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560 HP Volkswagen Beetle Revealed for 2014 Rallycross
560 HP Volkswagen Beetle Revealed for 2014 Rallycross

6 Feb 2014, 15:46 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Andretti Autosport and Volkswagen of America have partnered to form the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team, which will be running two cars this year’s series with Tanner Foust and Scott Speed...

 
Mopar Gears Up for 2014 NHRA Season
Mopar Gears Up for 2014 NHRA Season

6 Feb 2014, 14:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Mopar has announced it will return to Pro Stock racing for the 2014 NHRA season with two entries powered by Hemi engines tuned by Roy Johnson. The drag machines will be driven by defending world cha...

 
Watch a Pair of Shelby Cobras Showing Off at Zandvoort
Watch a Pair of Shelby Cobras Showing Off at Zandvoort

3 Feb 2014, 14:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nearly 51 years ago, British drivers Peter Bolton and Ninian Sanderson scored a seventh place finish in the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans in a stunning metallic green AC Cobra fitted with a 4.7-liter For...

 
Upcoming Corvette Museum Race Track Has Already Booked 118 Events
Upcoming Corvette Museum Race Track Has Already Booked 118 Events

3 Feb 2014, 14:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Although it’s only eight months away from completion, the upcoming motorsport park that's being built right next to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green has already booked 118 ev...

 
Ride Along with Tommy Milner in the 2014 Corvette C7.R at Daytona
Ride Along with Tommy Milner in the 2014 Corvette C7.R at Daytona

31 Jan 2014, 13:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The brand new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R made its official track debut earlier this month, during the 52nd running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the inaugural race of the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar...

 
Michael Schumacher Might be Slowly Woken up From His Coma
Michael Schumacher Might be Slowly Woken up From His Coma

29 Jan 2014, 20:17 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A recent report from a French sports newspaper implies that seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher could be soon entering a slow recovery phase from his artificially-induced coma. &ld...

 
Track Battle: 2014 Corvette Stingray vs Race-Ready Corvette C6
Track Battle: 2014 Corvette Stingray vs Race-Ready Corvette C6

29 Jan 2014, 12:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Fitted with a stiffer chassis and a new engine that sends even more power to the wheels, the 2014 Corvette Stingray is a street car that can provide loads of fun on the track as well. The previo...

 
Action Express Racing Corvette DP Wins Rolex 24 at Daytona
Action Express Racing Corvette DP Wins Rolex 24 at Daytona

28 Jan 2014, 13:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship debuted this weekend with the Rolex 24 at Daytona, a race that was won by Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Sebastien Bourdais in the No. 5 Action E...

 
Mercedes-AMG Releases 3D Animation of Their New F1 Engine
Mercedes-AMG Releases 3D Animation of Their New F1 Engine

23 Jan 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As most of you probably already know, this year's Formula 1 season will be filled with so much changes that you will think you're watching a completely different type of motor sport. By...

 
Renault Details New Formula One Engine
Renault Details New Formula One Engine

22 Jan 2014, 15:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Renault Sport has released full details of their brand new Formula One power unit, which will be used during the 2014 season., when FIA decided that the naturally aspirated V8 engines will be replac...

 
V8-powered Ford Focus Sedan Joins New Global Touring Car Series
V8-powered Ford Focus Sedan Joins New Global Touring Car Series

22 Jan 2014, 14:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Global Touring Car Series, a newly established racing series opened to mid-size sedans powered by V8 engines, will commence this year in South Africa. The rules say that all cars are required to ...

 
Indy 500 Legend Al Unser Confirmed for Goodwood 2014
Indy 500 Legend Al Unser Confirmed for Goodwood 2014

20 Jan 2014, 09:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser will be joining the 21st running of the Goodwood Festival of Speed between June 27-29, the organizers have announced last week. Being one of the only th...

 
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 110 Years since Vanderbilt Land Speed Record
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 110 Years since Vanderbilt Land Speed Record

17 Jan 2014, 10:09 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Back in January 1904, the American Ormond-Daytona race week was dominated by a young millionaire named William K. Vanderbilt jr. at the wheel of a Mercedes 90 hp racing car. Established a year be...

 
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 120 Years of Motorsport in 2014
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 120 Years of Motorsport in 2014

16 Jan 2014, 17:01 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Not many people know this, but the world first ever motor race took place almost 120 years ago, from Paris to Rouen, and it was won by a car which was using a Daimler combustion engine. In other ...

 
NASCAR Names New Sprint Cup Series Managing Director
NASCAR Names New Sprint Cup Series Managing Director

10 Jan 2014, 13:57 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Richard Buck will replace John Darby as NASCAR Sprint Cup Series managing director, the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) revealed today. Now serving as vice president of racing operatio...

 
Spyshots: Ferrari Le Mans LMP1 Race Car
Spyshots: Ferrari Le Mans LMP1 Race Car

9 Jan 2014, 08:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that Ferrari has placed the LaFerrari atop of its street line-up, the Prancing Horse can focus on the motorsport operations that made it what it is today. Ferrari is working its way back to L...

 
Formula E Launches Official Drivers’ Club
Formula E Launches Official Drivers’ Club

8 Jan 2014, 15:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Newly-founded all-electric Formula E series now has an official Drivers’ Club, Formula E Holdings announced today, also revealing the first eight international drivers that have committed to t...

 
Is This Ferrari’s Future LMP1 Race Car?
Is This Ferrari’s Future LMP1 Race Car?

6 Jan 2014, 10:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It’s been about six month since Ferrari hinted that the new 1.6-liter V6 Formula One unit could power a LMP1 prototype in 2015, and a mysterious race car was spotted at Mugello, confirming tha...

 
US Racing Legend Andy Granatelli Dies at 90
US Racing Legend Andy Granatelli Dies at 90

3 Jan 2014, 15:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Andy Granatelli, former Indianapolis 500-winning car owner and CEO of STP motor oil company, passed away at the age of 90. The Texas-born entrepreneur died of heart failure at a Santa Barbara hospit...

 
Formula E Car First Public Demonstration Scheduled Next Month
Formula E Car First Public Demonstration Scheduled Next Month

31 Dec 2013, 16:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Formula E Holdings has announced plans to host a public demonstration of the brand new all-electric Formula E car in Las Vegas on January 6. The Spark-Renault SRT_01E single-seater will be showca...