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10/13/2013
It was just another surreal moment in this disappointing season for defending NASCAR Sprint...
Stewart Friesen, Brett Hearn and Larry Wight won Triple 20s for big-block modifieds and were in key positions to win Sunday’s Syracuse 200, the ...
Sebastian Vettel took another step toward his fourth Formula One World Championship title with a...
Fernando Alonso kept the 2013 Formula One World Championship battle alive by finishing fourth in...
Earlier this year, daredevil Nik Wallenda made headlines after he walked across Little Colorado River Gorge (near the Grand Canyon).On Saturday,...
Brad Keselowski won Sunday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Charlotte, but the bigger story ...
Sebastian Vettel won his ninth race of the season on Sunday in Japan. Despite the win, the driver has yet to clinch the ...
If Matt Kenseth hangs on to win this year’s Sprint Cup, he might look back in his...
McLaren Racing managing director Jonathan Neale confirmed today that Red Bull's head of aerodynamics is set to return to the Woking team in 2015. ...
It's fairly obvious by now that Penske Racing driver Sam Hornish Jr. and Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon will decide NASCAR's second-...
Mark Webber won the pole for Sunday's Formula One Japanese Grand Prix, taking advantage of teammate...
Feast your eyes on the new 2014 BMW 4-series convertible: The newest drop-...
Mark Webber took his Formula One first pole of 2013 in Japan on Saturday -- and admitted that the...
Chevrolet will expand its already impressive NASCAR Sprint Cup lineup next year when Germain...
For a while Friday night it looked like pole-winner Kyle Busch might finish -- GASP! -- second or third or even fourth in the Dollar General 300 at...
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Travis Kvapil on Tuesday was arrested for...
The tragic news emerged while the Formula One cars were running in Japan on Friday afternoon that...
What is it?The Chevy Malibu is back with a midcycle update...
Colin Braun's lap of 222....
With apologies to just about everyone in the music industry (and even to some Formula One fans), here's a music video featuring NBCSN pit reporter...
Last week the Volvo Club of America held its annual meet in the ski resort of Stratton Mountain,...
Kimi R�ikk�nen had an encouraging Friday in Suzuka – despite ending the day's ...
There’s a bit more spring in his step, a brighter gleam in his eyes, a refreshing change in his attitude and outlook. He’s quicker to...
The idea of self-driving cars isn't so farfetched anymore. Even...
There are no new venues and only a handful of changes on the 2014 Sprint Cup Series schedule that ...
Sam Hornish Jr. might win this year’s Nationwide Series championship and still be unemployed in 2014. The three-time IndyCar Series champion...
Henry Ford may not have invented the concept of the moving assembly line, but his triumph -- ...
Hyundai unveiled the ultimate Zombie Survival Machine, designed by fan Anson...
-- A set of Ferrari sketches leaked online at jokeforblog....
Details are scarce at the moment, but it looks like this might be the first crash of a privately owned C7 Corvette. Here's what we heard from our...
ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: The GLK is my favorite of the ...
A few weeks ago, we asked you if you would be interested in a Ford Ecosport,...
On Friday it was reported that former Marussia test driver Maria de Villota had...
It appears Maria de Villota died of natural causes. The 33-year-old Spaniard, who sustained serious head injuries in a Marussia testing crash last...
The past two days have been quite an emotional roller coaster. First, we were crushed to hear that the end of the line is fast approaching for the...
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber topped the times for Red Bull in the second practice session for the ...
Toyota sees fuel cells as the key to a bright, green future, with ...
After trailing many of its competitors in the recent engine- and transmission-technology wars, ...
Williams has been fined a significant $81,390 (U.S.) by the FIA Stewards for failing to properly secure a left rear tire that became detached from...
This could be the week that Sebastian Vettel clinches the 2014 Formula One...
NASCAR driver Travis Kvapil is well aware that his embarrassing legal problems might adversely affect his future with BK Racing and may even cause...
The man generally acknowledged as superspeedway racing's most creative promoter thinks America's 1,200 grassroots tracks should be getting a larger...
Most of the drama in Thursday night Sprint Cup qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway -- no, make that ALL the drama -- was squeezed into the frantic ...
Despite being arrested Tuesday night, jailed overnight and charged on Wednesday ...
Pirelli and the McLaren-Mercedes Formula One team will now test 2014-specification F1 tire compounds at the Vallelunga circuit, near Rome, Italy --...
It's been all but a foregone conclusion for some time now, but Land Rover...
IndyCar’s Dario Franchitti is one step closer to recovering after a ...
When Tennessee takes on Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016, as was reported by the Associated Press, not only will it be a sight to...
It's not only domestic trucks that seem to be getting the attention of collectors. This week, there's a rather sharp-looking ...
The organizers of last Sunday’s Formula One Korean Grand Prix have escaped sanction by the FIA,...
What Is It?Even Honda had to acknowledge the dichotomy of...
Formula One has scheduled the first three official preseason tests of 2014. The sessions will occur at the Jerez circuit in Spain from Jan. 28-31,...
It's mid-October, which can only mean one thing: Christmas decorations have already been in stores for a few weeks now. So we're especially glad that ...
SENIOR ROAD TEST EDITOR NATALIE NEFF: One wouldn't be faulted for expecting the 2013 Lexus LS 600h L to be a big, cushy riff on the ...
We've seen it so lightly camouflaged that it may as well be a production...
Nico Rosberg doesn’t go along with suggestions that F1 is boring, and says that he always thinks he has a chance of beating Sebastian Vettel....
-If you've ever wanted to check out Lamborghini's Museum in Sant'Agata...
In celebration of its 50 years as a Formula One team, McLaren has released a pretty cool video....
On Thursday, several Formula One drivers met with the press prior to this weekend's Japanese Grand...
Lewis Hamilton raised a few eyebrows this week when he used Twitter to stress...
The FIA has released the following preview of the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix scheduled for Oct. 13.Sebastian Vettel enters the race with ...
Sebastian Vettel confirmed today that he was happy to see Lewis Hamilton's positive...
New York City administration's plan to replace current taxi cabs with the specially developed ...
After a complete tropical storm-related washout Tuesday, a power-steering pump problem Wednesday, then more rain, Colin Braun was able to beat NASCAR ...
Outgoing Formula One driver Mark Webber will get his first taste of Porsche's 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours...
Sprint Cup driver Travis Kvapil has been arrested and charged with assault on his wife and false imprisonment, Capt. Joseph Cooke of the Mooresville...
General Motors is recalling nearly 22,000 units of the 2014 Chevrolet...
Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced today that driver Alex Tagliani will substitute for four-time series champion Dario Franchitti at the MAVTV 500...
A mere century ago, on Oct. 7, 1913, Henry Ford rigged up a rope tow to get Model T chassis across the floor of his Highland Park assembly plant --...
The Izod IndyCar Series championship scenario is easy to digest for new points leader Scott...
Not only are the German horsepower wars still going strong, but if this next bit of news isn't evidence of German sales wars, then we don't know what ...
Pat Warren brought a chunk of asphalt into the media center at Kansas Speedway last year and dropped it onto a table with a thud that seemed to...
Team Penske is pulling out all of the stops for the Oct. 19 Izod IndyCar Series championship run at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.Roger...
Honda Motor Co. president Takanobu Ito says the redesigned ...
Codemasters' F1 simulator is back for 2013 with all the drivers, cars and...
Your first instinct when driving the 2013 Dinan BMW 550xi...
When you're an official with the 24 Hours of LeMons road-racing series, as ...
What have they done with the real ...
Seated to our left David Donohue is all grins, an enabler of our worst...
Japan seems to be the home of some of the world's best automotive scale model kits, so it made sense for us to go with ...
After 30 races of the NASCAR season and four in its championship battle, it's no surprise that the six drivers who comprise the top of the point...
Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car) and Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) hold down the top spots in the ...
The calculations are simple for Sebastien Vettel as he chases victory in the Japanese Grand Prix to secure a fourth straight ...
McLaren might still be interested in signing Nico Hulkenberg for its Formula One team in 2014....
Hendrick Motorsports has terminated a crewman who NASCAR recently suspended indefinitely for ...
ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: I've heard much about VW's effort to push their products to the bargain-seeking car buyers of the world by...
Chrysler is bringing its full weight to the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas on Nov. 5-8. The...
If you thought that the Volvo 100 and 200 series cars were all that was out...
Remember the turbulent launch of the Porsche Cayenne? It was 2002, ...
It's fitting, really, that Dario Franchitti's frightening crash on the final lap of the Grand Prix of Houston is the one thing this season that has...
This tiny garage in White Plains, N.Y., plays host to many rare classics. ...
There's no official stat category for "top-five finishes at each track," just as there's no official stat category for "shortest time making a backup ...
It's alive! Well, sort of. Ford has developed a car that can not only seek out...
Sebastian Vettel says he will not try to boost his popularity by jumping on the social media bandwagon.It is has been suggested the three-...
This is a big week for spy shots, and apparently a friend of a friend of a “friend” snapped this little ditty of what could be the motor...
ASSOCIATE WEST COAST EDITOR BLAKE Z. RONG: I just spent an entire weekend with the 2013 Lotus Evora S; I put close to 500 miles on it. What...
IndyCar and its Houston fans apparently came out of the horrible-looking Dario...
Divorce can be an ugly proceeding for all parties involved, but a recent deposition in a Charlotte divorce case reveals some of the finances behind...
What is it?Historically, the low end of the entry-lux market has been defined by the venerable ...
While the Lambrecht Chevrolet auction was full of low-mileage cars and...
Mitsubishi is planning the world debut of three concept cars at the 43rd...
Sunday was a bumpy ride for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.There was a first lap crash....
Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti will need a second surgery on the broken right ankle he suffered when ...
Lewis Hamilton has used Twitter in an attempt to diffuse comments he made about Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel in Korea.However, in a...
We've reached the end of a decade of Grand-Am racing for the TELMEX/Ganassi with Felix Sebates ...
The auto industry has been cutthroat since the very beginning -- making one's brand and product known is, was and always will be absolutely essential....
Meet the new 2015 Cadillac Escalade. Following up on ...
Last season, Dodge decided that it no longer wanted to produce a NASCAR car, and went out with a bang, as ...
Dodge landed legendary anchorman Ron Burgundy as its new spokesman for the ...
The 2015, or 2014.5 depending on who you ask, Ford Mustang will go on sale...
The last time the neptunium-237 gates of the ...
Ryan Winchester (Touring Car) and Robbie Davis (Touring Car B-Spec) captured class championships in the Pirelli World Challenge 2013 season, after...
Johnny O'Connell and Lawson Aschenbach captured Pirelli World Challenge class championships after victories in the 14th and final round of the 2013...
What British saloon from the 1960s was as powerful as a Chevrolet Corvette,...
Sergio Perez is no fan of Perrelli, Formula One's controversial sole tire...
-- Even as the hammer fell on Juan Manuel Fangio's $30 million Mercedes-Benz...
Sorting through the cable listings, trying to pick out which of the six million events to watch in the winter Olympics this February, you can be...
Paul di Resta has admitted he is staring into an uncertain future in Formula One.Since...
What a difference a year makes. Last year Nissan exhibited a self-parking car...
Despite being involved in a vicious IndyCar wreck during Sunday’s...
The second annual Race of Gentlemen, hosted by the New Jersey-based ...
Nobody was terribly surprised when Kyle Busch struggled all weekend at Kansas Speedway. And in this case, “nobody” includes Kyle Busch...
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Tony Stewart underwent a third surgery on his right leg...
If you thought Dario Franchitti's wicked wreck on Sunday was scary when you...
If there is one type of vehicle offered at the Lambrecht Chevrolet auction...
ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: This 2013 Dodge Dart GT is a somewhat stylish car, but the most noticeable thing on this test car compared to...
Hyundai is adding the Legato Concept to its ...
Every now and then, the electric car industry comes together in a sort of Woodstock-of-the-Watt-Hour to take stock of itself and to exchange ideas,...
The 2014 Honda CR-Z goes on sale Oct. 8 with a base price of $20,785,...
Editor's note: IndyCar issued the following statement at 6:15 p.m. ET:Medical update from Dr. Michael Olinger,...
Kevin Harvick crashed the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup party. Kyle Busch simply crashed the party -- at a track that continues to bedevil him....
Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti fractured two vertebrae and broke his right ankle when his car went airborne into a fence Sunday...
Sebastian Vettel now has one hand on the Formula One world championship title after securing a fourth straight win with a victory in the Korean Grand ...
After a similar charge in Singapore, Kimi R�ikk�nen enjoyed another good run to the podium in the Formula One Korean Grand Prix, coming all the way...
Formula One's teams received a record amount of prize money last year as the return of races in the United States and Bahrain gave the series its...
Kevin Harvick cracked the top three in the NASCAR Chase for the Championship points with his win at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, and five-time champion ...
With two races left in the NHRA season, a familiar name has found its way to the top of the Funny Car points as John Force extended his points lead...
For at least a few Formula One race fans, the best news of the day in Korea on Sunday was that predictions that a typhoon would interfere with or...
The event promoter of the Korean Grand Prix wants to stage it in the future as a night race, and is attempting to renegotiate his contract with...
Sebastian Vettel had little trouble in winning his fourth consecutive Formula One race when he won the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday.Following the...
After qualifying was rained out, the front row for today’s IndyCar Series race in Houston will have the same two drivers, but they’ll...
Fred Rahmer, known as “Fast Freddie,” and one of the most successful sprint car racers in the history of the difficult Central...
S�bastien Ogier marked his maiden World Rally Championship title by clinching his seventh win of 2013 and his second on home soil. Ogier started the...
An IndyCar season that started with so much promise for Simona de Silvestro finally delivered a payoff for the Swiss driver. She scored the...
There was no shortage of drama at the American Le Mans Series race at Virginia International Raceway on Saturday. While Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf ...
Sebastian Vettel made it three poles in a row, securing the top sport for the Korean Grand Prix on Saturday and took yet another step toward securing ...
Scott Dixon is squarely back in IndyCar's championship chase after series leader Helio Castroneves had a challenging race at Reliant Park.Dixon...
Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf raced to their eighth consecutive American Le Mans Series victory, winning Saturday at Virginia International Raceway....
Matt Kenseth may have won Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway, but Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski...
John Force may not be done winning championships just yet. Force qualified in the No. 1 position and became the new Funny Car points leader on...
Jari-Matti Latvala leads the World Rally Championship's Rally France heading into Sunday's final six stages as just five seconds separate the top...
A pole is a pole, no matter how it's achieved. In this IndyCar Series case, Takuma Sato claimed the top spot for Saturday's race by being the fastest ...
Can anyone catch Sebastian Vettel in Korea? Pole sitter Vettel, No. 2 qualifier Lewis Hamilton and third-place finisher Mark Webber met the media in...
Frank Kimmel put quite an exclamation mark on his 10th ARCA championship. After wrapping it up simply by turning a practice lap earlier in the day,...
Fernando Alonso on Saturday put Pirelli back in the Formula One headlines, after...
Chase contender Kyle Busch slapped the wall hard in the opening minutes of practice at Kansas Speedway on Saturday and will go to a backup car for...
As down as he was about seeing Sebastian Vettel take yet another pole position at ...
He is on the cusp of an ultra-rare fourth consecutive Formula One world championship, but ...
Formula One team Sauber has ruled out bringing back veteran driver Rubens Barrichello to the sport next season.Team principal Monisha...
The Formula One teams have agreed a provisional test schedule for 2014 that includes two sessions in Europe and two in the Middle East.The rules...
The Volkswagen XL1 hyper fuel-efficient vehicle debuted in Chattanooga,...
Jimmy Vasser is ready to move on without Tony Kanaan in IndyCar.“We're trying to work ...
It happens every year, that inevitable moment Mother Nature decides to unleash her snowy wrath on the greater part of the United States. Winter has...
Formula One is headed toward a crisis within the next 18 months unless costs are cut significantly, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said....
Formula One team representatives Graham Smith of Caterham, Andy Stevenson of Force India, Beat Zehnder of Sauber, Ron Meadows of Mercedes, Massimo...
John Force became the seventh driver in NHRA history to break the 4-second barrier on Friday at Maple Grove Raceway. The 15-time NHRA Funny Car...
When you think of potential pole winners for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, Kevin Harvick...
Surprise, surprise. Not the part about IndyCar driver and reigning Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan joining Ganassi Racing -- ...
The Izod IndyCar Series' Friday qualifying session on the streets of Houston was postponed to...
There's no question it's been a tough year for Brad Keselowski. First came two ...
It appears that Danica Patrick wants to become a staple of the country music video scene. After ...
Thierry Neuville has upstaged French heroes S�bastiens Loeb and Ogier by completing the first day of Rally France with a lead of 9.8 seconds over...
Sauber finally confirmed today that it will continue its supply deal with Ferrari ...
The Marussia Formula One team has posted a loss of $78.2 million (U.S.) for the 2012 calendar year --...
A 2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Prototype sold for $200,000 at the Barrett-...
ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: I'm not normally a fan of the styling of the LR4. I think it looks silly with the window that wraps over the...
The four-stroke Otto cycle engine is the reigning king of internal combustion (in the diesel-averse United States, at least), which makes it easy to...
Chrysler's Forward Look, introduced by designer Virgil Exner in 1955 and worn ...
Jeff Gordon has 718 Sprint Cup starts, 87 wins and four championships since 1992, so he...
Ferrari sporting director Massimo Rivola said on Friday that the 2014 schedule...
Sebastian Vettel has earned three successive pole positions and put one hand on the 2013 World Championship title, but the early signs are that the...
The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team and Pirelli, the sole Formula One tire supplier, arranged to...
While the number of dragstrips in the United States is way down from its pinnacle of the 1960s, most major urban areas have at least one quarter-mile ...
-- You think you have it tough trying to break into the drifting scene, middle-aged white guy? Try being a woman in Palestine. ...
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