Racing
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This past weekend saw an Audi R8 LMS ultra race car driven to victory in the 2014 Spa 24 Hours at Belgium’s legendary Spa Francorchamps race track. The winning car was the #1 R8 LMS ultra of Belgian Audi Club Team WRT, driven by René Rast, Laurens Vanthoor and Markus Winkelhock. Just seven seconds behind the leader was the Marc VDS BMW Z4 driven by Lucas Luhr, Markus Palttala and Dirk Werner, which looked set to win but suffered brake problems and later took the risk of not changing tires in the closing stage. Belgian Audi Club Team WRT’s sister R8 driven by Christopher...
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Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo Emerges Victorious After Thrilling Hungarian GPWith Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg starting from pole in yesterday’s 2014 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, it looked like the German driver was set to bag yet another victory. It wasn’t to be, however, thanks to the strong performances of Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo...
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Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg Secures Pole For 2014 Formula One Hungarian Grand PrixMercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg will start on pole tomorrow for the 2014 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix after yet another strong performance during today’s qualifying. Unfortunately for his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who was the fastest during practice, an engine fire just minutes into the...
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2014 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix Weather ForecastThey say no drivers are indifferent to the Hungarian Grand Prix’s Hungaroring; either they love it or hate it, along with the hot weather that it’s famous for. And teams will certainly be in for some hot weather during this weekend’s event. Temperatures are expected to peak around...
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Six McLaren 12C GT3s Competing In 2014 Spa 24 HoursIn the beautiful Ardennes Forest of Belgium is the legendary Spa Francorchamps race track, where once a year the Spa 24 Hours, the highlight of the Blancpain Endurance Series, takes place. This year’s race gets underway tomorrow and McLaren has confirmed that six of its 12C GT3 race cars will...
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Lambda Performance Ford GT GT3 Sounds Will Melt Your Ears: VideoIf a car sounds this good on a GoPro, it must be stupefyingly awesome in real life. Listen to this Ford GT in GT3 trim and feel the vibrations of a higher plane of existence. MUST WATCH: 5,000-HP, 348-MPH Devel Sixteen Spotted In The Wild: Video Built by Lambda Performance, and recorded by Auto...
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Some say social media is useless and has no purpose. All we know is it just brought us this slow-motion burnout of a Corvette Daytona Prototype as it leaves the pits in testing for the Brickyard Grand Prix at Indy. ALSO SEE: 2016 Acura NSX Burns To The Ground During 'Ring Testing Posted by Jordan Taylor, driver of the number 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype, and owner of the World’s Fastest Mullet, it’s perhaps no surprise such awesomeness should arise on Twitter and Instagram. For more Corvette DP and general racing awesomeness, be sure to watch today's TUDOR...
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2014 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix PreviewThis weekend sees the 29th edition of the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix. The race has always been held at the Hungaroring, on the outskirts of Budapest, and though the track has gone through various modifications it remains one of the slowest on the calendar (average speeds are about 120 mph)...
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2015 Formula One Calendar Adds Mexican Grand PrixFormula One returns to Mexico in 2015 after more than two decades. The race will be held once again at Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and the race organizer, live events firm CIE, says it has a signed a five-year contract. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the news and said...
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Eight Audi R8 LMS ultra Race Cars To Tackle 2014 Spa 24 HoursFollowing the likes of Aston Martin and Bentley, Audi has now confirmed its lineup of race cars for the 2014 Spa 24 Hours taking place this weekend. Eight examples of the Audi R8 LMS ultra race car will be taking part in the grueling event, held on the beautiful Spa Francorchamps circuit, and these...
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Watch This Viper GT3-R Make The Fastest Lap Around VIR At UTCC 2014: VideoThe Grassroots Motorsports Ultimate Track Car Challenge is an event any gearhead or track dog can love: it pits an amazing assortment of cars against the clock for honor and glory. MUST SEE: 5,000-HP, 348-MPH Devel Sixteen Spotted In The Wild: Video Held on the full course of Virginia International...
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Five Aston Martins To Take On 2014 Spa 24 HoursAston Martin cars will be taking part in a 24-hour race this weekend at Belgium’s beautiful Spa Francorchamps circuit, the Spa 24 Hours. The British automaker is supplying five of its V12 Vantage GT3 race cars to teams competing in the event, and will also offer the talent of some of its own...
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A week ago we heard that Ford was looking to return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016 to mark 50 years since its legendary first win at the event with the GT40. While we originally heard that Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] was looking to launch a new GT supercar and compete in Le Mans' GTE category for production-based cars, a new report claims Ford is more likely to compete in the LMP2 category with a new prototype race car. ALSO SEE: 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat First Drive Video RACER reports that Ford is considering entering not just Le Mans but the full World Endurance Championship...
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Foust, Volkswagen Win Red Bull Global Rallycross New York: VideoTanner Foust and Scott Speed put their Volkswagen Andretti Global Rallycross Polo race cars on the first and second steps of the podium at the Red Bull GRC New York event this weekend, though a penalty ultimately stripped Speed of his second place finish. The result marks a massive outcome for the...
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1978 Budweiser Cosworth Indy 500 Car Thrills Goodwood: VideoThe Goodwood Festival of Speed is behind us for 2014, but the sights and sounds keep coming as car owners and sponsors post videos of their time on Lord March’s estate. CHECK OUT: Lamborghini Veneno Roadster Delivered In Germany: Gallery, Video With so many amazing cars, it’s impossible...
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ACO Adds New LMP3 Class For 2015If you're a fan of endurance racing... actually, I'll stop there because everyone should be a fan of endurance racing. What we're dealing with is a sport that is very nearly the highest level of performance in the world of motorsports. Everything needs to come together to earn a victory in the...
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Bentley To Race In Spa 24 Hours For First TimeWith already two victories under its belt in the Blancpain Endurance Series, Bentley and its motorsport partner M-Sport are gearing up for the season’s toughest race: the Spa 24 Hours. The classic endurance race this year is taking place this weekend and Bentley is aiming to have both its...
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Mercedes AMG Dominant At 2014 Formula One German Grand PrixMercedes AMG driver Nico Rosberg was never really under threat during the entire 2014 Formula One German Grand Prix yesterday, with the German taking a dominating home victory at his home event, held this year at the Hockenheimring. This was Rosberg’s fourth win of the season and Mercedes...
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Mercedes AMG driver Nico Rosberg secured pole position in front of his home crowd during today’s qualifying session for the 2014 Formula One German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring. His teammate Lewis Hamilton was quicker during yesterday’s practice but the Briton suffered a brake failure and ended up crashing out during Q1; he is said to be sore from the impact but will be ready to race tomorrow. Hamilton’s loss was the gain of Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, whose Mercedes AMG-powered cars helped them secure second and third spots on the grid...
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2014 Formula One German Grand Prix Weather ForecastAlthough the weather was good during practice today at the 2014 Formula One German Grand Prix, some rain is predicted for Sunday’s race. The race this year is taking place at the Hockenheimring, where in addition to rain we should see winds of just 6 mph and a peak temperature of 86 degrees F...
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Mahindra Racing's Bruno Senna Talks Formula E: VideoThe inaugural season of Formula E electric car racing is now just a couple of months away from the opening race in Beijing, and testing of the Spark-Renault SRT_01E race car common to all teams is well underway at Donington Park in the U.K. In the video above, former Formula One driver Bruno Senna...
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Hardest Time Over, Says Michael Schumacher's WifeIn a letter to fans, Michael Schumacher's wife Corinna thanked everyone for their support during the dark days following the Formula One legend’s tragic skiing accident last December and the subsequent months that he lay in a coma. The letter was published in the official program for this...
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2014 Formula One German Grand Prix PreviewRound 10 of the 2014 Formula One World Championship brings us to the Hockenheimring for this year’s German Grand Prix. The location of the track is not far from Mercedes-Benz’s headquarters, so members of the Mercedes AMG F1 team will be keen to impress their bosses with a home win...
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Lexus SC400 Does Burnout Until Brakes Catch FireHere we see some of the madness that is the TX2K14 event, with what appears to be a modified Lexus SC400 burning the tires for a couple of minutes, keeping the smoke billowing and the revs up until the brakes simply can’t take it and burst into flame. ALSO SEE: Here's A Challenger SRT Hellcat...
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