Race Cars

When NASCAR introduced its “Car of Tomorrow” (COT) during the 2007 Sprint Cup season, it was supposed to make racing more affordable for teams and more entertaining for fans, as the one-size-fits-all body was designed to promote close racing. While the COT did encourage wheel-to-wheel...

While the Lola T70 Mark III may not have enjoyed the same success as its contemporaries from Porsche (the 917) and Ford (the GT40), there’s no denying that the T70 was among the most beautiful endurance racers ever penned. Its resemblance to the Ford GT40 is no coincidence, as designer Eric...

As we told you last December, Aston Martin Racing (AMR) recently penned a deal with The Racers Group (TRG) to create a new entity, called TRG-AMR. TRG-AMR will campaign Aston Martin race cars, including the Vantage GTE and Vantage GT3, in American Le Mans Series and Rolex Grand-Am competition...

Though the radically-styled DeltaWing racer wasn’t developed by automaker Nissan, Nissan is the company that most fans associate with the futuristic race car. After all, the DeltaWing has usually sported the Nissan logo on its bodywork, and Nissan provided the 1.6-liter engine (tuned by...

If all you know about the Daytona International Speedway comes from watching NASCAR races, you’re probably unaware that the track also contains a challenging infield road course for sports car competition. Like the tri-oval, Daytona’s road course is both fast and demanding, with Ferrari...

Just a few days ago we saw a teaser for Ferrari’s 2013 Formula One race car, and now we have one from McLaren. In McLaren tradition, its new car will be called the MP4-28 and is set to be revealed on Thursday, January 31. We can’t see much from the teaser though the nose of...

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the seventh generation of one of America's most iconic sports cars, has made its debut, but does that mean a new Corvette race car is just around the corner? We certainly hope so, and to give you an idea of just how awesome that race car could be, take a gander...

Ferrari has released this single teaser image of its Formula One race car for the 2013 season, along with confirmation that the new car is scheduled to be unveiled at Scuderia Ferrari’s headquarters in Maranello, Italy, on February 1. While it’s still too early to confirm, the...

Last year, BMW Team Rahal Letterman Lanigan drove a BMW M3 to a second place finish in the American Le Mans Series’ GT class, ending the season some 37 points behind the Corvette Racing but 25 points ahead of the Ferrari 458 Italia's campaigned by Extreme Speed Motorsports. In the four years...

Audi’s R8 Grand-Am debuted at the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona, and its inaugural race was less than stellar. The APR Motorsports car finished 31st in class (44th overall, some 280 laps down), followed by the Oryx Racing R8, which finished 32nd in class (45th overall, 295 laps down). Any new race...

Have you ever wondered what pro drift drivers do to relax? When not pitching high-horsepower, rear-drive cars sideways for fun and profit, how do these guys burn off steam? If Ryan Tuerck is any indication, that downtime involves catching some local bands, knocking back a few Pabst Blue Ribbons as...

Winter in the Northeast can be cruel to those with a passion for automobiles and driving. How cruel? Well, to be specific, we were scheduled to test drive the Bailey P4 replica seen here on a recent trip to New York, until back-to-back snow storms put a damper on our plans. We trust our ability to...

Painting a NASCAR Sprint Cup car used to be a labor-intensive, time consuming process, which is why most teams carried a single livery (or paint scheme) throughout an entire season. Unless your primary sponsor changed, repainting a car for a single race wasn’t exactly cost-effective. The...

For almost 60 years NASCAR, and the cars and personalities that make up the sport, has been closely linked with American culture. From the hallowed grounds of Daytona International Speedway in Florida, to the Sonoma road course in California, the sport has created a lifetime worth of memories--some...

In its inaugural season, McLaren’s 12C GT3 captured a total of 19 wins and an additional 19 podium appearances across some 14 different racing series. While that's impressive on its own, it’s even more impressive when you consider that there are only 23 examples being campaigned by 13...

In two months, NASCAR’s 2013 season will begin in Daytona Beach with the Daytona Shootout, scheduled for Saturday, February 16. That doesn’t give teams a lot of time to shake down the new cars before the season starts, and all-new designs generally have some issues to resolve. At this...

In 1963, the Ford Motor Company came very close to acquiring Ferrari, which was (discreetly) up for sale. Ford spent a significant amount of time and money conducting due diligence, and the deal was close to signing when Ferrari suddenly broke off negotiations. Under the terms demanded by Ford...

German engineers take their job very seriously, but Germans are also renown for embracing the Christmas season with gusto. That said, development and testing of the SLS AMG GT3 must go on, since the competition certainly won’t be taking any time off around the holidays if it means slower lap...

If you want to buy an original Aston Martin DBR1, expect to pay as much as $32 million for a car with a significant and documented racing history. Even the non-functional DBR1 scale model kit sculpture created by the Evanta Motor Company drew a pre-auction estimate close to $50,000, so what can an...

With 2012 now approaching its end, race fans all over the globe can start looking forward to next year’s motorsport season and all the excitement that will ensue. For race teams, however, things are as busy as ever, as development and testing of new cars--and drivers--continue unabated. One...