Auto racing Mazda announced today a multi-year partnership with BP and Castrol, which will bring new paint schemes to Mazda's top level sports car racing programs. In the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 GT class, the No. 70 Mazda RX-8 piloted by Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham, David Haskell and Raphael Matos will take the green flag at the... Read More

NASCAR racing Toyota teams and drivers continue to impress in preparation for the Daytona 500 as the second session of Sprint Cup testing kicked off with Camrys setting eight of the top ten speeds in the first day of this week's running.

Dave Blaney set the fastest lap in the single-car runs on Monday afternoon, improving Jimmie Johnson's benchmark from last week by more... Read More

NASCAR racing Dario Franchitti has made a strong start to his first year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, setting the pace in testing at Daytona among the Dodge runners in preparation for the season opener.

The Scot ran the third-fastest lap of the morning session on Monday at Daytona, and was the fastest Dodge runner all day in the single-car runs. Only Franchitti and Dale... Read More

NASCAR racing BDR Team Owner Bill Davis has said they are still seeking sponsors to secure enough funding for Jacques Villeneuve's first full-season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

The Canadian was among the fastest in this week's major Cup test at Daytona, setting the fastest single-car lap for a Toyota, less than a tenth of a second off from Jimmie Johnson's benchmark.

How... 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 driver Dale Earnhardt Jr believes that it will be hard to keep his emotions in check this weekend, as he competes with the team set up by his father for the last time.

This year's NASCAR season finale at Homestead will mark the 33-year-old's last race with Dale Earnhardt Inc before he switches to Hendrick Motorsports stock car racing team for 2008.

"There will be... Read More

American open-wheel motorsports is suffering from a rash of defections to NASCAR auto racing, IndyCar Racing loses its champion and Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti, who will team with former CART sparring partner Juan Pablo Montoya on Chip Ganassi's stock car racing NASCAR team.

Fellow IndyCar auto racing and Indianapolis 500 champions Jacques... Read More

Patrick Carpentier is the latest open-wheel racer to join NASCAR's top series ranks, after signing a deal to race in the 2008 Sprint Cup for Gillett-Evernham Motorsports

The Canadian had been linked to a drive for the team since he competed for them at Watkins Glen International this year, racing the No. 10 car regularly driven by Scott Riggs and... Read More