Racing

If there was any doubt about Jimmie Johnson’s ability to take this year’s Sprint Cup Championship, the Hendrick Motorsport driver erased it by taking the pole for Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway. Though slow in practice, Johnson pulled out all the stops in...

After a season of so many near misses, Kimi Räikkönen produced a fantastic performance to win the 2012 Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday and give his Lotus team its first victory since 2008. Räikkönen’s latest performance also means that the 2012 season has now...

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit is unique in the Formula One calendar in that it is the only race that takes place during the twilight hours. Starting in the heat of the afternoon, the drivers will race into the night, switching from the harsh sunlight to spotlights. The weather...

UDPATE: The third grid position earned by Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel after qualifying today will not be included due to his car not containing enough remaining fuel to return to parc ferme and provide the 1.0-liter mandatory sample to the FIA. Vettel immediately stopped after...

With all the attention given to the launch of the Scion FR-S and the Subaru BRZ, it was inevitable that the cars would turn up in pro racing for the 2013 season. Sure enough, the first Scion FR-S GTS racer has bowed its head at this week’s SEMA show. Built by Ken Stout Racing, the FR-S will...

Round 18 of the 2012 Formula One World Championship takes place at the Yas Marina Circuit, home of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 55-lap race takes in a total of 190 miles from dusk to nightfall to allow a more temperate climate for spectators, instead of having them sit through Abu Dhabi’s...

Professional racing is in dire straits in the United States these days. Attendance at Indy Car events was sparse this season, a mere fraction of what it was prior to the Champ Car / IRL split. Even NASCAR, the motorsport marketing juggernaut, has fallen on hard times and has had difficulty filling...

It’s official: Porsche Motorsport is shuttering its development program for the current type 997 911 GT3 RSR to focus on the creation of a new 911 GT3 RSR, built from the type 991 Porsche 911 that was introduced in 2011. While customer support for the current race cars will continue...

Announced in 2011, the B-Spec series (sanctioned by both the SCCA and Grand Am) is arguably the cheapest way to go racing on a professional level. Up to now, the series has starred the Honda Fit, the Ford Fiesta, the Kia Rio, the Fiat 500, the MINI Cooper, the Toyota Yaris and the Mazda2. Now...

The 2012 SEMA show is well underway, and among the various tuned and factory custom cars on the show floor, there are a few legitimate race cars. One of them is the straight-strip terrorizing Mustang Cobra Jet--now with twin turbos. Get more Mustang news: Subscribe to our daily newsletter Though we...

The Nissan Altima may not be the obvious choice for a racing series called V8 Supercars, but a version of the car, complete with a Nismo-tuned V-8 engine, will compete in the popular series from next year onwards, and today it has been revealed. The inclusion of more manufacturers in V8 Supercars...

The Volvo V60 is the wagon version of the S60 sedan, and in the markets where it’s sold it’s available with a range of fuel-efficient powertrains including a diesel-electric plug-in hybrid option. However, a V60 concept unveiled at the recent 2012 Sao Paulo Auto Show is more about...

While some would say that miniature cameras are the best thing to ever happen to televised racing coverage, they generally limit what you can see to a fixed view. With current technology, you may get a feel for what the driver sees when looking straight ahead, but you have no sense of what looking...

Kimi Räikkönen could be racing’s most attention-deficit-disorder-addled driver, but we mean that in the best possible way. No one can question Räikkönen’s ability to drive a race car, but he has been known to change series the way some drivers change sunglasses...

On October 16, Johnny Bohmer, owner of Performance Power Racing, strapped himself into the driver’s seat of his 1,700+ horsepower Ford GT, then pointed the nose towards the end of NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway. The 15,000 foot runway, located on Merritt Island, would give...

About a week ago we brought you news that HSV, official tuner to GM’s Aussie division, Holden, was looking to establish a new one-making racing series in India using one of its tuned Holden Commodore sedans as the basis. HSV has now revealed some details about the project, including...

Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel cruised to victory at yesterday’s 2012 Formula One Indian Grand Prix, winning the race in back to back years and in the process extending his lead in the Drivers’ Championship. After starting from pole, Vettel and his team-mate Mark Webber, who...

Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have taken advantage of their quick pace during practice to lock out the front of the grid at the 2012 Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix after qualifying today. This is the duo’s third consecutive one-two qualifying result for the season...

The weather forecast for this weekend’s 2012 Formula One Indian Grand Prix is for sunny skies and an ideal peak temperature of 82 degrees F (28 degrees C). The only issue is that pollution from nearby New Delhi can reach the Buddh International Circuit, but not to the extent that it can...

Son of racing legend Dan Gurney and prominent racer in his own right, Alex Gurney regularly races the Gainsco/Bob Stallings No. 99 car--known as the Red Dragon--in the Grand Am series' Daytona Prototype class. Here, we see the car and Gurney (the younger) in action on track at the Circuit of the...