Racing

  • Jaguar XJR and XJ-R9 LM

    In 1988, race car driver Andy Wallace took the top spot at Le Mans. He did so in the Silkcut-liveried Jaguar XJR-9 LM. Since then, that car has become an iconic machine and is instantly recognizable in its purple, yellow, and white paint scheme. The car was built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing, and it's powered by a 7.0-liter V-12 that produces between 750 and over 1,000 horsepower depending on how it's tuned. The top speed is north of 245 mph. ALSO SEE: 2017 Jaguar XE Gets Available All-Wheel Drive, $35,895 Starting Price Wallace was recently reunited with his Le Mans-winning machine, and he was...

  • Mercedes AMG's Nico Rosberg at the 2015 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix
    Rosberg Holds Off Hamilton For 2015 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix Win

    Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg drove flawlessly yesterday at the 2015 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix to take out the win. But it was no easy task as his Mercedes teammate and newly crowned world champion Lewis Hamilton challenged him throughout the race and only really gave up towards the end...

  • Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, home of the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    The 18th and penultimate round of the 2015 Formula One World Championship, the Brazilian Grand Prix, is currently underway at São Paulo’s Autódromo José Carlos Pace, or Interlagos as the fans refer to it. The weather can be tricky here, as there is often high heat and...

  • SCG003 Nurburgring Assetto Corsa
    Ride Along At The 'Ring In The SCG003...Virtually: Video

    Assetto Corsa videos pop up all over YouTube, and we can't help but be mesmerized by the wonderful graphics. The tracks are precise, the cars are well modeled, and the whole experience seems like it makes for a perfect racing sim. ALSO SEE: Track Operator Cleared To Lift Nürburgring Speed...

  • Porsche 918 Spyder on the Nürburgring
    Track Operator Cleared To Lift Nürburgring Speed Limits

    In the summer, the operator of the Nürburgring race track, Capricorn, announced speed limits of 155 mph at certain sections prone to accidents. The move, one of the fallouts of a fatal crash in March involving a spectator, effectively put an end to the setting of lap records at the popular...

  • Ferrari at the 2014 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix Preview

    The Formula One circus is in Sao Paulo, Brazil for the penultimate race of the 2015 season. Although the respective Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles have already gone to Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes AMG team, there’s still plenty of action to unfold at this weekend’s...

  • 2015 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo

    The 2015 season of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo one-make race series is almost over, with only the World Final event left to go. It takes place at Florida’s Sebring International Raceway between November 20 and 22 and no less than 66 raging bulls will be lining up on the grid. ALSO SEE: Hennessey Mulls All-Electric Venom GT The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo World Final, now in its fourth year, brings the best drivers from the separate Asian, European and North American series to compete in a single competition. The first two finals were held at Italy’s Vallelunga...

  • Danica Patrick Helps Deliver The First 2016 Chevrolet Camaro
    Danica Patrick Helps Deliver The First 2016 Chevrolet Camaro

    The first sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro has found its way to its new owner. The deal went down as Alican Boyacioglu officially became the first 2016 Camaro owner. He received his keys from someone who knows about driving fast Chevys: racing driver Danica Patrick. WATCH: 2015 Ford Mustang GT...

  • 1997 Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Le Mans homologation special
    Panoz Rolls Out Restored Road-Going Esperante GTR-1 At Dubai Motor Show

    American sports car brand Panoz is present at this week’s 2015 Dubai Motor Show where the company is showing off its latest Esperante Spyder and Spyder GT models. And sharing the stand with the open-top sports cars is a very special model from Panoz’s past: the 1997 Esperante GTR-1 Le...

  • Gran Turismo Sport Screenshot
    Gran Turismo Partners With FIA For Online Racing League: Video

    In the world of console gaming, the two big automotive racing games are Gran Turismo and Forza. One of those two is about to take a major step toward upping the level of competition you can experience online. Gran Turismo has partnered with the FIA to bring us a new game for the Playstation 4. It's...

  • 2016 Ferrari 488 GT3, 2015 Finali Mondiali
    2016 Ferrari 488 GT3 and 488 GTE racers revealed at 2015 Finali Mondiali

    Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] hosted its Finali Mondiali event for 2015 over the weekend at Italy’s Mugello Circuit and this year there were a few special unveilings. The Finali Mondiali, or World Finals if your Italian isn’t up to snuff, is the final event on the calendar for the Ferrari...

  • 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (chassis #CSX2287)
    First Shelby Daytona Coupe, Chassis #CSX2287, Rolls Into SEMA: Video

    The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is one of the rarest cars to ever be produced, with just six of the originals having been built. This week, one of them was unveiled at the 2015 SEMA show—and it is the rarest of the lot. The Daytona Coupe bearing chassis #CSX2287 was the first of the six cars...

  • 2015 Toyota Rally RAV4

    Toyota is gearing up for a return to the World Rally Championship in 2017, but the automaker is already involved in rallying. For example, it fields a version of the RAV4 crossover in the 2015 Rally America, which Ryan Millen has driven to four class victories so far. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari Crashes Into Row Of Parked Cars In Hungary--Updated With Video Toyota showed off its rallying RAV4 at this week’s SEMA show, but before the car headed to Las Vegas comedian and car nut Jay Leno was given the chance to drive it. As we see in the video, Leno took it out on some dirt trails and then...

  • F Performance Racing 2016 Lexus RC F GT3 race car, 2015 SEMA show
    Lexus To Back New F Performance Racing Team

    At this week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, Lexus announced it is forming a partnership with organizers of a new racing team called F Performance Racing. The new team will field the Lexus RC F GT3 race car in a soon-to-be-announced sports car racing series based in the United States, with the...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet
    2016 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Revealed, Runs 8.0-Second Quarter Mile: Video

    After taking a break last year, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Cobra Jet turnkey drag racer is back, and it’s quicker than ever. The latest version, which debuted this week at the 2015 SEMA show in Las Vegas, is based on the sixth-generation Mustang, and according to Ford it’s...

  • Honda Ridgeline Desert Race Truck, 2015 SEMA show
    2017 Honda Ridgeline Previewed At SEMA By Desert Race Truck

    The Honda Ridgeline hasn’t been on sale since the 2014 model year but a new generation is being readied for 2017, and we’re seeing it for the first time at the SEMA show currently taking place in Las Vegas. Honda isn’t ready to show the production version just yet. Instead...

  • 2016 Chevrolet COPO Camaro Courtney Force concept, 2015 SEMA show
    2016 Chevy COPO Camaro Previewed With Courtney Force Concept: Video

    Chevrolet teamed up with NHRA Camaro Funny Car driver Courtney Force to develop a concept previewing the 2016 COPO Camaro based on the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro muscle car. The concept is called the COPO Camaro Courtney Force, and it made its debut today at the SEMA show in Las Vegas...

  • Mecedes AMG's Nico Rosberg at the 2015 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg Wins At Revived Formula One Mexican Grand Prix

    After a 23-year hiatus, the Formula One World Championship made its return to Mexico this past weekend and the event went off without a hitch. Mercedes AMG once again proved unstoppable, with this time Nico Rosberg winning ahead of teammate and newly crowned world champion Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg...

  • Ferrari at the 2015 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix

    For the first time in 23 years, the Formula One World Championship returns to Mexico, with the race once again taking place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. Due to the lengthy hiatus between this race and the last Mexican Grand Prix, for most drivers and crew the layout will be completely unfamiliar. Mexico City’s high altitude of around 7,500 feet also raises a number of issues that teams need to be aware of, and coupled with uncertain whether plaguing large parts of North America at the moment, this weekend’s race will be a hard one to prepare for. The peak...

  • Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, home of the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix Preview

    Formula One returns to Mexico this weekend to host the first Mexican Grand Prix since 1992, when Nigel Mansell drove to victory behind the wheel of a Williams. The first Mexican race was held in 1963 and the event would remain a fixture on the F1 calendar for the next seven years. After a lengthy...

  • Zarooq Sand Racer
    Zarooq Sand Racer Is Middle East's Answer To The Rally Fighter

    Do you remember the $3.4 million Lykan Hypersport? That supercar created by W Motors that later found its way into the last Fast and Furious film. The person behind the supercar's lines is designer Anthony Jannarelly, who is now responsible for the shape of a brand new machine. This one, however...

  • Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton at the 2015 Formula One United States Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton Secures Third F1 Title After U.S. GP Win

    Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton secured his third Formula One World Drivers’ Championship after winning yesterday’s United States Grand Prix at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas and boosting his points tally to an unbeatable 327. The race turned out to be quite the spectacle...

  • Circuit of the Americas, home of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One United States Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    Round 16 of the 2015 Formula One World Championship is being held at Austin's Circuit of the Americas this weekend, but unfortunately the weather isn’t looking too good, with rain predicted for both Saturday and Sunday and even some stormy conditions possible. For Sunday’s race...

  • Circuit of the Americas, home of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One United States Grand Prix Preview

    The 2015 Formula One World Championship this weekend heads to local soil for round sixteen, the United States Grand Prix. The race is once again taking place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, a track designed to combine the best corners from various circuits around the globe and...

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