Racing
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Longtime Porsche client Flying Lizard Motorsports will race the Audi R8 LMS in the inaugural United SportsCar Championship.
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Factory-Built Audi Quattro Group B Rally Car For SaleWant to own a genuine Audi rally car? All you need is $385,000.
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Kevin Magnussen Replaces Sergio Perez At McLaren, Heikki Kovalainen Joins LotusMcLaren is aiming to quickly forget its dismal performance in Formula One this year by injecting some new blood, announcing this week that Danish racing driver Kevin Magnussen will replace Sergio Perez in the 2014 season. Perez, who only joined McLaren this season, has failed to make much of an...
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Bentley Names Driver Lineup For Its GT3 Motorsport ComebackBentley recently took the covers off its new Continental GT-based race car, which has been designed for GT3 competition and will be competing initially in the FIA-sanctioned Blancpain Endurance Series. Its first race is scheduled for the 2013 Gulf 12 Hours, at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi on...
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Dario Franchitti To Retire From Racing Due To Spinal Injuries Suffered In Houston Indy CrashJust last month, IndyCar racer Dario Franchitti suffered a scary wreck after touching wheels with Takuma Sato at the Houston Grand Prix. Today, Franchitti announced he is retiring from racing as a result of the head and spinal injuries suffered in the accident. The decision was made "based on the...
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Mazda Going With Diesel Prototype In 2014 United SportsCar SeriesWe become more convinced each day that Mazda is secretly run by a person attempting to channel Enzo Ferrari. That person believes his or her brand exists solely to fund the automaker's exploits on the race track. Sure, it's a much more affordable and approachable version of what Enzo was doing, but...
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No stranger to perhaps the most brutally expensive, technical, and intellectually difficult racing series in the world--Formula One--McLaren has taken the first produce of its road car division and kitted it out for racing duty in the form of the MP4-12C GT3. The race car has enjoyed reasonable success in GT3 competition around the globe, and now Chris Harris has driven one for the latest episode of his online series Drive. The version as tested retails for approximately half a million dollars, making it one of the more expensive cars featured on Drive. As Harris points out, there are quite a...
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Formula One United States Grand Prix PreviewThe Formula One United States Grand Prix returns this year, for only the second time at the Circuit of the Americas, in Austin, Texas, and once again the local race is the penultimate event on the 2013 calendar. Unlike last year, however, the championship has already been decided, with Red Bull...
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Race-Inspired Carbon Fiber Table & Chair Are The Supercars Of FurnitureThe John & Table Race is made of carbon fiber and trimmed in leather and Alcantara, just like many high-performance cars.
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James Hunt's 1977 McLaren M26 Formula One Car Sells For $1.2 MillionHunt's 1977 McLaren M26 matched the low end of the pre-auction estimate.
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‘Need For Speed’ Ford Mustang Pace Car Revealed: VideoRemember the wide-body Ford Mustang set to star in the upcoming Need For Speed movie? Well, it’s set to hit Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend as the official pace car of the NASCAR Sprint Cup’s Ford EcoBoost 400 series finale. Driving the car will be Ramon Rodriguez, one of the...
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2014 Ferrari 458 Challenge Evoluzione Race Car RevealedThe Ferrari Challenge, the Italian automaker’s one-make racing series for gentleman drivers and up-and-coming racers, will see the introduction of a new race car for the 2014 season. That new race car has been revealed as the Ferrari 458 Challenge Evoluzione. As its name suggests, the car is...
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With Kimi Räikkönen taking Felipe Massa’s seat at Ferrari for the 2014 Formula One season and beyond, many thought the Brazilian may finally step down from a career in motorsport’s top echelon. Massa, however, was determined to continue his fight in F1 and this week it’s been revealed he will continue that fight together with British team Williams. Massa will race alongside Valtteri Bottas in the 2014 season, thus replacing Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado, who has been with Williams for the past three seasons. It is not clear where Maldonado’s future lies...
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Travis Pastrana Pulls Out Of NASCAR After Failing To Find SponsorsEverybody's favorite real-life action hero (and genuinely nice guy) Travis Pastrana today admitted defeat in the competitive, expensive world of NASCAR. Pastrana announced he hasn't had the success necessary to secure sponsors for next season, and will be moving on to other pursuits. Pastrana gave...
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Gymkhana Six, The Ultimate Gymkhana GRID Course: VideoKen Block has done it again, and even though this particular dead horse has now suffered at least six beatings, it's always fun to see Block try to one-up himself in a wickedly powerful turbo AWD rally car. ALSO SEE: $3.4 Million Lykan Hypersport Debuts In Production Trim At Dubai Motor Show That's...
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TMG Announces Plans For Toyota GT 86 Rally CarToyota motorsport partner TMG has announced plans to build a rear-wheel-drive rally car based on the Toyota GT 86, the global version of the Scion FR-S. TMG is targeting the FIA’s new R3C rally category, which calls for vehicles with two-wheel drive, normally aspirated engines ranging from...
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Kimi Raikkonen Out For Remainder Of 2013 F1 Season Due To Back SurgeryAfter not being paid all year, despite his current third-place position in the driver’s championship, Lotus Renault GP Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen will be out for the rest of the season as he seeks surgery on his back to fix a problem causing him significant pain. The news comes by way of...
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EVR Proto VX 101 Rally Raid Concept Takes on Dakar With Corvette LS7 PowerThis Corvette-powered race truck will contest the 2014 Dakar Rally.
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Yet another former Formula One name has been linked with the Formula E Championship, the world’s first sanctioned motorsport event for electric cars. That name is Super Aguri, which returns to the world of international motorsport as a Formula E team set to compete in the sport’s inaugural season next year. For those unfamiliar with Super Aguri, it is a former F1 team founded by ex-F1 driver Aguri Suzuki. It competed in motorsport’s top echelon from 2006 to 2008, and featured notable drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson. Its run was eventually ended because of financial...
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Chris Harris Drives The Drayson Racing Electric Le Mans Prototype: VideoChris Harris drives a record-breaking electric car in his latest video.
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2014 Lotus Elise S Cup R Race Car RevealedThe Lotus Elise may no longer be sold in the U.S. but you can still purchase versions of the car designed for track use. One example is the 2014 Lotus Elise S Cup R race car, which is based on the supercharged Elise S and is designed for the Lotus Cup racing series, competitions for which are run...
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2014 Chevrolet SS Prepped By Jeff Gordon: Live From SEMAOne of the surprises of this week’s SEMA show is this custom 2014 Chevrolet SS muscle sedan. Responsible for the car’s unique attributes is none other than Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Chevy SS race car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Gordon chose a handful of tasteful mods for the...
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Teaser Video Released For Ken Block’s Gymkhana SixHe may not be a master in competitive motorsport, but there’s no denying that rally driver Ken Block has a boatload of talent. As chief brand officer of DC Shoes, and more recently racing adviser to the Need For Speed franchise, it’s Block’s job to sell as many shoes and hoodies...
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2014 COPO Camaro Headlines Chevy’s Fleet Of SEMA CamarosChevrolet has brought out the big guns for the SEMA show taking place this week. After showing us a trio of Corvette Stingray concepts and a sinister performance pickup concept based on the Silverado, the bowtie brand has now revealed a fleet of custom Camaros. At the top of the list is the 2014...
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