Racing
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Round five of the 2016 Formula One World Championship is the Spanish Grand Prix, which is on this weekend in beautiful Barcelona. The race is once again taking place at Circuit de Catalunya, a site known well to teams as much of the winter testing is done here. It’s also been home to the Spanish race since 1991, so it’s quite familiar. The circuit stretches 4.6 miles and is well regarded due to its eclectic mix of corners. It’s one of the reasons testing is done here. Only three of the turns are taken at less than 60 mph so the average speed during a race is quite high. This...
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Aston Martin with incredible provenance comes up for auctionThe list of people that have driven this Aston Martin DB3S headed for the auction block has been a veritable Who's Who of the racing scene: Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks, Peter Collins, Roy Salvadori and Reg Parnell have all held its big steering wheel and hustled it through the corners. CHECK OUT...
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Audi unveils Nürburgring 24 Hours-inspired R8Audi is rightfully proud of its R8 LMS race car's competition history that includes 323 wins internationally since arriving in 2009, and to celebrate it has taken the wraps off of a new special edition version of the road-going R8. Just 24 examples of the R8 V10 Plus Selection 24h will be...
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1966 Le Mans-winning Ford GT40 restoration video, part four: attention to detailA few weeks ago, we began following the restoration of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT40 Mk II that won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. Rob Kaufman, owner of classic car dealer RK Motors Charlotte, purchased the car in 2014. While the GT40 was in pretty good shape, it wasn't in the same...
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Toyota goes racing with the Sienna and we drive itHave you ever considered driving your living room around a racetrack? Toyota would like you to think it's possible, and is why it decided to compete in the One Lap of America with a pair of Sienna minivans. One Lap concluded this past weekend, and both vans completed the 12-state, 3,500-mile trip...
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Ford GT crashes hard in 2016 WEC’s 6 Hours of SpaSpa-Francorchamps’ infamous Eau Rouge corner claimed another victim in the form of the number 66 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT in yesterday’s 6 Hours of Spa, the second race of the 2016 World Endurance Championship. The car, one of two GTs fielded by Ford in partnership with Chip...
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A noted Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] collector is selling off a selection of his collection, including a half dozen vintage racing cars with considerable provenance. The collection belongs to Jim Click, a mega car dealer in Tucson, Arizona, and the cars will be offered at RM Sotheby's annual event on the sidelines of 2016 Monterey Car Week this August. Headlining the offerings is a 1964 Shelby Cobra, chassis number CSX 2473, which is one if the winningest Shelby Cobras ever built. Sold new to Shelby employee James Findlay, it dominated SCCA A Production class racing before being converted to B...
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Jaguar challenges fans to beat F1 star Romain Grosjean in an XFJaguar is about to set off on a global tour to introduce current and potential customers to its products in over 600 cities, but the biggest draw for motorsport enthusiasts will be the chance to best Formula One racing driver Romain Grosjean on an agility course that utilizes innovative smart...
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Max Verstappen replaces Daniil Kvyat at Red Bull RacingRed Bull Racing has confirmed that Max Verstappen will replace its current driver Daniil Kvyat with immediate effect. It means the Dutch youngster will be racing alongside Daniel Ricciardo at the next race on the 2016 Formula One calendar, the Spanish Grand Prix. Kvyat, also one of the youngest...
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Country club racetracks evolving to offer more than just track timeWe’re all pretty familiar with the concept of the country club racetrack. Starting about a decade ago these members-only tracks started popping up across the country. Instead of golfing, they offered racetrack facilities where well-heeled members could take their toys to do some unfettered...
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1966 Le Mans-winning Ford GT40 restoration video, part three: technologyA couple weeks ago, we started following the restoration of the Ford GT40 Mk II that won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. Rob Kaufman, owner of classic car dealer RK Motors Charlotte, purchased the car, chassis number P1046, in 2014 and enlisted the services of Rare Drive, Inc. of East Kingston, New...
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Rosberg leads Mercedes one-two finish at 2016 Russian Grand PrixMercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg secured his fourth win of the season and seventh in succession following the conclusion of the 2016 Formula One Russian Grand Prix on Sunday. He started the race at pole and led until the finish, setting the fastest lap in the process. ALSO SEE: Driving the...
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Ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, Mercedes-AMG Petronas teammates Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton took to the open seas in a most unusual, yet highly entertaining new video released by Mercedes-Benz. Designed to promote the drivers as much as the Cigarette Racing speed boat inspired by the Mercedes-AMG Vision GT and the Arrow460-Granturismo yacht concept, the video sees the two drivers showing off their distinct and separate personalities on the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. CHECK OUT: 2016 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix preview Like Rosberg, the Arrow460-Granturismo is designed...
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2016 Formula One Russian Grand Prix previewRound four of the 2016 Formula One World Championship is the Russian Grand Prix which takes place this weekend and held once again at the Sochi Autodrom, located about a thousand miles south of Moscow. The first Russian race was held only two years ago and so far the event's proven a hit with the...
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Watch a wheel hit Red Bull's Aeroscreen cockpit at 140 mphRed Bull Racing has started testing its proposed race car cockpit protection system known as the Aeroscreen. The Formula One team’s star driver Daniel Ricciardo hopped behind the wheel of a car fitted with the Aeroscreen and successfully completed some laps of the Sochi Autodrom prior to this...
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Behind the scenes with the development of the Ford Focus RS RXFord Motor Company [NYSE:F] Performance has released the first in what promises to be a four-part series of videos detailing the development of the Focus RS RX rally car. Built to compete in the FIA World Rallycross Championship series, the RS RX is an amped up, race-ready version of the...
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Report: Russian billionaire acquires rights to NürburgringThe speed limits that have dogged the Nürburgring for the last 12 months are now a thing of the past, but there’s already new drama surrounding the famous German racetrack. It’s being reported that Russian billionaire Viktor Kharitonin has acquired 99 percent of the rights to the...
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FCA engineer sets out to break land speed recordA powertrain engineer from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] will head to the Bonneville Salt Flats in a few months in an attempt to break yet another land speed record. Ken Hardman's goal isn't just to break the existing top speed record for a gasoline engine streamliner up to 3.0 liters, it...
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In response to changing trends, the popular Australian touring car series known as V8 Supercars has been rebranded with a new name that does away with the “V8” component. The FIA-sanctioned series from July 1 will be known as Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, with airline Virgin Australia signing up for the role of naming rights partner for at least the next five years. CHECK OUT: 2017 Porsche 911 GT3 spy shots The move is in preparation for significant changes to the series set to start in 2017. New rules known as Gen2 will allow the use of turbocharged 4- and 6-cylinder...
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Pininfarina designs Formula E race car concepts for MahindraThe first designs commissioned by Italian legend Pininfarina by the company's new owner has been shown: A trio of Formula E electric race car concepts. Indian conglomerate Mahindra bought Pininfarina late last year, fueling months of speculation about what would happen to the decades-old Italian...
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1966 Le Mans-winning Ford GT40 restoration video, part two: disassemblyLast week we learned that Rob Kaufman, owner of classic car dealer RK Motors Charlotte, purchased the Ford GT40 Mk II that won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. While chassis number P1046 was in perfectly good shape, it wasn't outfitted as it was when it won Le Mans. It had done time as a transmission...
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Hennessey puts drag strip up for saleThe housing market is booming in metro Houston...and so, apparently, is the drag strip market. Those looking for their own stretch of pavement where they can exercise their rubber burning rides can now pick up their own quarter mile of heaven. Houston-area tuner Hennessey Performance Engineering is...
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Gear up for the 2016 Gumball rally with this video of an F1 car on the streetsThe supercar—and often celebrity—studded annual road trip that is the Gumball 3000 rally is on for another year. This year, the rally kicks off in Dublin, Ireland and will snake its way through the United Kingdom and across to Europe before ending in Bucharest, Romania. Around 100 cars...
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50th Anniversary Camaro SS named official pace car of 2016 Indy 500The Chevrolet Camaro turns 50 this year—the actual anniversary is September 26—and as part of the celebrations a special anniversary version of the current, sixth-generation model will serve as official pace car for the 2016 Indianapolis 500. It will be the ninth time a Camaro has paced...
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