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Win 24 Hours of LeMons, go to 24 Hours of Le Mans

That's right, the 2010 24 Hours of LeMons season champion team will be sent to France to enjoy the 24 Hours of Le Mans. For reals. Says LeMons Chief Perpetrator Jay Lamm, "I think it's only fit and proper that the very best team in LeMons see how seriously lame they still are in comparison." The winning team shouldn't expect the Audi-style treatment our man Damon Lavrinc received at last year's Le Mans. Sayeth the press release, "We'll pay the LeMons-grade airfare and lodging. (If you want to fly Emirates, enter F1.) We'll hook you up with ... Read more →

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

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 ...

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, ...

BMW Z4 GT3 is the V8-powered Z4 M you can race Steven J. Ewing

Late last year we told you that BMW would be creating a race-ready Z4 GT3 for customers who participate in motorsports, and we now have official images of the too-hot Z4 in all of its glory. We've ...

Hyper Pro Racer: Because the Ariel Atom really is a bit lardy, isn't it? [w/video] Jonathon Ramsey

Ah, those Aussies, they never quit, do they? Ten years in the making, a fellow by the name of Jon Crooke has developed the Hyper PRO Racer, a so-called "Superkart" delivering massive power and ...

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Introduction to Ice Racing: Part 1 1 month ago on Autoblog

"You race on what now?" This is the typical response given when the topic of ice racing comes up. People can't seem to get their head around the idea that you, a sane human being with as strong a survival instinct as the next guy/gal, would drive a car out onto a frozen lake at speeds upwards of ...

Video: Russian racing exposed 2 months ago on Autoblog

We all know the Russians love their exotic cars tuned to within an inch of their cylinder heads. And what else could they be expected to do with them but race? The Moscow Unlim 500+ is a one-mile, timed drag that pits high-dollar rides against each other all day long. Drag Times snagged some ...

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 ...

VIDEO: Old Dirty Bastards - The glory of Group B 3 months ago on Autoblog

You know, there's a reason people talk about Group B racing – and the drivers who participated in it – in practically hushed tones. After all, we're currently in an era where motorsports news is just as likely to be about ever-more-restrictive regulatory efforts or the deranged hooker ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BREAKING: #5 Ford Racing Fiesta rolls at Pikes Peak 8 months ago on Autoblog

Details surrounding the crash are scarce, so all we have right now is one lone report from a friend on the ground saying that the #5 Ford Fiesta crashed during a practice session yesterday, and that Andrea Ericksson was unharmed in the incident. We're working to secure some photos of the crash, ...

Comeback Kid? Jacques Villeneuve reportedly wants back into F1 8 months ago on Autoblog

Jacques Villeneuve knows what it's like to win. After emerging victorious in the Indianapolis 500, the CART title, the Formula One World Championship and narrowly missing the chance to score the triple crown with Peugeot at Le Mans this year, the son of legendary racer Gilles Villeneuve finds ...

VIDEO: One-make Lotus Elise racing is crowded, thrilling 10 months ago on Autoblog

It is the lap every driving simulator player dreams of putting together – except this one was real. It actually happened way back in 2005 (but has just come to our attention now and was too good to pass up), when Sydney motoring journalist Dean Evans drove in one of the Lotus Trophy Races ...

Lexus LF-A to race in 24 Hours of Nürburgring, but is it still on track for production? 11 months ago on Autoblog

Well, it looks like Toyota is committed enough to the Lexus LF-A to at least race it again in this year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Just like last year, the rumored on-again, off-again for production luxury supercar is set to tackle the Green Hell in another 24 hour endurance run. That ...

Red Flag: Race of Champions moves to China 11 months ago on Autoblog

Still think of the Race of Champions as an elitist European event? Think again. Organizers have announced that that the annual face-off is scheduled to head to China this year. The Race of Champions, for those unfamiliar, is a year-end event in which the top drivers from various motorsport ...

BMW Motorsport division to sell dedicated racing components? 11 months ago on Autoblog

BMW has an M Division that creates masterworks like the M3 and the automaker also has a Performance Division that creates accessories for those of us that might want an M3 but need to think of other things, like the kids' college education. Now it's been revealed that BMW has another division ...

New SuperCar Challenge for PS3 under development 1 year ago on Autoblog

System 3 has a follow-up title to last year's Ferrari Challenge: SuperCar Challenge. The new game will offer 40 cars to choose from, not all of which are Ferraris this team. The roster will include such cars as the Aston Martin DBR9, Lamborghini Murcielago RGT, McLaren F1, Maserati MC12 and, of ...

Even NASCAR not immune from economic woes 1 year ago on Autoblog

Hardcore NASCAR fans might not recognize their favorite sport when the season picks back up on February 15th at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. Chrysler, General Motors, Ford and Toyota have all cut back funding 20 to 30 percent, and once strong teams like Petty Enterprises have merged ...

Geneva Preview: More details on Alpina B6 GT3 come to light 1 year ago on Autoblog

More images and details of Alpina's B6 GT3 racer have hit the web, and it looks like despite spending two decades away from motorsports, there are no flies on the leading Bimmer tuning haus. Based on BMW's 6-Series coupe, the B6 weighs under 3,000 pounds and gets a supercharged 4.4-liter V8 ...

Forum Thread of the Day: "Ticket for going too slow" 1 year ago on Autoblog

If you're looking for a good, amusing read, head directly to OrlandoForums.com where hilarity has unfolded at the expense of one particularly dumb street racer and "Honda Enthusicit" who used the website's "Ask an Officer" section to inquire about how to fight a ticket for going too slow. ...

CES 2009: Hands on with D-Box and Simcraft racing simulators 1 year ago on Autoblog

They're more than glorified game consoles with force-feedback steering wheels strapped to a lounge chair. Costing as much as $44,000 apiece, they're racing simulators, and we got to play with a couple of them at CES. Simcraft says its $44K model is meant for training real race car drivers, like ...

78-year old's Nissan Pulsar impounded after AU street race with Skyline 1 year ago on Autoblog

A 78-year-old Australian man with a need for speed had his car impounded after being caught racing at 170 km/h (105 mph) on a winding road east of Melbourne on New Year's Day. It seems John Belfield, the senior citizen under the spotlight, is a member of a local Nissan-Datsun sports car club. The ...

HUMMER ends sponsorship of Rod Hall Racing 1 year ago on Autoblog

The swan song (or would that be swan hummer?) has come for HUMMER's involvement with Rod Hall Racing. HUMMER has announced it's ending sponsorship of the team that has brought it numerous race championships and victories. Last year's accolades include first in the stock full class in the Baja ...

Audi R8 GT3 will have coming out party in Essen 1 year ago on Autoblog

Audi has created an R8 that looks like it would rather kill things than win races, but knowing Audi it will probably just stick to winning. The customer-team specific R8 GT3 will be officially unveiled at the Essen Motor Show, which begins November 28. The car gets more than 500 horsepower ...

VIDEO: Singapore GP Preview 1 year ago on Autoblog

This weekend Singapore will host Formula 1's first night race, and SPEED TV has created a computerized lap of the course narrated by Mark Webber taking you through the 24 corners. Perhaps the best part of this brand new track in a brand new host country at a brand new time of day night is the ...

Audi wins everything... add European Le Mans Series to the list 1 year ago on Autoblog

If Audi was a greater beneficiary of the "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" adage, they would have trounced Mercedes and BMW in sales long ago. The house of the four rings took the 24 Hours of Le Mans, then they claimed the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), and now Audi extends its arms once again ...

Lexus returning to Targa Newfoundland with GS 450h 1 year ago on Autoblog

At last year's Targa Newfoundland, driver Mark Lachapelle brought his Lexus GS 450h -- yeah, that's a hybrid -- home 18th overall, and sixth in his division. This year he'll return to the 2,200-kilometer race which runs over six days through the central and eastern part of the island. The 339 hp ...

Sony picks GT Academy winners to race in Dubai 24 Hours 1 year ago on Autoblog

First art imitates life and now video games do the same, with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Nissan having joined forces to create the GT Academy. Over the course of eight months, the academy culled a group of wannabe racers from a field of entrants who posted the best lap times in GT5 ...

It's official: Team HUMMER driver Emily Miller is an Ironwoman 1 year ago on Autoblog

Last weekend, Emily Miller of Rod Hall Racing was out to become the first Ironwoman in the history of the TSCO Vegas to Reno off-road race to finish the grueling competition solo. To do so, she'd have to drive the her H2 the entire 457-mile distance. She did it in a time of 16:40.30 after having ...

Rod Hall/Team HUMMER's Emily Miller looks to enter record books 1 year ago on Autoblog

The TSCO Vegas to Reno race, part of the Best in the Desert off-road racing series, is 457 miles long through the Nevada sand and scrub. From start to finish takes many racers 12 hours or more, and a driver that goes the entire distance is known as an "Ironman." For this year's edition, Emily Miller ...

Sabine Schmitz coming to America, leaving the 'Ring 1 year ago on Autoblog

APR Motorsport, the racing arm of the APR tuning company, has brought Mistress of the 'Ring Sabine Schmitz to the U.S. for two rounds of the KONI Grand Am Challenge Series. Driving a Golf GTI in the Stock Tuner class, Schmitz is replacing Randy Pobst. Sabine's visits are for the round just ...

F1 teams debating introduction of KERS for 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog

Following two incidents in two weeks, it looks like the ballyhooed KERS hybrid system might not make it onto Formula 1 cars for 2009 -- at least, not the first races. Teams have begun to talk about how much difficulty they're having in building a safe system. KERS not only needs to work when the ...

Autoblog does the Baja 500: Round 2, the race [w/VIDEO] 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for hi-res gallery from the 2008 Baja 500 We did the pre-run, now it was time for Autoblog to race the Baja 500 with driver Chad Hall and Team HUMMER. Our race day start time wasn't until 10:30, but we got to the start line at 8:30. And then we signed autographs and kissed babies. Well, ...

McQueen's LeMans Porsche may fetch $2m at Bonhams 1 year ago on Autoblog

One of Steve McQueen's co-stars in the 1971 documentary-style film Le Mans, a Porsche racing car, is up for action this August in Carmel Valley, California. The car is a 1969-1970 Porsche 908/2 Spyder. It features a 3.0-liter air/oil-cooled flat-8 engine rated at 350 hp @ 8500 rpm. While many of ...

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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.