Racing
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The Lexus GS 350 F Sport Safety Car will make its debut at the Muscle Car Masters taking place in September at the Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, Australia.
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FIA Licenses Commercial Rights To Formula E Series
If you still think that electric automobile racing is the stuff of science fiction, think again: the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has granted the commercial rights to the Formula E series to Formula E Holdings. That means the proposed 2014 debut of the series is...
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Lost Briggs Cunningham Corvette Now Subject Of Ownership Dispute
Last week we brought you the incredible story of a historically significant racing Corvette, believed lost to history but then found in storage in St. Petersburg, Florida. As one of three Corvettes campaigned by Briggs Cunningham at the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans, the car has a potential value in...
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GreenGT to run hydrogen fuel cell car at Le Mans in 2013
When the cars take to the Circuit de la Sarthe for the 2013 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the vehicle occupying the 56th pit box will be like no other in the history of endurance racing. Powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, the electric-motor-driven GreenGT H2 will be capable of reaching speeds...
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2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Pace Car Going To Lucky Fan
Next year, Ford will debut the 2013 Fusion in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition, and for the first time in years we’ll see a car that differs from others on track by more than just graphics. While still not “stock” in the old-school sense of the word, the new Fusion race car carries...
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Did Bernie Ecclestone Get Married (Again)?
The definition of insanity, the saying goes, is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result. To this point, Formula One czar Bernie Ecclestone has made two previous trips down the aisle, with the last one costing him dearly. His divorce from former wife and fashion...
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There’s a new version of Activision’s NASCAR racing game due in stores this fall, and NASCAR The Game: Inside Line promises to give player the thrill of Sprint Cup competition, without the hassle of figuring out where to park the transporters between races. We previously told you that the game would deliver a new career mode as well as 23 officially-licensed race tracks, and it also promises “realistic race weekends.” We’re not sure if you’ll actually have to pee in a cup in order to play, but you may want to avoid taking any “training aids”...
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The World's Greatest Drag Race Is Back For Round 2: Video
A year ago, Motor Trend magazine gathered nine of the tastiest morsels it could beg, borrow or steal from the press fleet to bring you “The World’s Greatest Drag Race.” It was something of a mismatch, since cars like the BMW 1 Series M and the Lotus Evora S never stood a chance...
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Lexus and Gazoo Racing Celebrate 5 Years Of LFAs In The Nürburgring 24: Video
Developing a world-class supercar like the Lexus LFA from a clean sheet of paper is no easy task, and turning that supercar (or supercar prototype) into a competitive endurance racer is an order of magnitude more difficult. Taking that race car to compete with long-dominant German automakers, in...
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Écurie 25 Brings Supercar Time Shares To Austin, Texas
Time shares have long been a popular way for people to “buy” something they otherwise couldn’t afford. Whether you’re talking about vacation properties, airplanes or exotic cars, there’s a time share concept for almost any passion. Écurie 25 is perhaps the best...
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Porsche Steps Up Support Of Vintage Racing
Porsche is ensuring classic race cars like the 917 LH pictured above don’t end up as museum relics, by offering support for owners who actually want to use the cars as their designers intended, racing around a track. Speaking at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion last week, Porsche announced it...
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Three Serbian Rally Spectators Killed In Crash: Video
Warning: the video above contains footage of the accident that took the lives of three spectators. Rally racing, like any other kind of motorsport, is dangerous. It's dangerous simply because of the laws of physics: heavy things traveling quickly can cause lots of damage to our relatively soft...
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Ever since the first Mazda MX-5 Miata hit the streets in 1989, some people have wanted a little more power. With each new generation Mazda has duly obliged to the point where the current model has a 2.0-liter engine with 167-horsepower--over 50 horses more than the original car. Even then, this isn't enough for some. That's where the Mazda MX-5 GT4 comes in. With 320 horsepower from its turbocharged version of the 2.0-liter MZR engine found in the regular car, there's plenty to keep speed freaks happy. As should the low 2,204-pound curb weight, courtesy of liberal splashings of carbon fiber...
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Toyota Motorsport Builds Scion FR-S Customer Race Car
Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), the German motorsports company formerly responsible for Toyota’s Formula 1 program and now contracted to developing racing versions of its production cars, has rolled out a new racing version of the Scion FR-S’ cousin sold overseas, the Toyota GT 86 sports...
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Lotus Confirms Exige V6 Cup Track Car For U.S.
The Lotus Exige S is a stunning piece of machinery and would make a worthy addition to the garage of anyone who is serious about performance, above all else. The car weighs just 2,380 pounds in total, yet it produces a heady 345 horsepower from its supercharged 3.5-liter V-6 and is capable of 0-60...
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NHRA Approves Cockpit Canopy For Top Fuel Dragsters
Safety is always a consideration for any form of motorsport, and sanctioning bodies are always looking at ways to make racing safer. One such effort involves enclosing open cockpits to shield drivers from debris (and, we suppose, improve aerodynamics). In NHRA competition, Top Fuel dragsters can...
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Jeremy Foley's Pikes Peak Crash, From The On-Board Camera: Video
By now, nearly everyone in the United States, racing fan or not, has seen Jeremy Foley and Yuri Kouznetsov’s horrific crash during Sunday’s Pike’s Peak Hill Climb. The driver and co-driver even made an appearance on NBC’s Today Show, where Foley admitted that his last...
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Electric Vs. Combustion: Monster Tajima At Pikes Peak
Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima remains a legend on Pikes Peak despite Rhys Millen's record run this year--after all, Millen went just five seconds faster than Tajima's 2011 run despite an additional two-plus miles of pavement in place of dirt. But this year, Tajima's run for the record was cut short...
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To promote the 2013 Grand Prix of America at the Port Imperial Street Circuit in Weehawken, New Jersey (which F1 czar Bernie Ecclestone remains less than optimistic about), Red Bull Racing recently demonstrated the surprising musical talents of its running Formula One show car. In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline, the car delivers an impressive rendition of the United States’ national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner." While it may not hit every note, it hits enough that the tune is easily recognizable, and we’ll admit that it sounds far better than...
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2012 Chevy COPO Camaro Runs 8.88-Second Quarter Mile: Video
Chevy promised its 2012 COPO Camaro would slip under nine seconds for the quarter mile, and now the car has delivered.
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Watch Rhys Millen’s Record-Breaking Pikes Peak Run: Video
Rhys Millen set a new record for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2012 behind the wheel of a 700-horsepower Genesis Coupe.
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McLaren 12C Can-Am Edition Racing Concept: Pebble Beach 2012
The 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is about to get underway, and while we'll be bringing you the freshest photos and latest news as it happens, there's a bit of preliminary business to take care of: the previews. The latest is McLaren's 12C Can-Am Edition Racing Concept. A track-only racing...
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What Happens When A 1,400-HP Car's Throttle Sticks On Pikes Peak: Video
With 1,400 horsepower on tap, everything happens quickly in Paul Dallenbach's Banks Power Pikes Peak car. When the throttle sticks open, things happen way too quickly. Things like flying off the mountain into a stand of tall pine trees. That's exactly what this video shows. Amazingly, perhaps as...
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Rallying Is Harder With Only Three Gears: Video
Under the best of circumstances, rallying is among the most extreme forms of motorsport on the planet. Drivers spend an entire stage running on the very edge of control, piloting cars on surfaces ranging from gravel to snow to sand to mud to pavement (or any combination of these). Mistakes can be...
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