Another Rolex 24 Team Screwed Up The Math; Loses Second Place Finish

IMSA today that BAR1 Motorsports' #16 car, a hilariously liveried "SpongeBob SquarePants" Prototype Challenge entry, failed to meet the minimum drive time required for one of their amateurs at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. IMSA isn't cutting them a break on it, either. Because it's a flub concerning an amateur...

May 14, 2025

Onboard A 2015 WRC Rally Car On The Legendary Col De Turini

The Col de Turini is one of the most famous stretches of road in the world, curling along the Alps close to the French/Italian border. Watch this video and you'll understand why it's so well known. This is Estonian Ott Tänak in his AWD Ford Fiesta WRC car on the...

May 14, 2025

Remembering Audi's Championship-Winning V8 Quattro DTM Car

There are a few golden moments in motorsports, not the least of which being the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) in the late ‘80s. It was one of the most sideways, door-banging series of all time, and we often forget one of its heroes. The icons of DTM’s glory years...

May 14, 2025

Kyvat Took This Wing For Mother Russia; Red Bull Didn't Bring A Spare

AAAAAAHHH MOTHERLANDDD! I, Daniil Kyvat, wrestle Formula One cars as if they were a bear! Oh, hey, that's a wall. Uh. Uh. We brought a spare, right? NYET? Turns out, Red Bull's mad dash to get the car ready for testing at Jerez meant that they only had one front...

May 14, 2025

This Guy In A Tiny VW Is The Very Definition Of 'I Drive Flat Out'

I do not understand how this guy did not crash. This is the Gran Premio de la Hermandad down in Tierra del Fuego at the bottom tip of South America. The car is a diminutive VW Gol. The driver, a Mister Roberts, is the very definition of determined. The bit...

May 14, 2025

Get Ready For A Bunch Of Emo Tweets From Lewis Hamilton

According to , Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton is no longer dating a Pussycat Doll. He and Nicole Scherzinger been together for several years now, but she's reportedly leaving him because he won't commit to marriage. Time to prepare for the #emopocalypse on the #TeamLH Twitter. According to various Brit-tabs,...

May 14, 2025

Tony Stewart Says He May Never Race A Sprint Car Again

NASCAR star Tony Stewart just bought the , but he said on SiriusXM's "Tony Stewart Live" show that he has no plans to race in it. In fact, he's not sure he'll ever be able to race a sprint car again after last year'sthat took the life of Kevin Ward...

May 14, 2025

The Nissan LMP1 Car Naked Looks Like A Hot Rod From The Future

Everyone is saying blah blah the LMP1 car blah blah. Forget that. It looks like Milner's hot rod fifty years in the future. Every so often I get into conversations with my coworkers about 'what happened to really crazy hot rods' and 'why do all new hot rods just look...

May 14, 2025

The FIA May Have Accidentally Confirmed Ford's Entry Into Le Mans

During this morning's World Endurance Championship press conference, FIA Endurance Commission President Sir Lindsay Owen Jones said "Ford has already announced their return to Le Mans, but not the WEC officially, but I think Gerard [Neveu] will be able to convince them to come back." really? Ford has sort of...

May 14, 2025

This Sticker Is Dangerous And Inconvenient, But I Do Love The BMW M6 GT3

The debuted in the flesh today with the biggest windshield banner I've seen in quite some time. I mean, that's like, half the windshield, guys. I know it's angled, but c'mon. It looks like they've left the poor driver a glorified porthole. It's no secret that we love V8s. We...

May 14, 2025

The Caterham Formula One Team Is Officially Kaput

Despite their success at promoting their business partners at Crowdcube crowdfunding Caterham's return for the last Formula One race of the season, the administrator over the team has opted to put the team's assets up for auction. They're done. Administration is like Britain's form of bankruptcy protection, and Caterham has...

May 14, 2025

How Tightly Packaged Is Red Bull's 2015 F1 Car?

Very. By all appearances, Red Bull's RB11 is about as tightly packaged as possible, with sidepods that only barely envelop the Renault turbo V6. Look at those sidepods! Craig Scarborough aka recently discussed how this all works, and why Red Bull would want to hem in what appears to be...

May 14, 2025

The First Customer Corvette C7.R Is Drop-Dead Amazeballs Gorgeous

Everyone knows and loves the classic Corvette racing yellow and black. Customer team Larbre Competition just updated that paint scheme with this wild yellow, black, green and white livery for their new Corvette C7.R. And oh yes, the World Endurance Championship's favorite 'Vette squad is back in a Chevy. After...

May 14, 2025

Australian Race Promoters Will Use Snipers To Keep Kangaroos Off Track

Kangaroos on the track at Bathurst's Mount Panorama Circuit have been a big problem in previous years. So, race promoters have reportedly come up with the most Aussie solution ever: snipers. reports that the snipers (ahem, "population control" for skippys) have been instructed to do their job as humanely as...

May 14, 2025

Closing Arguments In Kurt Busch Hearing Are Just As Cuckoo As The Rest

Perjury allegations! "Trained killers!" Sorry, kids, the roller coaster of crazy that is the Kurt Busch ex-girlfriend is about to end, but thankfully, the closing arguments still delivered our regularly scheduled dose of nuts. The hearing is regarding a protective order requested by NASCAR driver Kurt Busch's ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll...

May 14, 2025