Racing

A lot of kids grow up with dreams of one day being a racing driver. The speed, the glory, the fans and the excitement of being part of the racing culture is very attractive to a lot of people.…

A while back we told you about Blackout, a promo clip for Castrol EDGE motor oil, in which Ken Block and a team of drivers would be challenged to race in total darkness.…

While it’s not as impressive as the thermal imaging of a F1 car’s tires in motion, this clip from a pit stop of one of BMW’s M4 DTM race cars is still pretty cool to watch.…

It may be strange to think of a time when pro race cars won’t use internal combustion engines, but we’re already on the precipice of car races which run entirely on electricity.…

So you’re driving down the road, minding your own business when a car decides you’re going too slow in the left lane and passes you on the right.…

We’ve always thought of the Subaru WRX as a great car for drag racing and drifting, but it’s great for rally racing when properly outfitted. In this video from The Smoking Tire, ride along with driver John Burke and co-driver Tom Morningstar for a breakneck rally stage in a modded WRX.…

Pikes Peak is known as the one of the greatest hill climb circuits on the planet, with a treacherous 156 corners over the course of its 19.9km (12.42 mile) of pavement.…

For an upcoming event, Ken Block will be racing in a time trial against some of the world’s greatest drivers on a pitch black course. The Titanium Strong Blackout is sponsored by Castrol and will be done in total darkness: no track lighting and no headlights.…

Watching a live race, it’s always impressive to see how vehicles manage to move out of their starting positions throughout the course of the day. But during the opening race of the 2014 Blanc Pain Endurance series, Nissan driver Al Buncombe managed to advance a whopping 18 positions by the end of the race’s first two laps.…

Here’s some great POV footage of a race in Russia in which competitors drive cheap hatchbacks, at times driving dangerously close to one another. While it’s clearly not as fast as dirt track racing here in America, these guys have to deal with many more hairpin twists and turns, and thick clouds of dirt, rocks and mud flying in their faces the whole time.…

This great footage juxtaposes a Formula 1 pit stop from the 1950 Indianapolis 500 with that of the 2013 Australia Formula 1 Grand Prix. The 1950s video shows one member of the pit crew taking 67 seconds to change just two tires while another crew member gives the driver a refreshing drink and cleans the windscreen.…

Most of us don’t even get behind the wheel of our parent’s SUV until we’re 16 or so. And when we’re 8, we’re still playing with our Hot Wheels.…

While you can watch a hillclimb race from the sidelines, there’s nothing quite like the perspective you get from inside a race car as it comes perilously close to embankments and speeds past the crowds.…

The Rebellion R2K is a high-performance race car that was designed for the Gumball 3000 rally, which runs from Miami to Ibiza. But that warm-weather route didn’t stop driver Jon Olsson from taking the 600 horsepower, 2,200 lb.…

NBC Sports is bringing the Rally America National Championship to television this year with full coverage of eight of the series races. The first trailer for the series sets the tone, with edge-of-your seat racing over varied terrain from across the U.S. …