Racing
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Aston Martin will promote its motorsports activities with an event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
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Lotus LMP1 To Be Unveiled At Le Mans But Won’t Race
German racing team Kodewa, which aimed to enter the 2014 World Endurance Championship under the Lotus banner, 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. It’s since been...
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Enhanced Ayrton Senna NSX Video Shows The Importance Of Footwork
Called a “BigFoot” video by its creator, YouTube user MaxxUK, this video recasts Ayrton Senna’s famous drive around Suzuka in a Honda NSX with an emphasis on Senna’s footwork. MUST SEE: Tree Crushes Million-Dollar Toyota 2000GT Why? Because the pedals don’t just make...
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Porsche 911 Carrera S Martini Racing Edition Commemorates Zuffenhausen's Le Mans Return
Porsche celebrates its return to Le Mans with a blast from the past.
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Racer Wrecks At 100 MPH, Charges Back From 25th To First: Video
This is an incredible example of luck, determination, and skill all coming together to yield an unlikely but heroic result. READ: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06: 650 hp, 650 lb-ft, Most Powerful GM Ever Starting at outside of the front row of a 33-car Spec Racer Ford field at Texas World Speedway, Denny...
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Ferrari Forms Partnership With Shangri-La Hotels And Resorts
Guests staying at Shangri-La hotels and resorts in Asia and Europe will soon be able to experience Ferrari’s Challenge one-make racing series up close. Ferrari has formed a partnership with the luxury hotel chain, making it an official hotel partner for the Ferrari Challenge and some of the...
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race was first held in 1923.
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Lotus Celebrates F1 History With Exige LF1: Forbidden Fruit
Lotus is celebrating its Formula One provenance with a special edition Exige S called the Exige LF1 (Lotus F1). The car marks the 81 victories in F1 that have been made by Lotus-branded cars, from the very first win at the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix up to the final one at the 2013 Australian Grand...
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Daniel Ricciardo Canadian GP Victory Ends Mercedes AMG Winning Streak
Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo finally ended Mercedes AMG’s six-race winning streak in the 2014 Formula One World Championship after claiming victory yesterday in the Canadian Grand Prix. The Australian capitalized on car trouble experienced by Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and...
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Rosberg Edges Out Hamilton For 2014 Canadian Grand Prix Pole
Mercedes AMG has locked out the front row for the 2014 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, with Nico Rosberg securing pole position earlier today during qualifying. His teammate Lewis Hamilton will start next to him in tomorrow’s race, setting up the Mercedes AMG team for yet another...
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Human Car Sound Simulator Nails It Four Times In A Row: Video
We’ve all done it, but some of us are better at it than others. Making car sounds with your mouth is an elemental part of being an enthusiast. This guy makes some truly amazing car sounds. ALSO SEE: Dubai Police Cars Are The World's Fastest: Video Live from the grounds of Rally Australia (via...
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2014 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix Weather Forecast
Weather conditions look good for this weekend’s 2014 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, with the forecast for Sunday’s race just a touch of cloud scatter and a warm peak temperature of 81 degrees F (27 degrees C). The weather is predicted to be much the same on Saturday, and though there...
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Audi sends fellow Volkswagen Group property Porsche a message.
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Jim Pace Rips McLaren M6B Around Road America: Video
From 1966 to 1987, the Canadian-American Challenge Cup delighted motorsports fans around the world. Better known as Can-Am, this series saw amazing drivers win hard fought races in a wide range of truly wonderful machines. The glory days of the late 60's and early 70's featured Phil Hill and Jacky...
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2014 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix Preview
Round Seven of the 2014 Formula One World Championship brings us to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix, held at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. The 2.71-mile circuit is situated on the man-made Ile Notre Dame in the St Lawrence river and it's the first high-speed challenge of the season. A lap of...
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Haas Formula 1 entry pushed back to 2016
Gene Haas recently made quite a stir when he announced that his racing team would be venturing into the world of Formula 1. American drivers haven't fared so well in F1 as of late, and an American driver hasn't even competed in the series since 2007. We used to have top talent many decades ago, but...
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2015 Aston Martin Vantage GT To Race In Nürburgring 24 Hours
Aston Martin’s recently revealed 2015 Vantage GT, or Vantage N430 if you’re outside the U.S., will run in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race. Two examples will be entered, one of them in the SP8 class and another in the SP10 class. The cars will race in...
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Anatomy Of Bloodhound SSC's 1,000 MPH Record Attempt
According to the laws of physics, speed is relative. To a snail, human walking pace is an incomprehensible velocity, yet virtually everything in the universe is standing still compared to the speed at which light travels. MUST SEE: McLaren P1 Vs. Bugatti Veyron Drag Race In The Wild: Video To us...
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Everybody wants a quick fix these days. A few seconds of entertainment, followed by a few more. But if you can spare about ten minutes today, you should use it to watch Gazoo Racing's Lexus LFA race car circumnavigate the famous Nürburgring-Nordschleife in preparation for this year's Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance event. There are several reasons this video deserves ten minutes of your time. One is that it's always fascinating to travel with a professional race driver, extracting speeds from a car that few mortals could ever achieve. The next is that it's the...
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Mitsubishi Gears Up For 2014 Pikes Peak With 603-HP Electric Racer
Mitsubishi will tackle the Pikes Peak Hill Climb for the third time in a row using an electric race car packing similar technology to that found in its i-MiEV zero-emission minicar. The Japanese automaker will be bringing two third-generation electric racers, known as the MiEV Evolution III, and...
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Promo Event With Mercedes Racing Drivers Pascal Wehrlein & Nico Rosberg Goes Wrong
On Tuesday a promotional event involving Mercedes-Benz racing drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Rosberg went horribly wrong, with two people needing to be taken to hospital. Wehrlein, a DTM driver, and Rosberg, current points leader in the 2014 Formula One World Championship, were driving in...
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Lamborghini Recruits Test Drivers For New Huracán LP 610-4 Super Trofeo Race Car
Now that Lamborghini’s new Huracán LP 610-4 supercar has been revealed and is on its way to customers all over the globe, attention turns to its racing variant being developed for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo racing series that runs in North America, Europe and Asia...
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Hatchbacks Driven In Anger Is Our New Favorite Racing Series: Video
Motorsport exists in a massively wide range of styles. Some prefer the sweet science of Formula 1, while others like the dusty, dirty circle tracks that exist scattered around the Southern U.S. No matter what type of car or course you like, there exists something for everyone. Today, however, I've...
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Porsche Tells Us Just How Efficient Its 919 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype Is: Video
As the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race draws ever closer—now just three weekends away—Porsche has revealed even more details of its 919 Hybrid endurance racer. Not only is the car aiming for success at the famous French endurance race, but Porsche sees it as a test-bed for future...
Antony Ingram