Race Cars

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...

If you believe that Europe and Japan get all the cool cars while we’re relegated to sloppy seconds, the newly-announced Subaru BRZ RA Racing probably won’t make you any happier. Like stripped tuner and racing versions already announced by Toyota and Subaru, the Subaru BRZ RA Racing...

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...

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...

Porsche has always believed in the value of racing cars to build better street cars, and nowhere is this more obvious than with the iconic Porsche 911. In the early 1970s, Porsche 911 Carrera RSR models were the cars to beat in GT racing, scoring victories in Daytona, at the Nürburgring and in...

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...

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...

Ferrari is planning an update for its successful 458 GT3 race car, which first hit the scene in 2011 where it took it out the FIA GT3 European Championship thanks to the efforts of AF Corse, as well as the GT Asia Series thanks to Clearwater Racing. A prototype of the updated race car, which is...

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...

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...

Just yesterday we brought you details on the Volkswagen Polo R WRC racer, set to make its competition debut at the Monte Carlo Rally, scheduled to kick off on January 15, 2013. With just weeks left to shake down the car, the crew from Oneighturbo caught the 300-plus horsepower Polo working out the...

If you’re not a track-day regular or vintage race car fan, you may never have heard of Bailey Cars, or its predecessor, Bailey Edwards Cars. The South African manufacturer builds replicas of classic endurance racers like the Porsche 917, the Ford GT40, the Lola T70 and the Ferrari P4, and...

After announcing its entry to the World Rally Championship in May of last year, Volkswagen has finally revealed the race car that it hopes will take it to WRC glory in 2013. Already previewed in concept form, the new Polo R WRC race car certainly looks the part, and, as testing has shown...

Porsche has revealed the first of its new generation of 991-based 911 race cars, the new 2013 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, which made its official debut this weekend at the automaker’s Night of Champions end of motorsport season celebratory event in Weissach, Germany. The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is the...