You may have heard of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, well now there’s going to be an Ultimate Racing Championship (URC). The URC will become part of the American Le Mans Series from 2012 onwards and feature racing cars modelled on those of the glory days of the 1960s and 70s. […]
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2012 Audi A5 DTM race car unveiled at Frankfurt show
Audi has unveiled the new 2012 Audi A5 DTM race car at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show. The new touring car will be used to compete in the 2012 season of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) in Germany. Some may remember a few months ago Audi revealed some preview […]
2013 Volkswagen Polo R WRC rally car unveiled at Frankfurt show
Volkswagen has unveiled the all-new Volkswagen Polo R WRC rally car project it has been working on since the beginning of this year at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show. It features a very cool race-car body and an FIA-certified powertrain. Volkswagen announced it was/is planning to enter into the World […]
2012 Formula Ford race car unveiled at Frankfurt show
Ford will be showing the new 2012 Formula Ford open-wheel race car at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show later today. The new car will compete in various events from next year, including the British Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship. It gets a new turbo engine, as well as a […]
Ron Howard working on Niki Lauda vs James Hunt F1 movie
Ron Howard is working on a new film which will capture the scene of the 1976 Formula One Championship, and in particular, recreate the characters and battles of some of the most challenging and competitive duals in F1 history: the 1976 Formula One Championship between Niki Lauda and James Hunt. […]
2012 Peugeot RCZ Cup series one-make race car revealed
French carmaker Peugeot will be conducting its own one-make series in 2012 using these purpose built Peugeot RCZ Cup cars in an RCZ Racing Cup series. Yep, you read right. The elegant-looking little French coupe will become a race car. It’s not often you think of French road cars as […]
Jeroen Bleekemolen gets pole position even after getting out to pick up a wheel
Jeroen Bleekemolen has won a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race at the Baltimore Grand Prix, even after losing his wheel and getting out to collect it after a minor incident. Now this is the kind of quick thinking you don’t normally see in motorsport. Jeroen Bleekemolen, a top notch Porsche […]
Video: MINI Countryman WRC car review
EVO magazine in the UK has posted up a MINI Countryman WRC car review video onto its YouTube channel. The new MINI Country WRC car will compete in the rest of 2011 World Rally Championship and onwards. MINI hasn’t taken part in rally racing on an international scale since the […]