In three months, a swarm of Audis, Corvette C6.R’s and Aston Martins will descend on Le Mans to race against the clock for the 81st time. The 24 hours is the greatest celebration of motor racing and part of the fun is the car you drive there.

Remember last year when we got all giddy because Renault hooked up with Caterham to revive the storied Alpine brand? Now there's a reason to get even more giddy: Alpine is going racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year.

Just how good is an Audi R8 at doing donuts? A ‘police' car showed up at the 24 Hours of Le Mans to show what it can do.

Sometimes having a kid brings unexpected benefits. In this case, my two-year old, Otto (known for his Porsche-hood-standing skills) is friends with another two year old, Lino, whose mom is a friend of my wife, and who is married to a man whose father happens to be 1970 LeMans winner and all around racing legend Hans…

International sports car racing is unbelievably confusing, with a half dozen classes that all look the same and have nearly the same names. Here's a simple guide that unravels the whole tangled mess.

The Porsche 962 is one of the most storied of the company's many storied racecars. In 1987, wearing Rothman's livery, the 962 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, giving Porsche its record seventh consecutive victory. But, what's that monster like to drive? Let's find out.

We've seen many onboard laps of Le Mans, but never one quite like this: ride through the whole Circuit de la Sarthe at night from the helmet of Jordan Taylor in the #73 Corvette Racing ZR1.

This was the first year that the 24 Hours of Le Mans had super slo mo, million-frames-per-second footage. In case you were wondering, it was awesome.

It was a little depressing to watch Toyota and the DeltaWing fall out of the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year to let Audi steamroll the race with little drama through the rest of the classes. At times, though, the beauty of the race took over.

There's more to racing than cars and there was no more compelling moment in this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans than when driver Satoshi Motoyama tried in vain to fix his crashed DeltaWing racecar, weeping as he failed to get it back in the race.