Racing

There’s been a lot of hoopla over Mark Higgins’ recent setting of the blistering 17:35 lap time for the Isle of Man TT. However, Higgins isn’t the fastest around the winding 37.73-mile course. He’s only the fastest on four wheels, in this case a modified Subaru WRX STI. The...

Updated with new record time set by Mark Higgins on Monday, June 6. He’s done it. Manx rally driver Mark Higgins on Monday smashed his own Isle of Man record for cars. He completed the 37.73-mile course in a blistering 17:35, resulting in an average speed of 128.73 mph. That beats the...

Go-karts are fun, aren't they? The tiny tube-frame machines pack a bit of enjoyable power in the form of small engines. It's scaled-down fun for the whole family. Sometimes people like to scale-up the fun, however, and that's how you wind up with a go-kart capable of insane feats of speed. The bad...

Despite some very public digs between the heads of Red Bull Racing and Renault in recent years over the French automaker’s Formula One power units, the two sides remain committed as evidenced by the extension of their supply contract. Red Bull will continue to use power units sourced from...

Last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix marked 50 years since McLaren’s debut in Formula One. To mark the occasion, the McLaren road car division unveiled a 570S Coupe inspired by McLaren’s first F1 car, the M2B. The special 570S features a white exterior highlighted by a central green...

Lewis Hamilton took home his first victory in the 2016 Formula One World Championship at an eventful Monaco Grand Prix yesterday. It was only the second time in eight years that the Mercedes AMG driver has won in Monaco, a place he also happens to call home, but it almost didn’t come to be...

The family of the late Formula One racer Jules Bianchi intends to honor the driver by creating a foundation aimed at helping young drivers ascend the motorsports ladder from karting to F1 racing. Bianchi passed away last summer after succumbing to injuries he sustained in a wreck at the October...

There’s plenty going on in the world of motorsports this Memorial Day weekend. Here in the United States all attention will be on the Indianapolis 500 but over in Europe there’s the Nürburgring 24 Hours as well as one of racing’s real spectacles, the Formula One Monaco Grand...

In addition to playing a host on the new season of Top Gear, as well as the spinoff series Extra Gear, both of which start this Sunday, Chris Harris will be racing a Bentley Continental GT3 in the 2016 Blancpain GT Endurance Series Cup (formerly Endurance Series). Harris is one of the world’s...

The latest Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT isn't quite ready for showrooms yet, so Ford of France is marking the 50th anniversary of the GT40's now-legendary 1-2-3 win at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with a special edition package for the Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Focus RS and Mustang GT. Only 50 units...

Hyundai has been testing a version of its current i30 hatchback (an Elantra GT in the United States) at the Nürburgring for the past year. Initially thought to be a prototype for a model from the Hyundai N performance division based on the the current i30, the car is now thought to be a test...

The march toward Polyphony's latest installment in its hugely-successful Gran Turismo series has just gotten more exciting. The game is called Gran Turismo Sport and it's currently available for pre-order. If you're a PlayStation owner, you'll definitely want to do just that judging by the amazing...

Electric cars have proven to be the weapon of choice for many tackling the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in recent years. In fact, last year’s overall winner was powered solely by a battery and electric motor. The air gets thinner the higher you go up and this has a detrimental effect on the...

NASCAR may be a thoroughly North American-oriented racing series, but a new expansion pack for the popular Xbox One racing game Forza Motorsport 6 allows users to take a 2016 stock car to one of many global tracks against anything from a vintage Indycar to a modern Formula One racer. This latest...

Chevrolet has unveiled its NHRA Funny Car based on the sixth-generation Camaro. The bright blue example was unveiled by 16-time NHRA champion John Force and daughters Brittany and Courtney. Both daughters are drag racers themselves, and some readers will recall Courtney helped introduce the 2016...

Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Performance is happy to show enthusiasts what it is doing these days. In addition to its videos of the Ford GT development, it is working on a four-part series of videos highlighting the development of the Focus RS RX rally car. Built to compete in the FIA World...

Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Performance has released the third in a series of videos on the development of the revived Ford GT. Chapter one detailed Ford's decision to build this race car/supercar. Chapter two examined the challenges and advantages involved in engineering a road car and race car...

One lucky enthusiast now has a very special Porsche among his or her collection. This is the only Porsche 911 GT1 race car to be converted for street use, and it was just sold at an RM Sotheby's auction in Monaco for €2.77 million (approximately $3.14 million). Handling the conversion was...

It was a miracle start for new Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen yesterday at the 2016 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix. The Dutch youngster now enters the record books as the youngest person to ever win an F1 race. At just 18, Verstappen is three years younger than the previous youngest person...

A rare, transition-era Porsche 924 Carrera GTR is headed to auction in the United Kingdom that combines elements of what was then the upcoming 944 with the existing 924. This rare GTR is one of less than two dozen built, but what makes it especially unique is that it was never raced. Instead, it...