| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | Lamborghini confirmed the Veneno roadster on Friday.... | | The insane Lamborghini Veneno has spawned a roadster version, if Internet rumors and pictures are to be believed. Rumors of the roadster surfaced back in July, when CEO Stephan Winkelmann told Car and Driver that a convertible Veneno will be produced and sold at price near $4.5 million. We're hearing that it may actually... |
|  | | We always knew those spiders were up to something. Lurking in dark corners of our homes wasn't enough; they're taking their plot for domination on the road. Their most recent strike in what we can only assume will be a knock-down drag-out fight?
|  | | It's called "The Beast," but it might surprise you to learn that President Barack Obama's massive Cadillac isn't really a Cadillac. And there's not one, but a dozen, in the highly classified motor pool, each costing more than...
|  | | What is it? Lamborghini told us we'd be the first U.S. "journalists" to drive the new Gallardo LP560-2 Anniversario Edition. Actually, we were offered a test run down the coast near California's Point Lobos...
|  | | "Some people paint. Others write. Some design a rocket to the moon. But for us it's trying to build a machine that'll cover a quarter of a mile quicker than anything else on four wheels." That's all the justification drag racer Dode Martin felt the need to give for doing what he did...
|  | | If you have a Pac-Man arcade game in your basement, the "Star Wars" trilogy on BETAMAX, and more than $1,000 in vintage Adidas sneakers, then we might have the car for you. Movie studio garages take note -- this car is clean and original enough to be used for interior shots with characters inside!...
|  | | A week ago we brought you patent drawing of a fastback-style Ferrari FF. X-Tomi Design rendered the car, which looks exactly like what we think an FF coupe should look like. Take a gander over...
|  | | The provisional 2014 schedule for the FIA World Endurance Championship has a slightly new look after changes were announced by the FIA on Friday. The race at Circuit of the Americas -- the lone WEC stop in the United...
|  | | Check out this short video of the Le Mans 24 in super-slow motion. Sure, it’s the 2012 race, but it doesn’t really matter. Watching sports cars drive at such a slow speed gives a whole different perspective. Not only...
|  | | The last time a driver went on a winning streak as dominant as Sebastian Vettel’s current run of form was in 2009 when Jenson Button won six of the opening seven races of the season. It is four years ago to the day today that Button sealed his one and only drivers’ title to date...
|  | | The Nationwide Series became a bit stronger and the Camping World Truck Series became a bit weaker on Friday, when Richard Childress Racing said that Brendan Gaughan will...
|  | | Bernie Ecclestone is reportedly using the demise of Valencia's Formula project in Spain to give organizers of next year's provisional New Jersey race a boost. F1 chief executive Ecclestone has agreed to
|  | | Sunday's Camping World RV Sales 500 at Talladega Superspeedway has the potential to be a race that either widens or closes the gap that points leaders Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson have on the rest of the field in the Chase for the Sprint...
|  | | Bridging the gap between video games and real life is something that's been explored for decades. Whether virtual reality, 3-D glasses or the Power Glove, game makers and electronics companies have put loads of effort into making that panel...
|  | | Ford has the biggest display space of any manufacturer at SEMA -- 27,000 square feet -- and plans to pack it with every kind of truck, tuner and Transit Connect. Yes, this...
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|  | | Todd Parrott, the crew chief for Aric Almirola at Richard Petty Motorsports, is the latest NASCAR crewmen indefinitely suspended for violating NASCAR's no-tolerance Substance Abuse Policy. The second-generation crew chief has 31 Sprint Cup wins (third-most among active chiefs) and was the crew...
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|  | | The IndyCar Series will compress its 2014 season into five months and end in California in late August.The schedule does not include Brazil and Baltimore and adds the inaugural road course race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.IndyCar will run 18 races, which includes three double-headers. Detroit,...
|  | | That Marco Andretti has re-signed with his father’s IndyCar Series team for 2014 isn’t news, but it will be confirmed Friday here at Auto Club Speedway.That Andretti Autosport will switch to Honda for next season isn’t a surprise given that Chevrolet recently nabbed Ganassi Racing,...
|  | | Just two weeks ago, Scott Dixon needed an enormous amount of help to take control of the overall IndyCar race. Helio Castroneves gave it to him with a broken gearbox during a wild doubleheader in Houston, allowing Dixon to head for California with his third series title in sight."It's been such an...
|  | | Last Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway Brad Keselowski crossed the finish line first to become the first non-Chase contender to win a race during NASCAR's postseason since Kasey Kahne won the penultimate race of 2011 at Phoenix International Raceway.Because of the simple fact that anything ...
|  | | The title sponsor of the IndyCar series race in Iowa says next season's event will be moved to July and extended by 50 laps.Iowa Corn says the IndyCar race will be held at night on July 12 — a day after a NASCAR Trucks series event at the 0.875-mile oval.The open-wheel race, traditionally...
|  | | Valtteri Bottas "deserves" another season with Williams in 2014.That is the view of former Formula One driver Mika Salo, who also commented on fellow Finn Bottas' last-corner battle with teammate Pastor Maldonado at Suzuka.Ultimately, rookie Bottas only lost sixteenth place to his experienced...
|  | | Barring an unprecedented situation, neither IndyCar Series championship contender will start in the top 10 in Saturday night’s season-ending race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.The reason: unapproved engine changes for the cars of Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves.Dixon said it...
|  | | Helio Castroneves might have a 25-point deficit for this weekend’s season-ending IndyCar Series race at Auto Club Speedway, but he has a secret weapon. His name is Roger Penske.Penske had been on Castroneves’ radio only one other time before this season, and that was for Petit Le Mans...
|  | | IndyCar racing at the historic Milwaukee Mile track received a major boost Wednesday with a two-year commitment from a title sponsor with Wisconsin ties, as well as a date change that more closely links the race to the Wisconsin State Fair.Andretti Sports Marketing announced ABC Supply Co. will...
|  | | There are many who doubt whether Dario Franchitti will return to IndyCar Series racing following the horrible Houston crash that saw him suffer two back fractures, a concussion and a fractured right ankle that was surgically repaired earlier this week.Franchitti’s Ganassi Racing teammate,...
|  | | It is difficult to believe that only five weeks ago the future of Michael Waltrip Racing in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series seemed so bright.On the eve of the Sept. 7 race at Richmond International Raceway, driver Clint Bowyer already had clinched a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and the hope of...
|  | | Four-time Indycar series champion Sebastien Bourdais has signed a two-year deal with KVSH Racing to replace Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan.The contract confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday gives team principals Kevin Kalkhoven, Jimmy Vasser and James "Sulli" Sullivan hope that KVSH...
|  | | Michael Waltrip Racing on Thursday picked Elliott Sadler to close out the NASCAR Sprint Cup season in the No. 55 Toyota while Brian Vickers is sidelined treating a blood clot.Vickers informed the team Monday doctors had found a small clot in his right leg, and the blood thinners needed to treat it...
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