Jack Harvey Claims Last Spot For Indianapolis 500
Jack Harvey knocked out teammate Graham Rahal by a mere sliver of speed – averaging 229.166 miles per hour to Rahal’s 229.159 mph – to claim the 33rd and final qualifying spot for next weekend’s Indianapolis 500.
Formula One Donates To Emilia Romagna Flooding Relief
Formula One has indicated a potential donation of 1 million euros ($1,080,000) will be sent to a relief fund for the Emilia-Romagna flooding that has prevented this weekend’s previously scheduled 2023 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola in northeastern Italy to be held. Formula 1’s donation follows that of Ferrari’s donation of the same amount […]
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Toyota’s FT-1 To Make An Appearance At Pebble Beach
Toyota’s futuristic stylish race car-like FT-1 will be making its appearance at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend in Pebble Beach, California. The FT-1 being featured at Pebble Beach will sport a graphite paint job and a saddle leather interior. The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance takes place at Pebble Beach, California on August 17, 2014.
A Plymouth Duster Sees New Life In American Muscle
Who knew a Plymouth Duster – and a bright yellow one at that [very “Starsky and Hutch”esque] would ever see life again anywhere, much less a feature film? Well, it’s not much of a film, a B or even C-grade horror film entitled “American Muscle” where a psycho goes out for revenge against his family of psychos that is deservedly coming straight-to-video on September 30, 2014 – but hey, at […]
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee Single Shot: Marriage
The latest in the weekly “Single Shot” mini-episodes of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee web series talks about marriage and how the first step to a successful marriage is lying… Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: Single Shot: Marriage
Caterham Bringing Two New Models To The USA…Sorta
Caterham will be making two more models available to the USA market, but there is a catch – you have to supply your own engine and drivetrain. The frame for the Caterham 360 and 480 will both have the option of being outfitted with the Ford 2.0-liter Duratec engine that will give the 360 a top speed of 130mph and 0-60 time of 4.9 seconds for 180 horsepower while supplying […]
Jaguar Bringing Prototype Lightweight E-Type to Pebble Beach This Weekend
In 1963, Jaguar had allotted for 18 Special GT E-Type Jaguars to be built of aluminum, but only wound up building 12 of them. Now they are finishing the job, constructing the so-called “missing six” and selling them to customers who will be using them in historic auto races. The protoype for these six vehicles will be showcased at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Pebble beach, California, this weekend, […]
James May’s The Cars Of the People On BBC America
As your “Top Gear” withdrawals continue and you are a law-abiding citizen but don’t happen to find yourself current residing in a law-abiding fashion in the UK or Australia, then there is good news for you as it concerns “Top Gear” series presenter James May and his new three-part special “James May’s Cars of the People”- the brief mini-series where May tackles various cars from around the globe that were […]
The 13 Most Expensive Celebrity Cars
The 13 most expensive celebrity cars are mostly Bugatti Veyrons and mostly belong to rap or hip-hop music stars. The Veyron group range in price from $1.7 million to $2.7 million and all but one [the cheapest, which belongs to Simon Cowell], belong to rap/hip-hop stars. The most expensive is an $8 million Maybach behemoth belonging to Jay-Z, however, the impressive of the lot, have to be Paris Hilton’s pink […]
Alonso Gives Ferrari $150 Million Ultimatum
Ferrari keeps giving Fernando Alonso crap cars that could not compete with Red Bull the last four years and cannot compete with Mercedes this year yet there sits Alonso in fourth place of the 2014 Formula One season points standings for drivers. Because of this and his history of driving well, Alonso is demanding that Ferrari give him a three-year contract worth $50 million per year if they want to […]
James May Talks About The Cars Of the People
For those of you who are currently experiencing “Top Gear” withdrawals [we assume that would be nearly all of you] series presenter James May has come to the rescue – albeit temporarily and only if you live in the UK or Australia – with his new three-part special “James May’s Cars of the People”. In the brief mini-series, May tackles various cars from around the globe that were touted as […]
Tony Stewart Involved In Fatal Incident At New York Sprint Car Track
NASCAR driver and team owner Tony Stewart was racing in a sprint car event at the Canandaigua Motorsports Park during the Lucas Oil Super Sprint feature race when he became entangled with Kevin Ward, Jr. on a turn and the resulting collision sent Ward, Jr. into the wall and out of the race. Ward, Jr. climbed out of his car and waited for Stewart to come around the track and […]
Weird Ferrari 330 2+2 Navarro Speciale At Pebble Beach
Back in the 1960s when owning a Ferrari meant you could actually trick them out and get another one if you didn’t like what you or the customization house did, the variations on the Ferrari themes sometimes extended beyond the scope of the Italian styling houses. Enter wealthy Italian nightclub owner Norbert “Robert” Navarro. Navarro had recently purchased a regular old garden variety 1966 Ferrari 330 2+2 but had probably […]
Ettore Bugatti Veyron Type 41 Royale At Pebble Beach
There are only three Ettore Bugatti Veyron Type 41 Royales made and one of them will be making an appearance at the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, California. The $3.14-million Type 41 honors Bugatti’s founder in its title and boasts hand-polished, clear-coated aluminum and carbon fiber on the exterior and a combination of calf’s and cordovan leather on the interior along with the 1,183-horsepower engine with a […]
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee Single Shot: Comedians Love Eating
The ongoing “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee Single Shot” web series with Jerry Seinfeld continues with this week’s topic – Comedians Love Eating – in which various comedians discuss eating and food with Jerry and Ricky Gervais proclaims Jerry to be “like a young king, things were kept from you” after a debate about eggs. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Single Shot: Comedians Love Eating
Sebastian Vettel’s 2011 Red Bull Car Gets Fiery In Russia
To promote the upcoming Russian Grand Prix, officials of the Russian twon of Chelyabinsk brought in the 2011 Red Bull car in which Sebastian Vettel won the second of his four Formula One Championships. The driver of the car was executing some doughnuts but after a few too many doughnuts, the cars was fried…
NASCAR Adds First Hispanic Female Driver
RAB Racing has added female race car driver Milka Duno to their team where she will race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this year. Duno is from Venezuela and will become the first Hispanic female race car driver to compete in a NASCAR race. Duno, 42, has competed in both IndyCar and ARCA races prior to her NASCAR debut.
Forza Horizon 2 Adds New Cars
Microsoft’s racing video game for its Xbox One console, Forza Horizon 2, has unveiled its newest set of cars it has made available to gamers – including such classics as the 1965 Shelby Daytona Coupe, the 1971 Plymouth Cuda 426 HEMI, a 1983 Audi Sport Quattro, a 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E Evolution II and a 2013 Ariel Atom. The full new set of cars from Forza Horizon 2 this week… 1992 […]