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After suffering fuel pickup issues, dropping them down the order, the #17 Unitronic JDC-Miller MotorSport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR recovered from 2 laps behind to take victory at the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season opener. DAYTONA, FL – What started as a perfect weekend, with driver Mikey Taylor...

You might be surprised to find out that despite DTM cars being some of the fastest tin-top vehicles in the world, the series will soon be switching from naturally aspirated V8s to tinier, 2.0-liter four-cylinder engines. Race fans will certainly mourn the loss of the hairy-chested DTM V8s, but...

There are a lot of things about running an electric race car that a team has to contend with, but one of the big ones, at least at Pikes Peak, is charging time. It may seem like, since it’s just an 8-minute run that has to be completed but once, the team shouldn’t have to be in too big a rush...

The Urus SUV wants to prove it deserves to be a Lamborghini . The Italian automaker has confirmed the Urus will compete in some form of motorsport, but hasn’t revealed where exactly it will be competing. According to Autocar, sources say an announcement is likely to come towards the end of...

The World Rallycross Championship will be going electric, according to a new report from Motorsport.com . “Electric cars will be the world championship. They absolutely, categorically will be the world championship,” a source told the site. Series promoter IMG said last August that it was...

Fritz Enzinger has been promoted to Head of Group Motorsport for Volkswagen Group. Enzinger enters the role from his position as head of Porsche's LMP1 program, which was shuttered at the end of the 2017 World Endurance Championship season. He succeeds Wolfgang Dürheimer, who has retired after...

It looks like SEAT is investigating the possibility of turning Cupra, its GTI/R equivalent, into its own sub-brand. Suspicion was raised by Auto Express , which found trademark applications for a new logo and a beveled badge. The new logo would replace the checkered flag motif that’s...

Lamborghini is potentially evaluating a full factory return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans within the next few years. However, CEO Stefano Domenicali stresses the company isn’t in a hurry to jump from its current GT3 customer program into a full-blown factory-backed GTE team, where it would compete...

Let’s face it, racing cars isn’t exactly an economical hobby. Track time can be expensive, upkeep on a track car can add up fast, and besides, not everyone has the ability to forget their responsibilities and go racing when the mood strikes. In that case, what better way to get your racing fix...

Red Bull Global Rallycross has announced it is creating an all-electric vehicles series for the 2018 season. Electric vehicles are starting to have a strong presence in all forms of motorsports, especially the Formula E series that only allows electric vehicles to compete. EVs will now be added...

Team Leopard Racing have come to grips with their new Golf GTI TCR. This weekend at Spa they claimed all three steps on the podium in the TCR International Series' second race. Last weekend was the third round of the series, in which the GTI TCR made its debut earlier this year. Every race...

To celebrate the fact that race cars haven’t been legislated into oblivion, we present to you our Find of the Day: a real life race car. No, really! These two Jettas raced in honest-to-God competition and did well. Last year the touring cars got four podiums in the Pirelli World Challenge (a 1...

The Environmental Protection Agency was the focus of the tuning community's anger recently when a clause in a proposed bill looked like it would affect grassroots racing. Now, the agency is announcing that it has removed the relevant paragraph from the bill. The document in question is a rules...

Benjamin Leuchter of Racing One earned fought his way up to second place in the inaugural ADAC TCR race, at Oschersleben. His strong performance in Saturday’s race is the first ever podium for the new Golf GTI TCR, which was specifically designed to be raced in Touring Car Racing. “I am mega...

The historic Donington Park is about to play host to round two of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) and Team BKR’s Aron Smith goes into the weekend as the number one driver for an independent team. Smith took his Passat CC to the podium in the second race of round one, at Brands...

Florida is internet famous for its crazy news stories and now Global Rallycross (GRC) is back among them. Red Bull GRC just announced that it will return to Daytona International Speedway from June 17 to 19. This is the third straight year that the course is on the GRC calendar. It’s a...

The ADAC Touring Car Racing series is kicking off its inaugural season tomorrow, and six Golf GTI TCRs will be in the running. Judging by the preseason testing, the Golfs should be fighting for podiums. As we reported last week , the Golfs set blistering times around the Motorsport Arena...

It was a successful introduction for Banjamin Leuchter and his bright red Golf GTI TCR. Together they blitzed the fifth test session for the new ADAC touring car series, crossing the line with the fastest time at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Leuchter set consistently fast times over the two...

The competitors in the 2016 season of the European Truck Racing Championship, officially Europe’s most American sport, have been anounced. 14 drivers are signed up to compete in all nine scheduled races. Eight of the 14 drivers entered will be racing trucks originally produced by MAN and one...