Motorsports
One-Off School Bus Yellow Ford Mustang Boss 302 to be Auctioned for Charity
A special one-off Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca will be auctioned for charity for the benefit of the Henry Ford Health Systems. Painted in a gorgeous, attention grabbing coat of “School Bus Yellow,” this Boss will also sport the personal signature of famous racing driver and Indy 500 winner, Parnelli Jones. Standard Laguna Seca…
Land Rover Evoque to Take on Dakar Rally With BMW Power
Nothing can test a truck’s true mettle quite like thousands of miles of sand. For the 2012 Dakar Rally, the British Excite Rally Raid Team plans to enter the most brutal competition on Earth using three specially modified versions of Land Rover‘s new Evoque. Powered by a 3.0-liter turbo diesel straight-six engine by BMW producing…
Ride Along With the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Race Cars at Laguna Seca [Video]
As part of Cadillac‘s continued rebranding efforts the Cadillac Racing team has been releasing “ride along” videos from each of its races this season in the SCCA World Challenge series. The latest comes to use from the glass-smooth and world-famous Laguna Seca, where pilots Johnny O’Connell and Andy Pilgrim take us through all 11 turns…
Ford Focus ST-R to Give Hot Hatch Motorsports Pedigree: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Debuting alongside the new Focus ST, Ford‘s Focus ST-R hopes to give buyers of the hot hatch something else to brag about. There is, after all, not better way to instantly give a car some serious credibility than to know it shares its underpinnings with a race car. It does, however, help if the race…
Volkswagen Polo R WRC is One Mean Little Hatchback [2011 Frankfurt Auto Show]
Ask someone from Volkswagen what their most important reveal is at the Frankfurt Auto Show and the answer will be simple: the Up!, the diminutive city car with a 1.0-liter 3-cylinder engine. That’s all well and good, but what about a car (another small car we might add) that’s just awesome. We are, of course,…
Lotus Exige R-GT to Bring British Brand Back to Rally Racing: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Alongside a new Exige S street car, Lotus has unveiled its proposed entry into rally racing, the Exige R-GT, today at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Weighing in at around 2,600 lbs this race car trades the old Exige’s 4-cylinder for something close to what can be found out back in the Evora S – a…
Lotus Exige Teased in New Video [Frankfurt Auto Show Preview]
Ahead of its Frankfurt Auto Show premiere of six new models, Lotus has released a perplexing video teaser of one of these new sports cars. But wait, the above screen shot, taken from the boxer-on-a-race-track Lotus Films production, hints that perhaps Lotus will reveal an all-new Exige in Frankfurt. Don’t expect a production model, but…
Audi TT RS Race Car Now Available to Purchase by Privateer Race Teams
Just as the end of racing season draws near, Audi announces the TT RS Race Car is available for private sale. Although it shares its name with the production car, the new race car is nothing like it. Rather than fitting it with the Quattro system that put Audi on the map, the TT RS…
Audi R8 to Make U.S. Racing Debut at 24 Hours of Daytona
After recently achieving its 100th victory in international motorsports, the Audi R8 will finally look to add to that tally on American soil. Audi has announced that for the 2012 season the R8 LMS race car will be homologated to meet racing standards for the Grand Am Endurance Series, with the R8 set to make…
Michael Schumacher to Unveil Mercedes C-Class Coupe DTM Racer in Frankfurt
There’s no better way to get a rise out of the jaded automotive media and ensure a spot on the local network newscast than to have a genuine professional racing star introduce your new car at an auto show. And that’s just what Mercedes intends to do at the Frankfurt Auto Show next week, with…
‘Mean Green’ Volvo Hybrid Transport Truck Drag Races a Ferrari [Video]
Can a Volvo transport truck beat a Ferrari in a drag race? Not unbelievable enough for you? Then let’s make the Volvo a hybrid too. OK, so this Volvo isn’t exactly capable of hauling any loads down the Motorväg, but it still makes for an exciting comparo… or at least it did until we found…
Camaro Cup Series from Sweden Sounds Like the Apocalypse [Video]
Further adding to the mix, is this, the Swedish Camaro Cup; where 40 drivers in nigh identical prepped fifth generation pony cars duke it out in six races over the course of the season.
Pink Chevy Camaro Pace Car to Raise Funds to Fight Breast Cancer During NASCAR Race
Everything Breast Cancer Awareness touches turns pink, so why should an all-American fire breathing Chevrolet Camaro SS be any different? Next weekend, September 10th, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Richmond International Raceway will feature two special American Cancer Society “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” Camaro SS pace cars to raise…
Nissan NISMO GT-R GT3 Off to a Solid Start [Gallery]
Debuting over the weekend in the Blancpain Endurance Series at Magny-Cours, Nissan‘s new GT-R GT3-spec race car had a solid 8th place finish, competing alongside cars like the Audi R8 and Ferrari 458 Italia. Driven by Richard Westbrook and David Brabham this car is the creation of NISMO and JRM, and marks the start of…
Nissan NISMO GT-R GT3 Race Car Previewed Ahead of First Test
Nissan has released a lone image of its incredible GT-R GT3-spec race car ahead of its first competition test. Built by a partnership between Nissan’s NISMO motorsports division and JR Motorsports (JRM), the NISMO GT-R GT3 will hit the track this weekend for the fourth round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Magny-Cours. Driving duties…
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Might be the World’s Best Looking Race Car
With a mix of elegance and brute force that only Aston Martin can provide, the British building of exotic cars has revealed its new GT3 class race car. Replacing the DBRS9, the V12 Vantage GT3 is based on the Vantage platform rather than the DB9’s, making for a shorter wheelbase and an engine that sits…
2012 Toyota Camry Announced as Daytona 500 Pace Car
In 2007, Toyota began running Camrys in the Nationwide Series and has since claimed 60 wins and three manufacturer’s cups as well as propelling Kyle Busch to the driver’s title in 2009.
Aston Martin V12 Zagato Arrives in Monterey After Surviving the Nurburging [Video]
First unveiled at the Concorso Villa d’Este, Aston Martin gave its first North American viewing of the custom V12 Zagato at a private event just outside Monterey, as a part of the week long Pebble Beach festivities. The bespoke exotic is the latest in a long line of collaborations between the classic Italian design house…
Lotus Evora GTE to Compete at Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta
Any Lotus enthusiast will tell you that the brand would be wise to stop pumping resources into Formula 1 and IndyCar, an instead get more heavily involved in road racing. After all, in many respects it represents a better bang-for-the-buck for the marketing folks, with a direct correlation between the cars that race and the…
Michael Schumacher Quashes Retirement Rumors
Despite a poor performance, rumors of retirement, and even a call to hang-up his racing gloves by former F1 Champ Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher will be back competing at the pinnacle of motorsports next year. The seven-time World Champion’s return to F1 has been less than glamorous, with the Mercedes GP Petronas driver having failed…
Subaru Rally Team USA Pilot David Higgins Mt. Washington Record Run [Video]
Back in June Subaru Rally Team USA driver David Higgins demolished the previous Mt. Washington Hill Climb record. And now there’s the video to prove it. With a time of 6:11.47, Higgins beat the standing record of 6:41.99, set by the original Audi Quattro back in 1998 by a half a minute. The time was…
Michael Schumacher Sparks Retirement Rumors
Seven time F1 champ Michael Schumacher may re-retire at the end of the 2011 racing season, despite a contract that extends a full year beyond that point. Schumacher first retired in 2006, only to return to the pinnacle of motorsports in 2009, driving for Mercedes-Benz. “I arrived at Mercedes with a specific task: not winning…
Ride Along With Cadillac Racing CTS-V Coupe at Mid-Ohio [Video]
Looking to improve upon some of the success the team found during rounds five and six of the SCCA World Challenge series, Cadillac Racing is competing with its duo of CTS-V Coupe race cars at Mid-Ohio this weekend. So far the podium has been elusive, with the No. 3 car piloted by Johnny O’Connell forced…
McLaren Returns to Endurance Racing with Trio of MP4-12C GT3 Race Cars for Spa
McLaren hasn’t competed in endurance sports car racing since the F1 GTR ran at Le Mans back in 1995. That, however, will all change on July 30th with the storied British marque announcing a three car team of MP4-12C GT3 race cars will attempt to endure the 24 Hours of Spa. Two teams will compete…
