Racing

Fresh from its debut at March’s Geneva Motor Show, Audi’s new R8 supercar in race car trim will be among the many cars at the Nürburgring this weekend taking part in the German circuit’s annual 24-hour race. The racing version of the new Audi supercar is the R8 LMS, and...

Once-dominant Formula One team Red Bull Racing has been struggling all season with it's Renault-sourced power plants—and signs seem to be pointing toward Audi coming to its rescue. Details come from Auto Express, which writes that the key obstacle to entering F1 was recently departed chairman...

There was a time when McLaren dominated Formula One racing. One of its premier machines was the MP4/4 from the 1988 season, where it won 15 of the 16 races held. Those days, with the likes of Ayrton Senna doing the driving, might feel like a bit of bygone era at the moment for Macca fans, as the...

After pushing hard throughout the 2015 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg ended the weekend with a decisive victory. His teammate Lewis Hamilton was second, but the current 2015 Drivers’ Championship points leader finished...

Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg showed he’s still a force to be reckoned with in the 2015 Formula One World Championship by securing pole position for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, which once again is taking place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The German put in a...

Front-wheel drive. Also known as wrong-wheel drive, at least in performance driving circles. Yes, front-drive cars can be made to go very fast—but it’s always a compromise compared to rear-drive cars. Or is it? MUST WATCH: POV Video Of The 1,341-HP Koenigsegg One:1 Hitting 225 MPH...

Just ten short years. That’s all it took for Miller Motorsports Park, the longest road course in America, to go from breaking ground to closing up shop. Located 35 minutes outside Salt Lake City in Tooele, Utah, Miller Motorsports Park has hosted professional car and motorcycle racing as well...

Yoan Droumenq and Gabriel Durand were working together to get their Citroen C2 rally car from one end of the Rally Ronde de la Durance stage to the other. They didn't quite get there though. Getting squirrelly through a series of small turns in a tight section of track, the car connected with one...

The Spanish Grand Prix, the first of the European races in the 2015 Formula One World Championship, got underway this morning in beautiful Barcelona with the first of the free practice sessions. The event’s Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya home is a familiar one for all the teams, as it was...

The ‘Flying Mile’ is a historical high-water mark, a thing of legend. In 1927, Sir Malcolm Campbell drove a modified Bentley—the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird—to a U.K. land speed record of 174.8 mph. That’s faster than most of today’s sports cars, just 41 years...

While Jaguar took a rather lengthy—meaning nearly half a century—break from the business of making sports cars, in the post-war years, the marque was as synonymous with performance as it was with prestige. DON'T MISS: Tesla's New Battery Can Power Your Home So to celebrate its 80th...

NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon isn’t racing as much as he used to but the four-time Sprint Cup champion will be at next month’s 2015 Indianapolis 500, where he’ll be behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 pace car. This will be the 13th time a Corvette has served as the official...

Despite entering its 17th year, the Gumball 3000 rally—it’s more of a road trip than rally and doesn’t involve any actual racing—remains as popular as ever, with this year’s assortment of celebrities and well-heeled car fans taking part now including reigning Formula...

There are many things the Nissan GT-R excels at—but thanks to its all-wheel drive, drifting typically isn’t one of them. But this is no typical GT-R. It’s a 1,000-hp smoke-belching, rear-wheel drive beast. ALSO SEE: Nissan GT-R Blows A Tire At 200MPH, Driver Keeps It Together...

Like many occupations, motor racing can become a family business. And if what happened over the weekend is any indication, so does winning. MUST SEE: Road Rage Camaro A-Hole Wrecks Himself Into Big Rig: Video In his Formula 4 debut, Mick Schumacher—16-year-old son of seven-time Formula One...

Toyota is keen to get the message out about its new fuel cell-powered Mirai and recently launched a video that attempts to convey to the masses the somewhat dubious benefits of a vehicle that runs on hydrogen. The Japanese automaker is now taking its promotional efforts a step further, announcing...

Having already missed April 12’s opening round of the 2015 World Endurance Championship at the Silverstone Circuit in the U.K., Nissan has confirmed that its new GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 racer won’t be ready for the next round at Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps on May 2 but will be on the...

At a recent drift event in Japan, former D1 champion Nobuteru Taniguchi took to the course in a stock Tesla Model S. Right away the car seems eager to invoke sideways shenanigans, and the driver is able to link a few turns together. It's clear that the mighty power output and instant torque of the...

Fire is still the main scare for nearly all racing drivers, whether professional or amateur. But sudden and catastrophic mechanical failure has to come in a close second. Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima experienced the latter at this year’s Race to the Sky. ALSO SEE: Ultra-Exotic Parking Problems...

With gamers turned racers taking podiums and points in series around the world at this point, it’s no wonder the Nissan GT Academy is coming back for a fifth season. The timing of the announcement is certainly liable to get ganja-loving gamers winking and nodding at each other, but for those...