Racing

The Rolex 24 at Daytona is now over for the year, and while the prototypes may be the nominal headliners, it’s the GTD field—the real cars—that capture our attention. Prior to the race, Audi ran hot laps around the race circuit in two very real cars: the bone-stock, street legal...

This past weekend was the 53rd running of the Daytona 24 Hours, and the winning team was Chip Ganassi Racing running a Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype powered by an EcoBoost V-6 in the premier Prototype category. Taking turns behind the wheel of the winning #2 car were Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Kyle...

The men and women at Ferrari’s Tailor Made personalization department have revealed their latest creation, a special F12 Berlinetta built to honor the victory of Belgian racing team Ecurie Nationale Belge in the GT category of the 1964 Tour de France Automobile. The team fielded a silver 250...

The race is over, the stands empty, the fans looking forward to Sebring. The winners are celebrating, the rest of the field is commiserating, rallying, looking forward to Sebring. This is the time to look back at the Rolex 24, to enjoy what it was—and what it wasn’t—before moving...

NASCAR star Jeff Gordon has announced that 2015 will be his last full season in the sport. He broke the news to his team, Hendrick Motorsports, who he’s driven for since November 1992, at a meeting this morning. MUST WATCH: Nissan GT-R Blows A Tire At 200MPH, Driver Keeps It Together: Video...

While Renault’s presence in Formula One continues to fade (it’s now just an engine supplier to a handful of teams), the French automaker through its Renaultsport performance arm remains active in other forms of motorsport. Recently, it announced the formation of a new one-make series...

January 22, 2015 Update: The BBC has obtained security footage showing the crime taking place. Unfortunately, none of the thieves have been identified and 40 of the trophies still remain missing. Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner described the theft as being a "pointless crime" and...

This is the Lamborghini Huracán GT3. No, not the stylish man. The bright green car. It’s a race car. WATCH: Chevy Corvette Z06 Versus Dodge Viper TA: America Wins The Huracán GT3 will race in the Blancpain Endurance Series in Europe this season, joining the LP 620-2 Super Trofeo...

Williams is the first to reveal its new car for the 2015 Formula One World Championship. The British team, which reigning world champion Mercedes AMG sees as its biggest threat going into the new season, is sticking with a Mercedes power unit and has gone with an evolutionary design for its latest...

No matter which side you’re on here, you’re on the same side. Why? Because America. Whether you’re a fan of the Viper T/A or the Chevy Z06, both cars are great examples of how America can do things for right around $100,000 that the rest of the world doesn’t even attempt for...

This year’s Dakar Rally is now over, and the winners of the grueling event is none other than MINI, together with its performance partner X-Raid Team. This is the fourth-straight victory for MINI in the Dakar, which took place over the past two weeks in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. Nasser...

Porsche had been away from the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans for many years, until last year when it ran the race with its new 919 Hybrid in the top LMP1 category. The German automaker missed out on the win, which went to sister brand Audi, but it will be heading back this year (along with full...

Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will be driving for McLaren this season, which as most F1 fans would know will be powered by Honda engines once again. Having been driving Ferraris and Maseratis in his off-time since 2010 (when he first joined former employer Scuderia Ferrari)...

Volkswagen will be out to claim its third consecutive title in the grueling competition known as the World Rally Championship, with a new version of its Pole R WRC. The new rally car was unveiled overnight at an event at VW’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, and will see its first...

The current land speed record for a drivable object on four wheels is 763 mph, as set by fighter pilot Andy Green back in 1997 behind the wheel of the Thrust SSC (supersonic car). Green and British engineering group Bloodhound are now working on a new supersonic car, one that could potentially...

If you need any more reason to watch the video above than Walter Röhrl and a pair of 600-hp Audi rally cars, you might want to reassess your life. DON'T MISS: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Runs 1/4-Mile On Performance Data Recorder: Video Also joining the fun, piloting the Audi S1 EKS RX, rallycross...

This piece of history may look like a mashup of the Batmobile and a first-generation Corvette, but it’s more significant than that. It’s the first factory-built and sponsored Corvette-based race car to come out of General Motors, with design and performance work done by the Fathers of...

If you’ve ever spent the afternoon wondering which would win in a drag race between the 691-hp Tesla Model S P85D and the 691-hp Lamborghini Aventador, you’ve got too much time on your hands—but you’re also just like us. Here, we see the result of exactly that fantasy...

The reveal of new ‘Vision’ concept cars developed purely to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Gran Turismo video game series is starting to get a bit old hat—after all, we’ve been seeing them periodically rolled out since November of last year—but the latest from...

The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is set to launch its new Ford Performance brand at next month’s 2015 Detroit Auto Show and word on the street is that a new GT supercar might be unveiled to help launch the brand with a bang. This would be in addition to some awesome machinery such as a new...