Racing
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Bernie Ecclestone continues his march toward becoming a James Bond parody villain with his latest move: adding titanium skid blocks to the race cars to make sparks like the cars of the 1980s did. The cars currently use a resin-infused wood-based reference plank, or skid plate. ALSO SEE: Jaguar XJ220 Lights Tires On Fire In Ultimate Burnout: Video It’s akin to Austin Powers’ Dr. Evil wanting sharks with (frickin’) lasers on their heads. Despite the obvious silliness of the idea, it should make for a good show—one we’ll get a preview of at the Austrian Grand Prix...
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World’s Fastest Hot Tub: Carpool DeVille Heads To Bonneville With Your Help - Video
Take one 1969 Cadillac DeVille, two crazy Canadians living in Los Angeles, a hot tub, and the need for speed, mix thoroughly, and you get this: the Carpool DeVille, on Kickstarter to raise funds for a run at Bonneville. They only need $10,000. You can help. CHECK OUT: $4.2 Million Ferrari F12 TRS...
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2014 Volkswagen Beetle Global RallyCross Championship Car Revealed
The 2014 Global RallyCross Championship got underway back in May and after the first two rounds it’s America’s Scott Speed, driving for the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team, who sits at the top of the points ladder. The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team, which also includes Tanner...
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Bentley To Enter Nürburgring 24 Hours For First Time In 2015
After making its official comeback to motorsport this year, by competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series, British automaker Bentley has already enjoyed a maiden victory with its Continental GT3 race car and is likely set for more victories given its strong performance so far. Now, Bentley is...
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2014 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix Preview: Video
Returning as a leg of the Formula One World Championship for the first time since 2003, the Austrian Grand Prix is one of the sport's classics. The first race was held back in 1964 but the original track, essentially a converted airfield, proved unpopular and so F1 wouldn’t return until 1970...
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World's Longest Car Jump Attempt Ends In Fierce Crash: New Video
French daredevil driver, skier, and rally racer Guerlain Chicherit's Guinness World Record jump attempt was promoted all around the world earlier this year. Chicherit was aiming to surpass Tanner Foust's 332-foot record with a 360-foot jump in a modified MINI Countryman rally car. The jump, which...
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The SRT Viper is no more, returning instead to its Dodge Viper SRT appellation. To match this move, the racing Vipers will shed their rather plain blue-on-silver livery of recent years and don the white stripes over red livery of the last Le Mans-winning Vipers. ALSO SEE: Tracy Morgan's Crashed Van: Photos, Report Released By NTSB It’s a brilliant move that makes for a much better-looking race car. The SRT Motorsports Dodge Viper SRT GTS-Rs that will wear the new/old colors will see their first laps in anger at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen race June 27-29, at Watkins Glen...
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Rhys Millen Thrashes Global Rallycross Car Around Streets Of Washington, D.C.: Video
The Global Rallycross Championship is one of the most exciting racing series in the United States, so where better to celebrate it than in the nation’s capital? That’s exactly what Rhys Millen has done, escorted by a police motorcade on his way to the track at RFK stadium. MUST SEE...
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Lapping Le Mans During Race Week In An Audi A8 L TDI: Video
It’s a very, very rare thing to be let out on the Circuit de la Sarthe during the 24 Hours of Le Mans race week unless you’re a racing driver—but then, that’s rare enough, too. Motor Authority was fortunate enough to have that opportunity, in an Audi A8 L TDI. What’s...
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Audi R8 LMX Lights Up At Le Mans: Mega Gallery And Video
Audi's new R8 LMX supercar was shown for the first time in public at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans this past weekend. The car was shown prior to the race, and on hand to present it was Audi racing driver Tom Kristensen who would later go on to come second overall along with Lucas di Grassi and Marc...
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Audi’s 13th Le Mans Win In Photos
Having competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1999, Audi has managed to rack up no fewer than 13 wins—that’s an 81.25 percent win rate over its 16 attempts. Intra-group rival Porsche has more overall wins (16), but it hasn’t made those wins over such a short period of...
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2014 24 Hours Of Le Mans: Gallery
The 2014 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is behind us, but the memories will live forever. With the return of Porsche to the LMP1 roster, and the new Corvette C7.R to the GT ranks, the 82nd running of the Le Mans endurance classic will remain a significant marker in the race’s history. But...
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Few races in recent history have highlighted the endurance aspect of racing the 24 Hours of Le Mans the way this year's race did, from a devastating crash in qualifying, to turbo replacements on the fly, to crashes in the rain, and more. Add in a tough new competitor in Porsche and Toyota's prototypes and drivers looking fiercer than ever, and all bets were off from the moment the checkered flag waved. ALSO SEE: Chinese-Built Volvos To Reach U.S. In 2015: Report But despite all of its troubles, despite all hopes of a podium, much less a win, seeming out of reach after just the first eight...
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Michael Schumacher Leaves Hospital, No Longer In Coma
The first good news on the condition of injured Formula One legend Michael Schumacher in months has emerged, with a statement to the media from his manager Sabine Kehm confirming the seven-time world champion has left the French hospital he’s been in since the skiing accident last December...
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One-Two Finish For Audi At Le Mans After Porsche, Toyota Suffer Woes
After a bad start to its 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans campaign, Audi emerged with its 13th overall win out of just 16 starts at the famous endurance race. Incredibly, second place was also secured by the brand with the four rings. It was the #2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 driven by Marcel...
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2014 Lotus LMP1 Unveiled At Le Mans
German racing team Kodewa, which aimed to enter the 2014 World Endurance Championship under the Lotus LMP name, competing in the LMP1-L category for private teams, was scheduled to make its debut in the third round of the championship: this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans. Unfortunately, the team...
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Toyota Takes Pole For 2014 24 Hours Of Le Mans: Video
Qualifying for the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans is now over, with the first row composed of a Toyota TS040 Hybrid and a Porsche 919 Hybrid from the LMP1 category. Toyota driver Kazuki Nakajima set a new Le Mans qualifying lap record to put the #7 Toyota TS040 Hybrid in pole position for the race, with...
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Brembo Explains Its F1 Brake Technology: Video
The world's most prominent brake supplier explains an F1 system from pedal to caliper.
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Race driver Justin Bell climbs back in a McLaren F1 GTR for some GoPro action.
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Tom Kristensen Takes Us Through A Lap Of Le Mans With Forza: Video
Nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen dissects the perfect lap of Le Mans.
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2015 Ford Mustang’s First Safety Car Duty Will Be At 2014 Quicken Loans 400 At Michigan
The 2015 Ford Mustang is about to take part in what we bet will be the first of many official safety car outings for the sixth-generation car. The first will be at the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway on June 15, 2014, and behind the wheel will be Joe...
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Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Gets Ready For 2014 24 Hours Of Le Mans
With all of the excitement surrounding the premier LMP1 category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, especially all of its technology, big-name drivers and huge budgets, it’s easy to overlook much of the action happening elsewhere. Another top category worth watching is the competitive world of LMGTE...
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Duval Unhurt After Crashing Audi R18 e-tron quattro At 167 MPH In Le Mans Practice
Numerous incidents and red flags marked the start of the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. The biggest was when Loïc Duval, an overall winner in last year’s race, lost control of the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro during practice yesterday and went airborne. ALSO SEE: 2015 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28...
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Nissan Broadcasting Live Throughout The 24 Hours Of Le Mans: Video
This weekend is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Nissan is set to write history by becoming the first team to complete a lap of a sanctioned motorsport event on electric power alone, using its ZEOD RC plug-in hybrid race car. But that’s not all Nissan has up its sleeve for this weekend’s...
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