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Ford NASCAR Drivers Have Some Mustang Track Fun
Ford NASCAR Drivers Have Some Mustang Track Fun

24 Jun 2013, 13:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Despite popular belief, NASCAR drivers can do more than just take left turns all day on an oval track. In fact, most of them have already raced at several non-NASCAR events, while the others have en...

 
Dominant Audi Grabs Le Mans Pole
Dominant Audi Grabs Le Mans Pole

21 Jun 2013, 09:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Audi will start the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans race from the pole position, with the company’s diesel-powered hybrid prototypes securing top three spots in qualifying yesterday. Driven by Loi...

 
The BMW M1 Never Gets Old
The BMW M1 Never Gets Old

20 Jun 2013, 14:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We may be a bit late in bringing the BMW M1 a little present for its 35th anniversary, but, come to think of it, there’s never a bad time to do this. Thus, we’re dedicating the curren...

 
NASCAR Racer Roars at the Nurburgring
NASCAR Racer Roars at the Nurburgring

11 Jun 2013, 14:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Very popular in the United States, NASCAR is a strange sport to Europeans, basically being viewed as a competition where tens of driver take left turns all day on a boring oval track. However, some ...

 
Racer Crashes 1924 Bugatti Hard, Walks Away and Has a Beer
Racer Crashes 1924 Bugatti Hard, Walks Away and Has a Beer

7 Jun 2013, 09:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and gentlemen drivers, the footage we’re bringing you today is supposed to serve as a lesson on how to act when crashing you car with only material damage. The clip below show racer Edm...

 
Mercedes Explains Why the SLS AMG GT3 Is Loved
Mercedes Explains Why the SLS AMG GT3 Is Loved

5 Jun 2013, 15:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / You’ve got to love the Mercedes marketing team. They’re so confident that people love the SLS AMG GT3 that they’ve released a video which showcases this. In the clip, which was pos...

 
Watch Tons of Porsches Go Wild: Rennsport Australia Festival 2013
Watch Tons of Porsches Go Wild: Rennsport Australia Festival 2013

31 May 2013, 15:51 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Porsche has recently held the 2013 edition of the Rennsport Australia Festival and the carmaker used the occasion to offer fans an overdose of its machines. The event saw vintage and fresh Porsch...

 
Tony Kanaan Wins 2013 Indy 500
Tony Kanaan Wins 2013 Indy 500

27 May 2013, 10:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Brazil’s Tony Kanaan has won the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 crossing the finish line under caution, after a late crash caused the race to end under yellow flag restrictions. The K...

 
Watch Michael Schumacher Tear Up the Nurburgring in an F1 Silver Arrow
Watch Michael Schumacher Tear Up the Nurburgring in an F1 Silver Arrow

24 May 2013, 09:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and Gentlemen drivers, please make yourself comfortable as we want to show you an example of how the Nurburgring should be tackled. The lesson comes from Michael Schumacher, who recently perf...

 
Drifting Karts on Ice: Extreme Fun
Drifting Karts on Ice: Extreme Fun

23 May 2013, 12:30 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the summer is entering the world full throttle, it’s time to prepare for the winter, as we want to make sure that we’ll also have good motorized times when the winter returns. ...

 
Nurburgring Bidding Opened
Nurburgring Bidding Opened

20 May 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The famous Nurburgring track is now up for sale, after bidding for the almost 90-year-old course began last week. Built in 1927, the Nurburgring track went into bankruptcy in July 2012 with about...

 
Gran Turismo 6 Confirmed via Leaked Press Release
Gran Turismo 6 Confirmed via Leaked Press Release

15 May 2013, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A leaked press release coming from Sony’s South African agency officially confirms that the company, teogether with Polyphone Digital, are developing Gran Turismo 6, with the latest episode of...

 
Watch Ken Block Racing Full Throttle with Missing Wheel
Watch Ken Block Racing Full Throttle with Missing Wheel

14 May 2013, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ken Block used the recent Oregon Trail Rally to prove his skills yet again. The standings show that Block finished second, pretty close to the winner. However, what the numbers don’t tell us i...

 
Porsche's Young Driver Academy Is Calling You
Porsche's Young Driver Academy Is Calling You

1 May 2013, 15:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Porsche is one of the most motorsport-connected producer in the automotive world, so the carmaker makes constant efforts to up its racing ante. The latest step down this road sees Porsche releasing ...

 
Watch a Porsche Flamethrower in Action
Watch a Porsche Flamethrower in Action

30 Apr 2013, 12:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Nurburgring GP track, which is the setting for the video below, must've seen an infinity of Porsche 911s over they years. This means that it's really difficult for one of these cars to...

 
McLaren P1 Goes Racing, Becomes GTR Gulf Concept [Virtual Tuning]
McLaren P1 Goes Racing, Becomes GTR Gulf Concept [Virtual Tuning]

20 Mar 2013, 07:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When McLaren presented its new flagship, the P1, at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, the company also brought the production prototype of the F1 LM, to remind us of its supercar family’s r...

 
New GRID 2 Video Teases American Locations
New GRID 2 Video Teases American Locations

18 Mar 2013, 10:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The new teaser video of GRID 2 features Patrick Callahan, entrepreneur and founder of World Series Racing (the fictional motor racing championship that runs throughout GRID 2 racing game), as he spe...

 
New Porsche 911 GT3 – Real Life Photos from France
New Porsche 911 GT3 – Real Life Photos from France

14 Mar 2013, 15:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you on a Ferrari or Lamborghini, the Porsche 911 has never looked so terrifying as it does today. We though it was only right to show you what you should be looking for in your rearview mirrors n...

 
McLaren Story Told by the Late Bruce McLaren Is Epic
McLaren Story Told by the Late Bruce McLaren Is Epic

3 Feb 2013, 13:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The history of racing has had its fare share of important days and June 2, 1970 is definitely one of them. This is the date when Bruce McLaren, the man who founded the company, was killed in an acci...

 
Michael Schumacher Returns to Kart Racing for 2013: First Images
Michael Schumacher Returns to Kart Racing for 2013: First Images

29 Jan 2013, 09:30 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that Schumacher has retired from F1 once again, the 44-year-old simply can’t have any kind of occupation, he needs to race. For this year, the seven time Formula One world champion is retu...