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  • Justin Wilson - Anne Proffit photo

    The headline could also read "Justin Wilson, loving husband and father to two young daughters, dead at 37". It's the tragic story we hate to write, and it seems we've been writing these a lot lately. Justin Wilson was battling it out with his fellow racers at the Pocono Raceway on the weekend when it all went wrong. Driver Sage Karam lost control of his vehicle during a corner of the extremely fast racing circuit. The rear of his vehicle stepped out and Karam wound up nose-first in the wall. This sent pieces of his car bounding across the racing surface. Wilson came up upon the debris and the...

  • 2015 Honda Civic Type R
    Fernando Alonso Takes Delivery Of Honda Civic Type R, Waits For NSX

    Despite dealing with a disastrous season after switching from Ferrari to McLaren in the Formula One World Championship, Fernando Alonso appears upbeat—at least on social media—as he can be seen posing next to the new Honda Civic Type R with a huge smile on his face in a recent photo...

  • Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton at the 2015 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG Wins 2015 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, Lotus Makes Podium

    It was a one-two finish for Mercedes AMG at yesterday’s 2015 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, and in particular it was a near perfect race for star driver Lewis Hamilton. The Briton came out on top for the sixth time this season and the 39th time in his F1 career. ALSO SEE: Dodge SRT Hellcats...

  • Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton at the 2015 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG Locks Out Front Row For 2015 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix

    Mercedes AMG was unstoppable at today’s qualifying session for the 2015 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps. It was star driver Lewis Hamilton quickest; he posted a 1:47.197 in Q3 to secure his third Belgian Grand Prix pole and the 48th of his F1 career. And it...

  • Ferrari at the 2015 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    The 2015 Formula One World Championship continues this weekend with round eleven, the Belgian Grand Prix, which once again is taking place at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps. The circuit is characterized by high speeds, sweeping changes of elevation, fast corners and perhaps most crucial of all...

  • DS logo
    PSA Peugeot Citroën’s Fledgling DS Brand Gets DS Performance Motorsport Division

    French auto giant PSA Peugeot Citroën is in the midst of forming a new premium brand called DS. At present the brand is focused on the Chinese market, where most of its models are sold, but slowly it will offer its growing lineup of cars in other markets, perhaps even in the United States at...

  • 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR sets lap record at Miller Motorsports Park

    Earlier this year we got word that Miller Motorsports Park was set to close up shop. The Utah racing facility operated by the Larry H. Miller group stated that it would not be renewing its lease. The Tooele County land had been turned into a motorsports facility ten years ago, and the county isn't ready to see that go away. That's why a team was working to find a buyer, and that buyer has arrived from China. ALSO SEE: Dodge SRT Hellcats And HEMIs Could Die In 2019 Mitime Investment & Development Group is going to be the new operators of Miller Motorsports Park. Mitime is owned by the...

  • Spa-Francorchamps, home of the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix Preview

    After the traditional summer break, the 2015 Formula One World Championship continues with round 11, the Belgian Grand Prix, taking place this weekend at the legendary Spa Francorchamps circuit. The 4.35-mile length makes Spa the longest circuit on the calendar, and the Ardennes forest backdrop...

  • 2016 BMW M6 GT3 race car prototype - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2016 BMW M6 GT3 Spy Shots And Video

    BMW’s Z4 GT3 race car remains as competitive as ever, having managed to win overall during the recent Spa 24 Hours and come second overall during May’s Nürburgring 24 Hours. However, it’s on its way out, set to be replaced next season by an all-new race car based on the M6...

  • 2015 Lotus Exige 360 Cup
    Lotus Exige V6 Cup Track Car Gets Updated, Limited Edition ‘360’ Model

    The cars that make up the series of Lotus Exige-based track cars are renowned for their combination of visceral performance, straightforward maintenance and reasonable pricing, and since they’re designed exclusively for the track it means Lotus is allowed to sell them in the United States...

  • Mother-Son Autocross
    Mother-Son Autocross Run: Video

    We've seen hilarity ensue when a man takes his five-year old son drifting. Now we get to see what happens when a son has his mom ride shotgun during an autocross. In this video from Spectro Racing, "Scott" takes straps his mom into the passenger seat of his Volkswagen GTI, helmet and all, while he...

  • Tony Stewart confers with teammate Ryan Newman - NASCAR photo
    Tony Stewart Sued Over Sprint Car Death

    NASCAR driver and part-time Sprint Car racer Tony Stewart is being sued over the 2014 on-track accident that took the life of 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr. The wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Stewart by the late racer's family. LEARN MORE: NASCAR’s Tony Stewart Hits And Kills Kevin...

  • 2015 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 race car

    Nissan’s troubled LMP1 campaign in the 2015 World Endurance Championship shows little signs of improving, with the Japanese automaker confirming this month that it won’t be attending future races until it sorts out technical issues that hampered its performance at its debut race, June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The next race on the calendar is the 6 Hours of Nürburgring scheduled for August 30. “We know people will be disappointed," the chief of the NISMO motorsport division, Shoichi Miyatani, said in a statement. “But be assured that nobody is more disappointed...

  • 2001 BMW M3 GTR
    BMW Brings Controversial M3 GTR Out For Monterey Car Week

    You've already heard that BMW is trotting out a handful of cars from its racing history. The cars will be fired up and tracked hard during the Monterey Motorsports Reunion event during this coming week's Monterey Car Week, which includes the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. BMW has...

  • Jenson Button
    F1's Jenson Button And Wife Jessica Gassed In Holiday Home Robbery

    McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button, 35, and wife Jessica Michibata, 30, were involved in a robbery at their holiday home in the south of France earlier this week. The robbers are thought to have circulated an anaesthetic gas through the air conditioning system of the home located in...

  • 1981 BMW M1 IMSA Group 4 to race at the Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion 2015
    BMW Bringing Three Classics Of Motorsports To Monterey

    BMW is bringing out some of its big guns for this month's Monterey Car Week. One of the highlight events, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, is right around the corner, and BMW is an automaker with one heck of a road racing history. To that end, the Bavarian bunch will be arriving in...

  • Jack Beckman and the Infinite Hero Dodge Charger at the 2015 NHRA Sonoma Nationals
    Watch An NHRA Funny Car Set A Record Pass: Video

    High-horsepower Funny Cars are notoriously quick down the strip but a new record was set last Friday at California’s Sonoma Raceway. Jack Beckman behind the wheel of the Infinite Hero Dodge Charger made a pass in just 3.921 seconds at 323.43 mph, setting a class record in the process. The...

  • Audi DTM Race Car Bumps Two Mercedes-Benz DTM Race Cars
    Rubbin' Is Racin', Even In Austria: Video

    According to the just and wise Harry Hogge, crew chief of Cole Trickle's Chevrolet Lumina race team in the 1990 motion picture "Days of Thunder," rubbin' is racin'. Well, that may often be the case in the gold ol' US of A, but the Germans aren't too fond of that adage. On the last lap of Sunday's...

  • 2016 Global MX-5 Cup

    When Mazda announced its all-new fourth-generation MX-5 Miata, the first question was not whether it would race the little sports car, but where it would race it. The answer is: everywhere that involves turning left and right. Besides ongoing support of the grassroots, Mazda is revising its MX-5 Cup semi-professional racing series to emphasize identically prepared MX-5 Miata race cars. ALSO SEE: 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata First Drive Previously, the spec-racing series featured MX-5s prepared to a specification by owners and teams. The result was similarly prepared cars. The new 2016 Global MX-5...

  • BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Z4 GT3 at the 2015 Spa 24 Hours
    BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Z4 GT3 Wins 2015 Spa 24 Hours

    Belgium’s BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS won this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Spa, the highlight of the Blancpain Endurance Series aimed at private teams. The team’s number 46 BMW Z4 GT3 race car driven by Nick Catsburg, Lucas Luhr and Markus Palttala was the first to cross the...

  • Ferrari in the lead at the 2015 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix
    Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel Ends Mercedes AMG Winning Streak In Hungary

    Ferrari took advantage of a poor start by the Mercedes AMG drivers at yesterday’s 2015 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix to jump into the lead, and in the case of star driver Sebastian Vettel stay there right up until the end of the race. At one point Vettel had a 30-second gap between the...

  • 2015 Dodge Challenger DragPak
    Order Your 2015 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Now: Video

    The 2015 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak might have stalled when officially revealed to journalists. But we don't think the the ham-handed intro will impact orders—a sellout is guaranteed. Obviously, low numbers are a given too. MUST SEE: Hellcat Vs. Hellcat: Tires Shredded, Faces Melted, Internet...

  • Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton at the 2015 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG Lock Out Front Row After 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying

    In extreme conditions at today’s qualifying session for the 2015 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, which once again is being held at Budapest’s Hungaroring, Mercedes AMG proved unstoppable. Star driver Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in a session where the air temperature hit 91...

  • Ferrari at the 2015 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix
    2015 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    Budapest’s Hungaroring, home of the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, is one of the most challenging circuits on the calendar, and that’s before you take into account Hungary’s notoriously high ambient temperatures this time of year. It’s not uncommon for temperatures to...

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