Racing

The Volvo V60 is the wagon version of the S60 sedan, and in the markets where it’s sold it’s available with a range of fuel-efficient powertrains including a diesel-electric plug-in hybrid option. However, a V60 concept unveiled at the recent 2012 Sao Paulo Auto Show is more about...

While some would say that miniature cameras are the best thing to ever happen to televised racing coverage, they generally limit what you can see to a fixed view. With current technology, you may get a feel for what the driver sees when looking straight ahead, but you have no sense of what looking...

Kimi Räikkönen could be racing’s most attention-deficit-disorder-addled driver, but we mean that in the best possible way. No one can question Räikkönen’s ability to drive a race car, but he has been known to change series the way some drivers change sunglasses...

On October 16, Johnny Bohmer, owner of Performance Power Racing, strapped himself into the driver’s seat of his 1,700+ horsepower Ford GT, then pointed the nose towards the end of NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway. The 15,000 foot runway, located on Merritt Island, would give...

Jimmie Johnson hadn’t won at Martinsville since 2009, but you’d never know that from the way the Hendrick Motorsports driver raced on Sunday. Starting from pole, Johnson led the highest number of laps in the race before dueling Kyle Busch for the lead with five laps remaining. When the...

Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel cruised to victory at yesterday’s 2012 Formula One Indian Grand Prix, winning the race in back to back years and in the process extending his lead in the Drivers’ Championship. After starting from pole, Vettel and his team-mate Mark Webber, who...

Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have taken advantage of their quick pace during practice to lock out the front of the grid at the 2012 Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix after qualifying today. This is the duo’s third consecutive one-two qualifying result for the season...

The weather forecast for this weekend’s 2012 Formula One Indian Grand Prix is for sunny skies and an ideal peak temperature of 82 degrees F (28 degrees C). The only issue is that pollution from nearby New Delhi can reach the Buddh International Circuit, but not to the extent that it can...

Son of racing legend Dan Gurney and prominent racer in his own right, Alex Gurney regularly races the Gainsco/Bob Stallings No. 99 car--known as the Red Dragon--in the Grand Am series' Daytona Prototype class. Here, we see the car and Gurney (the younger) in action on track at the Circuit of the...

If it’s stock car racing history you’re after, it’s hard to beat a trip to Martinsville Speedway, located just south of Martinsville, Virginia. Built in 1947, it was one of the first tracks to be paved, and it’s been on the NASCAR schedule since 1949. The half-mile oval...

If you're not familiar with the Goodwood Festival of Speed, you should be. It's a pilgrimage of motorsports and car enthusiasts from around the world to the grounds of Goodwood to see and hear some of the most exciting, unique, and historic cars of the past and present. Next year will be its 20th...

Looking at any given weekend's upcoming F1 Grand Prix is typically a matter of previewing the track, weather conditions, drivers, and the current state of the points race. Here, Pirelli gives us a different look ahead at the Indian Grand Prix: from the tire's point of view. With the yellow (the...

Recently we brought you news that current owners of Cosworth, American racing names Gerry Forsythe and Kevin Kalkhoven, had put the legendary British tuner and engine manufacturer up for sale. Since then, reports out of the UK claim motorsport firm Prodrive is considering submitting a bid for...

Apparently, it does. The Bloodhound SSC, which generates an astonishing 47,000 pounds of thrust through a rocket motor fed by an F1 engine used as a fuel pump, will go carbon neutral for its land speed record attempt, the team announced today. How, exactly, does a hydrocarbon-spewing monster with...

Holden’s performance division HSV is working on its own racing series together with motorsport firm Walkinshaw Racing, using the Holden Commodore-based ClubSport R8 as the basis for a new one-make series aimed at India and several other markets in Asia. HSV has now revealed that it is...

Today, Formula One cars are powered by naturally-aspirated, 2.4-liter V-8 engines, made by either Renault, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari or Cosworth. That changes for 2014, as the new regulations call for turbocharged V-6 engines, not to exceed 1.6-liters in displacement. Although the 2014 Formula One...

If you're a fan of motorsports in the U.S., you know about the Circuit of the Americas. This past weekend, track officials and Pirelli North America put on a special event for media and VIP patrons to see the first official laps of the circuit--and even to ride along, and, in our case, drive the...

With only five examples in existence, this is probably the only way you’ll get to see the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 45th Anniversary race car in action. This latest video shows the car in its natural home, although we bet most owners won’t be tracking their examples. Why? Because the...

While new pavement generally means faster speeds, it also means lots of cars into the SAFER barrier as tire wear can be unpredictable. Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at the freshly-surfaced Kansas Speedway was no exception to this rule, and the race drew 14 cautions over its 400 mile length...

Though the upcoming 2014 Chevrolet SS--and it’s VF Holden Commodore sibling--won’t be revealed until the Daytona 500 next February, we’ll get a good preview of its styling next month with the reveal of the Chevrolet SS NASCAR race car that will be tackling the 2013 Sprint Cup...