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This Crash Compilation Shows Just How Chaotic the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Was
This Crash Compilation Shows Just How Chaotic the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Was

15 Jun 2023, 12:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / No fewer than 22 cars failed to finish the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, and most of them abandoned the endurance race following collisions.

 
Alpine Unveils A424 Beta Hypercar at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Alpine Unveils A424 Beta Hypercar at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

9 Jun 2023, 11:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Unveiled precisely 60 years after Alpine's first entry at Le Mans, the A424 previews the team's entry for the 2024 World Endurance Championship

 
Ben Collins Drives 1985 Porsche 962, Calls It the Pinnacle of 1980s Engineering
Ben Collins Drives 1985 Porsche 962, Calls It the Pinnacle of 1980s Engineering

31 May 2023, 11:14 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One of the most dominant race cars of the 1980s, the Porsche 962 was introduced in late 1984 as a replacement for the equally fabulous 956.

 
World's Rarest Ferrari 512 BB Is Still All-Original After 42 Years
World's Rarest Ferrari 512 BB Is Still All-Original After 42 Years

30 May 2023, 11:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The world's rarest and most original Ferrari 512 BB LM was spotted flexing its flat-12 engine at Villa d'Este. The race car is worth more than $2 million

 
5 Le Mans-Winning Cars You Probably Never Heard Of
5 Le Mans-Winning Cars You Probably Never Heard Of

28 May 2023, 20:57 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / In its 100 year history, the 24 Hours of Le Mans was contested not only by major automakers, but also by smaller companies and low-budget privateers

 
Isotta Fraschini Le Mans Hypercar Looks Fast at Monza, Previews Road-Legal Supercar
Isotta Fraschini Le Mans Hypercar Looks Fast at Monza, Previews Road-Legal Supercar

26 May 2023, 17:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Tipo 6 LMH Competizione will be followed by a track-only supercar and a road-legal Strada version. All three will feature hybrid setups.

 
This Stunning Collection of Le Mans Racers, Ferraris Included, Is Worth $40 Million
This Stunning Collection of Le Mans Racers, Ferraris Included, Is Worth $40 Million

25 May 2023, 15:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / No fewer than 21 cars that were raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans over the decades will be auctioned off during the 2023 endurance event.

 
Study: Race Car Drivers Blink at the Same Points on Track, Bat Eyelids Accelerating
Study: Race Car Drivers Blink at the Same Points on Track, Bat Eyelids Accelerating

22 May 2023, 16:41 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / A new study (first of its kind) published in the journal iScience discovered that race drivers surprisingly blinked at similar points on the track circuit

 
Chevrolet Corvette GTP Race Car Missing Its Bodywork Is the Coolest Go-Kart on Earth
Chevrolet Corvette GTP Race Car Missing Its Bodywork Is the Coolest Go-Kart on Earth

4 May 2023, 12:04 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / The go-kart-looking 1986 Chevrolet Corvette C4 prototype race car is now up for sale and is set to go under the hammer in mid-May

 
1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Drag Car Parked for Decades Hides a HEMI Under the Hood
1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Drag Car Parked for Decades Hides a HEMI Under the Hood

30 Apr 2023, 16:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Challenger T/A was the only race car built by Dodge in 1970, but that didn't stop racers from taking the E-body to the drag strip

 
The BRM Hepworth GB1 Is a V8 Can-Am Monster You Never Knew Existed
The BRM Hepworth GB1 Is a V8 Can-Am Monster You Never Knew Existed

29 Apr 2023, 18:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While not as iconic as the McLaren M8, Porsche 917/30, or the Chaparral 2J, the Hepworth GB1 remains a cool piece of Can-Am history.

 
Radical Low-End SR1 Race Car Gets a Major Update With the XXR Performance Package
Radical Low-End SR1 Race Car Gets a Major Update With the XXR Performance Package

26 Apr 2023, 21:07 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The British company brings the XXR tune to its entry-level open-cockpit track machine, with production scheduled to start in the following months

 
The Ford Zakspeed Capri Turbo Looks Like a Flying Brick But It's Amazingly Agile
The Ford Zakspeed Capri Turbo Looks Like a Flying Brick But It's Amazingly Agile

25 Apr 2023, 09:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Built by Zakspeed in the late 1970s and powered by a 600-horsepower inline-four, the Ford Capri Turbo won the DRM championship in 1981.

 
Le Mans-Winning 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Revs Colombo V12, Sounds Vicious
Le Mans-Winning 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Revs Colombo V12, Sounds Vicious

20 Apr 2023, 14:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Come 2023 and the most successful Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competizione that ever raced at Le Mans is still alive and kicking

 
2023 Maserati MC20 GT2 Hits the Track With Aggressive Aero Kit and Loud V6
2023 Maserati MC20 GT2 Hits the Track With Aggressive Aero Kit and Loud V6

7 Apr 2023, 14:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The race car will break cover in June 2023, at the 24 Hours of Spa, but Maserati won't deliver customer cars until 2024.

 
Forget About the GT-R Nismo, This Is the Ultimate Nissan Supercar
Forget About the GT-R Nismo, This Is the Ultimate Nissan Supercar

6 Apr 2023, 11:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One of Nissan's first efforts in the premier prototype class, this race car hit more than 220 mph on the Mulsanne Straight at the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans.

 
1957 Lotus Eleven Driven by Colin Chapman Surfaces in Maine, It's a Rare Time Capsule
1957 Lotus Eleven Driven by Colin Chapman Surfaces in Maine, It's a Rare Time Capsule

4 Apr 2023, 15:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Built from 1956 to 1958, the Lotus Eleven tipped the scales at only 1,000 pounds and won its class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice.

 
Here's the 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 R Looking Awesome and Fast at Misano Circuit
Here's the 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 R Looking Awesome and Fast at Misano Circuit

21 Mar 2023, 18:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Much like its predecessor, the 992-spec GT3 R will hit the track in a variety of championships that include the FIA GTE category

 
World's Rarest DeTomaso Pantera Hits the Track, Race-Spec V8 Sounds Like Thunder
World's Rarest DeTomaso Pantera Hits the Track, Race-Spec V8 Sounds Like Thunder

9 Mar 2023, 20:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The road-going GT5-S is very rare at only 182 units built, but the race-spec Group 5 is the rarest of them all, with only two cars in existence

 
NASCAR Speedway Abandoned for 55 Years Is Now a Ghost Track Hidden in the Woods
NASCAR Speedway Abandoned for 55 Years Is Now a Ghost Track Hidden in the Woods

28 Feb 2023, 17:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One of the first two track that were opened for the inaugural 1949 NASCAR season, Occoneechee Speedway was abandoned in 1968.