Race Cars
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Michael Santoro walks us through the process of turning a high-performance car into high-performance art.
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Ford Performance Racing School selling used Mustangs Boss 302FRS race carsThe Ford Performance Racing School is selling 14 Mustang Boss 302FRS race cars to former attendees.
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Original Plymouth Superbird and Road Runner with Richard Petty ties head to auctionA 1970 Plymouth Superbird and a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner, both raced by Richard Petty, are coming up for auction at Mecum Harrisburg.
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2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible, C8.R race car coming this fallA Facebook video on the Corvette page indicates the 2020 Corvette Stingray convertible and C8.R race car should debut this fall.
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The Acura NSX versus the NSX GT3 Evo race carThe Acura NSX shares 80 percent of its parts with the NSX GT3 Evo race car and will beat it in a sprint, but the race car is the champ on a track.
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Take an in-depth tour of the McLaren Senna GTRTwo McLaren executives give a walk-around tour of the changes made to the Senna to create the track-only Senna GTR.
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South African Johan Ackerman built a replica of the Le Mans-winning Sauber-Mercedes C9 of the 1980s. It's the only C9 legal for the street.
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Calling rich racers: 2019 Porsche 935 build slot for saleOne of only 77 build slots for the Porsche 935 track-only car is available, but the buyer will have to act quickly because delivery is scheduled for July 19.
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A closer look at the VW ID R electric race car's charging systemFor its Nürburgring electric car record attempt, the pair of batteries in the VW ID R race car are charged in about 20 minutes by two fast chargers that transfer electricity at a rate of 90 kw each.
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Color us envious: Porsche digs into motorsport archives for reborn 935 liveriesPorsche is honoring its racing history by offering a choice of seven historical liveries on its reborn 935 race car, and one is more gorgeous than the next.
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Porsche race car has been preserved since its final race in 1967The classic Porsche race car is meticulously maintained, but will never be restored—let alone driven.
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VW ID R completes first test at the 'RingThe Volkswagen ID R electric race car will attempt to set a new lap record for EVs at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and testing is already under way. Following a debut of the updated and tweaked version of the ID R for the Nürburgring, VW got right to work at the racetrack. The team hit...
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What does it take to pilot the 1,000-horsepower, Le Mans-winning Porsche 919 Hybrid? Top Gear host Chris Harris finds out.
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Recycled race car: How to build an F1 car using only cardboardReduce, reuse, recycle. We hear it often, but what if there was a far cooler way to repurpose cardboard laying around? Fortunately, there is. A new video from YouTuber "The Q" shows us exactly how to take regular, old cardboard and turn it into a full-blown Formula 1 car. We have so many questions...
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Help make this Auto Union Type C race car a Lego kitNumerous well-designed Lego kits have arrived in the past year, but one fan needs some help to get his/her own project off the ground. The proposed kit is a 1936 Auto Union Type C race car. The build has been posted to the Lego Ideas portal by a user who goes by the handle redera00. The portal...
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The beat goes on: Porsche 919 Hybrid tires turned into vinyl recordsPorsche retired from the Le Mans LMP1 class in 2017, took the 919 Hybrid-derived 919 Evo on a farewell tour, and parked both cars at their final residence at the Porsche Museum in Germany. Yet, the story isn't over for the championship-winning race car. Porsche announced Monday in a video that it...
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Ford GT to wear historic liveries for Rolex 24 at DaytonaFans will be treated to historic liveries on a pair of Ford GTs set to do battle in the Rolex 24 at Daytona later this month. Ford Performance and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing unveiled two throwback liveries for the numbers 66 and 67 GT race cars on Thursday. It's the first time the GT will sport...
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Deep dive: Ken Block's 1,400-hp 1965 Ford Mustang HoonicornIn honor of Gymkhana 10's release on Monday, let's take a closer look at one of the five star cars of the latest film: the 1965 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn. The car Ken Block has called "frightening." The Hoonigan team highlighted the car as part of the Biology Build series, which goes through the ins...
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Porsche's "Moby Dick" of a race car terrorized racetracks in the late 1970s and early '80s, but the 935 was never street-legal. Except for this one. This Porsche 935 was converted for the street for legendary Formula 1 team owner Walter Wolf. After decades, it's for sale and marks a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Porsche aficionados. According to the sale listing on German site Mechatronik.de, Cologne, Germany-based Kremer Racing accepted the order for Wolf's wild request for a street-legal 935. Instead of a lookalike car, the company built Wolf a 935 that is 98-percent identical to...
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Race car concept has illegal turbine powertrain, aims to replace F1 race carsTurbine-powered race cars were banned long ago by the racing community's sanctioning bodies, but that won't stop Keith Hylton and his dream to bring the Turbine T1 to life. Hylton, a California-based businessman with team ownership experience, calls his T1 Turbine concept race car a new-generation...
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Italian company wants to make a cheap electric race car for everyoneRacing is a an expensive hobby, but a company by the name of Spice-X aims to make it affordable with a cheap race car, and it's a green proposition to boot. Spice-X is a collaborative effort between a handful of car companies based in Piedmont, Italy, with the goal to produce an affordable electric...
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How the Porsche 911 GT1 Evo supercar came to beHomologation. It's the racing rule that results in some of the world's greatest road cars. To race, many cars have to be homologated, which means they have to have a number of street-legal counterparts to prove they're part of a brand's production line. Sitting high on this list of all-time...
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Racing for pinks: Ferrari 488 Pista Piloti Ferrari only offered to customer racersAt the 24 Hours of LeMans, Ferrari has pulled back the sheet on a new version of the 488 from its Tailor Made program, and this one is for the racers. Based on the hardcore 488 Pista, the Piloti Ferrari (yes, the name is Ferrari 488 Pista Piloti Ferrari) designation signifies that this particular...
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Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and GT4 customer race cars revealedAston Martin has sprung a surprise on those attending the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend. On Thursday, the British performance and luxury brand revealed the 2019 Vantage GT4 and GT3 customer race cars. The GT3 will ultimately replace the highly successful V-12 Vantage GT3 racer, which most...
Sean Szymkowski