Tony Schumacher will be back on the track when the NHRA Mello Yello Series returns to action at Lucas Oil Raceway in July. Schumacher, an eight-time NHRA Top Fuel champion and winner of class-record 84 events, has secured a two-race sponsorship deal with credit card processing company Global Electronic Technology. Schumacher plans to be back […]
Doctors are focusing on the Paralympian’s survival first, won’t speculate about his neurological state. Alex Zanardi, as those who know him should suspect, was doing something that would benefit others when he lost control of his hand-powered para-cycle during a relay rally in the middle of nowhere in central Italy. Taking a sharp turn, Zanardi’s […]
IndyCar legend Alex Zanardi has suffered a severe head injury in a collision with a larger vehicle during a handbike race in his native Italy. The Associated Press is reporting that Zanardi was transported by helicopter to Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena following the accident, which occurred near the Tuscan town of Pienza during a […]
This weekend, June 12-14, marks the 65th running of the WeatherTech Chicago Region June Sprints at Road America, part of the 2020 Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour. Racing began at Road America in 1956, and the June Sprints was part of that year’s full-season schedule. Back then, the June Sprints was a component of […]
All governing entities have signed the necessary permits authorizing the Southern California Timing Association to proceed with staging Bonneville Speed Week from Aug. 8-14, with the Bonneville World Finals set for Sept. 29-Oct. 2. “We had one major choice in front of us this year concerning the Bonneville National’s Speed Week,” SCTA president Bill […]
Multimatic has spun its motorsports and special vehicle operations groups into an organization of its own. The Canadian automotive and motor racing specialists responsible for Ford’s latest GT and Mazda’s RT24-P IMSA DPi will operate under the new Multimatic Special Vehicle Operations group (MSVO) led by Larry Holt, the person most heavily associated with that […]
The third in a series of surveys asking motorsports participants how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted them ran from May 28 to 31 with 251 respondents (-312). Some obvious anomalies occurred within the first three questions such as when asked to identify their role in motorsport, “Other,” was the largest segment responding at 40.7% of […]
NHRA has confirmed plans to return to racing in mid-July, relaunching its Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and associated programs with events on back-to-back weekends at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. The two events will be run on consecutive weeks, July 11-12 and July 18-19, at the home of the newly-sponsored Denso Spark Plugs NHRA […]
MOTORSPORT’S SHARE OF “NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME AGAIN!’ Times have without doubt changed – but so did the people. I could not help smiling this morning when I saw a promo clip telling “people” that watching WorldWideWrestling on TV, was like bringing the sport into your living room. In this promo, the wrestlers actually […]
Polesitter Sage Karam drove away from the field in his No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevy on Saturday, the Pennsylvanian handling second-place Felix Rosenqvist (+3.618s) and third-place Will Power (+11.416s) with ease to capture the American Red Cross Grand Prix iRacing event on the virtual Watkins Glen full course. Karam leapt from the front […]
Bloodhound Land Speed Record’s attempts to break the land speed record for a steerable car has hit a major roadblock, and its name is Covid-19 coronavirus. The current record is the 763 mph achieved by the Thrust SSC team in 1997, but Bloodhound LSR wants to ultimately hit 1,000 mph. The team managed to reach 628 […]
Throughout 2020, NHRA will be celebrating 50 Years of Pro Stock with special exhibitions and features at national events and showcasing the long history of the class on its media channels. Prior to each event on the 2020 schedule, NHRA National Dragster will focus on one Pro Stock moment from the history of the event. […]
Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaring a national state of emergency last night over the coronavirus pandemic the organisers of the Simola Hillclimb have announced that the event will be postponed to later in the year. The event, held in Knysna and due to take place from 7-10 May 2020, has become South Africa’s premier motorsport […]
The FIA Motorsport Games will undertake a significant expansion ahead of its second edition, with 15 disciplines confirmed for this year’s global gathering in host city Marseille and at Circuit Paul Ricard (23-25 October). The event’s unique format sees international racers compete for gold in the colours of their national flag. Six disciplines formed the […]
The Emerald Speed Fest record has been set by Reghard Roets who claimed bragging rights with an outright victory of 33.869 seconds. Reghard says he is still in shock. When asked about the custom-built track, his only comment was, “it’s a driver’s track with no margin for error”. He thoroughly enjoyed its challenges and […]
Vanderlinde Developments have announced their commitment as a series partner to the Pozidrive VW Challenge for the 2020 season. The all-Volkswagen series is known for being one of the most entertaining motorsport championships within the Northern Regions. With classification based on engine capacity, the series has also built a reputation for being a firm stepping […]
Investchem Formula 1600 ready to race Whatever happens in this year’s Investchem Formula 1600 championship, South Africa’s premier wings and slicks race series will crown a new champion in 2020. With last year’s champion Scott Temple and his predecessors Stuart White and Julian van der Watt, both of whom also had a part in the […]
An all-female team including Sophia Florsch will compete at this year’s Le Mans 24-hour race. June’s race will take place less than two years after German Formula 3 driver Florsch, 19, survived a huge 170mph crash at the Macau GP, after which she needed surgery on a fractured spine. She will line up with Alfa Romeo F1 […]
Formula DRIFT – the world’s leading professional drifting series – has announced a major partnership with Costa Mesa, CA-based TYPE S. The multi-year deal signifies a long term commitment to the series and will see the company introduced as the Official Dash Cam, Vehicle Lighting and Jump Starter for the Formula DRIFT series. TYPE S […]
SACCS, Border track & Gauteng karts star The leap year South African motorsport weekend saw former SA Moto2 rider Steven Odendaal make his World Supersport debut off seventh place on the grid in the Australian season-opener at Phillip Island before racing his EAB Ten Kate Yamaha to seventh in spite of a 2.5 second pit […]
Performance and purism, united in a unique, extreme design, and armed for adventures on the most legendary race tracks in the world. With the new KTM X-BOW GTX, KTM Sportcar GmbH will show just where Austria’s only car manufacturer and Europe’s largest motorcycle manufacturer is heading. It is the next logical chapter in the exciting […]
The Emerald Resort and Casino will come alive with roaring action from 28 February – 1 March with everyone patiently waiting to find out who will take home the inaugural Master of the Mile Championship Trophy. This race features heavy weight contenders, Franco Scribante and André Bezuidenhout, who each has won the Knysna King of […]
Funny Car veteran, Tommy Johnson Jr. added a trophy to his collection at the 36th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in front of a sold-out crowd on Sunday. Sunday’s win marks Johnson’s 18th career Funny Car win and his second in Phoenix. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel) and Erica Enders (Pro […]
South African racers star home and away South African motorsportsmen starred once again over the past weekend as extreme enduro wizard Wade Young stormed to an incredible win in France, SA champion Kyle Flanagan excelled in Italy and the SA National Motocross Championship and Rotax Max Cape Karting championships both delivered scintillating racing as both […]
Katherine Legge sounds like a racer who’s happy and settled in her new WeatherTech SportsCar Championship home. “I feel rejuvenated, and up for the challenge, and just excited,” she tells RACER during a hectic day in New York while promoting this weekend’s Rolex 24 At Daytona race. The IMSA fan favorite relocated from Meyer Shank […]
MSA nationals set to fly in PE The 2020 MSA South African National Motocross championship presented by Cannabis Energy and TRP Distributors is quite literally set to fly when the first gate of the season drops to see in another year of sensational racing at Port Elizabeth’s rough, sandy and demanding Rover Raceway. And it […]
The Sonoma Speed Festival will host the all-electric Volkswagen ID.R on the 2.52-mile, 12-turn road course at Sonoma Raceway this May, in an attempt to set a new track record. The record lap time of 1m15.430s was set by Esteban Gutierrez in a Mercedes-Benz F1 W07 Hybrid at the inaugural Sonoma Speed Festival in 2019. […]
Emerald Speed Fest, the family orientated motorsport and motoring lifestyle event takes place in less than a month at the Emerald Resort and Casino in Vanderbijlpark. Experience the thrill and excitement of the MSA endorsed ESF event as high-performance cars, modern road-cars, historic race cars and supercars compete against time along a 1.6km custom-made racetrack […]
Among the first holders of the new EMSO drifting licence is Mohammed Hassan Al Mansoori, the Emirati competitor who will contest the first round of the Oman International Drift Championship this weekend in Muscat. Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the Emirates Motorsports Organization, announced on Wednesday that all drifting competitors in the UAE will hold […]
It wasn’t long ago that the idea of racing a Bentley Continental GT would have seemed odd, but several successful stints in events like the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup with the Continental GT3 has changed all of that. Now, to prove the performance capabilities of its big, luxurious coupe, Bentley is about to set out […]
A year ago, Porsche scion Ferdinand Porsche and his business partner Vinzenz Greger revived a weekend of auto racing on ice in Zell am See, Austria. They’re back, and now it’s Ice Week 2020, with events running from January 27 to February 2. In addition to vehicles previously announced, the organizers say that cars to be featured […]
Supercars star Chaz Mostert has likened his breakthrough Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona victory to his stunning 2014 Bathurst 1000 triumph. The newly-signed Walkinshaw Andretti United ace took out GTLM honours aboard an RLL-run BMW M8 alongside John Edwards, Jesse Krohn and Augusto Farfus. The fight for class honours came down to a final-hour shootout […]
Calderon signs a deal with the Drago Corse team for the 2020 Super Formula season, switching from Formula 2. Tatiana Calderon will become the first woman to race in the Japanese Super Formula championship after announcing her move into the series for the 2020 season. Calderon, 26, will race for the Honda-powered Drago Corse with […]
Italian Botturi retains reduced motorcycle lead over Ullesvalseter into Chami T4 leaders Bouwens, Boerboom and Driesmans head Martin duo in car and truck section Aussie rider Matt Sutherland and French driver Patrick Martin won their respective motorcycle and car categories on the sixth stage of the 12th Africa Eco Race (Monaco-Dakar) between Arzmeila and Chami […]
The Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour is set to go ahead as planned as event organisers monitor the bushfire situation in New South Wales. The endurance race, featuring leading GT cars and drivers from around the world, will be held across January 30 to February 2 at the iconic Mount Panorama circuit. Organisers moved to assure […]
Stevie “Fast” Jackson did not do anything surprising by winning the 2019 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series title. That doesn’t make storming the most competitive class in drag racing with the power of a terminator and the bravado of John McClane and emerging victorious any less impressive — or entertaining. Jackson […]
“We’re 99% sure this car is capable of a land speed record that begins with the number 8.” Mark Chapman, chief engineer on the Bloodhound car, is reflecting on the vehicle’s high-speed trials this past November. The arrow-shaped racer reached a top speed of 628mph (1,010km/h) on the mudbed of Hakskeen Pan, South Africa, before packing up […]
Mobil 1™ will return to the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yellow Drag Racing Series in 2020. ExxonMobil, in partnership with Toyota Racing Development (TRD), will become Kalitta Motorsports’ official lubricant partner in 2020 and Mobil 1 racing oil will be used in all team cars. Under the agreement, ExxonMobil will supply Kalitta Motorsports, […]
Lewis Hamilton confirmed he had a minor spill in his historic ride swap with MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi.Seven-time premier class champion Rossi tested one of Mercedes‘ title-winning F1 cars, while Hamilton had a go on a Yamaha bike – his first outing on MotoGP machinery. According to Sky Sports, Rossi spun the Silver Arrow three times, […]
Alexander Rossi rolled over his Honda Ridgeline Off-Road truck while leading Saturday’s Baja 1000 in Mexico. Rossi’s Honda approached a 90-degree left over a hill and did not have the vehicle at the proper angle, sending it rolling over on its side followed by an end-over-end rolled before landing in a ditch on its roof […]