Motorsports


Walter Röhrl entering the Nürburgring 24 Hours in a bone stock Porsche GT3 RS

Porsche test pilot and all-around legend Walter Röhrl will be competing in next year's Nürburgring 24-Hour race for the first time in 17 years. His weapon of choice for the event: the 2010 Porsche GT3 RS. That's the rear-wheel drive one with the 450 horsepower 3.8-liter that runs up to 8,500 RPM. The one with the track-specific, lightweight lithium-ion battery and dynamic engine mounts. The one that did the Kessel Run 'Ring in 12 parsecs 7:33 in light traffic. Röhrl says the street-legal production car is the closest thing ... Read more →

NASCAR turns right, headed to Road America in 2010 Chris Shunk

Some motorsports fans take issue with the fact that the vast majority of NASCAR tracks are little more than a series of left turns. This is for you, roundy-round jokers. The official sport of the ...

He's Back: Schumacher reportedly signs with Mercedes-Benz F1 for 2010 Jonathon Ramsey

All clearances given, the BBC is reporting that Michael Schumacher is officially a driver for the Mercedes-Petronas F1 team. The deal is understood to be a one-year agreement, with Schumacher being ...

Schumacher Says It Himself: driving for Mercedes F1 is a "very strong possibility" Jonathon Ramsey

There are hearts breaking all over Italy, and the biggest one of all is that which beats in the chest of Ferrari head Luca de Montezemolo. Michael Schumacher is still under contract to The ...

VIDEO: Crap Motorsports FTW! - Car Launching Dan Roth

As the proliferation of LeMons events has proven, there's a fat vein of crap-box motorsports yet to be mined. Northwestern Wisconsin has its own unique brand of vehicular mayhem called Car ...

REPORT: Toyota Supra HV-R GT hybrid coming to LeMans 5 days ago on Autoblog

Toyota's pulled out of F1, but that doesn't mean the company has lost its will to win with cutting edge tech. Rumors suggest it's dusting off the underpinnings of the Hybrid Supra HV-R it used to win the Tokkachi 24-Hour race two years ago, and staring at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a glint in ...

Volkswagen iPhone app lets you follow Dakar progress 12 days ago on Autoblog

There are thousands of iPhone apps for all "that" and too much more, but few that we think have the potential to be this cool. VW will contest the Dakar Rally from January 2-17 -- Race Touareg 2 drivers Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz Mark Miller finished 1-2 last year -- and you can ...

DTM cars to run in Japan's SuperGT series? 15 days ago on Autoblog

Germany's DTM series is presently contested by just two automakers, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. In an effort to increase manufacturer participation, global reach, and television audiences, Autosport reports that DTM's overseers to be talking to Japan's Super GT series organizers about a tie-up. The ...

Umlautfest: Kimi Räikkönen signs with Citroën Red Bull rally team 19 days ago on Autoblog

Kimi Räikkönen is now a WRC driver. The Flying Finn will pilot one of two Citroën CR4 Junior Team cars with Kaj Lindström as his co-driver. It's been in the works for a while, and from the sounds of it, no one appears to have any doubts that Raikkonen will do well there. Team ...

Essen 2009: 1,050-hp 1956 Mercedes Gullwing drag car 23 days ago on Autoblog

This ungainly little creature had an area all to itself at this year's Essen Motor Show. Built over four years by Swiss drag racer Stefan Winter – who is a roofer by trade – the most important thing to say is this: Winter did not mangle a genuine 1956 Mercedes 300 SL to create this ...

Trial By Fire: Toyota to run nearly stock 2010 4Runner in SCORE Baja 1000 1 month ago on Autoblog

Toyota is taking a nearly stock 2010 4Runner to the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in about ten days, and the immortal Ivan "Ironman" Stewart will be piloting. Toyota hasn't said what changes to the production truck will be made, but the class rules dictate that runners stay pretty close to factory ...

VIDEO: Ken Block's Subaru Concord Pond Run footage is a forest feast 1 month ago on Autoblog

What you need to know: New England Forest Rally, Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino, Special Stage 5 -– Concord Pond Run, breaking their own stage record they set last year. What you need to ask: what happens when Block meets Loeb next year? Everything else worth considering is in the ...

VIDEO: Best Drift Ever? Reverse-entry slide has JDM judges all aflutter 1 month ago on Autoblog

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/other_sports/Best_Drift_Ever_Reverse_entry_slide_has_judges_aflutter'; You know the famous soccer announcer (football to you internationals), Andrés Cantor, who screams "Goooooaaaallllll" after a score? A bit of performance genius has had some Japanese drift ...

VIDEO: Everything's Racing's better in super slow motion 2 months ago on Autoblog

One of the greatest things about motorsports is that they look as good -- maybe even better -- in slow motion as they do at full speed. A YouTube user called Mattzel gathered a series of racing moments from last season, slowed them down and set them to music, and the result is short, but ...

REPORT: USF1 wants NASCAR's Kyle Busch for driver duties 2 months ago on Autoblog

F1 drivers have left the grid to go to NASCAR, so why not have a NASCAR driver make the leap to Formula 1? USF1's Peter Windsor reportedly has his eye on NASCAR bad boy Kyle Busch to pilot the team's single-seater in next year's championship. The 24-year-old Busch is said to have massive talent, ...

Todt elected FIA president 2 months ago on Autoblog

Jean Todt, the Frenchman who has led championship-winning teams in WRC, Paris-Dakar, Le Mans, and Formula 1, has been elected to head the FIA. He succeeds the long-serving and highly controversial Max Mosley, who agreed to step down earlier this year as part of the agreement to prevent a rival ...

Tokyo 2009: The motorsports cars and bikes 2 months ago on Autoblog

The Tokyo Motor Show doesn't have as much going on in the way of cars as we'd like, but there are still a few gems among the pack – especially in the area of motorsports. The Japanese are as keen about their sports as they are their motors, and when the two are combined, you get some ...

VIDEO: Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen revisit the Mini Cooper experience with JCW Cabrio 2 months ago on Autoblog

Alec Issigonis' Mini began production in 1959. By 1960, there were half a dozen works teams entering the car in the Rally Monte Carlo. By 1964, Mini had won with the pilotage of Irishman Paddy Hopkirk, and in 1967, the automaker won again with Rauno Aaltonen at the wheel. Those two gents got ...

REPORT: Spa-Francorchamps circuit nearly has racing revoked license until 2026 3 months ago on Autoblog

Seems like every day brings something new in Formula 1, and lately none of it's been good. Now we hear that our absolute favorite track on the calendar, Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps circuit, is on the brink of having its license stripped for – get this – 17 years. Why? Because ...

Rumormill: Raikkonen could be back at McLaren in 2010 3 months ago on Autoblog

According to British newspaper the Mirror, Kimi Raikkonen could be driving for McLaren next year. The Iceman drove for Ron Dennis' outfit from 2002 to 2006 and scored plenty of victories but couldn't get the World Championship. Then he left for Ferrari in 2007 where he promptly won the World ...

BREAKING: Renault F1 placed on suspended two-year, Briatore banned indefinitely? 3 months ago on Autoblog

The World Motor Sports Council took only 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the case of Crashgate – wherein former driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. intentionally chucked his car into the wall at last year's Singapore GP to hand the win to Renault teammate Fernando Alonso. Realizing that Renault was ...

REPORT: Giancarlo Fisichella, meet your new Ferrari race seat 3 months ago on Autoblog

First thing this morning, no one knew who'd be replacing Luca Badoer in the second Ferrari alongside Kimi Raikkonen – in addition to Williams test driver Nico Hulkenberg and former Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais, the likes of current BMW driver Robert Kubica had been mentioned. Force ...

Officially Official: Schumacher not coming back after all - driving is a pain in the neck 4 months ago on Autoblog

Ferrari was in with a bang, now it looks like the scarlet racers will be out with soggy whimpers: Michael Schumacher has canceled his F1 return due to lingering pain in his neck from a motorcycle accident earlier this year. Schumacher has been testing in Ferrari's 2007 car at the company's ...

Why you reportedly won't be seeing Chevy's Camaro doing the NASCAR roundy-round 4 months ago on Autoblog

There are people who have been waiting to find out if Chevrolet's new Camaro is going to be doing the NASCAR rounds and ovals, and yesterday General Motors' head of motorsport issued the answer: No. Why not? Because GM wants the Camaro to look like a Camaro when it races, not like that NASCAR ...

Circuit Logic: Pocono Raceway going solar powered? 4 months ago on Autoblog

The greening of motorsport continues with NASCAR, which has a program to plant 20 acres of trees at race tracks every year. Individual tracks are doing their own things as well, with Pocono Raceway the latest to go a step further: The New York Times reports that it is planting 25 acres of solar ...

REPORT: Massa has no long-term injury, will likely race again 4 months ago on Autoblog

Felipe Massa's personal doctor has given the racer the best prognosis yet, saying "He doesn't seem to have a long-term injury," and that Massa hasn't suffered any eye damage. After the Brazilian's 170 mph (275 kph) impact with a flying spring that came off Rubens Barrichello's car during ...

Honda Performance Development kicks off Grassroots Motorsports Initiative 4 months ago on Autoblog

Following BMW's move into providing factory racing parts for amateurs, if you're a licensed racer in a Honda, you can now buy racing products directly from the Big Red H. Honda Performance Development is making the move into privateer support by opening Honda Racing Line, a membership portal that ...

Reiter Engineering unveils Lamborghini Murcielago LP670 R-SV at Spa 5 months ago on Autoblog

Reiter Engineering used last weekend's 24 Hours of Spa race to reveal its Murcielago LP670 R-SV, a GT1 race-ready version of the already hardened LP 670-4 SV. The box-stock Lambo already shed 220 pounds compared to its non SV brethren, weighing in at 3,451 pounds. The Reiter racer, stripped of ...

Rolex Series driver behind Ponzi scheme that bilked fellow drivers out of $5.4M? 5 months ago on Autoblog

Henri Zogaib (pictured, right) raced for and helped support the Samax Motorsport team that raced in the Rolex Series. The support came in the form of cash and good living that supposedly came from investing in iron ore, but apparently the monies actually came from a Ponzi scheme. And as the Orlando ...

Bucket List: McGriff, 81, reportedly becomes oldest driver to race NASCAR 5 months ago on Autoblog

Herschel McGriff has been racing since the fifties, winning four NASCAR Cup races in 1954, and doing a few stints at Le Mans as well. In 2002, McGriff set a record for being the most chronologically advanced driver to run in a NASCAR-sanctioned event. Last weekend, he broke his own record. ...

REPORT: John Surtees' son, Henry, dead after freak accident at Brands Hatch Formula 2 race 5 months ago on Autoblog

Henry Surtees, son of Formula 1 World Champion and motorcycle champion John Surtees has died after a freak accident during a weekend race at Brands Hatch. The 18-year-old was competing in a Formula 2 race on the U.K. track on Sunday when racer Jack Clarke crashed into a tire barrier ahead of him on ...

Discovery Channel's HD Theater bringing WRC coverage back to U.S. 5 months ago on Autoblog

For World Rally Championship fans living in the U.S., it's been tough to keep up on the action, as domestic television coverage has been virtually nonexistent for some time now. That's about to change, however, as the series has inked a deal with Discovery Communications' HD Theater, a channel with ...

Mosley reportedly says he won't seek sixth term as FIA President. Again. Finally. 5 months ago on Autoblog

Could the end finally be at hand for the Max Mosley/Formula One soap opera? The embattled FIA president has apparently backed away from potential threats to seek a sixth term in office after all, instead deciding to endorse Jean Todt, team principal for Ferrari's F1 team. The announcement came as ...

VIDEO: Unlikely Goodwood - Rod Millen's Toyota Tacoma charges up the hill 5 months ago on Autoblog

Last year, Rod Millen took his Toyota Tacoma Pike's Peak runner to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Looking, sounding, and handling nothing like a Tacoma, and powered by – according to the caption – a "2-little turbocharged 4-cylinder," Millen flings the thing up the hill, all the ...

REPORT: Ecclestone backing breakaway GP1 series? 5 months ago on Autoblog

Bernie Ecclestone didn't get to be a billionaire by waiting for things to come his way. With the threat of a breakaway series seemingly very real once again, the man credited with making Formula 1 what it today is has apparently decided to make sure he is on it. F1 Live reports that last month, ...

REPORT: Cost cutting leads Toyota to cease hosting Japanese Grand Prix 5 months ago on Autoblog

Toyota finances being what they are, the company is ruthlessly assessing its accounts and making cuts anywhere it deems appropriate. The latest head to roll is the Formula 1 race at Fuji Speedway, Toyota's own circuit. Opened in 1965 and host of the Japanese Grand Prix for the first time in 1976, ...

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Autoblog Podcast #158: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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