IndyCar Driver Gets Flipped Off Like A Prius Hogging Two Lanes

You’d expect these gestures to be made at a slow Prius straddling two lanes—not an IndyCar. Ed Carpenter was not happy with IndyCar competitor Sage Karam after the Iowa Corn 300. Not happy at all. In fact, Carpenter was so mad at Karam that he shot over a single-fingered salute...

Mar 31, 2026

Best Band Name Ever Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Drops Driver From Their Name

Two of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fans started a catchy dance-pop band called Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., a name which they kept with Dale Jr.’s blessing. Sadly, that era came to an end as they shorten the name to “JR JR” to avoid further confusion, but of their driver-centric name is...

Mar 31, 2026

How Kyle Busch Threaded Through The Leaders To Take The Lead And Win

Look at this tight little pass. Look and marvel. This is how Kyle Busch got back on the lead lap after being stuck a lap behind. Busch was on fresh tires, but the leaders were not. Since Busch had more speed, he just threaded right on through and got back...

Mar 31, 2026

Amateur Drifting Is Tons Of Good, Sideways Fun

OppositeLock’s roflcopter went to go watch the Mt. Dew Kickstart Drift Series Event #3 and documented the event with tons of photos of sweet sideways action. Enjoy! And few of them even turned out pretty dang acceptable. I’ll post a few here as well as a link to… ...

Mar 31, 2026

Celebrate National Ice Cream Day With One Of F1's Greatest Moments

Today was National Ice Cream Day, and there was no Formula One racing all day. When the racing stops, that’s the perfect time to get an ice cream—as driver Kimi Räikkönen did during a red flagged race at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix. There was an issue with Räikkönen’s car...

Mar 31, 2026

FIA Retires Number 17 From Formula One In Honor Of Jules Bianchi

FIA president Jean Todt announced this morning that the number 17 will be retired from the Formula One World Championship in honor of the last driver to use it, Jules Bianchi. Bianchi passed away following severe head injuries sustained at last year’s Japanese Grand Prix. The FIA’s read as follows:...

Mar 31, 2026

FOUND: Electric Isle Of Man TT Race Bike Stolen In Oregon

An electric Isle of Man TT racer ridden by Lee Johnston was stolen from Brammo’s headquarters in Talent, Ore., sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning of last week. , taking a rare $250,000 motorcycle doesn’t sound like a good idea. Isn’t it a little...obvious? According to , the bike...

Mar 31, 2026

Two Riders Killed In Crash During MotoAmerica Race At Laguna Seca

Two riders lost their lives during a multiple-bike crash on the first lap of Sunday’s MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 Race 2. Per , racers Bernat Martinez, 35, and Daniel Rivas Fernandez, 27, both of Spain, both died of injuries sustained in the wreck after being transported to local hospitals. describes the...

Mar 31, 2026

Vintage IndyCars Are Extraordinarily Beautiful

OppositeLock’s Arthur Flax recently went to the IndyCar weekend at the Milwaukee Mile, where several vintage IndyCars were featured along with the newer ones on track. Take a look at some of the most gorgeous race cars you’ll see all week. ...

Mar 31, 2026

Speed Week On Bonneville Salt Flats Cancelled For Lack Of Salt

Sad news for anyone looking to this year: there isn’t enough salt to race on the salt flats. According to , Speed Week has been cancelled for the second consecutive year due to excessive rain. “If we tried to run a race, we’d be looking for an accident,” Utah Salt...

Mar 31, 2026

IndyCar Just Killed Free Speech For Drivers

IndyCar just imposed new rules on drivers to ensure they don’t speak out of turn, criticize the series, its officials, its sponsors, or damn near anything else that it feels “denigrates” the series. Because IndyCar drivers are just too provocative. The rules change came after the Fontana race where members...

Mar 31, 2026

Broken At Rally Again

I guess I understand why they did it. Forbid us from finishing the rally, I mean. Our axle had fallen out, after all. Sure, we were running with one-wheel drive. Yes, all of the suspension hooked up to the back left wheel was busted, everything from the knuckle in. Notice...

Mar 31, 2026

Kimi Raikkönen Remains The Champion Of Interviews

Kimi Raikkönen is almost as excited about the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix as I am, which might as well be his last one here in an F1 car since Ferrari is rumored to sign Valtteri Bottas this weekend for the next season. Four questions. That’s all Ferrari’s official YouTube channel...

Mar 31, 2026

Aw Yeah This All-Wheel Drive Ford Fiesta WRC Drift

Even front-wheel drive Fiestas go sideways on dirt. Here’s what happens with AWD and a pro WRC driver. It’s not clear if this video (turned up by ) shows or , as this was just an unmarked test car running up in Finland. Either way, amazing. Contact the author at...

Mar 31, 2026

Genius NASCAR Driver Plasters His Truck With Ads For Donald Trump

Korbin Forrister is a driver with in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He was also unsponsored at Wednesday’s truck race at Eldora. Being the unmistakable mind that he is, he decided to plaster his truck in ads for a cause dear to his heart. Puppies? Kids with cancer? No!...

Mar 31, 2026