Mercedes-Benz previously announced that Mika Hakkinen, two-time Formula 1 world champion, would be coming back for the final race in the International Le Mans Cup, in Zhuhai, China. The champion’s return comes after spending four years away from the cockpit, and this time he will be getting behind the wheel of the SLS AMG GT3. [...]
Racing teams can now pick up the lastest Porsche 911 addition for the 2012 season, as the brand has just released its 2012 911 GT3 RSR. The model is based on its predecessing 997-series 911, and comes with a six-cylinder boxer engine with a 4.0-liter displacement, producing 454-hp, versus last year’s 449-hp. Steering wheel-mounted paddle [...]
Yesterday at the 2011 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Mopar announced that the National Hot Rod Association’s, or NHRA’s, Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. will join the Team Mopar roster in 2012. Coughlin will be campaigning around in a new Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Avenger as part of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro [...]
The Nissan 370Z is an outstanding sports car for any enthusiast – but you know what’s better than that? The Nissan 370Z Nismo, however, there’s now something better than that. Meet the new Nissan 370Z Nismo RC. The track ready 370Z Nismo RC is based on the street legal Z but has been prepared for [...]
The Federation Internationale de I’Automobile, responsible for the Le Mans 24 Hours among other races, has teamed up with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest to open up the World Endurance Championship for 2012. Toyota plans on participating in several of the races with a new LMP1 prototype. While all the specs and details have not [...]
Bentley may be planning to put its LMP1 up against Porsche and Audi in upcoming racing plans. While no official announcements will be made until next summer, Wolfgang Durheimer, Bentley CEO says “An LMP1 car would be a good way to go, but not the only possible way. There is nothing saying the same brands [...]
The Dakar Rally is a 14 day off road race that goes for over 5,500 miles with hundreds in competition. Three cars crafted by RaBe Race Cars will be driven by the British Rally Raid Team, made up of drivers Andrew Colley, John Hardy, and Martin Rowe. The unique vehicles the team will be driving [...]
Audi has a long history with motorsports and this can be most noted from Audi’s success in the World Rally Championship after they introduced all-wheel drive to the scene or when they pioneered diesel motors in LeMans. So it’s no wonder the Ingolstadt brand has just unveiled one of its latest efforts and it’s a [...]
Besides the new Ford 1.0 liter 3-cylinder EcoBoost in the Ford Focus, FoMoCo is showing a new 2012-specification Formula Ford car, making increasing use of road car technologies and featuring latest 1.6-litre Ford EcoBoost engine. The new car will be introduced in the 2012 Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain and plans are currently being [...]
While the all new 2012 Ford Focus ST is making its production debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Dearborn automaker is also showing us the new Ford Focus ST-R – a special mototsport counterpart to the road-going model. “Despite its close resemblance to the Focus ST road car, the Focus ST-R is purpose-built [...]
