Open-wheel racing in U.S. continues its fade as a backward way of beginning a review of the 2007 motorsports season, I'd like to say this should be the second “golden era” of IndyCar racing.
The first came during the 1980s when fields were packed with legends – A.J. Foyt; Mario Andretti along with son Michael; Rick Mears; the Al Unsers, Sr. and Jr.; Johnny Rutherford, and... Read More

So I have been watching a bunch of the Saudi drifting videos that have been posted on YouTube. I have come to the conclusion that the desert has made these people insane. On a danger scale, street car racing has nothing on Saudi drifting. I used to drift in an s13 and have found out from trial and error how hard straight line drifting is. Well, as you will see in the Saudi... Read More with Video

Auto racing Corvette Racing have reasserted their commitment to the American Le Mans Series and say they believe the level of competition in the GT1 class will improve in the future.

The yellow cars had very little opposition in the series in 2007 following Aston Martin's decision not to compete, but Corvette will remain in the series next year.

GM Racing's road racing... Read More

My friend has an Acura NSX, which is a phenomenally fast car, and he gets his auto racing supplies online, and races the car at the speedway in San Bernardino, California. This car is just amazing. He picks me up at the Las Vegas airport with it, and when he accelerates onto the freeway, your head actually goes back into the head rest, it has so much power. He is a member... Read More

Auto racing after piloting the Rolex Grand-Am No. 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team Porsche-powered Crawford Daytona Prototype for two seasons, driver Patrick Long, of Belleair, Fla., returns to the Alex Job Racing stable as its third driver for the upcoming Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Rolex 24 at Daytona Jan. 26-27.

Long joins co-drivers Bill Auberlen , of... Read More

A sport that appears to be growing is street car racing and if you want the ultimate ride for street car racing look over the Porsche CTR-3. Porsche has a sterling reputation for producing autos for the street and race track going back several decades. These German made cars can be numbered among the worlds finest production sports cars and it is only natural the proud... Read More

Auto racing - Horag Racing and its two primary drivers, Fredy Lienhard and Didier Theys, are very optimistic about the 2008 Le Mans racing season after a flawless shakedown test of their brand-new Lista Office and Lista-sponsored Porsche RS Spyder last weekend at the Catalunya circuit north of Barcelona, Spain.

Veteran sports car racing driver Jan Lammers is excited too,... Read More

The last original Indy Racing League driver is heading for sports cars. Scott Sharp is taking his Patron sponsorship to Highcroft Racing in the American Le Mans series for 2008.

Sharp, who turns 40 in February, will team with David Brabham and replace Stefan Johansson on the Acura-powered P2 team owned by Duncan Dayton.

Besides losing the IRL’s all-time leader in starts... Read More

Sports car racing Krohn Racing conducted initial testing of their new Grand-Am DP with a brief and successful shakedown at Road Atlanta. The operation then moved to Savannah for testing.

Proto-Auto, a partnership of Krohn Racing and Lola Cars, is the official constructor of the Grand-Am DP Lola chassis. The newly designed chassis, with a CRD-prepared Pontiac engine,... Read More

NASCAR auto racing Ambrose shows Dale Jr around his racing school: Australian NASCAR driver Marcos Ambrose has spent the day with Dale Earnhardt Jr at Ambrose’s V8 Super School on the Gold Coast in Australia. Ambrose hosted Earnhardt Jr, who is in Australia on holiday with friends, and gave the American the opportunity to drive one of the school’s 450-horsepower race cars... Read More

NASCAR auto racing two-time NASCAR racing champion driver Jimmie Johnson has said he cannot wait to go up against F1 Champion Michael Schumacher after drawing him as his rival in the Race of Champions Nation Cup on Sunday.

Johnson's American team have been drawn to face off against Germany, and that means Johnson will go head-to-head with Schumacher.

But rather than worry... Read More

Auto racing Heikki Kovalainen has been officially confirmed as a McLaren-Mercedes F1 driver for 2008, stepping into Fernando Alonso's seat for the second year in succession.

The Finn previously replaced the Spaniard at Renault F1 for the 2007 campaign – his debut season in the top flight – and impressed by both outscoring and outperforming highly-experienced team-mate... Read More

Auto racing Justin Wilson and Graham Rahal will join sports car racing driver Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri in the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford-powered Riley in the 46th running of the Grand-Am Rolex 24 At Daytona this January.

"I'm excited to have Justin back with us and we're really looking forward to Graham being part of the team as well," Shank said. "Justin is... Read More

Auto racing Ryan Briscoe received his first on-track testing time at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Briscoe tested the IRL No. 6 Honda-powered Dallara on Dec. 5 and in the morning session Dec. 6 before handing it over the Helio Castroneves.

“It’s great to be out here working with the engineers and mechanics, and it’s great to be in a Team Penske racing suit and officially on... Read More

Auto racing Johannes van Overbeek, from San Francisco, and partner of the Flying Lizard Motorsports team based in Sonoma, Calif., has won the 2007 Porsche Cup. This is the trophy that the Porsche factory in Stuttgart, Germany, has been awarding each year since 1970 to the most successful driver of a private Porsche racing car. On the occasion of the Porsche Motorsports... Read More

Auto racing Corvette Racing, the most successful team in the history of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), will compete in the GT1 class in all 12 events on the ALMS schedule in 2008. Chevrolet’s two-car factory road racing team will also return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in pursuit of a sixth GT1 title in the world’s most famous sports car race.

Corvette Racing has won... Read More

Auto racingafter 12 years and several failed attempts by different individuals, the two major open wheel racing series in this country finally got back together.

But it was only for a one-day tire test at Homestead, Fla.

Last Tuesday, the PKV team from Champ Car shared the track with the Indy Racing League's Andretti-Green stable for a Bridgestone/Firestone test.

Oriol Servia... Read More

Auto racing The Racers Group has confirmed it’s driver lineup Tim George Jr will partner with sports car racing driver Spencer Pumpelly for the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Series season, with the pair joining forces for an assault on the Grand-Am GT class of the series.

George took five top tens during the Koni Challenge Series season in 2007, despite being in only his third year... Read More