Racing

If you say stock car racing to the average American, NASCAR comes to mind. These days stock cars are a misnomer because there is nothing stock about them, but they look vaguely like cars you can go and buy at the dealership on the outside.…

Famed British former pro cyclist David Millar has a new job that any gearhead would crave – Maserati Ambassador. And he recently joined his love of cycling with his passion for fast cars in a unique feat to promote the first appearance of Maserati at the Goodwood Moving Motor Show on June 25.…

Races are won and lost in the pits in motorsports all the time. Few things will frustrate a driver more than losing a lead because of mistakes in the pits.…

Last year we reported on the awesome Exotics Racing experience located at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which is situated about 20 minutes north of the Strip.…

I have been on the track with driving students and behind the wheel on more than a few occasions when the car has spun out. It’s not so bad when I am behind the wheel, because I know what I am going to do.…

If rally racing were on TV here in the US more frequently, I would watch a lot more of it. The sport gives me anxiety since the cars are so close to trees and certain death if drivers make a mistake.…

I like to watch rally racing on occasion. Those drivers are some of the best in the world. I get a lot of anxiety watching the sport though because the fans seem to be insane and at times appear to want to die Death Race 2000 style.…

Few things get the adrenaline flowing during a race like getting to watch a hard fought battle between three evenly matched cars and drivers. This is exactly what happened with a showdown during the World Endurance Championship between LMP1-class cars.…

I really enjoyed the film Rush. Not only do I think it was Ron Howard’s best movie yet, but it was an amazing look at the death-defying world of Formula 1 race drivers.…

It’s hard for the uninitiated to understand just what it feels like to be in a car driven at race speed on track. Track novices often think they drive really hard on the street and will dominate the track.…

Paul Newman is best known to most as the Oscar-winning star of The Color of Money, and many other films. But gearheads know that Newman had a second career as an avid auto racer and racing enthusiast, much to the chagrin of the studios that had millions invested in his acting chops and photogenic baby blues.…

Mustang fans that like track days are salivating over the new Shelby GT350. This car will be something special and will be a straight up beast at track days around the country.…

Red Bull is always up to something when it comes to promoting their racing team on the F1 circuit. Recently, they ll went to India where it had a demonstration event with David Coulthard on hand to show off one of Red Bull’s F1 cars.…

There are some awesome racing liveries out there; Attempto Racing doesn’t have one of them. Their race car has a rather plain white paint job with a drawing of Hello Kitty on the side.…

Gearheads, need a for a soundtrack for your day? Stop, look and listen to this amazing 3-minute video packed with the sights and sounds of Italy’s 44° Trofeo Vallecamonica hill climb, as race cars zip past NM2255’s camera lens, filling our ears with that wonderful angry hornet buzz that only a proper Formula car can achieve.…