NASCAR Has Nothing On This Karate-Kicking, Nut-Busting On Track Brawl

You've probably never heard of the , a small dirt buggy race held over the weekend in northwestern Spain. There is no good reason to keep up with such a low-level event. Here's how things escalated um, whoa, escalated really quickly. As you can see in the vid, two drivers...

May 1, 2025

Sensor In Jules Bianchi's Ear Reportedly Registered A Terrifying 92 G

The force of was enough to lift a 9-ton crane a meter into the air. reports that a mandatory in-ear sensor registered a shocking 92 g. Here is how AMuS describes the reading. Their source for this information is unknown, though they mention the FIA in their report. This season,...

May 1, 2025

Rally Driver Gives Zero Fucks, Drives With The Hood Up

There's a term in the rally community, "press on regardless." if you're wondering what that refers to, here you go. This Peugeot 208 was running at the Rallye terre des Cardabelles over the weekend in the south of France. It appears they has a hood pin malfuction (either they broke...

May 1, 2025

Sliding Fangio's Jaguar Inches From A Wall Like It's No Big Deal

Laps of Monaco's street circuit are always insane. Laps of Monaco's street circuit where a car that costs more than most of us are worth is driven flat out are even nuttier. The "here's a wall, priceless car, whatever" kind of nutty. This video comes via and features Nissan GT...

May 1, 2025

Lotus Prototype Drives Into Pit Lane On Fire

There are good days in racing. There are bad days in racing. Sometimes, there are cars that just won't stop being on fire in racing, too. For the Lotus CLM P1/01 at the 6 Hours of Fuji, this was one of those crazy never ending pit lane fire days. The...

May 1, 2025

F1 Champs Mercedes Troll F1 Losers Ferrari

Mercedes AMG Petronas won the 2014 Formula 1 Constructors' Championship last weekend at the Russian Grand Prix, but Scuderia Ferrari says they will be back. Mercedes-Benz Italia doesn't seem to be worried about that. Cocky, are we? H/T to ...

May 1, 2025

This Is A Real Infiniti Race Car And Infiniti Is Going To Race It

Infiniti is about to get real. Infinti is about to get crazy. Infinti is about to start being sort-of-British. Infiniti is about to go racing. You might think Infinitis are big and fat and have zero history of racing whatsoever. You might think that because you forgot that Infiniti is...

May 1, 2025

NASCAR In France Is The Most 'Murican Party Ever

Living in Austin, I can always tell who the out-of-town race teams are by whoever shows up in a cowboy hat. This NASCAR Whelen Euro Series recap, however, takes that to a whole 'nother level. I feel like I've stepped in to a magical American-themed park where all the kitsch...

May 1, 2025

Here's What Kevin Harvick Really Said About Danica Patrick

There's a debate going on about exactly what Kevin Harvick said about his teammate Danica Patrick and we repeated a version of it, which makes us a part of that debate. Here's what was said and what we think it actually means. Per Harvick explains of his teammate: She will...

May 1, 2025

Drag Racing Boats Are Cool

The title of the video says that one of the boats here on Lake Havasu did 262.238 MPH. Looks about right. No need to question that. ...

May 1, 2025

Watch The Greatest Documentary On Australia's Fastest Off-Road Race Here

"There is so much to off-road racing: sleepless nights, heartbreak, and blood, sweat and tears. Attack the Dirt takes you as far behind the scenes of trophy trucks as anyone has been allowed to go." The (pronounced "fink" or "finkie" depending on who you ask) is a hard-charing point-to-point sprint...

May 1, 2025

Why Buy A New Mirage When You Can Buy A Factory Mugen CRX Racecar?

The Mitsubishi Mirage may be a spiritual successor to the nimble, no-nonsense CRX, but why buy a new street car when you can get a factory-prepped Mugen CRX racecar instead? Being street legal is overrated, bro. The CRX is an awesome little beast in any trim. It's a formidable opponent...

May 1, 2025

I Can't Believe People Actually Race On This Road

You know a rally stage is insanely fast when the codriver has to tell his driver to "be brave." This is Peter Taylor and navigator Andrew Roughead setting a new record for the Gribun Rocks stage at Scotland's Mull Rally a few days ago. This whole thing registers about a...

May 1, 2025

Weekend Motorsports Roundup, October 18-19, 2014

Welcome to the Jalopnik , where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend? This is a light week in...

May 1, 2025

Save The GT-Rs! (From Their Owners)

Remember "?" We may need a new campaign for the technological wonderboy R35 Nissan GT-R. There are so many of these fantastic cars being driven by people who feel like the tech will save them at track days that it's time for an intervention. Full disclosure: it's not the car...

May 1, 2025