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Nascar's Kyle Busch loses driver's license after speeding ticket

Ray Wert — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:30:00 EDT

Nascar points leader Kyle Busch lost his driver's license for 45 days yesterday for driving 128 mph on a road close to a day-care center and church in a nearly $400,000 Lexus LFA. The car was bright yellow. It was real nice. No, he didn't get it at Wal-Mart. More »

BBC gets 700 complaints over F1-induced Antiques Roadshow delay

Ray Wert — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:30:00 EDT

The BBC has received more than 700 complaints from furious antiques fans after Antiques Roadshow was postponed due to the abnormally long rain delay in Sunday's Formula 1 race and the over-running coverage that resulted. More »

STP returns to Nascar

Ray Wert — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:00:00 EDT

STP, the iconic engine additive brand and logo, long known for its connections to Indy racing greats Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Gordon Johncock and some guy named Richard Petty, has been largely absent for 11 years in major American motorsports. More »

Chevy's new BTCC racer is the Cruze you'd actually want

Ray Wert — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:30:00 EDT

GM's pulled the wraps off the Silverline Chevrolet team's new 2011 Cruze racers for the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). The two racers enter the 2011 season get some new livery to match the WTCC cars. More »

How Nascar's Jennifer Jo Cobb quit a race and won

Justin Hyde — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:30:00 EDT

Jennifer Jo Cobb was supposed to drive at last Saturday's Nascar Nationwide race, until the owner of her car told her to "start and park." Rather than pretend to race, Cobb quit — and won a bigger victory. More »

Donald Trump to drive Indy 500 pace car

Ray Wert — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Real-estate mogul and "Celebrity Apprentice" star Donald Trump has been asked to drive the Chevrolet Camaro SS pace car by Indianapolis Motor Speedway president and CEO Jeff Belskus at this year's Indy 500. More »

The 2011 12 Hours of Sebring in Photos

Ray Wert — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:00:00 EDT

We're about four hours in at the 12 Hours of Sebring. In case you're not watching, we thought we'd give you a look at some fantastic shots of the paddock and yesterday's qualifying runs taken by friend-of-Jalopnik, J.F. Musial. More »

Travis Pastrana Sets New Mt. Washington Auto Road Record

Ray Wert — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:15:00 EDT

Travis Pastrana blows past Mt. Washington Auto Road record by 20 seconds. [Vermont SportsCar] More »

13-Year-Old Motorcycle Racer Dies At Indy Motor Speedway

Ray Wert — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EDT

13-year old motorcycle racer Peter Lenz died Sunday after he fell off his bike and was run over by a 12-year-old motorcyclist at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He's the youngest competitor to die at the famous racetrack. More »

$1M Is Too Much For Danica Patrick's Autograph

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:00:00 EDT

A Danica Patrick fan is selling his signed-by-Danica 2006 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona ticket. He's also asking a fairly silly price. $1 million. As you'd expect, there are zero bids. (Hat tip to AustinTheBruiser!) More »

Jalopnik Helps "Crappy Saturn Ruined My Life" Guy, Life No Longer Ruined

Sam Smith — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:30:00 EDT

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In last week's Garage of Horror, we shared the epic tale of a man whose life was trashed by a crappy Saturn. In response, you, the Jalopnik commentariat, got off your collective tuckus and helped him out. You guys rock! More »

This Is The Worst Where's Waldo Contest Ever

Sam Smith — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:30:00 EDT

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Where's ~~Waldo~~ IndyCar driver Alex Tagliani? Ha! I win! He's right there! Wait, what? I don't win? How could I not win? Fail, people. A-Tag would not approve. [FailBlog] More »

Defunct USF1 Banned From F1 FOR-E-VER

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EDT

The FIA fined the bankrupt USF1 team their $380,000 entry fee and banned them from Formula 1 forever for being no-shows this season. Banning a long-dead team? That's the kind of quick, effective action we expect from the FIA! More »

How An American Racing Rookie Made History At 200 Mph

Sam Smith — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:30:00 EDT

Last week, at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a rookie from Leawood, Kansas made history. Scott Tucker was the first American allowed to race one of Audi's multimillion-dollar, 200-mph diesel prototypes. Amazingly, he was fast. More »

NASCAR Pioneer Raymond Parks Dead At 96

Sam Smith — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Raymond Parks, one of the founding members of NASCAR and the owner of its first championship team, died Sunday. He was the last surviving NASCAR founder, and he was once jailed for illegally transporting liquor. Say it with us: Sigh. More »

Ten Awesome Photos From 24 Hours Of Le Mans Practice

Sam Smith — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Practice for the 78th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans takes place this week. 200-mph racing cars set loose in the French countryside? Ford GT? Aw heck, mes amis, you had us at bonjour. More »

11-Year-Old Kid Gets Contract From Ferrari Racing

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:30:00 EDT

11-year-old two-time Canadian Karting champion Lance Stroll becomes the youngest person ever signed by Ferrari Racing to a development deal and training at the Ferrari Driving Academy. He also wins the title of luckiest kid ever. More »

Death at the Mountain Gorilla Rally

Peter Orosz — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EDT

Rwanda is not all about machete-flavored genocides, tall people with cute French names, and mountain gorillas living on volcanoes: they host a round of the African Rally Championship. Last weekend, it went very wrong. More »

Meet The Porsche Panamera Racing Car

Sam Smith — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:30:00 EDT

One: Sports-car company builds four-door sedan. Two: Four-door sedan is loved by some, hated by others. Three: Someone turns four-door sedan into touring-car racer. Four: We actually dig it. More »

Wired: "New York Wasn't Screwed"

Sam Smith — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:00:00 EDT

After reading Matt Hardigree's excellent look into the origins of the next U.S. Grand Prix, Wired.com's Chuck Squatriglia penned a counterpoint, arguing that the land where everything is big makes perfect sense. Tomato, tomahto. [Wired] More »

Race Car Driver Barely Survives Horrific Fiery Crash, Worse Response

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:00:00 EDT

This video of racer Giorgio Bartocci almost burning alive in a Lamborghini race car after an awful crash this weekend is both graphic and infuriating, as you can see the "safety crew" idling about as teammates extract the burning driver. More »

Five Reasons Monaco Is The Grandest Of Grands Prix

Sam Smith — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:00:00 EDT

The oldest race on the Formula 1 calendar is also one of the most glamorous and most dangerous. The 68th running of the Monaco Grand Prix took place last weekend. Miss it? Here's why you should pay attention. More »

VIDEO: Fire-Engulfed Driver Jumps From Flaming Lotus Racer

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:30:00 EDT

A Lotus Exige piloted by EVO's Roger Green lost its brakes and bursts into flames at this weekend's 24 Hours of Nurburgring. Green was forced to crash into a wall and jump out while the car was still rolling. More »

SPEED TV Launches New Channel, Airs Real Racing Again

Sam Smith — Wed, 12 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

SPEED TV launches broadband channel, decides to air real racing again. We rejoice. [via ColdTrackDays] More »

Audi To Let Any Slob Race An R8 LMS On The 'Ring

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 06 May 2010 10:30:00 EDT

Forget driving a Chevy Volt at Milford, how about an Audi R8 LMS race car in a race! Audi is offering customers the opportunity to drive factory-backed R8s in races backed by professional racing teams — for a price. More »

Apparently, New Jersey Has Too Much Class For F1

Sam Smith — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:15:00 EDT

A mere 24 hours after Jersey City revealed plans to host a Formula 1 race, the city's mayor has killed those plans, citing environmental issues. You may now go back to ignoring Jersey City. [GPUpdate] More »

Formula 1 Coming To... New Jersey?

Sam Smith — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:00:00 EDT

In response to overtures made by Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management, Ltd., Jersey City, New Jersey has announced a track layout for the proposed return of the United States Grand Prix. (What? You were expecting Newark?) More »

Mini Cooper Racer Crashes Into Crowd

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:00:00 EDT

This amazing and scary video shows a mango farmer's Mini Cooper S tumbling end-over-end into the crowd at a Mini Challenge race at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Australia this weekend. Amazingly, no one was seriously injured. More »

Racing Team Seeks Anime Fanboy Sponsorship

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:45:00 EDT

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a popular fighting-mecha anime franchise. It's so popular this Japanese Super GT300 Toyota Cororlla Axio team thinks fanboys will fork over their money to sponsor the team's seizure-inducing livery. More »

Fiat On Two Wheels!

Sam Smith — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:15:00 EDT

No, seriously, this is a Fiat Abarth Trofeo racing on two wheels. Did you catch that? We can't really be any clearer. Steely-eyed Cinquecento stuff, this. The best part? He saves it! More »

BMW Back Swapping Paint In DTM

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:30:00 EDT

After an 18-year absence, BMW's entering factory-back cars in the 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters following an Eastern Front-sized retreat from Formula 1. Those unfamiliar with DTM watch this madness and cry Spaten-flavored tears of joy. [Spiegel] More »

Heffner Ford GT Sets 266.93 MPH Standing Mile Record

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:30:00 EDT

This bright yellow Heffner Twin-Turbo Ford GT set a standing-mile record with an insane 266.93 MPH pass during this weekend's Exotics Rally Miami One Mile. Yeah... 1,900 HP and 41 pounds of boost will do that. More »

Talladega Lights: NASCAR Race Ends In Massive Explosion

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

The last lap green-white-checkered victory for Brad Keselowski at the Aaron's 312 in Talladega this weekend proved the old NASCAR adage: All's well that ends in a gigantic fireball. More »

Dakar Support Trucks As Cool As The Racers

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:00:00 EDT

The Dakar Rally is full of insane trucks and motorcycles crossing rough terrain and even crazier support trucks keeping them operational. More »

Hyundai Genesis PM580: A 750 HP Pikes Peak Conqueror

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Rhys Millen is so serious about breaking the world-famous Pikes Peak Hill Climb' 10-minute barrier and reclaiming his family's honor he's building a tube-framed and carbon fiber, 1,850lb, 750 HP stroked 4.1-liter V6-powered monster called the Hyundai Genesis PM580. More »

Caption This: Taking The Red Pill For Team Slater Edition

Sam Smith — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:30:00 EDT

Christian Slater, and Keanu Reeves during press practice for this past weekend's Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. Say it with us: There is no ~~spoon~~ apex. Photo Credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images. More »

What I Learned At Celebrity Driving School

Steve Millen — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Before Steve Millen, winner of the 1994 24 Hours of Daytona, could compete in this weekend's Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, he had to attend a beginner's driving school. Here's a first-hand account he wrote exclusively for us. —Ed. More »

Front Wheels Simultaneously Explode Off F1 Car

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:45:00 EDT

While warming up yesterday for the Chinese Grand Prix, a massive suspension failure sent both front wheels of Sebastien Buemi's F1 car rocketing off in opposite directions, leaving Buemi to stare at a wall he now can't avoid. Video below. More »

2010 12 Hours Of Sebring Gallery: This Is Your Endurance Race, America

Sam Smith — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:15:00 EDT

The 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the oldest motorsport events in the country, a day-long torture test that takes place on one of the roughest circuits in the world. Amazing glow-in-the-dark eye candy below the jump. More »

The Holy Bible: Stock Car Racing Edition

Ray Wert — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:30:00 EDT

This Bible, featuring commentary and testimonies from "racing's most famous names," is not only real, it brings a whole new meaning to the term "holy roller." Or, as Amazon reviewer Marduk says: "Praise the Lord and pass the nitrous!" More »