Racing

  • Ryan Tuerck drifts up a pristine mountain road

    This video isn't especially special in the realm of drift videos, except for a couple of very important facts: it's shot beautifully, and the entire run appears to be a first take. Fans of things like Ken Block's Gymkhana are familiar with seemingly space-bending maneuvers with high-horsepower drift cars, but it doesn't take a very sharp eye to see the evidence of rehearsal: tons of rubber already laid along the path of the recorded maneuvers. Here, you won't see that. What you will see is a very impressive first run through a beautiful, sun-dappled, forested mountain road. How can you tell?...

  • Nissan DeltaWing race car, 2012 L.A. Auto Show
    Nissan Exits The DeltaWing Racer Project

    Though the radically-styled DeltaWing racer wasn’t developed by automaker Nissan, Nissan is the company that most fans associate with the futuristic race car. After all, the DeltaWing has usually sported the Nissan logo on its bodywork, and Nissan provided the 1.6-liter engine (tuned by...

  • Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes AMG Petronas W04 - image: Mercedes AMG Petronas
    Lewis Hamilton Loses Brakes, Crashes Mercedes W04 In Testing

    If you’re the superstitious type, you probably view a crash by F1 star Lewis Hamilton on his first full day of testing the new Mercedes W04 Formula 1 car as a bad omen. If you’re the pragmatic type, however, you’re probably glad that the team is shaking out all the bugs before the...

  • 2013 Ford Fiesta ST Global RallyCross race car live shots
    Ford Fiesta ST Heads To Global RallyCross Championship

    Ford will be using Thursday’s 2013 Chicago Auto Show to announce an expanded lineup for this year’s Global RallyCross Championship, where the automaker will also debut the new Fiesta ST Global RallyCross race car that it hopes will continue to see it victorious in the new season. The...

  • 2013 Aston Martin Vantage GTE race car launch
    Aston Martin Eyes 24 Hours Of Le Mans Win In Its 100th Year

    This year is Aston Martin’s 100th, so the automaker is hoping to make it a memorable one. To mark its first 100 years, Aston Martin has already introduced new Centenary Edition models, flown a Vanquish coupe via helicopter to the top of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, and just this week...

  • Caterham CT03 2013 Formula One race car
    Caterham Reveals 2013 F1 Car, Signs Giedo Van Der Garde As New Driver

    Caterham is the latest to unveil its race car for the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship, the new CT03. Along with the reveal, Caterham also announced that Giedo van der Garde, the team's 2012 reserve driver, would be joining Charles Pic in Caterham’s 2013 driver lineup. The Dutch...

  • Here's what a lap of Daytona looks like from a Ferrari 458 Challenge car

    If all you know about the Daytona International Speedway comes from watching NASCAR races, you’re probably unaware that the track also contains a challenging infield road course for sports car competition. Like the tri-oval, Daytona’s road course is both fast and demanding, with Ferrari 458 Challenge cars reaching speeds of nearly 200 mph before they’re hard on the binders for turn one. Factor in the kind of pack racing fostered by starts and restarts, and the narrow infield corners don’t allow much margin for error. Ferrari’s 458 Challenge recently opened its...

  • 2013 GPRM Toyota GT 86 GT4 race car
    New Toyota GT 86 GT4 Race Car Revealed

    Toyota already has a racing version of its GT 86 sports car, the global version of our Scion FR-S. Developed with Gazoo Racing, this race car has already proven quite capable and will once again be competing in the 2013 motorsport season, including a run in this year’s Nürburgring 24...

  • 2012 Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 race car
    The ACO Lists The Most Iconic Cars Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans

    The organizer of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), will be celebrating this June 90 years since the first 24-hour endurance race was held at the legendary Le Mans race track in France. As part of the celebrations, the ACO ran a poll among its members and fans to select...

  • Aston Martin's centenary celebration includes vintage racing at Brands Hatch - image: Aston Martin
    Aston Martin’s Centenary Celebrations Continue

    To mark its first 100 years, Aston Martin has already introduced new Centenary Edition models and flown a Vanquish coupe via helicopter to the top of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai. Now it’s announced the largest-ever vintage racing event for Aston Martin cars, to be held at England’s...

  • Mercedes AMG's 2013 Formula One race car, the W04
    Mercedes AMG Unveils Its 2013 Formula One Car, The W04

    Mercedes AMG has taken the wraps off its new W04 Formula One race car that former world champion Lewis Hamilton will be driving in his first year with the team, and his first away from McLaren, which he has been linked with since the age of 13. Driving alongside Hamilton will be Nico Rosberg, who...

  • Patrick Dempsey
    Patrick Dempsey To Race At 24 Hours Of Le Mans With Porsche

    Grey's Anatomy star and avid racer Patrick Dempsey will be returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013 after last racing in the endurance classic in 2009 at the wheel of a Ferrari F430 GT. This time around Dempsey will be racing with Porsche, using a 911 GT3 RSR race car fielded by his own team...

  • Red Bull Racing RB9 2013 Formula One race car

    At a special gala event held at Red Bull Racing’s headquarters in Milton Keynes, England, the team’s new race car for the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship was unveiled. On hand to pull the covers were the team’s drivers, Sebastian Vettel, now a triple world champion, and Mark Webber. In RBR tradition, the new race car carries the RB9 designation and, as these photos reveal, the controversial stepped-nose design from last year’s car remains. That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise considering the similarities between the regulations this year, and the...

  • The SRT Viper GTS-R returns to Le Mans in 2013
    The SRT Viper Returns To The 24 Hours Of Le Mans In 2013

    For three consecutive years, from 1998 through 2000, Dodge Vipers took both first and second place in the GTS class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It’s fitting, then, that the new SRT Viper GTS-R will compete in this year’s running of the famed endurance race. SRT Motorsports has been...

  • Bruce McLaren contemplates the philosophy behind his namesake company
    Bruce McLaren Narrates The Story of McLaren: Video

    On June 2, 1970, Bruce McLaren was killed in a crash at England’s Goodwood circuit, testing his new M8D Can-Am race car. The car’s rear bodywork came loose at speed, creating a spin-inducing loss of downforce that even Bruce McLaren couldn’t correct. His M8D left the track and...

  • Nurburgring race track
    Formula One Returns To The Nürburgring In 2013

    When Germany’s storied Nürburgring circuit declared bankruptcy last July, the fate of the German Grand Prix at the track seemed anything but certain. With the start of the 2013 Formula 1 season just six weeks away, BBC Sport is reporting that a deal to host the race has been struck...

  • Ferrari's 2013 Formula One car, the F138
    Ferrari’s 2013 Formula One Car, The F138, Revealed

    One of the top contenders in the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship, Ferrari, has unveiled the new race car it hopes will see it victorious in the respective Drivers’ and Constructors’ championships once more. The Scuderia almost tasted victory in 2012, with its star driver...

  • McLaren MP4-28 2013 Formula One race car
    McLaren’s 2013 Formula One Car, The MP4-28, Makes Debut

    Testing for the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship gets underway at Spain’s Circuito de Jerez next week, so that means we’ll be seeing the race cars of the 11 teams contending the new season unveiled over the coming days. The Lotus F1 Team was first off the ranks, with its new E21...

  • Stars from Formula Vee pose for a group photo - image: Volkswagen

    Volkswagen’s debut in motorsports officially began in Daytona, Florida, in August 1963. That’s when the first sanctioned Formula Vee race was held, launching a series that, in the beginning, was founded by racing enthusiasts for racing enthusiasts. Formula Vee was born with one simple idea in mind: contain costs to level the playing field and make racing affordable. During the height of the series’ popularity, Volkswagen Beetles (which donated driveline and chassis components to the Formula Vee racers) were cheap and plentiful, adding to the series’ appeal. Crash a car...

  • Chris Harris duels with Mat Johnson at Brands Hatch
    GRID 2’s Latest Teaser Stars... Chris Harris: Video

    Here’s what we know about Codemasters’ latest racing game, Grid 2: it promises realistic graphics, includes both track and street racing environments and promises to deliver an entertaining array of cars, including the Pagani Huayra, the Chevy Camaro, the Ford Mustang and the McLaren...

  • 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 FL2 race car
    Lamborghini Reveals New Gallardo GT3 Race Car Ahead Of 2013 Season

    Following this month’s confirmation that Lamborghini will make an official return to international motorsport, initially in the GT3 category, the Italian sports car manufacturer has now revealed the race car that it hopes will see it victorious in its future endeavors. The new race car is...

  • Lotus F1 reveals the E21 chassis for the 2013 F1 season - image: Lotus F1
    Lotus E21 2013 Formula One Car Revealed: Video

    In the highly competitive world of Formula 1 Racing, Lotus has already won the very first race of the year. With today’s unveiling of the Lotus E21 chassis, the team becomes the very first Formula 1 constructor to show its wares for the upcoming season. Those expecting to see a big change...

  • Jost Capito
    A Few Minutes With Jost Capito, Head Of Volkswagen Motorsports

    Jost Capito has spent nearly 30 years making cars go faster. His impressive career began at BMW in 1984, where he worked as an engineer on the brand’s high-performance engines. Next came a stint with Porsche, which ultimately led Capito to head all of Porsche’s branded racing efforts...

  • Subaru's Japan-only BRZ RA Racing
    Forbidden Fruit: Subaru BRZ RA Racing

    If you believe that Europe and Japan get all the cool cars while we’re relegated to sloppy seconds, the newly-announced Subaru BRZ RA Racing probably won’t make you any happier. Like stripped tuner and racing versions already announced by Toyota and Subaru, the Subaru BRZ RA Racing...

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