An Inside Look at Motorsports
SPEED and SPEED.com are presenting 23 hours of live testing coverage from Daytona Jan. 20-22 as the Sprint Cup Series engines roar back to life in the month of January … Read More
Junior Johnson has launched a race team that he hopes will propel his son, 17-year-old Robert, eventually to the Sprint Cup Series. The elder Johnson, who was enshrined in NASCAR's … Read More
Sports Business Journal rumors that Chicagoland Speedway today is expected to name former Gatorade Dir of Sports Marketing Scott Paddock the track's new president. Paddock replaces Craig Rust, who ran … Read More
26 NASCAR Sprint Cup races suffered ratings declines in 2010. Yes, 26. Three of those races in which ratings increased were on Fox — Phoenix, Talladega and Darlington — one … Read More
There are reports from highly reliable sources that Gérard Lopez and his partner in GenII Capital Eric Lux, have sold their shares in the Renault F1 Team Ltd company, which … Read More
UPDATE #3 This rumor is downgraded to 'false' today. Boss Franz Tost has denied the latest reports about the likely sale of the Faenza based team Toro Rosso. It has … Read More
Defending champions Carlos Sainz and Cyril Despres stretched their leads in this year's Dakar Rally as they doubled up again on the second stage. Former world rally champion Sainz claimed … Read More
Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali said an interview with La Repubblica, “After Abu Dhabi I raised the issue [of resignation] to myself. I wondered if it was right or not, … Read More
P1 Groupe announces that sports car veteran and multi-time race winning driver, Jeff Bucknum has signed an agreement to drive for Mitchum Motorsports in the team’s Chevy Camaro for the … Read More
A new race season starts on SPEED, Saturday, Jan. 8 with the biggest Monster Energy AMA Supercross event of the year, Anaheim 1; live from Southern California’s Angel Stadium of … Read More
(GMM) Mercedes has become the second team to have reportedly passed the mandatory FIA crash tests with its 2011 car. On the day before New Year's eve, Italian reports said … Read More
(GMM) Niki Lauda has admitted he is concerned about F1's switch to four cylinder engines. Not keen on the newly announced turbo formula for 2013, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo … Read More
The four-year Fiat-Yamaha MotoGP partnership has come to an end. A message on the team's official Twitter page @fiatyamahateam states that it won't be updated and confirms “The team will … Read More
UPDATE Rumors that the FIA was to mandate protective 'windscreens' for F1 cars from next season appear to be a little wide of the mark. Italian magazine Autosprint suggested just … Read More
(GMM) Fernando Alonso has landed himself in a controversy within the Spanish-language media. After arriving in a private jet for a holiday on the small Portuguese island of Porto Santo, … Read More
(GMM) Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil will race Force India's 2011 cars, with Nico Hulkenberg moving into the third cockpit role. That is the claim of the Swiss newspaper … Read More
Cosworth may offer KERS and transmission packages to F1 teams in 2013. F1 business manager Mark Gallagher told F1 Fanatic they are considering the move to coincide with radical new … Read More
5.141 km Jaypee circuit in New Delhi, India The Formula One circus will land in India come October 2011. We went to see how work was progressing on the brand … Read More
The last Mercury, a Mariner, rolled off the line on Oct. 3, although more are being produced for government agencies. As of today, the Mercury name disappears from dealerships, marking … Read More
