Crappy Weather Rains Out IndyCar Qualifying; Moves Today's Race

NOLA Motorsports Park was so wet yesterday for qualifying that the IndyCar Grand Prix of Louisiana grid will be set by drivers' season points. Qualifying couldn't continue because of heavy rain, and now the race has been moved up in anticipation of more lousy weather moving through tomorrow. Yecch. According...

Aug 16, 2025

A Silverstone Endurance Racing Mega-Gallery

RWS Motorsport is out at Silverstone Circuit this weekend for the European Le Mans Series and World Endurance Championship and came back from yesterday with a huge gallery of awesome photos. Behold: the great variety of cars that go endurance racing. ...

Aug 16, 2025

This Is Why Marc Marquez Is The Greatest Motorcycle Racer In The World

How good is Repsol Honda rider ? He’s so freaking good that he took pole position at Circuit of the Americas on a backup bike, which he had to run to with just three minutes left in qualifying and then used to destroy the circuit’s motorcycle lap record. After experiencing...

Aug 16, 2025

Maldonado vs. Button Was The Real Battle Of The Chinese Grand Prix

If you only concentrated on the winner of the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix, you'd hate this race. Lewis Hamilton nabbed pole and ran away with the win from there. Yawn. Only Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg was anywhere close. No, the real battle was this crazy back-and-forth dogfight for thirteenth...

Aug 16, 2025

Today's IndyCar Practice Was Cancelled For Rain

Ouch. When the emergency folks can't get to (or have to leave) the circuit, the race doesn't happen. It already looks like the Grand Prix of Louisiana's race day is off to a wet start. We may have yet another race delay come up soon if the rain doesn't let...

Aug 16, 2025

Hello Kitty Becomes Goodbye Kitty In Crazy Pinball-Style GT3 Crash

Attempto Racing has one of the most recognizable liveries in the Blancpain Endurance Series: Hello Kitty! Unfortunately, this beloved Sanrio character's driver made a huge mistake trying to pass a Bentley, sending the Attempto Racing McLaren and the Bentley Continental GT3 both into the walls at Monza. Ronnie Valori's McLaren...

Aug 16, 2025

Epic Win For Audi At WEC Opener At Silverstone

may have been a bit of a snoozefest today, but the real action was at Silverstone Circuit where Audi took home a season-opening win after a dramatic fight with Porsche. While seized the pole during Saturday's qualifying, it was their corporate cousins over at Audi who emerged victorious in the...

Aug 16, 2025

Wascally Wabbit Almost Interrupts NASCAR's Duck Commander 500

How dare you feature another animal in this race's name. How dare you. One little lagomorph knows Bugs > Daffy, and that bunny's not afraid to hop onto the track and show it. Bunny was lucky that he didn't get run over in this little hop. There was already a...

Aug 16, 2025

Marc Marquez Destroys Everyone And Everything At Austin's MotoGP Race

At this weekend’s MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas, there was , and then there was everybody else. After an unforgettable moment in qualifying in which the Repsol Honda rider dumped his primary bike, ran to a second and then proceeded to secure pole position and a lap record, the...

Aug 16, 2025

Moto2 Rider Turns Circuit Of The Americas' Esses Into A Slip'N Slide

Rider Xavier Simeon collided with Johann Xarco’s bike in the Moto2 race today, showing us one of the great perils of motorcycle racing: sometimes you become a speedbump. Simeon was ejected from his bike after he turned into the back of Xarco’s bike, forcing the rider behind him to dart...

Aug 16, 2025

Corner Worker Of The Year Pushes Race Car Back Onto Track

IndyCar's Grand Prix of Louisiana was so wet this weekend that , a practice session this morning was and the race itself was bumped up fifteen minutes to avoid more storms. Naturally, folks got stuck. One true hero decided to help Gabby Chaves out of the mud on his own....

Aug 16, 2025

Mercedes' Feuding Drivers Make For An Awkward Post-Race Press Conference

Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg claims that teammate Lewis Hamilton slowed him down during the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton was instructed to pick up the pace, but claims he had to manage his tires, saying "it's not my job to look after Nico's race." The Hatfields and McCoys have...

Aug 16, 2025

Watch This Mechanic Get Totally Decimated By An Out-Of-Control IndyCar

Casual observers might wonder why pit crew wear safety equipment like flame-resistant suits and helmets, seeing as how they’re not driving any cars or anything. But this is exactly why as much safety equipment as possible is absolutely necessary, for everyone involved. Todd Phillips, chief mechanic and a tire changer...

Aug 16, 2025

Fan-Made Red Bull Concept Shows Off The Sleek, Angular Future Of F1

Welcome to the age of "why don't we have jet cars yet?" What will our Formula One cars look like in the near future? Fan and designer Andries van Overbeeke put together this stunning concept of what he envisions as a 2017 Red Bull car. According to the F1 Strategy...

Aug 16, 2025

Here's What A Blown Mud Dragster Record Looks Like (Spoiler: Insane)

Here’s a NEW TRACK RECORD for a blown mud dragster at a mud drag strip can I get a heck yeah?? This is at Helling’s Mud Park in Marionville, MO. The car is ‘Tigger,’ as points out. Drive is to all four wheels and power is, uh, ample. I need...

Aug 16, 2025