Racing
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Swedish racing driver Mattias Ekström, a man with several titles under his belt, including two in the unique Race of Champions event, has found a new endeavor: the World Rallycross Championship. Ekström will compete in the inaugural season of World RX this year driving a rally car based on the latest Audi S1 hot hatch. Ekström has competed primarily in DTM, together with Audi, but he’s also been active in rallying, having competed previously in the World Rally Championship. As Autoblog points out, he’s also enjoyed a few stints in rallycross--a sport where drivers...
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Audi Heads To Spa With Two New Cars: WEC Round 2
The perennial front-runners in Le Mans racing, Audi's prototypes suffered a very difficult weekend at Silverstone, crashing both cars and retiring with no points--the first time ever for Audi Motorsport. Both cars were too damaged to repair, requiring the complete reassembly of each from scratch...
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Watch The 2014 BMW M4 DTM Race Car In New Promo Video
The BMW M4 coupe DTM race car has begun testing.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
FIA Planning Historic Formula One Series?
The FIA is reportedly considering a "masters" series for F1's senior stars.
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Peugeot Reveals Its Dakar Racer, The 2008 DKR
Peugeot and multiple World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb made headlines last year with their dominance of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. This year, two other rally champions will pilot the French marque's latest project: the 2008 DKR. Loosely based on Peugeot's Juke-sized compact...
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Bentley To Enter North American Racing Series Pirelli World Challenge
Bentley is the latest automaker to announce its intentions to compete in the North American racing series that is the Pirelli World Challenge. Other recent entrants include Acura, which will start racing later this year, and McLaren, which entered the fray at the start of the 2014 season. ALSO SEE...
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It would be an amazing experience to run a Pirelli World Challenge car at Long Beach. Heck, we'd be down to run a street car around Long Beach (and your author was fortunate enough to do that, once before). Still, a race car on a city circuit is a wild adventure packed into cozy confines. DON'T MISS: Hear the $3.4 Million Lykan Hypersport Start & Drive: Video Long Beach is a famous circuit because it yields good racing that's enjoyed by a crowd that's into every second of the action. Driver Mike Skeen recently uploaded a clip that allows you to ride along with him as he does battle during...
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Toyota Wins Opening Round Of 2014 WEC, Porsche Comes Third In Debut Race
The opening round of the 2014 World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Silverstone, took place over the weekend and Toyota with its TS040 Hybrid emerged the victor in the premier LMP1 category of the rain-affected race. The race was red flagged because of heavy rain 24 minutes before the...
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Mercedes AMG Takes Third Straight One-Two Finish At 2014 F1 Chinese Grand Prix
The Mercedes AMG Formula One team looks unstoppable at the moment, with its star driver Lewis Hamilton winning yesterday’s 2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in dominant style and in the process earning himself his first three-race winning streak and the Mercedes team its fourth consecutive...
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Diesel Drag Truck Destroys Track In High-Speed Crash: Video
If you've ever doubted the might of a highly tuned diesel pickup, let this video put that to rest, even as it plants the seeds of a nightmare in your mind. Rolling coal and accelerating like a supercar, this diesel Dodge slams into a barrier and does a barrel roll that will stay with you. DON'T...
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America may be headed back to F1 thanks to Gene Haas
America has had a turbulent, troubled, but at times successful relationship with Formula 1. Soon, that difficult history may get a new chapter courtesy of Stewart-Haas co-owner Gene Haas, who recently secured a Formula 1 team license from the FIA. Since the beginning, but especially of late...
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2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix Weather Forecast
Conditions are predicted to be only slightly overcast for this weekend’s 2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix taking place at the Shanghai International Circuit. We may still see some rain during tomorrow’s qualifying session, but things are expected to remain dry during Sunday's race...
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Subaru will give showgoers an early peek at its 2015 WRX STI Global RallyCross car at the 2014 New York Auto Show.
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2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix Preview
We’re now at the fourth race of the 2014 Formula One season, the Chinese Grand Prix, which once again is taking place at the Shanghai International Circuit. This year the race coincides with the Beijing Auto Show, so there will be a lot of focus on China this weekend for automotive fans...
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Formula Drift Rivalries Surface In Latest 'Drift Chronicles': Video
The 2014 Formula Drift season is finally here, and it's already shaping up to be epic. For those who aren't familiar, Formula Drift--or Formula D as some refer to it--has already been here in the States for quite a long time--in fact, last year was its 10th anniversary. As the Formula D season...
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Alpine Back For Another Season Of Motorsport
After making its motorsport comeback last year, the Alpine performance division of French automaker Renault is now back for another season of motorsport, once again competing in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) with its A450 LMP2 race car. Partnered with formidable French team Signatech, and with...
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Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali Resigns
The team principal for the Ferrari Formula One team, Stefano Domenicali, has called it quits after failing to earn the team a Drivers’ Championship in the six years he’s been running the show. Domenicali’s resignation comes just days out from the fourth round of the 2014 F1...
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Bentley Motorsport Comeback Off To A Good Start
After announcing its intention to return to motorsport two years ago, and doing reasonably well in a warm-up event last year, Bentley has now opened its 2014 racing account with a strong performance at the first round of the Blancpain Endurance Series in Monza, Italy over the weekend. The...
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If you could take out the incessant left turns and spectacular crashes, a typical NASCAR race is essentially a four-hour commercial for at least 43 different companies, but these sponsorships keep cars on the track and the shop lights on. So if you’re going to pander to your corporate sponsors, why not have fun with it. This is exactly what Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. did to help Valvoline--the “official motor oil sponsor of Hendrick Motorsports”--celebrate its 140th anniversary with the Valvoline Reinvention Project. WATCH: Hear The...
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Man Makes Paper F1 Car, Gets Job At Red Bull Racing: Video
See how one man went from crafting cars from paper to crafting them from carbon fiber.
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Snow Drifting In A Prototype Racer? Jon Olsson Shows Us How: Video
Unable to ski at present because of an injury, Swedish adventure skier Jon Olsson has come up with another way to hit the slopes: behind the wheel of a 600-horsepower prototype race car. As the video above shows, Olsson drives up the mountain in the prototype, which is actually his street-legal...
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Watch A Turbo Hearse Run A 9-Second Quarter Mile: Video
If you’ve died and don’t want to be late to your own funeral, this is your ride. Built by AMS Performance, this turbocharged Caprice hearse claims to be the fastest coffin-carrier in the world. It can run the quarter-mile in the high-9-second range, as it demonstrates in this video...
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Marussia Sports Car Company Disbanded, F1 Team Unaffected: Report
A report out of Russia claims that sports car firm Marussia, formed in 2007 by former racing driver Nikolay Fomenko, has been disbanded and staff reassigned to a government project. Fomenko had developed a pair of sports car prototypes under the Marussia brand, the B1 and B2, and in 2010 bought a...
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BMW Laser Headlights To Make Motorsports Debut At Nürburgring 24-Hour Race
BMW says its Z3 GT3 will be the first race car equipped with laser headlights.
Stephen Edelstein