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VIDEO: When the Safety Car... isn't

The main job of a safety car in racing is to slow the pace of the race during a crash or help bring cars to a stop in the event that debris needs to be removed from the track. The safety car is usually provided by an OEM sponsor that pays for the right to slap flashing lights on the hood, and in the case of last weekend's FIA WTTC race in Pau, France, the safety car was the Chevy Cruze. Unfortunately for BMW driver Franz Engstler, this Cruze wasn't exactly the safest safety car. After a minor crash left another car stranded on the track, ... Read more →

Safety First: Wiesmann MF5 sets the pace for FIA GT Championship Noah Joseph

The 2009 FIA GT Championship kicked off this weekend at England's stoic Silverstone circuit, and with it a number of new racing machines – including competition versions of the Nissan GT-R, ...

Setting the Pace: BMW X6 M debuts as MotoGP safety car Noah Joseph

Coupes, sedans, convertibles, even sport-wagons... BMW's venerated Motorsport division – known to all the world by the letter M – has tuned all sorts of vehicles from the Bavarian ...

Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG returns as F1 safety car for 2009 Drew Phillips

AMG has been involved in Formula 1 for well over a decade now, starting with a Mercedes-Benz C36 AMG serving as the safety car back in 1996. Most recently, the SL63 AMG earned the spot last year, ...

Mercedes offers up C63 AMG as Official Safety Car of DTM Damon Lavrinc

Click above for a high-res gallery of the M-B C63 AMG DTM safety car. The Mercedes-Benz SL63 might have the honor of being picked as the official safety car for Formula One, but the equally badass, ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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