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The Porsche 991 GT3: Sports car or Supercar?

If you happened to be paying attention to Xtreme Xperience’s social media posts this week (12/14/14 – 12/20/14), well then you’d likely know that we just took delivery of a brand new Porsche! Not just any Porsche. We bought a…

Gift Guide for the Ultimate Driving Enthusiast

Around the holidays, things get a bit crazy around the Xtreme Xperience office. Calls pour in from the everywhere, with shoppers looking to buy the ULTIMATE gift for their adrenaline seeking friends and family. Many…

4 Simple Ways to Learn a New Track

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Top performance driving tips on how to learn a new track for the first time. Visiting a new track is always fun, but make sure you do your research first. It can be quite intimidating…

How the McLaren 12C can Save Your Life

The McLaren 12C (as it’s now known) is the first supercar to come out of the McLaren Workshop since the F1 back in the early 1990s’. With its’ innovative design and Formula 1 inspired technologies…

Happy Birthday to Ferruccio Lamborghini

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To the man who started it all with a fondness for sports cars and a grudge against a formidable opponent. Ferruccio Elio Arturo Lamborghini, born April 28, 1916, was a man of many things. As…

Pagani Envisioned the Future of Supercars

How Leonardo Da Vinci helped create Pagani, and changed your life. Horacio Pagani, the father of the Zonda and now the Huayra, saw the era of carbon fiber well before anyone else ever did. From…

How a Formula 1 Car is Made

Red Bull reveals the Infiniti RB9 Formula 1 car

Red Bull & their Formula 1 car the RB9 have been dominating this year’s Formula 1 Series. And who would have thought that they built it to do just that? In their video series “How…

Where’s Your Car Been? VIN Number Tells All

Vehicle Identification Numbers, or VIN for short, are essentially the serial number for your car. They consist of a combination of 17 letters and numbers and tell you everything from what country the car was…

Shelby Gave Us The Mustang We Use Today

If you’ve been to one of our events then you know that we have professional drivers leading our pack of Supercars in stock Ford Mustangs, Chevy Camaros, and sometimes a BMW 3 Series. As of…

How Lamborghini’s Fighting Bull Was Born

The Lamborghini Aventador – One of the most iconic Lamborghini’s we know today. It began as a project to celebrate the company’s history and legacy over the past 50 years. From the beginning the car…

Why Traction Control is a Smart Thing to Leave ON

Steve Sutcliffe from Autocar UK tries a little experiment involving a Lamborghini Gallardo and their ESP Traction Control system. Like many cars today, you have the ability to turn the traction control on and off….

Know the Racing Flags and What They’re Telling You?

In this week’s episode of Track Times we’re talking with Bob, a track manager out at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, about the various flags you see being waved at the racetrack. Each Racing Flag…

Why a Turbocharger Can Make All the Difference

Turbochargers can be seen in many different models of cars. From turbo diesels to sports cars, they improve your engine’s output and the overall performance of your car significantly. Like in our Porsche 911 Turbo…

Sitting at the Controls of the Ferrari F430 on Track Times

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In this week’s episode of Track Times Joe goes through and shows us all the features of our Rosso Corsa Convertible F430 while out at the Pittsburgh event. www.XXSPEED.com Filmed at: Pittsburgh International Raceway –…

3 Minutes That Can Save You Thousands On Tires

Announcing the first installment of “Track Times”! In this pilot episode Joe will be going over how we read treadwear and keep you safe on the racetrack. It’s an important thing to keep an eye…

Carbon Fiber Construction Presented by Koenigsegg

Ever wondered how carbon fiber is made for car parts? Let’s just say it’s not as simple as Tony Stark telling Jarvis to start fabrication. The process is quite labor intensive. So who better to…

Where’s Your Car Been? VIN Number Tells All

Vehicle Identification Numbers, or VIN for short, are essentially the serial number for your car. They consist of a combination of 17 letters and numbers and tell you everything from what country the car was…