Track Day

Caterham recently took the wraps off its most powerful road car to date, the 311-horsepower 620R. However, the British track car specialist is also working on a new entry-level model that it's been revealed today will come powered by a three-cylinder engine supplied by Suzuki. The three-cylinder...

There's no doubt that Sabine Schmitz is Queen of the 'Ring. She runs her Ring Taxi Porsche 997 around that stretch of German tarmac in around 7 minutes and 30 seconds with a passenger onboard. The girl can flat out drive the wheels of pretty much anything. Recently, she was challenged by another...

Mexican performance car startup VŪHL has presented its new 05 track car at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where Formula One rookie Esteban Gutiérrez, also from Mexico, drove the car up the event’s famous hill climb. For those unfamiliar with VŪHL, the company is the brainchild...

Anyone still sore from missing out on one of McLaren’s 12C GT Can-Am Edition track cars, of which just 30 were produced, now have reason to cheer. McLaren today announced a new track car that will see regular production but will still be limited to only 20 units per year. The new track car is...

Though British track specialist Caterham is determined to branch out into the world of production cars, the company hasn’t forgotten its roots and is still developing models based on the legendary Lotus Seven chassis. Its latest is the 2013 620R, which replaces Caterham’s previous R500...

We’re now just a week out from the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K., and in the lead up to the event one of the show's presenters, Mexico’s VŪHL, has announced that Formula One rookie Esteban Gutiérrez will help launch its new 05 sports car. For those unfamiliar with...

There are few cars that are actually abhorrent to drive on track, though there are many ill-suited to the task after the first lap, or even less. It's almost always fun to drive a slow car fast, especially if it has some dire handling deficiency, to be overcome by technique and anticipation--as...

A new track car with the performance and looks to match a Formula One car is in the works and set to make its debut in just a few days at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. That track car is the 2014 Innotech Aspiron, which has been developed by the same people behind 2008’s...

Those who spend their free time at a race track are always looking for a few things out of life. A way to improve their driving lines and skill, someone to help offset the cost of tires and fuel, and a machine that's well suited to a life spent apexing from one turn to the next. The easy answer for...

Ford’s formula race car powered by its award-winning 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine may seem tame considering it’s only producing around 177 horsepower in street-legal trim, but as Chris Harris found out there’s certainly nothing tame about a turbocharged and direct-injected 1.0-liter...

There are many very good reasons to watch videos of cars on the race track. Perhaps you want to learn the line before a track day. Perhaps you want to see how a potential purchase handles. Or perhaps you simply want to experience the essence of automotive glory. If you're in that last camp today...

The video below may be the first on-track footage shot with Google Glass--and it was driven in a Cadillac CTS-V at Monticello Motor Club. We can't be sure if this is the first track lap recorded with Google Glass, since there's no official registry of Google Glass precedents as far as we know. The...

The Nissan Juke-R started as an off-book project that was, at first, not a favorite of the home office. Once they saw what it could do, however, they came around. Now there are four of them in existence--two for Nissan/NISMO and two delivered to private customers. The example we got to drive last...

Just how likely is anyone to track their Tesla Model S?

The most hardcore, track-focused version of the Camaro was just unveiled last week in New York, and we took some time to check it out and bring you our first-hand impressions. So is this the Camaro you'll really want? Maybe. It's going to be surprisingly hardcore. Many people will find it...

The wraps have only just come off the new 2014 Porsche 911 GT3, the track focused version of the latest 991 family of 911 models, but already we have details on its more hardcore cousin, the 911 GT3 RS. From the Carrera RS 2.7 of 1973 right up to the Type 997 911 GT3 RS launched in 2010...

The feud between the Corvette and the Viper isn't new. Owners and fans have gotten into enough forum flame wars to burn down half the galaxy. But it's rare that the manufacturers get so directly involved as in the case of the 2014 SRT Viper TA. As you may know, the Viper TA was essentially built as...

The last Dodge Viper ACR (for American Club Racing) rolled off the assembly line in 2010, boasting the same 600 horsepower and 560 pound-feet of torque from its V-10 engine as standard Viper models. Weight on ACR models was reduced by up to 90 pounds by gutting the interior, while the suspension...

Let us just preface this video by saying that we support anyone who wants to learn how to drive their vehicle at the limit on a racetrack. Organizations like the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) give those new to track days the opportunity to learn in a safe and controlled environment, with...

In just over four weeks, British sports car manufacturer Radical will be presenting a new model at the 2013 Autosport International, the annual auto show for the motorsport industry held in the UK. The new model, previewed here in these computer-generated renderings, is the 2013 Radical RXC, which...