Porsche Carrera Loses Its Engine
Drivers began Race 2 of Round 6 of the Porsche Carrera Cup in Sandown, Australia, without too much drama – until the first turn when Nick McBride lost his engine after being triple-tagged by other drivers…
Drivers began Race 2 of Round 6 of the Porsche Carrera Cup in Sandown, Australia, without too much drama – until the first turn when Nick McBride lost his engine after being triple-tagged by other drivers…
The fallout from last week’s resignation of Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo continues as it was revealed that Montezemolo’s personal stake in the Formula One racing series will revert to Ferrari, giving Ferrari a .25% interest – essentially $25 million – in the worldwide racing series. Ferrari would only realize the ownership if the current […]
The first Chase race in the NASCAR Sprint series went to Brad Keselowski at the Chicagoland Speedway. Kevin Harvick led most of the laps but it was Keselowski who took the checkered flag in the 16-car battle. Keselowski edged out Jeff Gordon, Kyle Larson and Harvick for the win and the top 12 finishers now […]
When a transmission goes out on your car, most people regard it as one part – albeit, one very expensive part – of their car they have to repair. AAMCO would like to remind you that, in some transmissions, 800 pieces make up that one piece [if that makes you feel any better about the […]
A motorsport revolution is coming this week. No seriously, it’s the virtual reality racing game “Motorsport Revolution”, which will become available on the Steam platform this week and will be playable via either the new DK2 Oculus Rift Development headset or the standard view on the Steam website without the headset. Here is the launch […]
Lucas Di Grassi was all set to get a podium finish in the first-ever Formula E race for electric race cars in Beijing – just not the one he expected – as Nicholas Prost veered his Renault into Nick Heidfeld’s Venturi on the final turn as both were jousting for the victory and the resulting […]
The latest in the “Single Shot” mini-series of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” web series has the comedians issuing some sexy talk…
The newest trailer for Microsoft’s Forza Horizon 2 racing video game has officially been released…
Formula One just made Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen’s day – effectively banning all radio assistance relating to performance of the race car during a race. Raikkonen, who famously blasted his engineers in the pits while driving for Lotus, is not the only one who will benefit from the lack of radio assistance, as some of the […]
Dr. Owen Maestro [aka Rob Huebel] from Adult Swim’s “Childrens Hospital” is also a “way too helpful neighbor” in this commercial for the Volkswagen Golf… The Way Too Helpful Neighbor – watch more funny videos
The numbers are finally in and they don’t look good for the 2014 Australian Grand Prix. The season opening race to the 2014 Formula One racing season held at Albert Park in Melbourne has officially posted a $60 million [technically, $59.97 million according to the bean counters] loss for the race. The figure has increased […]
Earlier this year, director Zack Snyder released the first images of the Batmobile that will be used in the upcoming “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” feature film with Ben Affleck as the Caped Crusader and Henry Cavill as Superman. Since then, no new images have emerged…until no. “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” is […]
After reportedly clashing with owner Fiat’s CEO Sergio Marchionne over the direction of the Ferrari brand as well as the recent poor Formula One performances from the racing unit, Luca Montezemolo has quit the company. Marchionne wants to expand the brand past its current 7000-car production limit and Montezemolo labels that expansion tactic as “American”, […]
Stewart-Haas Racing has swapped the pit crews working with NASCAR drivers Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick with Stewart’s pit crew being sent over to work for Harvick prior to the 16-drive Chase Grid where Harvick is currently seeded sixth. Stewart did not qualify for the Chase Grid. NASCAR’s Chase Grid begins with the Geico 400 […]
James May’s three-part “Cars of the People” series just concluded on BBC America but one scene was not used in the series – that of a Japanese people’s car being lifted by helicopter over the Top Gear track and then being unceremoniously dumped back on the ground, whereupon May comes over to briefly inspect the […]
While everyone and their brother continues to wait for the new series of “Top Gear” to begin, BBC America continues with Episode Three of “James May’s Cars for the People” this week. The three-episode series from the Top Gear presenter lays out the history of the supercar’s nemesis – the everyday automobile. Episode Three goes […]
After declining to buy directly into Formula One itself, Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll has instead decided to purchase the Swiss Sauber Formula One team. Stroll is reported to be negotiating with the current owner, Peter Sauber. Stroll is a fashion industry tycoon, having made hundreds of millions after the 2011 IPO of the popular Michael […]
Casting aside speculation that they might have a driver change next year, Williams has announced that they intend to keep Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas and Brazilian Felipe Massa as their top two drivers for the 2015 season. Bottas has been with the team for five years while Massa joined last year. Williams has not won […]
The preliminary 2015 Formula One racing season calendar has been released and there is not much drama as, at this point, many of the races are the same, with the exception of the addition of the Mexican Grand Prix on October 25, 2015 for a total of 20 races. Additionally, the 2016 Formula One calendar […]
Later this morning, Jaguar will be throwing a massive day-and-nightlong party in announcing the arrival of their new Jaguar XE model. A list of British celebrities including Emeli Sande [singer], Stella McCartney [famous for being married to a famous Beatles singer] and Brian Johnson [AC/DC singer] will perform during the reveal extravaganza for the XE, […]