Auberlen started the race from second on the class grid but got past pole-sitter Dirk Werner’s No. 911 Porsche on the opening lap and quickly jumped out into the lead ahead of his teammate Martin […]
His Penske teammates and others around the Verizon IndyCar Series paddock love to tease Helio Castroneves about his age. And the 42-year-old star, in return, loves to talk about how much fun it is to […]
John Andretti is back in the garage after having his spleen and gall bladder removed last month. Andretti’s ongoing battle first emerged in early May when it was announced he had been diagnosed with colon […]
Going out on top is the wish of any athlete, and a dedicated group of Viper fans are giving the snake a proper farewell. FCA has announced that production of the Viper will end in […]
Its cars are blindingly fast, but as a company, Tesla appears to be utterly indifferent to racing. This is perhaps understandable; Tesla is up to its eyeballs in orders for cars and is hard at […]
Sebring, Fla: Picking up Corvette Racing’s sister car’s accomplishment from 2015, Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin and Marcel Fassler won Saturday’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, backing up their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-opening victory […]
Sebring, Fla – Another starring drive by Pipo Derani has delivered Tequila Patron ESM another major endurance race victory, with the young Brazilian taking the team’s Ligier JS P2 Honda to a thrilling win in Saturday’s Mobil 1 […]
Since the historic Colorado hill climb event kicked off in 1916, racers on both four wheels and two have squared-off against each other and the elements to climb Pikes Peak in record time. For the […]
The reigning champion in the World Endurance Championship, Japanese automaker Toyota, will be out to defend its title in the premier LMP1 category this season with its hugely successful TS040 Hybrid race car. The TS040 […]
BMW is set to phase out its Z4-based race car from GT competition at the end of this year and replace it in 2016 with a new car based on the M6 platform. The new […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nissan has announced that after its brief cameo appearance in Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIX “With Dad” commercial, the radical new Nissan GT-R LM NISMO race car will make a two-week pit stop at the […]
Over the past couple of years, Nissan has perplexed spectators at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with its DeltaWing and ZEOD-RC experimental racers. These cars were entered as the non-competitive “Garage 56″ entry, but this […]
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