Racing
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Fire. It's one of the biggest fears of many race car drivers, as even with the best of fire-retardant clothing and suppression systems, there's so much flammable material on board, things can go very wrong. Worse, when fire goes wrong, it happens quickly. Credit Tuka Rocha's quick-thinking to roll out of his moving fireball of a race car at a Brazilian stock car race last weekend with saving his life. You can see Rocha's sudden exit from the moving race car under hellish circumstances in the video below. The action starts at around 37 seconds, with Rocha's dramatic departure from the car...
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NASCAR Moves Toward Relevance, Tests Fuel InjectionNASCAR is switching from carburetors to fuel injection for the 2012 season, and will test fuel injection for the first time at the Kentucky Speedway in advance of this weekend's Sprint Cup race.
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Jacques Villeneuve Says F1 Shouldn't Penalize Aggressive Drivers
Jacques Villeneuve thinks aggressive driving is its own penalty, but we don't think the people sharing the track with him would agree.
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800-HP, AWD Toyota Celica Wins Goodwood Hill Climb Overall: Video
It might sound like David slaying Goliath, but there's a lot more than meets the eye in this WRC-prepped Toyota Celica.
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Formula One: Williams Inks Two-Year Engine Deal With Renault
The Williams Formula One team has signed a two year engine deal with Renault, which should make Williams more of a contender for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
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Team Lotus Formula 1 Cars Adopt Caterham Livery
From this coming weekend’s 2011 Formula 1 British Grand Prix onwards, the Team Lotus F1 race cars will be wearing new Caterham livery in response to the team’s acquisition of the legendary Caterham sports car brand back in April. You may recall that Caterham was purchased by a holding...
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Two-wheel drive, supercharged, and sideways in the dirt. That's the future of at least one Lotus model, according to the latest reports. The company is said to be planning an Exige-based rally car for IRC or WRC competition. Combining two of our favorite things in the world (lightweight British sports cars and stage rally) the Exige rally car would see at least 300 units built for homologation purposes, but that figure could reach as high as 500 or 600 cars built, according to CAR. The cars would be sold to privateers and run as customer efforts, supported by, but not run by, the Lotus...
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Tesla Roadster Wins ReFuel EV Races, We Interview The Driver, Joe Nuxoll
We talk with Joe Nuxoll about winning the ReFuel EV SportElectric Time Trials in a bone-stock, first-generation Tesla Roadster.
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Chrysler Considering GT Racing Return With 2013 Dodge Viper
A little over a decade ago Chrysler was dominating the international GT circuit with its first-generation Dodge Viper race car, taking home a hat-trick of GTS-class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1998 to 2000, as well as a win at the 24 Hours of Daytona during the same period. Now, with a...
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Does America Need Two F1 Grands Prix? Martin Whitmarsh Thinks So
As McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh is a busy guy. Add to that the fact that he's the Formula One Teams Association chariman, and he throws around a bit of weight in F1 circles, too--and he's talking about two F1 Grands Prix in America. Why? Not because America needs F1. He actually says...
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Ken Block Too Tall To Test Pirelli F1 Car
Formula 1 drivers are not just fast. They're also small.
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Austin F1 Circuit To Host Australian V8 Supercars From 2013
The Circuit of the Americas is rapidly shaping up to be the most exciting non-oval racing venue in the country.
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Porsche's return to Le Mans is still three years out, but we're excited to see a serious new contender in the field--especially one with the Le Mans history of Porsche.
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Subaru WRX STI Attacks Nurburgring 24 Hour Qualifying: Video
Hot laps of the Nurburgring never get old, especially when they're done in modified all-wheel-drive turbocharged production cars like the Subaru WRX STI. This video meets all of the above, and adds in the drama of being shot during qualifying for the Nurburgring 24 Hour, which took place this past...
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Ron Howard To Direct New Niki Lauda Biopic ‘Rush’
If you thought Senna was the only movie centering on the life of a Formula 1 legend being released in recent times, think again. A new biopic about Austrian driver Niki Lauda and his epic battle--which he ultimately lost--with British driver James Hunt in the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship is...
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Monster Tajima's Record 9:51 Pikes Peak Run: Video
Watch the fastest trip up Pikes Peak ever, run in a 910-horsepower Suzuki by Monster Tajima.
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NASCAR Weekend At Infineon A Little Greener With Solar Power
It might seem ironic that on the weekend the NASCAR Cup series visited Infineon Raceway in Northern California, the circuit chose to announce the completion of its large solar arrays. As over forty NASCAR racers tore around the circuit for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 on Saturday and Sunday, spectators...
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Hennessey Venom GT To Run At Goodwood Festival Of Speed: Video
Watch the Hennessey Venom GT testing in John Heinricy's hands as it prepares for the Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb.
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Mark Higgins just set the fastest lap time around the Isle of Man TT, and now his brother David has set the Mt. Washington hillclimb record--both in Subarus.
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'Monster’ Tajima Breaks 10-Minute Pikes Peak Record: Video
Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima has broken his own record for the arduous Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado, and at the same time come under the near-mythical sub-10-minute barrier of the 12.42-mile ‘Race to the Clouds’. To achieve this feat Tajima drove a highly modified Suzuki...
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Porsche Takes Top Honors At Nurburgring 24 Hours Race
Porsche has done it again, managing to win its fifth Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race in six years. This past weekend’s race, in particular, was one of the most exciting and dramatic 24 hour races at the Nurburgring, but in the end there could be only one clear winner: Porsche together...
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Sebastian Vettel Unstoppable At Formula 1 European Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel is on track for the second Formula 1 Championship of his very short career, securing victory yet again at this past weekend’s 2011 Formula 1 European Grand Prix. Additionally, the German youngster has set a new record for the first ever F1 driver to take out one of the top...
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Formula 1 European Grand Prix Weather Forecast
Conditions are looking near on perfect for the 2011 Formula 1 European Grand Prix taking place in Valencia, Spain today. Predicted temperatures are a high of 88 degrees, with the thermometer currently hovering around 75 degrees. The skies are also expected to remain clear blue, with the current...
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Global RallyCross Pikes Peak 'Last Chance' Preview: Video
The first season of the Global RallyCross Championship is drawing to a close, but there's still some action to see with the Last Chance Pikes Peak event on TV this weekend.
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