Sebastian Buemi Wins 2023 Six Hours Of Portimao Hypercar Class
In a pre-cursor to the 2023 LeMans race, Sebastian Buemi [along with Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa] won the Hypercar class at the 2023 FiA World Endurance Championship Six Hours of Portimao at the Algarve, Portugal-based circuit.
Fast X Trailer Drops
The trailer for the tenth film in the “Fast X” trailer has officially dropped – complete with all the very realistic action sequences…
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Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee Single Shot: My Parents
Another episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars getting Coffee; Single Shot” where various guests of Seinfeld’s web series discuss their parents with the most intriguing being Gad Elmaleh’s father’s gasoline filling routine…
Vettel’s Red Bull Does Infrared Doughnuts
Sebastian Vettel took the Red Bull RB8 Formula One car to the Assen track in the Netherlands and performed a few doughnuts with it prior to the Belgian Grand Prix and the FLIR infrared cameras captured the action…
Kenseth Enters Race Against Bullying
NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth and his wife, Katie, have collaborated on a children’s book entitled “Race Against Bullying” – that is written by Gina Gold and illustrated by Adam Devaney. The book details how nine-year-old Matt handles a bully at school. “Race Against Bullying” is the first book of a four-part series and is only available at Dollar General stores and the DG website.
James May’s Cars For The People – Episode One
While everyone and their brother is waiting for the new series of “Top Gear” to begin, BBC America brought out “James May’s Cars for the People” last night. The three-episode series from the Top Gear presenter lays out the history of the supercar’s nemesis – the everyday automobile. Episode One began with May acknowledging that the Ford Model T was, technically, the first actual People’s Car before quickly moving on […]
Ricciardo Wins Again At Belgian Grand Prix
With Nico Rosberg “proving a point” to Lewis Hamilton on the second lap of the race, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of the feuding Mercedes teammates to win the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix. Rosberg collided with Hamilton on Lap Two of the race in his effort to “prove a point” after Hamilton would not let the quicker Rosberg pass him in the final laps of last month’s Hungarian Grand […]
Nelson Piquet Jr. Has Formula E Seat For China
Nelson Piquet, Jr. has secured a seat for the Chinese team in the inaugural Formula E Championship race next month for electric-powered race cars. Piquet Jr., the son of former Formula One world champion, Nelson Piquet, was formerly in Formula 1 and is currently the leader of the Global RallyCross Championship. Piquet, Jr.’s teammate will be Chinese driver Ho-Pin Tung. The inaugural Formula E Championship race will take place in […]
Polaris Brings Out Slingshot
Polaris has moved beyond snowmobiles and into the three-wheeled trike category with their new Slingshot, recently road-tested on a Southern California canyon road…
An American In Belgium
The good news is that an American driver will finally be participating in a legitimate Formula One race. The bad news is that he will be driving for Marussia. American Alexander Rossi will replace Max Chilton at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix while Chilton is embroiled in contract issues. Rossi came from Caterham where he was a test driver and becomes the first American driver in an F1 race in […]
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee Single Shot: The Money
The latest “Single Shot” mini-episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s popular web series, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”, has released and it’s all about the money – or perhaps, coffee, liquor and money… Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: The Money
Malibu Invaded By Monster Puma
If you happen to live in or near the Malibu area north of Los Angeles, then your neighborhood may have already been invaded by the monstrous Youabian Puma – the creation of L.A. plastic surgeon, Dr, Kami Youabian – and the monster now comes in four different colors. Maybe.
Caterham Wins Lotterer, Sends Him To F1
Caterham is on the verge of not being a team after being sold by former owner Tony Fernandes, so the next desperation move to get Formula One points in 2014 has come in the guise of replacing current driver Kamui Kobayashi with three-time LeMans winner Andre Lotterer of Germany for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. While racing for Audi, Lotterer won the LeMans-24 Hours at LeMans in 2011, 2012 and […]
Jerry Seinfeld’s 1973 Porsche 911 RSR Tagged By Idiot Woman
Jerry Seinfeld is working on the next season of his popular web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” but Seinfeld was in no laughing mood earlier this week when a woman who he described as “an idiot” backed into his 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.8 RSR while he was, ironically, getting coffee at a café in Amagansett, New York. The woman then drove off after contending that she could not […]
Sylvain Tremblay Takes You On A Few Laps At Laguna Seca
At this past weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Sylvain Tremblay takes you on a few laps at Laguan Seca in a 1990 Mazda 787 LeMans C prototype…
1954 Ferrari Wins Best Of Show At 2014 Concours d’Elegance
The 1954 Ferrari 375MM Scaglietti Coupe was named as Best in Show for the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Despite the renown of the Ferrari marque, it was the first time ever that a Ferrari had won Pebble Beach’s top prize as well as the first time in 46 years that a post-World War II car had won. This particular car was originally ordered by the world-famous Italian filmmaker, Roberto […]
Red Bull Signs Verstrappen To Junior Team
Red Bull has signed Dutch teenager Max Verstrappen to their junior team. Verstrappen is the 16-year-old son of former Formula One podium finisher Jos Verstrappen and currently sits in second place in his first season of the Formula 3 European Championship. Verstrappen will compete at the Macau Grand Prix in November and then will likely compete in the Formula 3.5 Championship before moving on to a possible Formula 1 berth […]
2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – 1967 Ferrari 206 Dino Competizione
It was not a winner of Best in Show but welcome to the future – 1967 Jetsons-style – with Andrea Pininfarina’s 206 Dino Competizione. The car had been sitting in Pininfarina’s museum for decades before coming to the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and breathing little boy life into anybody who watched Saturday morning cartoons in the 1960s and 1970s. The car never saw mass production but who cares, right?