Red Bull may not be having a pleasant start to the 2014 Formula One racing season but three-time defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel is still enjoying the fruits of his past success as he was awarded one of the seven Laureus Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vettel was given the award for Sportsman of […]
Dario Franchitti has won the Indianapolis 500 three times and now he will be leading the way for this year’s automotive combatants as the driver for the Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 pace car in the 2014 Indianapolis 500. The 41-year-old Franchitti retired from racing last year and has won the Indy 500 in 2007, 2010 and […]
“DriveClub” – the driving video game exclusive to Sony PlayStation 4 – has lost its director as Col Rodgers has decided to leave Sony to form an independent startup named Big Red Switch Games. Sony currently has an expected release date of May 2014 for “DriveClub”.
Synopsis: The second part of the long-awaited “Christmas” special concludes with the producers sending the boys to Myanmar [Burma] in an attempt to loosely recreate the “Bridge Over The River Kwai” scenario. Details: The seventh and final episode in Series 21 is the second part of the annual “Christmas” special [which has become somewhat of […]
When the two big console platforms – Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One – were released late last year, it automatically created several truckloads of used games as both systems touted new exclusive games to their respective systems as well as an unwillingness to have the new consoles recognize the older games. Wal-Mart will […]
Red Bull and Toro Rosso team owner Dietrich Mateschitz hinted at quitting the Formula One racing series if politicization and sportsmanship issues continued. Formula One officials were obviously unhappy with Red Bull’s complete dominance in last year’s series and, seeking to avoid a repeat of the dominance, changed the rules for 2014 to even the […]
With seven laps left in the Auto Club 400 in Fontana, California, Jimmie Johnson was cruising in for what he most likely thought was going to be a comfortable victory until…one of his tires blew and set off a race-ending melee for the checkered flag. Jeff Gordon inherited the lead but with a mere two […]
Synopsis: The long-awaited “Christmas” special arrives and the producers send the boys to Myanmar [Burma] in an attempt to loosely recreate the “Bridge Over The River Kwai” scenario. Details: The sixth episode in Series 21 is the annual “Christmas” special which has become somewhat of an acknowledged joke by now since it almost always never […]
What appears to be real-life knock-offs of a Cheetah and an Elegy in the popular “Grand Theft Auto” video game have made their appearances in Monaco…
Marino Franchitti – the younger brother of former IndyCar driver, Dario Franchitti – made a late dash and won the 2014 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring at the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida. Ryan Dalziel finished second, 4.68 seconds back and Joao Barbosa finished third another 4.27 seconds further back. Colin Braun won […]
Nico Rosberg, driving for Mercedes, won the 2014 Formula One season opener in Melbourne, comfortably defeating home favorite Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, by 26.7 seconds to claim the Australian Grand Prix. But after getting a podium finish on the track in his debut race with Red Bull, Ricciardo was subsequently disqualified and demoted to […]
On hallowed Australian Grand Prix Eve comes news of Ferrari Land – a Ferrari-themed amusement park – set to open up shop in Barcelona, Spain. Ferrari already has the luxurious Ferrari World theme park in Abu Dhabi and now wants to set up a similar experience closer to the home of much of their fanbase. […]
Red Bull may be having its problems in testing but they have enough time to show both hardcore and newbie fans what to expect for the upcoming 2014 Formula One racing season this weekend…
The famed Nurburgring race track was apparently all but set to be purchased by Miami-based private equity buyout company HIG Capital last week for a reported price tag no more than $97 million for the racing complex which also includes an amusement park. But not so fast – so to speak – said the Germans, […]
Synopsis: A BMW M135i and Volkswagen Golf square off with Jeremy supervising proceedings, Richard takes the Porsche 918 out for a spin at the Abu Dhabi F1 track and Jeremy and James make a bicycle PSA film. Details: The fifth episode in Series 21 begins with Jeremy using the Top Gear test track as center […]
Brad Keselowski already won the Boyd Gaming 300 in Las Vegas on Saturday, then went out won the Kobalt 400 on Sunday just for good measure. Keselowski led the race for 53 laps and held off Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to win at the Las Vegas Speedway. Paul Menard came in third. With the win, Keselowski […]
Defending World Rally Championship [WRC] champion Sebastien Ogier rolled up and made enchiladas of the field to easily win the 2014 Rally Mexico. Frenchman Ogier, driving a Volkswagen, won by a large margin – 1:12.5 – over his VW teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala, while Thierry Neuville in a Hyundai held onto third, 4:16 back for his […]
Brad Keselowski won the Boyd Gaming 300 after leading 144 of its 200 laps at the Las Vegas Speedway. Keselowski’s Ford held off Kyle Busch’s Toyota to claim the victory – his 28th in the Nationwide racing series. Kyle Larson finished third, followed by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in fourth and rookie Chase Elliott rounding out […]
Defending World Rally Championship [WRC] champion Sebastien Ogier held on to the lead after the second day of the 2014 Rally Mexico. Frenchman Ogier, driving a Volkswagen, had a commanding one minute lead over his VW teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala, while Thierry Neuville in a Hyundai moved into third on the day, 4:37.5 seconds back after […]
Defending World Rally Championship [WRC] champion Sebastien Ogier led after the first day of the 2014 Rally Mexico. Frenchman Ogier, driving a Volkswagen, had a commanding 26.1-second lead over Swede Mads Ostberg in second place while his VW teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala, finished in third on the day, 42.5 seconds back. Rally Mexico is the second […]