24 Hours of LeMons at Thunderhill – click above for high-res image gallery
That’s right, the 2010 24 Hours of LeMons season champion team will be sent to France to enjoy the 24 Hours of Le Mans. For reals. Says LeMons Chief Perpetrator Jay Lamm, “I think it’s only fit and proper that the very best [...]
Rooster tails followed heavy rain at the 2010 S?o Paulo Indy 300 – Click above for image gallery
The 2010 Izod IndyCar Series Championship started off with a bang down in S?o Paulo, Brazil this weekend, with a first turn pileup and a thunderstorm that turned the race into a timed event instead of the planned [...]
Hublot F1 King – Click above for high-res image gallery
There’s seemingly no limit to the extent of commercial partnerships taking place every day in the fast-paced world of Formula One racing. But while the teams, and sometimes even the races themselves, have been the beneficiaries of such consideration, the series itself has largely stayed [...]
Aston Martin Cygnet in Gulf Livery – Click above to enlarge
Aston Martin is an automaker with a history that’s indelibly linked with racing… not to mention beautiful styling, attractive colors and, um, James Bond. But the British automaker has more recently signaled its intent to be known for offering a lavishly equipped fuel efficient city [...]
Two-wheeled treasure chest – Click above to watch the video of the uncrating after the break
We’re sure you are familiar with the old expression that hindsight is 20/20. In most cases this adage holds true, particularly, when it comes to all of the beautiful cars and motorcycles we wish we would have kept over the [...]
2011 Ford Mustang V6 Pace Car – Click above for high-res image gallery
Historically, pace cars have been limited to the highest performing models of each brand. That’s about to change this weekend when the new 2011 Ford Mustang V6 will serve as the pace car for NASCAR’s Food Land 500 at Bristol International Speedway. This [...]
During the Bahrain Grand Prix last weekend, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone was quoted as saying that a return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was under consideration. Not so fast, say spokesmen for the speedway, who say that while the facility is interested in bringing the U.S. Grand Prix back, talks are not currently taking [...]
Tanner Faust tears up Mullholland Drive in his Scion tC – click above to watch the video
Look for the tire tracks. If you’ve ever been around drift cars, you know that with all that gumption, these beasts tend to break the tires loose. And when they cut loose, they leave synchronized patches of molten rubber [...]
2010 Lexus LFA racer – Click above for high-res image gallery
Toyota has announced its racing activities for 2010. And while Formula One has already been removed from the program, the Japanese automaker has plenty going on in other disciplines, including the domestic Super GT series, Formula Nippon, NASCAR and…what’s that? The N??rburgring 24 Hours.
As [...]
Of all the fictitious captains of industry and superheroes ever to grace the silver screen, Tony Stark’s got to be one of our favorites. Why? Well aside from flying around the world in his super-suit and kickin’ terrorist butt, he’s also a hardcore car guy. Just look at the Audi R8, Saleen S7 and the [...]
2010 Dodge Viper ACR-X on the dyno – Click above to watch the video after the jump
There’s something about glowing hot metal that gets our hearts racing here at Autoblog. Whether it’s disc brakes on a racing prototype during an endurance night race or an exhaust manifold at redline during dyno testing, there’s something [...]
Automoblox Highcroft race car – Click above for high-res image gallery
Our favorite purveyor of heirloom quality toy cars, Automoblox, has partnered with Highcroft Racing to enter the world of toy (and real) motorsports. The company’s logo will be displayed on the wing of Highcroft’s HPD ARX-01c car being campaigned in the 2010 season of the [...]
2010 Audi R15 plus – click above to enlarge
Testing for the 24 Hours of Le Mans doesn’t begin until mid-June, but that doesn’t mean that Audi isn’t already hard at work bettering the chances of their diesel-powered R15 TDI racer.
Thanks to a belated rule change for the LMP1 class designed to hamper the dominance [...]
Mercedes C-Class DTM – Click above for high-res image gallery
While American racing fans remain enamored with stock car racing, road course-bound touring car series continue to draw big crowds overseas. In Europe there’s the World Touring Car Championship. DTM is one of the most popular forms of motorsport in Germany. The Japanese have [...]
Dyson Racing B09/96 running at Mid-Ohio – click above for high-res image gallery
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and its technical operations affiliate, International Motorsports Association (IMSA), has formally approved a butanol blend as the fifth energy source for race cars in the series. ALMS entrants are already running on E10 (10 percent ethanol), cellulosic [...]
