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Rain can't dampen excitement of IndyCar season opener in São Paulo, Brazil [SPOILER ALERT]

The 2010 Izod IndyCar Series Championship started off with a bang down in São Paulo, Brazil this weekend, with a first turn pileup and a thunderstorm that turned the race into a timed event instead of the planned 75-lapper. Even though it was cut short, it ended up being a pretty exciting kick-off to the season, the 15th for the series and third since the reunification with the Champ Car World Series. Following Brazil, the teams are headed back to the States for most of the remaining 16 races on the schedule, with two races in Canada ... Read more →

Who says Mustangs, Camaros and Challengers don't race each other? Sam Abuelsamid

Last week in The Wall Street Journal, writer Ben Austen publised an article in which he ruminates on why no one appears to be racing the Detroit Three's neo-muscle offerings - the Ford Mustang, ...

Chicago 2010: Racecars zoom into McCormick Place Frank Filipponio

It isn't so much "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday," here at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show, maybe more like "Show on Sunday, sell on Monday." While many manufacturers have their newest production cars on ...

Carlos Sainz victorious as Volkswagen fills the podium at Dakar Jonathon Ramsey

When we joined Volkswagen on its first run in the Baja 500 back in 2008, the diesel-powered Race Touareg 2 suffered two lengthy breakdowns before the first hundred miles had passed. Just a few ...

Introducing the first-ever Autoblog Weekender Jonathon Ramsey

We cover a lot of automotive ground here at Autoblog every week, but even with our obsessive watch on the industry, things still get away from us. So we hereby present the Autoblog Weekender, a ...

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Video: Porsche's 'Roots in Racing. Not posing.' spot says it all 2 months ago on Autoblog

Image marketing is a grand thing, regardless of whether or not it has any grasp on reality. In this case, Porsche wants the world to know that it has its roots in racing. That's fine, we enjoy watching the clever production and breathing in the nostalgia – it's great. We note, however, ...

VIDEO: USF1 joins the Interwebz 2 months ago on Autoblog

Last week, Formula One's commercial overseer Bernie Ecclestone said he didn't think USF1 was going to line up for the first race of 2010. To quote the man, "I think the people we expected to perform will and those that we thought wouldn't, won't." It sounds like he never expected USF1 to be a ...

Walter Röhrl entering the Nürburgring 24 Hours in a bone stock Porsche GT3 RS 2 months ago on Autoblog

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 ...

NASCAR turns right, headed to Road America in 2010 2 months ago on Autoblog

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 South is mixing in some right turns and working the brakes a bit more in 2010 with a pair of road ...

He's Back: Schumacher reportedly signs with Mercedes-Benz F1 for 2010 2 months ago on Autoblog

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 paid £6.2 million ($9.82M U.S.) and having an open door at the end of the year to carry on if ...

Schumacher Says It Himself: driving for Mercedes F1 is a "very strong possibility" 3 months ago on Autoblog

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 Prancing Horse as a global ambassador and consultant for their road cars. However, given the opportunity to ...

VIDEO: Crap Motorsports FTW! - Car Launching 3 months ago on Autoblog

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 Launching. The premise is simple: Jump something fetid and ridiculous off an earthen ramp, headed for ...

REPORT: Toyota Supra HV-R GT hybrid coming to LeMans 3 months 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 3 months 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? 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 6 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? 6 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 6 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** 7 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 7 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? 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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? 7 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 ...

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Autoblog Podcast #170: The Hooniverse Visits

Jeff Glucker and Tim ODell join Chris, Sam, and Dan on this episode of the Autoblog Podcast. They share what's in their garage (much cooler) and we mull some of the week's news.