Racing

Porsche has taken overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans some 16 times, including a winning streak with the 936, 956 and 962C that lasted from 1981 through 1987. The last time the Stuttgart automaker stood atop the podium was in 1998, and since 2007 only Audi and Peugeot have sponsored...

Felipe Massa could well paraphrase the words of Mark Twain with the statement, “the rumors of my departure from Scuderia Ferrari have been greatly exaggerated.” Ending what seems like months of speculation, Ferrari’s F1 team has just announced the re-signing of Felipe Massa for...

From a profitability perspective, hiring a pro drifter to run factory tours probably isn’t the best idea. Even a driver like Vaughn Gittin Jr. (who just finished second in the 2012 Formula Drift championship) occasionally misjudges distances, meaning that a car or two will need to go back to...

Bentley gave us the biggest indication yet that it’s seriously considering a return to motorsports with the unveiling of the striking Continental GT3 Concept at the recent 2012 Paris Auto Show. While any motorsport debut for Bentley is likely to be years away still, the automaker has...

Magnus Walker doesn’t look at all like what you’d expect a Porsche collector to look like. He wears oil-stained jeans, not designer slacks, and it’s a safe bet that none of his shirts come with a tiny alligator logo on them. He wears his long hair in dreadlocks, and you can tell...

It's undeniably expensive to participate in motorsports at any level. At the level of the manufacturers--and the results they're expected to deliver--it's often insanely expensive. While Ford hasn't disclosed costs as the reason, it's pulling out of World Rally Championship (WRC) competition at the...

Stock car racing isn’t always about keeping the accelerator mashed to the firewall and out-driving the competition, especially in longer races. These days, winning a 500 or 600 mile race is as much about fuel conservation and pit strategy as is is about finding the right drafting partner and...

Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel cruised to victory at the Formula One Korean Grand Prix yesterday, with his third win a row catapulting the reigning world champion to the top of the points ladder in the 2012 Drivers’ Championship. Starting at second on the grid, Vettel was already...

After proving quickest during yesterday’s practice sessions for the 2012 Formula One Korean Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel have followed up with stunning performances during qualifying today, locking out the front of the grid for tomorrow’s race. In...

And then there were 11: with this week’s announcement that Dale Earnhardt Jr. would be sidelined for two races after suffering his second concussion of the season in the closing-lap wreck at Talladega, the 2012 Sprint Cup champion will be crowned from the remaining 11 drivers. As the Chase...

Citing “a very difficult commercial environment,” BMW Senior Vice President MINI Business Coordination and Brand Management, Dr. Kay Segler, has announced that MINI will end its factory involvement in the FIA World Rally Championship at the end of the 2012 season. The announcement comes...

Formula One teams move from Japan to Korea this week to complete the first of the three sets of double-header races scheduled before the end of the 2012 season. Round 16 is the Korean Grand Prix, now in its third year, which once again takes place at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam. The...

Currently in 11th place in points, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was a longshot to win this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. Sadly, his run for 2012 is now officially over, as the Hendrick Motorsports driver has been diagnosed with a concussion, suffered in Sunday’s last lap crash at...

In the aftermath of last weekend’s carnage at Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was remarkably outspoken about the dangers of restrictor-plate-track racing, saying, “If this is what we did every week, I wouldn’t be doing it, let me put it to you like that.” As if that...

Honda’s involvement in the sport of Formula One racing began back in 1964, when the fledgling automaker constructed its first Formula One car. In 1965, the Japanese automaker won its first F1 race, a feat it would repeat just once before the death of driver Jo Schlesser caused the company to...

Update: Marc Arnold, the pilot for Rocky Mountain Jet who flew the Eclipse 500 against the Lexus LFA, was kind enough to give us detailed information on the race. Rather than leaving his insight as a comment, we thought it more relevant to include it in the body of the original story. Thanks go to...

Legendary British engineering firm and race car constructor Lola Cars, established in 1958 and based in Huntingdon, England, has ceased operations after entering administration and failing to secure new investment. The firm, which is part of the larger Lola Group, originally went into...

Becoming a professional race car driver is a lot like becoming a rock star: talent can only get you so far, and then you need to be discovered. For every Michael Schumacher, Jimmie Johnson or Sebastian Loeb, there are probably dozens of equally-skilled but anonymous racers taking to tracks around...

There’s a reason that race cars go fast on the track, and that street cars (generally) don’t. Cars built for racing are constructed without regard to ride comfort, with the primary focus being on weight savings, handling and driver safety. Cars built for the road are generally focused...

Frenchman Sébastien Loeb together with the aid of his co-driver Daniel Elena has won his ninth and final World Rally Championship title on Sunday, and in the process earned Citroen its eighth Constructors’ title. Competing in this weekend’s Rallye de France, Loeb was easily able...