The autopsy results for NASCAR driver Jason Leffler show that a blunt force neck injury is what killed him in that horrific sprint car crash in New Jersey last night.

As you likely know, famous auto customizer Dean Jeffries died this weekend. While many of the cars and techniques Jeffries created are well known, Jeffries himself was a bit more reserved about his own accomplishments than certain contemporaries of his, and as a result, probably isn't as well known as he deserves.…

One of history's preeminent automotive sculptors and engineers passed away at home on Sunday, May 5, 2013. Dean Jeffries, also known as "Deano" began pinstriping cars with the legendary Von Dutch in Lynwood, California, in the early 1950s.

Thomas Urbach, the President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Korea, took his own life in Germany during a trip to visit the automaker's headquarters.

Today, with a heavy heart, we remember Suzuki, the "little Japanese car maker that could" which actually couldn't and finally ended its own life, Kevorkian-style, at the tender age of 27 [1985-2012].

Chris Economaki, the man frequently called the "dean of American motorsports journalism," has passed away at age 91. Economaki had been in racing journalism since he was 14, and was at the helm of National Speed Sport News for nearly 60 years.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, passed away earlier today. He was 82. The cause was complications from heart surgery three weeks ago.

Yesterday, director Tony Scott jumped to his death from a bridge in San Pedro, California.

Tony Scott, the director of such beloved classics as Top Gun and Days of Thunder, was found dead today after jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro earlier this afternoon, an apparent suicide. Investigators found a note, which was left in his Prius on the bridge.