Racing

Formula One may be downsizing to turbocharged V-6 engines this year, but it’s good to see there are still some motorsport categories where a good ol’ V-8 remains the engine of choice. One of the most exciting V-8 racing series is Australia’s V8 Supercars, which traditionally has...

The 2014 motorsport season has got off to a good start for Ferrari and its 458 GT. After victory in the GTD class at the recent Rolex 24 at Daytona, yesterday it took an overall win in the Bathurst 12 Hour event, the most important event on the Australian endurance racing calendar. The victory went...

BMW's odds'n'evens naming scheme isn't as logical as it once was, but most gearheads are prepared to forgive the German marque provided it keeps churning out great drivers cars. That includes powerful, focused M performance models. And while the new BMW 2-Series doesn't yet have a dedicated BMW M...

Retired from his winning endurance racing career, Allan McNish has taken up a job reporting on Formula 1 for the BBC. He's trading on his experience as a top-flight racer of hybrid-powered race cars, and we're buying in. Of course, McNish also has some seat time in F1 cars, too, so he may be one of...

NBC Sports will air coverage of all eight Rally America National Championship events.

In 2013 Nissan made a return to touring car racing in Australia using its Altima sedan, after exiting the sport two decades prior. The Japanese automaker was famously forced to exit the local competition in 1993 when its R32 Skyline GT-R, which at the time was dominating the field, was banned due...

With an offset 406-cubic-inch V-8, this Camaro is set to terrorize the track.

The Volkswagen Snowareg has been bringing snowy joy to the world for more than a year, but now that it's wearing Red Bull livery and thrashing about in the frosty forests of Sweden, that can only mean one thing: rally! ALSO SEE: This 963-HP, 196-MPH Mitsubishi Colt Is Totally Bonkers: Video The Red...

The Global RallyCross Championship is back for another year and one of the teams to watch in 2014 is newcomer Volkswagen, which has partnered with Andretti Autosport and will be fielding a new GRC racer based on its Beetle compact. The team has also managed to snag 2011 and 2012 GRC champion Tanner...

The Drift Garage series continues to roll forward, and in this episode the car is quite literally moving forward. Chris Forsberg and Ryan Tuerck get new components installed, which means the car is ready for a short shakedown run at a local track. The components include new suspension, a Recaro...

Porsche--understandably--is excited about its return to top-level endurance racing after sitting out for 16 years and watching sister brand Audi rack up win after win. The sports car brand has been building the excitement with the release of information surrounding its preparation for the new...

If you've been out on the roads this winter, chances are you've seen some pretty stupid low-grip maneuvers. Don't you wish there were a safe environment where normal people could learn how to control their cars on snow and ice? There is such a place. It's at Road America. Fortunately for those of...

Audi’s assortment of drivers for its campaign in the 2014 World Endurance Championship has been confirmed, and the lineup includes no less than five world champions and Le Mans winners plus a former Formula One driver. Audi will be fielding two of its 2014-spec R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans...

Formula One stalwart Ross Brawn has announced his retirement from the sport, ending months of speculation on what team he could end up following his decision last November to quit as team principal at Mercedes AMG. The British engineer, 59, made the announcement during a recent fishing trip in...

Based on one of the best road-going super sports cars we've ever driven, the McLaren 12C GT3 is even meaner and more capable when loosed on track. Soon, it will tackle the epic challenge that is the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia. For 12 full hours. While the car is likely up to the...

You can barely bring up the three letters N, S and X in car-guy company without somebody mentioning Ayrton Senna. The racing legend only had a small impact on Honda's development program for the original NSX but a few photographs and videos here and there mean the car has forever been immortalized...

Earlier this week we brought you video of a Tesla Model S giving a 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray a run for its money on the straight strip. Today, there's no doubt the Model S will win--because it's racing another Model S. It's the quietest drag race ever. Leaving the line with little more than the...

If Gran Turismo 6 itself wasn't enough justification to build a custom virtual driving setup and get busy, perhaps the latest addition to the game will persuade you: the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo now has its own race-bred edition. MUST SEE: Switzer Nissan GT-R Hits 1,212 HP On The Dyno...

An agent for Formula One racing legend Michael Schumacher has confirmed media reports that the seven-time world champion is slowly being brought out of an induced coma instigated by doctors treating him for a severe brain injury sustained during a skiing accident last month. Earlier today, agent...

"Drift missiles" are cheap, generally crappy cars used for horsing around and general tail-out antics with friends. The goal isn't to build anything pretty, or even anything particularly fast, just something mean enough to get the job done. This is how you do it. Like the missiles themselves, the...