Racing

NASCAR has been running Sprint Cup races at Kansas Speedway since 2001, but the track the series returns to this weekend isn’t the same track that drivers have known for years. It’s still in the same location, and it’s still a mile-and-a-half tri-oval, but a freshly-paved surface...

This isn't the first time a race car has been crashed hard and fixed overnight. It's not even the most dramatic repair job we've seen done under the same conditions. But it's still damned impressive. Here, you'll see the Nissan DeltaWing/Highcroft Racing team strip down and rebuild most of the rear...

For months there have been rumblings that the 2013 Grand Prix of America, set to run on June 16 in Weehawken, NJ, would be postponed until 2014. While a specific reason wasn’t cited, F1 czar Bernie Ecclestone repeatedly referred to “contractual issues” for the delay. Now it looks...

We’ve all been there: one minute you’re kicking back, sipping Dom Perignon from the navel of a “relaxation specialist,” wondering if her fee can be counted as a business expense on your taxes, and the next you’re wearing a black hood in the back of a clapped-out...

In light of declining global sales and the increasing cost of motorsports, many manufacturers have cut back on racing involvement. BMW has pulled MINI out of the WRC, and Ford announced it was ending its WRC efforts as well. Dodge cancelled its NASCAR program after losing Penske for the 2013...

Ill-fated is perhaps the best descriptor for the Nissan DeltaWing project at this point. First it failed to beat out the new Dallara offering as the next spec chassis for IndyCar, then it was taken out just hours into the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and now it has ended up on its lid after what appears to...

In 2005, Porsche returned to sports prototype racing after a six-year absence, debuting its RS Spyder in the American LeMans Series LMP2 class. In 2006, its first full season, the Porsche RS Spyder dominated the ALMS LMP2 class, easily taking home the class championship. The car was so good that it...

Tony Stewart and Lewis Hamilton don’t have a lot in common, aside from being sponsored by Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil. Stewart drives for Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, while Hamilton races for McLaren Mercedes (this year, anyway) in Formula One, which are entirely...

It seems that pitting a supercar against a jet aircraft never goes out of style. Depending upon the length of the course and the vehicles involved, sometimes victory goes to four wheels, while other times it goes to two wings. Car versus rotary-wing aircraft (aka helicopter) throw-downs are a bit...

This past week Lamborghini revealed its updated 2013 Gallardo range, which for the latest model year gets revised styling and a host of new personalization options. However, an update to the road car means the racing version, the Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo, is also due for renewal, and today we...

Felipe Massa could well paraphrase the words of Mark Twain with the statement, “the rumors of my departure from Scuderia Ferrari have been greatly exaggerated.” Ending what seems like months of speculation, Ferrari’s F1 team has just announced the re-signing of Felipe Massa for...

From a profitability perspective, hiring a pro drifter to run factory tours probably isn’t the best idea. Even a driver like Vaughn Gittin Jr. (who just finished second in the 2012 Formula Drift championship) occasionally misjudges distances, meaning that a car or two will need to go back to...

Bentley gave us the biggest indication yet that it’s seriously considering a return to motorsports with the unveiling of the striking Continental GT3 Concept at the recent 2012 Paris Auto Show. While any motorsport debut for Bentley is likely to be years away still, the automaker has...

Magnus Walker doesn’t look at all like what you’d expect a Porsche collector to look like. He wears oil-stained jeans, not designer slacks, and it’s a safe bet that none of his shirts come with a tiny alligator logo on them. He wears his long hair in dreadlocks, and you can tell...

The fan-favorite Nissan DeltaWing racer will make its North American competition debut at the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, scheduled for Saturday, October 20. While many thought this would be a one-time running of the car, which last turned a wheel in anger at this...

Stock car racing isn’t always about keeping the accelerator mashed to the firewall and out-driving the competition, especially in longer races. These days, winning a 500 or 600 mile race is as much about fuel conservation and pit strategy as is is about finding the right drafting partner and...

Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel cruised to victory at the Formula One Korean Grand Prix yesterday, with his third win a row catapulting the reigning world champion to the top of the points ladder in the 2012 Drivers’ Championship. Starting at second on the grid, Vettel was already...

After proving quickest during yesterday’s practice sessions for the 2012 Formula One Korean Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel have followed up with stunning performances during qualifying today, locking out the front of the grid for tomorrow’s race. In...

And then there were 11: with this week’s announcement that Dale Earnhardt Jr. would be sidelined for two races after suffering his second concussion of the season in the closing-lap wreck at Talladega, the 2012 Sprint Cup champion will be crowned from the remaining 11 drivers. As the Chase...

Though a bit chilly, conditions should be good throughout the weekend for the 2012 Formula One Korean Grand Prix. The current prediction for Sunday’s race is a mild 70 degrees F (21 degrees C) and only partially cloudy skies. Rain has affected the first two Korean Grands Prix held at the...