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  • Throwback liveries for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing GTs

    Fans will be treated to historic liveries on a pair of Ford GTs set to do battle in the Rolex 24 at Daytona later this month. Ford Performance and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing unveiled two throwback liveries for the numbers 66 and 67 GT race cars on Thursday. It's the first time the GT will sport special liveries outside of its traditional red, white, and blue colors. The no. 66 car features the colors from the Roush Racing Motorcraft Ford Mustang, which won the GTO category at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 1985. John Jones, Wally Dallenbach, Jr., and Doc Bundy drove the Motorcraft Mustang to...

  • Andreas Seidl
    New McLaren F1 boss previously ran Porsche LMP1 program

    It's no secret that McLaren's once great Formula 1 team has been struggling in recent years, with the team having failed to secure a single win since as far back as 2012. The good news is that McLaren has no intention of leaving F1. In fact, the team has a recovery plan, and the latest move is the...

  • Artist's impression of a Brabham BT62 GTE race car
    Brabham BT62 to go racing in WEC, 24 Hours of Le Mans

    Brabham will use this week's 2019 Autosport International show starting Thursday in the United Kingdom to formally announce plans to take the BT62 supercar racing in the World Endurance Championship, whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Australian race team and nascent car manufacturer...

  • Mattia Binotto
    Mattia Binotto replaces Maurizio Arrivabene as Ferrari F1 boss

    Ferrari on Monday named Mattia Binotto as the new head of its Formula 1 team. Binotto, who was previously the team's chief technical officer, replaces Maurizio Arrivabene in the team principal role. "The decision was taken together with the company’s top management after lengthy discussions...

  • 2019 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport race car
    New Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 revealed in race car guise

    Porsche is preparing a successor to the awesome Cayman GT4, based on its updated 718 Cayman, but prior to the car's arrival in the coming months the German firm has shown the racing variant: the 2019 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport. The race car provides plenty of clues for the upcoming road car, namely...

  • Official Michael Schumacher app
    Michael Schumacher turns 50, official Schumacher app released

    On Thursday, Michael Schumacher turned 50, and his family honored his decorated Formula 1 career with a smartphone app. The official Schumacher app encompasses a "digital grand prix of memories," according to a statement from the official Michael Schumacher Facebook page. The app includes a virtual...

  • Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Baja Boot illustration

    It appears off-road racing is also on the agenda for Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus. The American race team and sports car manufacturer confirmed this week that it will tackle the 2019 Baja 1000 with its Boot off-roader. Five examples will be entered in the November race, competing in a class for street-legal SUVs, and they will be joined by the original Baja Boot (shown below) developed by hot rodder Vic Hickey and raced by actor Steve McQueen back in the 1960s. SCG founder James Glickenhaus happens to own one of the two original Boots, which served as inspiration for the modern version. The...

  • Michael 50 - Michael Schumacher exhibition at the Ferrari Museum
    Ferrari special exhibition marks Michael Schumacher's 50th birthday

    The Ferrari Museum has honored Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher with a special exhibition to mark his 50th birthday. Opening Thursday, the day of Schumacher's birthday, the exhibition is filled with memorable events and artifacts from the seven-time world champion's tenure as a Ferrari driver...

  • Second-generation Ford Escort rally racer
    Ford's legendary rally racer, the Escort, turns 50

    There are only a handful of cars that have reached legendary status thanks to their participation in rally racing, but perhaps chief among them is the Ford Escort. And this year marks the nameplate's 50th anniversary as the original made its debut in 1968. Immediately, the car found success in...

  • Sebastian Vettel overtakes Valtteri Bottas in British Grand Prix, 2018
    Witness the top 10 overtakes in F1 from 2018

    As we wave goodbye to 2018, we can look back on the year in motorsport and see plenty of incredible pieces of action. But today, it's all about Formula 1. The motorsport compiled the top 10 overtaking maneuvers from this past year in a recap video released earlier this month, which features...

  • Aston Martin AM-RB 001
    Red Bull hints at Aston Martin-linked Le Mans program

    Red Bull's motorsport advisor, Helmut Marko, has dropped hints the energy drinks company is considering a future in endurance racing, namely the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the highlight of the World Endurance Championship. In an interview with Autosport published Wednesday, Marko indicated that...

  • Kyle DeLuc Christmas tree run
    Kyle LeDuc gets a Christmas tree in typical off-road fashion

    'Tis the season to deck the halls, and Kyle LeDuc picked up his Christmas tree in the only way imaginable for the off-road racer: with high-flying jumps, pedal-to-the-metal action, and dirt-spraying slides. The five-time champion of the Lucas Oil Off-Road Series released this video of the familiar...

  • This is what the center differential does for a WRC race car

    One of the great bits of tech that remains from the glorious era that was Group B rally racing is the center differential. With it, race beasts from the likes of Audi, Peugeot, Ford, and Lancia all battled for all-wheel-drive supremacy on the greatest rally stages the world over. The need for multiple differentials exists to this day and these mechanical and electrical bits are what allow a WRC driver to get his car through a turn properly. Here's how the center differential works its magic. The rear differential sits out back between the rear wheels. It's at the tail end of the driveshaft...

  • Team O'Neil talks about racing drive shafts versus street car drive shafts
    What's the difference between street and rally car driveshafts and CV joints?

    Driveshafts, or propshafts, and constant velocity (CV) joints are crucial to the proper and safe operation of a vehicle. They are necessary to move a car forward and make it turn. But what sort of equipment is needed for a race car? In this video, Wyatt Knox and Tim O'Neil himself from Team O'Neil...

  • António Félix da Costa wins first Formula E race for BMW
    BMW clinches perfect start in debut Formula E race

    BMW made its debut as one of many manufacturers in the 2018/2019 FIA Formula E championship on Saturday, and it went very well. The German marque took the pole position and first place in its first race in the motorsport at the Ad Diriyah Championship in Saudi Arabia. Driver António...

  • Gymkhana Eight set in Dubai
    20 secrets about Ken Block's Gymkhana films

    Ahead of Gymkhana 10's release, the Hoonigan crew decided to let viewers in on some little-known secrets about the blockbuster viral videos that have taken the motorsport community by storm for years. The crew, alongside Ken Block himself, the Hoonigan-in-chief, counted down 20 secrets viewers...

  • Ken Block, 2016 G3PR World Rallycross race, August 2016
    Ken Block: The machine inside the racing suit

    You probably know Ken Block because of his incredible driving skills depicted in the Gymkhana series. However, there’s much more to this multi-talented individual. We’ve already outlined in detail his career in rallying, but four-wheel action only came later in his life. Before that...

  • Gymkhana 10
    Watch Gymkhana 10: Five cars, five locations, no tire is safe

    Gymkhana is back and better than ever. On Monday, the Hoonigan crew released the tenth installment in the long-running viral video franchise, and it packs no less than five cities, five cars, and all the action we can take in a matter of minutes. In typical Ken Block fashion, the hot-shoe rally...

  • Bloodhound SSC

    A savior for Bloodhound Programme Ltd, the company working on an attempt to smash the land speed record for a steerable car, has been found. The savior is Ian Warhurst, who it was announced on Monday is the new owner of Bloodhound Programme. It isn't clear how much Warhurst paid for Bloodhound Programme, which only two weeks ago had been disbanded, but the British outfit previously said it needed at least $33 million to complete its attempt. Warhurst is a mechanical engineer by training and has a strong background in managing successful businesses in the automotive engineering sector, thus he...

  • 2019 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co. 03 TCR race car
    Watch Lynk & Co.'s 03 TCR racer hit the track

    Ahead of its race debut in 2019, Lynk & Co. has been conducting tests of its 03 TCR racer. The brand shared on Friday that it's carried out the first tests at race courses in Europe, and drivers walked away pleased with the car's capabilities. The 03 TCR racer will compete in the FIA-sanctioned...

  • Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus garage
    Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus: The small American firm that wants to win Le Mans with a street-legal hypercar

    Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is a Sleepy Hollow, New York-based boutique car constructor that has either lofty aspirations or delusions of grandeur, depending on your perspective. That’s because this one-time race team has graduated to designing and building its own cars and now aims to...

  • 2019 Chevrolet Silverado Daytona 500 pace vehicle
    2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 to pace Daytona 500

    For the first time, a pickup truck will serve as the official pace car for the Daytona 500. Chevrolet announced Wednesday that its redesigned 2019 Silverado 1500 will serve as the official pace vehicle for the race, with none other than Dale Earnhardt Jr. behind the wheel. Earnhardt Jr., himself a...

  • Bloodhound SSC conducts first public test - October 26, 2017
    Bloodhound land speed record attempt disbanded

    Bloodhound Programme Ltd, the company behind the Bloodhound SSC land speed record attempt, was disbanded Friday after it failed to secure new funds. The attempt had been on hold since October 15 when Bloodhound entered administration, a process similar to bankruptcy protection. To get off the...

  • FIA Hypercar Class mock image
    Hypercar class rules for WEC, Le Mans have been finalized

    Organizers for the World Endurance Championship, which includes the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, on Wednesday agreed on regulations governing the new “hypercar” class being introduced in the 2020/2021 season to replace the current LMP1 class as the series' premier class. The...

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