Nissan Gives Us A Reason To Watch The Super Bowl Besides Nachos

If you don't care about the commercials, are meh about the idea of professional football and think the halftime show has jumped the shark, the Super Bowl is really just an excuse to eat nachos. But wait! You have a reason to pay attention to the TV this year: Nissan...

May 11, 2025

This Spec E30 Made Up 36 Places In One Race

Ah, Spec E30: identical buzzing little BMW boxes from the era of my childhood, all fighting on an even "spec" playing field. Here's a guy at Road Atlanta who started from one place above dead last and carved through nearly all of the traffic to take the win in one...

May 11, 2025

Helio Castroneves Naked In A Tire Swing Is One Way To Get My Attention

Whoever's behind RACER's Twitter feed, you are doing it right. This photo comes from ESPN Magazine's "The Body Issue," wherein athletes in the nude because that's what a fit body is supposed to look like, thankyouverymuch. The 2013 Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine hit newsstands last Friday, managing its...

May 11, 2025

The Car That Brought Ayrton Senna To Formula One Is For Sale

1984 introduced the world to Ayrton Senna, who piloted this 1983/4 Toleman TG183B/Hart Turbo to score his first points in Formula One. Senna made a name for himself piloting this backmarker car above where everyone felt it should finish, and now Chassis #05 can be yours. Rory Byrne and Pat...

May 11, 2025

Who Wants To Buy Max Papis' Meat?

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May 11, 2025

Jenson Button (And Everyone Else) Is Not Amused With McLaren's Board

McLaren initially said that they'd announce their Formula One driver lineup for 2015 on . That date came and went. Then it leaked out that McLaren's board would meet today to finalize their driver list. They did, and they apparently got nailed down at all. "Today's board meeting has now...

May 11, 2025

The Trabant Is The World's Greatest Rally Car

If there’s one car that epitomizes everything that’s great about rally, it is the Trabant. I say this not in spite of the fact that East Germany’s pinko commie plastic prank upon the automotive world was noisy, slow and cramped, but because of it. The Trabant is the world’s greatest...

May 11, 2025

Could This Be Audi's Entry Into Formula One?

Per the , someone in the Volkswagen Group is conducting a feasibility study for a possible entry into Formula One. Stefano Domenicali, who was hired away from Scuderia Ferrari by Audi earlier this year, is leading the review. Haven't we heard about this before? This sounds like Audi is inching...

May 11, 2025

[European Open Wheel Racing Driver] Seeks IndyCar Ride for 2015

DannyCatSteve on RennSport brings us a tale we haven't heard of before, even from the who've tried to find a way into Formula One. Nope. This definitely doesn't sound familiar. Not at all. ...

May 11, 2025

What Do You Do Before A 320 MPH Top Fuel Run? Tear Down And Rebuild

This tear down and full rebuild of a hemi V8 burning full nitro looks insane to me, but it's standard procedure in Top Fuel drag racing, and just another part of your day running to 320 mph. explained that while this video only takes two minutes, the actual tear down...

May 11, 2025

Nothing Throws Up Rooster Tails Like 7,000 Horsepower On Dirt

Top Fuel Sand Drags is what they call it. 7,000 horsepower nitro-burning V8s hooked up to paddle tires throwing dirt for 300 feet is what it looks like. points out that these are just asphalt Top Fuel cars with paddle tires on the back. Somebody should sent one of these...

May 11, 2025

Watch America's Longest Club Race This Weekend

Back in 2002, the National Auto Sport Association's 12-hour race at Thunderhill was so popular that they wanted to extend 24 hours for 2003. Then founder Jerry Kunzman asked, "Why not 25?" and the rest is history. A bucket-list item for racers everywhere was born: the . The 25 Hours...

May 11, 2025

Lego Could Have Sponsored A Formula 1 Team

I'm going to ease this bad news down on you, because it's a real heartbreaker. Let me start by saying that Lego (awesome) was approached to sponsor a Formula 1 team (super awesome). Here's the connection. The team was McLaren. This makes sense because McLaren has a Danish driver, the...

May 11, 2025

This Volkswagen Type 3 Baja Racer Is My Spirit Animal

If there is ever a car that epitomized everything that's right with this world, it would be this 1967 Volkswagen Type 3 Fastback rally car. It is my spirit animal, and it calls to me. Some of you may recall that I've a Type-4-engined Volkswagen Type 3 Fastback in the...

May 11, 2025

What Would You Do With An F40 Engine And Transmission?

The F40 is one of the most Ferrari ever made, and it as great as it looks. Most of us can't afford the whole car, so here's just the 471 hp twin-turbo Tipo F120A V8 engine and transmission for sale. What race car would you stuff these into? Given the...

May 11, 2025