A Photo Finish Worth Soiling Your Pants Over

The British Touring Car Championship is a magical place where rubbin's racin' gets applied to a road course, all done in cars that would be candidates for if they were stateside. This weekend's ridiculous photo finish is no exception: there's no telling who will win until the very last second....

Aug 16, 2025

Sauber Really Only Let Giedo Van Der Garde Play Dress-Up In Australia

The Sauber Formula One team was in a lot of trouble at the beginning of the season: they had . While Van der Garde ultimately , it's clear from Giedo van der Garde's account of the weekend that they had zero intent to let him drive, anyway. Much of the...

Aug 16, 2025

Oh, Good: We Might Hear More Music From Lewis Hamilton About His Ex

The continuing horror that is Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton’s music career: he has forced Drake, Pharrell, and Timbaland to listen to his upcoming song about his ex-girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger. Scherzinger, who was in that one band that one time, broke up with Hamilton after a seven year one...

Aug 16, 2025

Watch The Stig Star In This WTF Music Video

In CC Mason's new video for "Racecar," former Stig Ben Collins appears to have been typecast as a guy who stands around with his arms crossed. We all knew the Stigs would have to move on with the cancellation of Top Gear, but we didn't know life would be this...

Aug 16, 2025

Chevrolet Now Has Negative Points Due To Illegal IndyCar Engine Repair

According to , eleven of the twelve Chevrolet engines used in the IndyCar season opener had illegal engine repairs made after the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Chevrolet earned 128 points for their successful weekend, but they've now been penalized 220 points for the banned repairs. Oops! What Chevrolet did...

Aug 16, 2025

Empire State Performance Rally Postponed Because Of Too Much Snow

One thing we probably didn't think about when many of us were still doing snow-nuts in March is the fact that late-melting snow can really ruin your plans for Spring. Take this year's , for example. It's been postponed until October because there's still too much snow on the roads....

Aug 16, 2025

My Race Car Is Now A Rolling Noise Violation

I did not get to track my car yesterday. Let me show you why. Needless to say, I'm a little above the track's 85 dB noise limit at the fence line. Apparently, rust forms inside the muffler when these cars only go short distances for most of their lives, as...

Aug 16, 2025

This Is How Texas Motor Speedway Will Take A Few Years Off Your Life

This weekend, NASCAR goes to Texas Motor Speedway, where of course, some terrifying state-fair-like concoctions will be on the track menu. Here’s how they plan to kill us slowly this year: chicken wings dipped in bacon queso, then coated in bacon bits and Doritos. I’m surprised Taco Bell hasn’t asked...

Aug 16, 2025

Temporary Speed Limits Set For Sections Of The Nürburgring

Per , temporary measures have been put in place by the to allow the to resume racing at the Nürburgring. The bans have now been lifted, but now we have a 5% reduction in power, limits on fan access, and most peculiarly, speed limits on some sections. Here's another phrase...

Aug 16, 2025

Formula E CEO Wants To Let Fans Vote For Power Boosts During Races

There's no doubt that Formula E is producing some great racing this season with six different winners in six races. Now Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag wants to tweak it a bit to add more fan involvement by letting fans vote for FanBoosts during the first ten minutes of the...

Aug 16, 2025

Tanner Foust's 900 HP V8 Formula Drift Passat Is The Sickest Passat Ever

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Today W8-powered manual wagon ceded its title of "Sickest Passat Ever" to the 900 horsepower V8 Passat unveiled by for the new season of Formula Drift. "I think I had a good run, but there's no way I can top that thing," said the W8 Passat...

Aug 16, 2025

Hellcat Beats Tesla In Rematch Drag Race; Muscle Car Guys Rejoice

Two of the top American performance cars right now couldn’t be more different: one is the all-electric, all-insane , and the other is the old-school ferocious . When the two faced off in a in January, the Hellcat’s defeat was infamous. A few days ago, the Hellcat came back for...

Aug 16, 2025

I Towed A Dodge Dart In Texas Snow With A Silverado 1500 And Didn't Die

So, you bought a race car. Congratulations! Let me guess: you only have a few bars of eye-searingly bright LEDs on the front instead of your OEM headlamps, and now you can't drive it on public roads anymore without getting stabbed in traffic? Gotcha. We at Black Flag are here...

Aug 16, 2025

Did Kimi Räikkönen Lose Something En Route To Shanghai?

Formula One fans were abuzz this morning with rumors that Kimi Räikkönen lost his passport. Oh my gosh! Will Kimi miss Free Practice 1? Given the speed at which another one appeared in his hand, we're guessing he just got stuck on a later flight than his teammate. What could...

Aug 16, 2025

Nissan's LMP1 Development Appears To Have Gone Backwards

Nissan is skipping the first couple races of the World Endurance Championship season to continue development of the GT-R LM Nismo and focus on . From the looks of things, they've scrapped the for something a bit simpler and more human. Alternately, this could be a clever ruse to throw...

Aug 16, 2025