Rallye Monte Carlo Was Shortened Because Holy Crap Crazy Fans Everywhere

This past week's Rallye Monte Carlo had to cancel one of its special stages because, and I am not kidding here, too many rabid crazy super enthusiastic fans showed up. Yep, Special Stage 9 (out of 15) had to be cancelled. The event wasn't technically shortened since cars simply transited...

May 14, 2025

A Porsche GT3 Cup Dyno Run Would Make The World's Greatest Alarm

Need to wake up on a sleepy Tuesday afternoon? Here's a chrome shark liveried 991 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup making a dyno run in all its loud, shiny glory. You may remember the Kelly-Moss Motorsports "Lady Luck"-themed GT3 Cup from my obsessive roundup of all the Porsches at . That...

May 14, 2025

Wayne Taylor Racing Won't Be Going To The 24 Hours Of Le Mans in 2015

Team owner Wayne Taylor told today that he'd forfeited the automatic 24 Hours of Le Mans that Wayne Taylor Racing won from their TUDOR United SportsCar results last year. Preparing a class-legal LMP2 to run would spread the team too thin when they're focused on this year's TUSC season. The...

May 14, 2025

Ride Along As David Higgins Goes Bananas In The New WRX STI Rally Car

I just had the chance with champion David Higgins riding shot gun. I thought I was fast. Then . I wasn't close to fast. This is another angle of that run. Originally, we thought that the footage from the front facing GoPro had gone missing, lost to the deities that...

May 14, 2025

Nick Offerman Explains Why NASCAR Rules

NASCAR, in spite of its Bud Lite gut reputation, is actually kind of fun these days. NBC hired Nick Offerman to make an ad for their coverage of the series and well, it's fantastic. . This skit features Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, an American football coach hired to manage…...

May 14, 2025

'Big Daddy' Is The Most Disturbing Vine I've Ever Seen From A Driver

Chris Windom drives sprint cars, midgets and stock cars. He's an up and coming talent in oval racing. He has also mastered the art of the amusingly disturbing Vine. Oh, and he'd like to be called "Big Daddy," just in case you didn't know. There's something about a red spandex...

May 14, 2025

Watch A Tesla P85D Lose To A Porsche 944 On A Drag Strip

Everyone loves the . Two motors. Lots of instant electric torque. Room to terrify the whole family. But you know what's cooler? A 1980s Porsche. That's right. This Porsche 944 is faster than everyone's favorite modern tech wonderboy. If you tl;dr'd our earlier P85D vs. Hellcat post or have the...

May 14, 2025

Daytona's Medical Center Is The Most Interesting Place You Should Avoid

I was having a wonderful time shooting pictures of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, perched on the side of the berm beside the International Horseshoe for the fireworks show. That is, until I hit my eyeball with my camera. Contact popped out. Lots of pain. Oh, cool, I only have...

May 14, 2025

Raising A Kid Costs Almost Exactly As Much As A Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

The latest article I came across on at Refinery 29 had a curious statistic: it now costs over $245,000 to raise a middle-class kid to the age of 18. That's an interesting number because it only costs (before tax) to buy a new 991-generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. No offense...

May 14, 2025

McLaren Builds Time Machine, Skips Past Remaining F1 Shakedown Time

Look, McLaren, if you’re going to build a time machine, the key is to make it out of stainless steel. Bare stainless. And put some effort into it, eh? Some gadgets and baubles? Otherwise, it just looks like a plain silver 650S yoinked from Park Place’s back lot. Let’s be...

May 14, 2025

The 2015 McLaren Honda Is A Throwback To When F1 Cars Weren't Hideous

After over 20 years, . This is the MP4-30, the 2015 car that's getting one of the most successful partnerships in F1 back together. There's only so much you can get from these images so I'll outline what to look for: oh man the liveryoh man it says Honda on...

May 14, 2025

McLaren Had To Build Three F1 GTRs Because One Was Too Expensive

Ray Bellm ordered a McLaren F1 road car soon after the premier in 1992, but while he was racing Porsches, he realized an F1 race car could dominate everything. The problem for Ray is that McLaren wanted $1.5 million for a one-off race car. Since Bellm didn't have that kind...

May 14, 2025

This Bizarre Video Explains Why People Tend To Avoid Using Methanol Fuel

What you're watching is not a young Robby Gordon, taking a break from a little racing at the 1997 Indy 500, just to frolic in the grass. What you're watching is Robby Gordon fighting desperately to save his own life, as his car burst into searing hot flames. Except a...

May 14, 2025

Here's The Nissan GT-R LM Nismo Le Mans Car Just Hanging Out In A Garage

On a day when all eyes in motor racing were focused on McLaren Honda becoming the with , Nissan quietly released the first official photo of their Le Mans car. We've been impressed at just how under-wraps Nissan has managed to keep this car, especially considering that all the rumors...

May 14, 2025

Mercedes Shows Off 'Spy' Videos Of New F1 Car That They Shot Themselves

Mercedes' released a string of videos of the new W06 at a snowy Silverstone this morning, including some decent views of the full car. This comes ahead of the car's planned reveal this Sunday. First, they showed the car under wraps: Here's the car making some bizarrely weedwhacker-like sounds: Then,...

May 14, 2025