Weekend Motorsports Roundup, Jan. 17-18, 2015

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? Welcome to the slow start of...

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Only 216 Of 420 Competitors In Dakar Made It To The End Of The Rally

One of the toughest races in the world lived up to its reputation this year, with only 216 of its 420 competitors making it to the end. For the winners, nothing could be better than seeing the end of Stage 13. As for the winners, Mini driver Nasser Al-Attiyah finished...

May 13, 2025

Honda's Formula One Engine No Longer Excluded From Development Loophole

Good news, Honda! You're no longer that special. The FIA of the new Formula One engine supplier's proposal to allow them to develop their engine throughout the 2015 season just like everybody else. Previously, on As The McLaren Honda Turns, because Honda was a new engine supplier for 2015, they...

May 13, 2025

First Photos Of The Nissan GT-R LM Nismo Le Mans Car On Track

See that long-nosed bloblet on Circuit of the Americas? Members of the took a few photos of what is reportedly the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo in action this afternoon. This is the car that Nissan will be taking to Le Mans, and it sure looks front-engined to me. Someone chillin'...

May 13, 2025

Designing A Car Just For Testing: The Story Of Nicolas Perrinn

Unfortunately, Formula One teams are not allowed to test much in their current cars, so how can young talent get enough laps in nowadays? Enter Nicolas Perrinn's brilliant plan to create a car just for testing. ...

May 13, 2025

The Shortest Chili Bowl Driver Won The World's Biggest Midget Car Race

Who is Rico Abreu? Well, he's the winner of the 2015 Chili Bowl Nationals, for one, which is the dirt track race in the world. More importantly, he's a young four-foot, four-inch barrel of awesome who you should get to know now because he's inevitably going to pop up elsewhere...

May 13, 2025

The Gnarliest Crashes And Flips Of The Chili Bowl

This year's Chili Bowl Nationals had a record number of flips. Sixty-one flips, to be precise. Didn't have time to watch the whole event? Here's a montage of all of the gnarliest flips from the week leading up to the feature races. Check out how much air these cars get!...

May 13, 2025

Vintage African Rally Footage Makes Everything Better

Some of the toughest rallies in the world aren't rally raid style competitions like the , or even in inclement weather, but rather, they're in Africa. Stage road too rough? These guys probably don't even want to hear it. The East African Safari Rally, for example, was dropped from the...

May 13, 2025

Robby Gordon's Suspension Can Lift A Wheel Over A Small Child

Ever feel as if you need more suspension travel? Say, your roads are rough, or you just want to climb stuff? Take a look at the suspension setup on the HST Gordini, the race truck Robby Gordon custom-built for the car category at Dakar. Here's Robby's celebration after the final...

May 13, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: See And Hear Nissan's Front-Engine GT-R Le Mans Car On Track

Here's the Le Mans race car that everyone is talking about in the carbon-fiber nude. The had largely been kept out of public view until a group of traveling fans saw it turning laps at Circuit of the Americas . Now we have clearer photos and video of Nissan's wild...

May 13, 2025

The New Ford GT Looks Incredibly Badass In Gulf Livery

Some people say it's time for everyone to stop fawning over retro liveries. Maybe that's true. But when a legendary race car like the is reborn for 2015, it's only natural to wonder what it would look like in classic Gulf Oil colors. Wonder no more! Just as our friends...

May 13, 2025

The Rallye Monte Carlo's Stage Roads Will Be Entertainingly Terrible

Here's the RGT-class Porsche 911 of François Delecour again, testing before the Rallye Monte Carlo. Unlike his flyby video, he's having a bit more trouble putting the power down on these roads. The Rallye Monte Carlo is known for mixed conditions if anything: some snow, some dry, and like in...

May 13, 2025

Racer Scott Tucker Settles Payday Lending Case For Record $21 Million

According to , embattled former American Le Mans Series champion has settled a case against his payday lending companies by the Federal Trade Commission for a record $21 million. The FTC calls it the largest recovery they've ever done in a payday lending case. It's a lot of money, but...

May 13, 2025

Hellcat Driver Gets His Ass Handed To Him By Tesla At Drag Strip

At first glance, this looks like a delightfully even match: vs. . Old-school V8 muscle versus new electricity. Problem is, one of these cars sets a quarter-mile record at this drag strip, and the other has a sad, dismal failure of a run. Everybody point and laugh at the Hellcat...

May 13, 2025

Here's Subaru's Brand New Rally Car Going Insane With Donuts

IMG_3166 Subaru has just unveiled their brand new 2015 WRX STI rally car that will compete in the open class of Rally America. Here it is doing a ton of donuts around me, with added slow motion for extra awesomeness. We're up at Team O'Neil to see the 2015 rally...

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