Speciale is spectacular

When he's not ripping in the family LaFerrari, our favorite Italian supercar hooner might be in his Ferrari 458 Speciale.

Monza again and I know some American viewers might have a cow watching but, European track day rules are less nanny state dictated than the US versions.

The car just looks so balanced and is driven, often sideways, with great skill.     Towards the end of the clip M comes up behind a LaFerrari driven by someone who is only fast on the straights....

the 458 Speciale is no slouch but,  good god the LaFerrari is a beast!  (check it out around the 2:20 mark).

Have a nice week end!

Hooning LaFerrari

You remember of course all those Enzo and FXX track videos we first posted here on Axis and subsequently spread to the whole internet,  right?

Well, or favorite Italian hypercar hooner has recently upgraded.  Gone is the black Enzo and the Black FXX with the Italian colors on the spoiler and in comes a badass Black LaFerrari.

You may find the name ludicrous but so is the power of this beast. Not too many owners will have the will and the skill to vaporize those 345 rear tires using every one of this 960 HP in a way that will make Chris Harris green with envy.  Felipe Massa maybe.

Please note the speed this car picks up speed going sideways and imagine what it must be under full traction.  

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Easter Hooning.

Stee took big black Bertha and some old Hankooks up to Monticello for a little holiday hoonage.  The tires did not survive the festivities.

Happy hooning everyone!

S.O.H.!

When Lewis Hamilton tried to hoon an MCoupe...

Lewis Hamilton tried to drift a BMW MCoupe...

A few years later, Lewis would get into some ridiculous trouble for honing.  Clearly it was all Chris Harris' fault.  

If they keep to their usual schedule,  a video of mighty Merc wagons destroying rear tires should pop up  later today on Drive

Open letter to Ken Block

Dear Ken

Your Gymakana videos are some of the most awesome automotive footage ever filmed and what you have accomplished in terms of exposing hundreds of millions to... well, hooning, is beyond description.

But let's face it,  as fantastic as your videos have been, they are a variation on the same theme: awesomely produced shots of a monster 4WD rally car dodging assorted obstacles on a closed course.

As you are certainly planning future hooning excellence, let us humbly propose a new challenge for you.
Axis will gladly provide a polo shirt, white socks and loafers for you to properly recreate what is possibly the one video that got us all started thinking sideways:  Stefan Roser's classic RUF Yellowbird run at the Nürburgring.

Picture it,  Schwedenkreuz sideways at 140 this time in glorious multi camera HD. Maybe you could throw in a loop around a biker!

I know you have a deal with Ford, I know you have your own line of shoes and clothes but you're Ken Block, you can do anything you want at this point, will you not find a way make the most rabid of your fans happy?

Cheers
Axis of Oversteer

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