Racing
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Formula One’s premier event, the Monaco Grand Prix, takes place this weekend. The famous street circuit may be one of the shortest tracks of the year, but it’s the most demanding, especially for the driver. Although the corner speeds are the slowest on the calendar, too, drivers need as much of the track as possible and the closer they can put their car to the barriers the faster they go. That’s why it remains one of the most thrilling to watch and is still with us even after all these years. The Monaco Grand Prix was on the inaugural F1 calendar back in 1950 and it’s...
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Lamborghini Names Manager For Super Trofeo Series In U.S.Lamborghini’s Blancpain Super Trofeo one-make racing series lands in the U.S. later this year, with the inaugural North American season’s first race taking place at the Mid-Ohio race track in June. Having just announced a new director for its Squadra Corse racing division in the form of...
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Ryan Tuerck & Chris Forsberg Share The 'Slide Ride Fail': Video
Ryan Tuerck is a master of getting a car sideways and keeping it there. His pal Chris Forsberg is equally amazing at the art of controlled oversteer. The two work together on Ryan's web series Tuerck'd, and the clips they put up on YouTube are worth every view they get. Occasionally, however, there...
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SRT Prepares Viper GTS-R Race Cars For 24 Hours Of Le Mans
Having dominated the GTS class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for three consecutive years between 1998 and 2000, the Dodge Viper has been noticeably absent from the event for the past decade. That’s all about to change, as the Viper in its latest iteration, now badged an SRT, will be returning to...
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Porsche Carrera Cup Cars Battle At The 'Ring: Video
The sound of a 991 Porsche 911 uncorked is a beautiful thing. It's even more intoxicating when it's converted to Carrera Cup form. Here, there are two of them, and they're battling for position at the Nordschleife. Filmed during the third round of the Porsche Carrera Cup, this video shows Kevin...
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NFL’s Jim Harbaugh To Pace Indy 500 In 2014 Corvette Stingray
The head coach of NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, Jim Harbaugh, will be driving the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Pace Car at this Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, the 97th running of ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.’ Harbaugh will lead the pack of 33 cars to the start of the...
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If you don't know who Leilani Münter is, you probably should. Apart from being a NASCAR ARCA-series racer, sister-in-law to the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, and very easy on the eyes, her motto is "never underestimate a vegetarian hippie chick with a race car." And she now drives a Tesla Model S. Upon her first drive of the car earlier this month--with Elon Musk--Münter's Twitter feed has become a proselytizing stream of Model S advocacy. While it doesn't yet appear that she owns one (via Twitter, "my husband, while accelerating in a Tesla Model S for the first time: 'if we were to buy...
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Mercedes AMG F1 Team Names Paddy Lowe As Technical Director
Back in February it was revealed that McLaren’s Formula One Technical Director Paddy Lowe would be ditching the Woking-based team to join the Mercedes AMG squad in nearby Brackley. At that time, it wasn’t clear what role Lowe would take at his new employer and when he was officially to...
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Schumacher, Rosberg Hit The Nürburgring In F1, AMG Cars: Video
As promised, F1 legend Michael Schumacher and current Mercedes AMG F1 driver Nico Rosberg have hit the Nurburgring in F1 and AMG cars. This video captures the screaming of Schumacher piloting the 2011-spec W02 Mercedes Silver Arrow F1 car as it flirts with a small herd of AMG cars. Oh, and there...
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Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Driven To Overall Victory In Nürburgring 24 Hours
The #9 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 of German team Black Falcon, competing in the SP9 GT3 class, has won the 2013 Nürburgring 24 Hours, which ended just moments ago. Taking turns behind the wheel were drivers Bernd Schneider, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Sean Edwards and Nicki Thiim, who have become the...
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X Games Global RallyCross Barcelona Canceled Due To Rain
Global RallyCross was set to make its X Games appearance in Barcelona, Spain. Things didn't go as planned, however, and the race wound up being cancelled. What does it take to cancel a RallyCross race? Rain, apparently. Fans who were set to watch the race were a bit unhappy, and took to Facebook...
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Aston Martin Teases Its CC100 Speedster Concept: Video
In early March, we told you Aston Martin will be unveiling a special concept to help celebrate its centenary this year. Today, the historic British automaker confirmed that the concept will be unveiled this weekend at a special event coinciding with the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race...
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For many, the name Hans-Joachim Stuck may not ring a bell but those more seasoned readers will no doubt remember ol’ Strietzel, son of the legendary Hans Stuck and a Formula One driver during the 1970s. At 6 ft 4 in, Stuck clearly wasn’t made for F1 though he did manage to make the podium twice during his career, both times with Brabham. He enjoyed much greater success in the world of Le Mans racing, winning multiple times in the 24-hour event including twice in the Porsche 962. Today, Stuck is an ambassador for Volkswagen Motorsport and also a key player in the development of...
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2013 Will Be Biggest Year Yet For Nissan's GT Academy
Nissan’s popular GT Academy will be back for its fifth year in 2013 and organizers promise to make this round of competition the biggest yet. The GT Academy essentially pits gamers playing Sony’s Gran Turismo in a knockout competition, with the final winner in each of the tournaments...
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Subaru Joins Global RallyCross Championship At Barcelona
Subaru is going racing, and the automaker has a brand new team to show off. Partnering up with PUMA, Subaru is sending a handful of rally-prepped WRX STI race machines to the X Games in Barcelona. The event at hand is Global RallyCross Championship, and the team drivers are Bucky Lasek, Dave Mirra...
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Mitsubishi Returning To Pikes Peak With Two MiEV Electric Racers
Mitsubishi is returning to Colorado’s famous ‘Race To The Clouds’ with a pair of electric race cars utilizing technology from the automaker’s road-going i-MiEV hatch. Mitsubishi entered the Pikes Peak competition for the first time last year with its original i-MiEV...
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Honda Returning To F1 In 2015 As Engine Supplier To McLaren
It’s official. Honda will be back in Formula One in the 2015 season, serving as engine supplier to McLaren. The two companies made the announcement earlier today, ending years of speculation of Honda’s possible return to motorsport’s top echelon. By supplying engines to McLaren, a...
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Renault Joins Formula E Championship
Renault, engine supplier to the likes of Red Bull Racing and a former F1 champion itself, has signed up with the innovative Formula E Championship as an official technical partner. The French automaker joins the likes of McLaren, Drayson Racing and Spark Racing Technology as Formula E partners...
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Any form of motorsports is serious business. Safety is of the utmost concern, no matter what speeds or road types are involved. Rally racing involves all sorts of varying speeds, road types, and is one of the most dangerous forms of motorsports out there. Tree-lined stages give way to cliff-side-close routes through ever-changing terrain. It's certainly exciting, and it's popularity continues to grow here in the United States. A recent Rally American event took place in Oregon, in fact... and there was a major off for one driver and co-driver pair. Antonine L'Estage and Nathalie Richard were...
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Aston Martin Reveals V12 Vantage GT3 For 2013 Nürburgring 24 Hours
Aston Martin has waited until just a few days out from the 2013 Nürburgring 24 Hours to tell us about its other entries planned for the annual endurance race. We can now confirm that Aston Martin’s previously announced Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S will be joined by a V12 Vantage GT3 race car...
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Rolls-Royce Sponsoring 1,000-MPH Bloodhound SSC Project
The mission: Build a car that can exceed 1,000 miles per hour. Do we have your attention yet? The jet-engine maker Rolls-Royce PLC have announced that they're supporting the Bloodhound Project, an educational program (and a real land-speed-record effort) that hopes to break that barrier. Rolls will...
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Aussie V8 Supercars Touches Down In Texas This Week
Australia’s unique touring car series, V8 Supercars, will be hosting its first race in the U.S. this week, the Austin 400. The race will take place at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, which becomes only the sixth venue outside Australia to host a V8 Supercars race. For years, V8...
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Ferrari's Fernando Alonso Wins Formula One Spanish GP
Scuderia Ferrari secured a superb first and third place finish in yesterday’s 2013 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, with star driver Fernando Alonso taking home the victory and his team-mate Felipe Massa coming in third--this despite a penalized start at ninth on the grid for the Brazilian...
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One-Two For Mercedes AMG After Qualifying At Spanish GP
Pole position after qualifying today at the 2013 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix went to Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg. The young German posted a best time of 1.20.718, which was just enough to edge him past his Mercedes AMG team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s time of 1:20.972. This means it will...
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