Racing

The Smart ForTwo is the butt of many jokes, often for good reason. Recently, it's even become the target of some malicious practical jokers in San Francisco. This is one Smart car that's not taking any guff, however. ALSO SEE: Audi 200 Turbo Tears Up A Snow-Covered Mountain: Video Okay, so it's a...

In 2011 Nissan showed the world that it is possible to take a gamer, put him through a driver development program, unleash him at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and see him stand on the podium after the grueling racing. The story of Lucas Ordonez, original Nissan GT Academy winner, and his journey from...

Here’s yourchance to see what a race driver sees from the wheel of a prototype car at the famous Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, courtesy of Scott Sharp and a prototype visor cam. DON'T MISS: Hennessey's Emotional Journey To Break The World Speed Record With Venom GT: Video From the cockpit of...

Racing used to be a very different sort of sport, even at the highest levels. The pros in Formula 1 didn’t just drive F1 races—they often moonlighted in Formula 2 or other series, both for fun and profit. That’s how Jim Clark, one of the most legendary drivers of all time, met his...

Mercedes AMG has secured its fourth consecutive one-two finish in the 2014 Formula One World Championship, with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg fighting it out right to the very end of yesterday’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton was the victor (for the fourth...

The Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, home of the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, is a track all the teams know intimately and one where conditions can change significantly throughout the race, mainly due to the weather. The latest forecast for Sunday’s race is partly cloudy skies and a...

The engine is dead, long live the power unit. Well, that’s the assertion of Mercedes-Benz which came up with it when crafting the new power unit for its 2014 Formula One car. As the automaker explains, the change in terminology reflects the fact that the power unit in the latest Mercedes AMG...

Nowhere is the silence of electric vehicles more apparent than at the dragstrip. When Top Fuel cars regularly hit 150 decibels and shake your body to its core, their electric equivalents sail down the strip with an eerie silence. MUST READ: 2015 Lamborghini Huracán First Drive They're not...

Round five of the 2014 Formula One World Championship brings teams to Spain for the country’s annual grand prix, which once again is being held at the Circuit de Catalunya, located just outside of Barcelona. This is the first European race on the calendar and it promises to deliver plenty of...

If you were choosing a car to run one lap of America, what would you select? If you're BMW of North America you've pretty much limited yourself to BMWs, but a 2014 M235i sports coupe doesn't sound like such a bad steed even so. Okay, so One Lap of America doesn't actually circumnavigate the entire...

Most who've driven Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will tell you that the infamous Corkscrew is far from the most challenging turn on the course. They're right... but that doesn't matter because it remains one of the most iconic turns in motorsports. The reason behind it is due to the massive elevation...

In 1969, Dodge created a bewinged beast for the NASCAR circuit and called it the Dodge Charger Daytona. That car was a Charger that had been turned up to 11 thanks to the addition of a serious amount of aero bodywork. In 1970, it was Plymouths turn to get in on the action, and the automaker did so...

Audi is working on a second generation of its R8 supercar, and that means a new version of the R8 LMS ultra race car is also due. Here is a video that depicts what’s likely to be the second generation of the R8 LMS in its initial shakedown test. The video, posted to YouTube by user...

If you're a Datsun fan, you most certainly know the name John Morton. You also know of Pete Brock, of course, thanks to his efforts with the Brock Racing Enterprises race team that's better known as BRE. ALSO SEE: 2014 Callaway Corvette Makes Debut At National Corvette Museum Morton and Brock...

Moving race engineering to a new location will help centralize GM's development efforts.

Though he only lived to the age of 34, Ayrton Senna da Silva is widely regarded by past and present racers the world around to be one of, if not the all-time, greatest to have taken a wheel in anger. It was 20 years ago today that the Brazilian, with three Formula One world championships, 41 wins...

When an automaker is trying to figure out which driver it should invite to test out one of its new cars, certain pro wheelers rank higher than others. If the car is the 2015 Subaru WRX STI, it makes sense to find someone familiar with that style of car. That's why Subaru of Canada invited Tommi...

Despite the fact that the Nürburgring is completely different from almost any real world roads out there, car manufacturers continue to use the track as a testing bed for their cars. One of the most prominent is Nissan, whose 2015 GT-R NISMO equipped with an available N-Attack package managed...

Two former U.S. Nissan GT Academy winners will race the remainder of the 2014 season together.

Car obsession is an indiscriminate condition; we all have it. But among a small percentage of the afflicted, car obsession takes on the form of racing. Symptoms of racing can include elevated heart rate, perspiration, incipient poverty, and very large smiles. Most of those with racing in their...