Team Cadillac will have the last two SCCA SPEED GT champions on its roster as it pursuits the 2007 SCCA SPEED World Challenge manufacturers championship. Lawson Aschenbach, the 2006 SPEED GT champion, will join 2005 SPEED GT champion Andy Pilgrim as full-season drivers on the Cadillac factory road racing team. They will drive a pair […]

Ford Motor Co. has announced that it will not return as an official sponsor of Champ Car World Series. Ford had participated in Champ Car and its predecessor, CART, since its return to open-wheel racing in 1992.
Ford has “decided that this sponsorship does not align with our current business objectives,” said Dan Davis, director of […]

At the Detroit Auto Show, Chrysler Group announced that the Dodge Avenger will race at select events in NASCAR Nextel Cup competition beginning in 2007, joining the Dodge Charger in the Dodge NASCAR racing lineup.
“With NASCAR Nextel Cup racing two distinct cars for 2007, it makes perfect sense to have the Avenger join the Charger […]

Apex Motorsport and Jaguar revealed the XKR GT3 for use in the FIA GT3 European Championship at the Autosport International Show in Britain. The Jaguar XKR GT3, features a supercharged 4.2L V8 engine, the aluminium body of the production XKR, and has been modified to fit with the regulations.
Apex Motorsport has Jaguar’s blessing to compete […]

Volkswagen maintained its one-two lead, but a change at the top of the leader board saw Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz take the lead over former leaders Carlos Sainz/Michel Périn. de Villiers/von Zitzewitz clinched their second stage victory on the way from Zouérat to Atâr in Mauritania.
The South African-German duo that won the stage ahead […]

Following the news that Craig Breedlove sold his Spirit of America car to Steve Fossett. The Spirit of America recorded a top speed of 675 mph during a 1997 attempt on the world land speed record.
The land speed record is currently held by Andy Green in the Thrust SSC, with a speed of 763.035 mph, […]

Earlier today, we posted that Craig Breedlove sold his Spirit of America car to Steve Fossett for Fossett’s newest challenge, an attempt at breaking the world land speed record. The land speed record is currently held by Andy Green in the Thrust SSC, with a speed of 763.035 mph, which is the first time a […]

Craig Breedlove says he has sold his latest Spirit of America car to Steve Fossett. Earlier this year, Fossett announced his goal to not just to break the current land speed record of 763 mph, but to be the first person to pass the 800 mph mark.
Five times during the 1960s, Breedlove broke the world’s […]

In this classic Top Gear segment from 2004, Clarkson and Co. accept Renault’s challenge that its R24 Formula One race car can lap Top Gear’s test track in under a minute.
Is Renault right? Can The Stig do it?
Video after the jump.

The Dakar Rally 2007 begins in 18 days, and Volkswagen has entered five Race-Touareg 2s. And VW is bringing several new Touareg V6 TDIs as service vehicles for VW’s race entries. The Dakar Rally will be a final trial before the new Touareg V6 TDI is delivered to customers at the beginning of 2007. The […]