiling for a few minutes, and honestly couldn’t remember what city we were in. Oh, right.

1 week ago | grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood

By David S. Wallens May 6, 2025 | Toyota, FX16, Toyota Corolla Photography courtesy Toyota unless otherwise credited Remember the Toyota Corolla FX16? We do. Heck, we even ran them as factory-backed magazine project cars, putting an up-and-coming autocrosser named Randy Pobst behind the wheel. The year was 1987.