You're Supposed To Wait To Do Donuts Until The Race Is Over

Patrick Dempsey had a moment today in the Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR. ...

Aug 17, 2025

Watch The Audi R18's Door Explode At The 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The Audi R18 is one of the fastest cars out there at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, and every part of its design has been optimized for speed. The aerodynamics may get a bit borked when the driver’s door flies off, though. Mike Fuller from believes that lift was the...

Aug 17, 2025

SpongeBob SquarePants On A Race Car: Great Livery, Or Greatest Livery?

Last name Ever. First name Greatest. SpongeBob SquarePants has been all over American race cars this year, and the world is better for it. This weekend, Bubba Wallace will run everyone’s favorite pineapple-dwelling sponge in Xfinity, but he’s not the only one getting marketing dough from Nickelodeon this year. At...

Aug 17, 2025

Spa Shows What Happens When Hybrid Prototypes Run Out Of Electric Power

Let this insane three-way battle between the #8 Audi, #17 Porsche and #7 Audi LMP1-class World Endurance Championship prototypes illustrate all the fun nuances of hybrid race cars. Running out of the added electric power must hit you like a brick when you’re in the middle of a battle like...

Aug 17, 2025

NASCAR Xfinity Race Shows How Not To Get Into Pit Lane

Don’t go backwards into pit lane, don’t pull into your pit stall nose-first, and absolutely, under any circumstances, do not wreck each other out in a big crash on the way in. The NASCAR Xfinity Series seemed to have trouble with that last one yesterday. Oops. Several people in pit...

Aug 17, 2025

Late Model Crash Shows Why You Should Let Responders Do Their Jobs

If there’s anything the we posted this week really shows, it’s why you should let the response team do their jobs. As some have , the first two people to arrive at the car weren’t part of the response team at all. They were a pit steward for the series...

Aug 17, 2025

V10 Audi R8 LMS. Laguna Seca. Happiness.

Tudor United SportsCar is at Laguna Seca this weekend for the Monterey Grand Prix, so that’s the perfect excuse to post this qualifying lap aboard Dion von Motlke’s Paul Miller Racing Audi R8 LMS. Crank up the volume and drown out all the lesser noises in your space with wonderful...

Aug 17, 2025

Richard Childress Racing Needs To Stop Catching Cars On Fire

For the second week in a row, a Richard Childress Racing car had a mishap with fuel and flame. Ryan Newman’s car was the recipient of the flame-bath this time, and fortunately, it wasn’t as big as last week’s . Officials were able to extinguish the gas can that was...

Aug 17, 2025

Even The Crashes Are Bigger At Talledega

The “big one” hit early on lap 46 at today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, taking out a massive chunk of the field. Here’s the pile-up, in case you missed it. Trevor Bayne’s number 6 Ford got loose when Kurt Busch’s number 41 Chevy got next to...

Aug 17, 2025

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins At Talladega

The last few laps of today’s Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway were relatively uneventful, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. holding on to his lead for dear life. That’s right: NASCAR’s most likable dude just brought home the win. This is Dale Jr.’s sixth win at Talladega and twenty-fourth win in Sprint...

Aug 17, 2025

Talladega's Over, So Let's Watch A Cinematic Masterpiece

I can’t help it. NASCAR was at Talladega, a car even caught fire, and help me, Oprah Winfrey, I need to rewatch Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. It’s one of the few motorsport-related movies that just never gets old. Confession time: I don’t usually like Will Ferrell as...

Aug 17, 2025

There Is No Way In Fiery Hell Iran Is Getting An F1 Race Anytime Soon

Formula One nerds were all a-twittering this weekend over a report from Iranian state news agency saying that the Middle Eastern dictatorship has plans to construct a “Formula 1 circuit.” But here’s the thing. Iran can build an F1-capable circuit all they want, but it ain’t happening anytime soon. And...

Aug 17, 2025

Couple Gets Married Outside Talladega Superspeedway

Say it with me now: “awwwwww.” People pick venues for weddings that mean something to them, and this pair of NASCAR fans decided to make their choice really count. They got married outside Talladega this weekend. Angela Williams and Warren Johnson tied the knot on Saturday of the big ‘Dega...

Aug 17, 2025

What It's Like To Drive The Car That Won The Toughest Race In The World

So life is crazy, and there are some days when you wake up in Dubai, and take a bus ride out into the desert, and then drive the car that won the toughest race in the world, the Dakar Rally. And I don’t mean a car like the one that...

Aug 17, 2025

This Is What Almost Getting Crushed To Death Looks Like

The crew in this rally crash were “unharmed but shocked,” as the YouTube uploader describes. Watch the video and you’ll see how close they were to crushing demise. The driver and co-driver are Yoan Droumenq and Gabriel Durand, the car is a Citroën C2, and the rally is Rally Ronde...

Aug 17, 2025