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1,325 HP Shelby Turbine Indy Car Up for Auction <span>· Video</span>
1,325 HP Shelby Turbine Indy Car Up for Auction · Video

30 Jun 2014, 11:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Over the years, the Indianapolis 500 was a curious boiling pot of motorsports exotica. The 1967 STP Oil Treatment Special "Wooshmobile" comes to mind, but that turbine-powered machine fail...

 
1954 Ferrari 375-Plus Sold For $18,3 Million <span>· Video</span>
1954 Ferrari 375-Plus Sold For $18,3 Million · Video

30 Jun 2014, 08:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Out of all the uber gorgeous and blistering fast racing Ferraris of the 1950s and 1960s, most of us remember the automaker's Magnum Opus - the 250 GTO, along with the mid-engined 250 Le Mans an...

 
Tony Fernandes Bids Caterham F1 Goodbye, Closes Twitter Account After Announcement
Tony Fernandes Bids Caterham F1 Goodbye, Closes Twitter Account After Announcement

27 Jun 2014, 15:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Twitter is literally burning with 102 octane race-spec fuel after Tony Fernandes tweeted that "F1 hasn't worked, but love Caterham Cars." Anyway you look at it, this cryptic tweet fro...

 
LaFerrari LMP1 Racer Rendering Is Gorgeous, Like Ferrari’s Potential Le Mans Return
LaFerrari LMP1 Racer Rendering Is Gorgeous, Like Ferrari’s Potential Le Mans Return

26 Jun 2014, 11:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We’ve declared ourselves non-fans of the styling contemporary Ferrari have adopted and yet a rendering showing a LaFerrari Le Mans racer such as the one above can bring us to our knees. This i...

 
Lancia Stratos Stradale For Sale in The Netherlands
Lancia Stratos Stradale For Sale in The Netherlands

23 Jun 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Over the years, Lancia has made some pretty remarkable four-wheel wonders. The Fulvia, Montecarlo and Delta Integrale are some of the most appreciated models built by the almost defunct Italian manu...

 
Watch a Lotus F1 Car Go Wild on London Streets
Watch a Lotus F1 Car Go Wild on London Streets

23 Jun 2014, 10:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It’s hard, it’s really hard to capture the emotion a Formula One car generates and send it out for the entire world to experience. If you think outside the box though, there may be one o...

 
VW Beetle GRC Is Herbie's RallyCross Brother
VW Beetle GRC Is Herbie's RallyCross Brother

20 Jun 2014, 16:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back in February, Andretti Autosport and the German manufacturer took the wraps off an all-wheel drive Beetle packing "560-plus horsepower." However, the race ready machine is slightly dif...

 
Rhys Millen Powerslides Through Washington
Rhys Millen Powerslides Through Washington

19 Jun 2014, 18:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Most rally fans know about the WRC, ERC and the Rally America National Championship. But the lesser known Red Bull Global Rallycross series is questionably just as entertaining as the big time serie...

 
Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R Unveiled
Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R Unveiled

19 Jun 2014, 17:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After an unsuccessful two-year long rebranding attempt, Chrysler finally ditched the SRT badge and put Dodge back into the Viper's name. Further more, the company celebrated this long-awaited m...

 
Ford Torino King Cobra Prototype Advertised For $549,900 <span>· Video</span>
Ford Torino King Cobra Prototype Advertised For $549,900 · Video

16 Jun 2014, 18:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you want to own a very collectible piece from the golden era of NASCAR, then this 1970 Ford Torino King Cobra prototype might be the kind of car you've been looking for. Formerly owned by th...

 
Double Victory For Audi at 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014
Double Victory For Audi at 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014

15 Jun 2014, 17:23 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The end of the 2014 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans saw Audi take double victory once again, as its two remaining R18 e-tron quattro racers finished in first and second position, respectively, af...

 
How to Brake Like a Professional Racing Driver
How to Brake Like a Professional Racing Driver

13 Jun 2014, 11:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In the world of motorsports, out-and-out horsepower or big team budgets are worth naught if the driver doesn't master a handful of braking techniques. Developing a few basic techniques into som...

 
2015 Ford Mustang GT Designated NASCAR Pace Car
2015 Ford Mustang GT Designated NASCAR Pace Car

11 Jun 2014, 17:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / An all-new Ford Mustang will serve as the safety car of the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, which will take place at the Michigan International Speedway on June 15th. Joe Hinrichs, Ford pr...

 
McLaren Compares F1 Starts with Penalty Kicks
McLaren Compares F1 Starts with Penalty Kicks

11 Jun 2014, 14:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / If Christmas eve is the to make sure everything is ready for the big celebration, FIFA World Cup eve must be a time for paying homage to the greatest moments in football. This is what we understand ...

 
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 25 Years From Le Mans 24 Hours Victory <span>· Photo Gallery</span>
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 25 Years From Le Mans 24 Hours Victory · Photo Gallery

11 Jun 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Exactly 25 years ago, during the golden age of top speeds at the Le Mans 24 Hours race, a Sauber-Mercedes C9 double-victory marked the apotheosis of the return of the Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows at...

 
Porsche's Sport Plus Explained by Works Driver Tomas Duplinsky: Exclusive Interview
Porsche's Sport Plus Explained by Works Driver Tomas Duplinsky: Exclusive Interview

27 May 2014, 20:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When people are out to grab a go-fast machine, it's all about the numbers - how much of this, how many of that and so on. What we should be asking instead is how good the electronics are. Most ...

 
NCM Motorsports Park Is Nearing Completion
NCM Motorsports Park Is Nearing Completion

27 May 2014, 09:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Work on the National Corvette Museum's Motorsports Park is progressing nicely according to a recent aerial photo. When it will be finished, the facility will boast a 3.15-mile road course speci...

 
1600 HP Icelandic Racer Sets Record for Driving on Water
1600 HP Icelandic Racer Sets Record for Driving on Water

20 May 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When it comes to road cars, Europe's Northern people are as clean as a whistle. They buy more EVs than pretty much anybody else in Europe, which is just as well considering the sort of motorspo...

 
Ford Racing Inaugurates New Technical Support Center
Ford Racing Inaugurates New Technical Support Center

15 May 2014, 11:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Further increasing its motorsport commitment, the Blue Oval cut the ribbon off an all-new technical support facility in Concord, North Carolina, which will serve as a center for teams to develop and...

 
Ken Block Teases Titanium Strong Blackout
Ken Block Teases Titanium Strong Blackout

13 May 2014, 13:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The famous Ken Block and his tricked out Ford Fiesta rally car are the stars of an upcoming video in the vein of the Gymkhana series every petrolhead knows and loves. But Ken won't be the only ...