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This might be a second year without a Bahrain GP. Protests for democratic reform in Bahrain are now including protests against the Formula 1 grand prix there that is scheduled for April 20-22. Police have attacked protesters and killed at least on...

Nissan and Highcroft racing are shipping the Deltawing to Europe after a successful test at the Sebring International Raceway before and after the 12 Hours of Sebring.  The Deltawing was built in cooperation with Dan Gurney's All Amer...

Mikko Hirvonen has been disqualified from his win at the Rally Portugal due to two technical infractions on his car both of which would exclude his win separately. In post race scrutineering, officials found that the clutch on Hirvonen's F...

Google has announced it is working with Nascar to introduce an automonous race car in the coming years.  Google says that the car will be capable of driving at up to 200 miles per hour and be able to sense cars around it. It published a g...

Lotus has begun testing an Exige R-GT rally car that will debut at the Rally 1000 Miglia in Italy with drivers Bernardo Sousa and Luca Rossetti. The team tested 85km on Tuesday and 75km on Wednesday at the Tarmac of St. Remo Rally and experien...

The McLaren MP4-12C GT3 is ready to take to the track for this season of racing. Technically, the MP4-12C GT3 began its racing career last year, but this is the first year that it is offered to customer teams. The inaugural races for the customer-...

Audi has updated its Truth in 24 web site with the message "Truth in 24 II Coming Soon Every Second Counts." Truth in 24 was a feature-length documentary that Audi released in 2009 about the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans including the team...

It’s been 25 years since rally legend Walter Röhrl competed in the Pikes Peak and ran to the victory in the famous and oldest hill climb in the United States in his nearly 600 hp Audi Sport quattro S1. Now Audi is going to join them tog...

Dodge and SRT Motorsports are entering a new Dodge Dart with 600hp into the Global RallyCross Championship with Travis Pastrana as the driver.  The Dodge Dart for the GRC shares a few traits with the street car. It looks the same, and it ...

Ford and Citroën have chosen completely opposite strategies on road position for the Rally Portugal that begins March 29. Citroën has opted to take the first two positions to start the rally; whereas Ford has selected the last two p...