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Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, Nissan, Racing In pretty much any racing series you go to, the cars tend to progress in an evolutionary, not revolutionary fashion. This year's crop of Formula One cars, for example, may have those ungainly stepped noses, but they otherwise look pretty much the same as last year's cars, which looked mostly the same as the cars the year before and the year before that, and so on and so forth. The same...  

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Safety, Technology, Audi, Racing Every year at every auto show we see concept cars that envision replacing the rearview mirrors with digital cameras. They're usually the exterior mirrors and not the central one above the windshield, but whatever the case, and however much sense they seem to make, government regulations prevent them from being put into production. But Audi has found another use for the idea...  

RACING driver James Walker is preparing to drive in what he says is the toughest road race in the world – the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 28-year-old said that he was delighted to be chosen as one of the three-man team that will represent JMW Motorsport in ...  

#carporn The six hours of racing at Laguna Seca this weekend didn't make for any surprise wins in the prototype classes, but we got some classically close GT competition. Laguna Seca veteran Brad Fox caught the unmitigated grandeur of modern racing cars flooding through the corkscrew. More »  

Several moons ago, we at 1UP compiled a list of suggestions to improve the reliable-but-predictable course of Mario Kart, even if the series' continuing colossal sales would likely have our advice fall on deaf ears. That's okay, though; as Marty Sliva pointed out in his preview of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Mario might not hold the kart racing crown for long. While...  

In spirit, it was LittleBigPlanet Racing all along. United Front Games' 2010 DIY kart racer, Modnation Racers, was a charming if slightly unbalanced effort driven by the same 'play, create, share' philosophy that underpins Media Molecule's creations. William Ho, design director at UFG, calls the studios "kindred spirits", beaming: "We love them. Hopefully they love us!" Ho loves lots of things. Karting, LittleBigPlanet, and LittleBigPlanet...  

Audi’s new main opposition (after Peugeot’s withdrawal), Toyota Racing, will operate two Toyota TS030 Hybrids driven by Alexander Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima, and by Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi and a third driver yet to be identified.  

OAK Racing’s WEC-registered #24 Morgan 2012 LMP2, driven by Jacques Nicolet, Matthieu Lahaye and Olivier Pla, will continue to be powered by the Judd HK engine. Jacques Nicolet, OAK Racing Team Owner: “We have taken this decision as both a manufacturer ...  

It wasn't an easy race weekend for Mahindra Racing, but by the end of the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, the team had something to celebrate after all. Marcel Schrotter had managed a twelfth-place finish in the very wet race, where more than half of the 33 ...  

Eight members attended for a great weekend of racing. Tom Sargent won the cadets with little brother Josh putting in a strong performance. Brent Logan was successful in winning Clubman Light, Lachlan Schneider finished third in Senior National Pro ...  

The 2010 world champion continued his fine to start to the season by claiming victory in the rain at the French Grand Prix to follow up his opening-day success in Qatar and his second-placed finishes at Spain and Portugal. The Yamaha Factory Racing rider ...  

Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Europe, Marketing/Advertising, Audi, Racing Good news, Le Mans fans. Audi has released its "Truth in 24 II: Every Second Counts" documentary as a free download on iTunes. As with the first film, this sequel is narrated by none other than Jason Statham and details the Audi battle for its tenth win at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans. As you may recall, the race was a nail-biter for the race team. After seeing its...  

Karel Abraham did not finish the Grand Prix of France due to problems with his motorcycle settings. The racer from Cardion AB Motoracing team was struggling with his sliding motorcycle on the wet track in Le Mans for several laps and finally decided to ...  

Best go kart racing experience ever. In fact, after running the tracks here, I'm convinced the little electric jobs I've always raced before aren't qualified to be called go karts. They're hardcore…  

Milner Second Quickest in GT at Laguna Seca, Garcia Grabs Fifth on Final Qualifying Lap MONTEREY, Calif., May 11, 2012 – Corvette Racing drivers Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia took different approaches to qualifying for Saturday’s six-hour American Le Mans Series Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, but both produced top-five results. Milner qualified the [...]  

Photos courtesy Profiles in History One industry that’s having little difficulty in the post-2008 economy is the one that’s grown up around collectibles associated with Steve McQueen, particularly as they relate to his self-made 1971 racing epic, Le Mans. We just got word that Profiles in History, of Calabasas Hills, California, plans a July auction [...]  

Pac-Man Kart Rally, a 3D multiplayer racing game for Windows Phone, is available now via the Windows Phone Marketplace for $2.99. Pac-Man Kart Rally features 10 classic characters and 17 tracks from Namco Bandai's repertoire, including the Fighter from Galaga, the Prince from Katamari Damacy and Pac-Man, of course.This is the first Windows Phone game to support real-time, four-player multiplayer over Wi-Fi, and it includes Xbox Live...  

A Continental like this could be the basis for an endurance racing return, should Bentley decide to do so. In 2003, a remarkable thing happened at the 24 Hours of Le Mans: Bentley won. This was bracketed by years of Audi victories. If you look very carefully, you can see how the silverware shifted from [...]  

Meanwhile, Italtrans Racing Team's Claudio Corti joined the front five, with Speed Master compatriot Andrea Iannone surging up the field as well. With 17 laps to go, Espargaró ran wide, handing the lead to Lüthi and dropping into ninth in the process.  

Our media friends recently got to have a hands-on play of LittleBigPlanet Karting. Check out this video to see what IGN has to say about Sackboy’s leap into the racing arena! At the same event, GameTrailers.com interviewed William Ho, United Front Game’s Design Director for LittleBigPlanet Karting -- as well as showcase some new gameplay from LittleBigPlanet Karting! Take a look at just what was said about the LittleBigPlanet Karting...  

Sega has announced a new cart style racing game called Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed that reminds me a bit of Mario Kart with some notable and interesting tweaks. The game will include characters from multiple Sega video game franchises including Sonic the Hedgehog…, and many others that you’ll recognize.  

Nissan's new DeltaWing prototype sportscar is garnering a lot of attention thanks to its unique appearance as it looks like a cross between the Batmobile and a land-speed record racer. For the Japanese company and its racing partners, however, it's all about getting the car ready for its racing debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. On Tuesday, Nissan's experimental sportcar kicked off its European testing program in England at Snetterton...  

by: Nathaniel CohenNEWS - There's a new contestant in the Kart Racing arena: Sackboy.  Later this year, only on the PS3, comes LittleBigPlanet Karting.  But it's not just kart racing.  Along with arena battles, objective-based missions, boss battles, and mini-games, you'll also be able to customize and share your own Sackboy, karts, and levels that can offer way more than simple kart racing thanks to LittleBigPlanet Karting's robust set of...  

United Front Games brings its kart-racing expertise to the Little Big Planet franchise, resulting in a game cobbled together from found parts, enthusiasm and wonderLittle Big Planet Karting is, by all accounts, already pretty special. After an enthusiastic presentation from lead designer William Ho, we're invited to play on one of three maps plucked from the game: a straightforward race track, a multi-level battle arena in the style of Mario...  

LittleBigPlanet Karting is a kart racing spin-off of the popular PlayStation platformer. It takes the Play, Create, Share spirit of the original game and throws it into an entirely new genre. But wait, hasn't this been done before?It has, with ModNation Racers. And oddly, United Front Games--developer of ModNation Racers--is behind this project as well. Given a similar premise and an identical graphics engine, how could LittleBigPlanet Karting...  

Proving that Formula One drivers can make the cut in most types of motorsports even in their after-years, former Finnish racing driver Mika Juhani Salo sat behind the wheel of a Nissan 200SX drift car. The GT2 class winner of the 2008 and 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans had no problem harnessing the 700-horses (and 850Nm) found under the hood of the 1999 Nissan S14 coupe. Watch him in action at Ahvenisto race circuit in Hämeenlinna, Finland, in the...  

Saturday’s TV/radio sports programming Published Apr 13, 2012 08:35PM MDT Television Auto racing • IRL, IndyCar, pole qualifying for Grand Prix of Long Beach, 4 p.m., NBCSN • NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Samsung Mobile 500, 5 p.m., Ch. 13 • American Le Mans Series, 5:30 p.m. (tape delay), ESPN2 • Formula One, Grand Prix of China, 12:30 a.m., SPEED College softball • LSU at Tennessee, 10 a.m., ESPN • Carolina at Houston, 1 p.m., ROOT Sports...  

Welcome to Pod Rods, where we look at what's happening in the car world locally and afar.This week, we look deeper into a radical race car set to run Le Mans, a reunion among cousins at a Jacksonville airport, and see which draggin' wagon is fastest among other news.Check out more car news at our news partner's new First Coast Gears. Now here's some automotive news: read more  

Dyson Racing Continues Their American Le Mans Series Focus POUGHKEEPSIE, NY April 16, 2012 – Dyson Racing earned two entries into this year’s 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by winning the 2011 American Le Mans Series championship and the Michelin Green X Challenge. In January, the team accepted the ACO’s invitation to participate at Le Mans contingent on being able to put together a fully competitive package without compromising...  

Le Mans (France), May 20 : Mahindra Racing's German rider Marcel Schrotter claimed a determined 12th place in Sunday French Moto GP, soldiering on in conditions that saw falls for more than half of the 33 starters. The 12th place finish helped Schrotter ...  

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seventeen-year-old race car driver Andrew Palmer is racing for a cause by partnering with FasterCures, the Milken Institute's Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions, to raffle its first Dream Cars – two extraordinary Porsches, a white 2012 911 Turbo S and a white 2012 Cayenne Turbo – and $75,000 in cash. Andrew Palmer, also a senior at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School, has pledged to assist in...  

Opening Race Of The European Le Mans Series #49 Pecom Racing Oreca 03 Nissan: Luis Perez Companc, Pierre Kaffer, Soheil AyariPhoto by: Richard Sloop After the opening race at Sebring with the the third place in the LM P2, next coming race is the 6 Hours at Le Castellet. The Pecom Racing’s season is divided in FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and European Le Mans Series (ELMS) with the same great possibilities in both championships on...  

Having qualified second, Efren Vazquez didn’t even get a chance to take the start as his FTR-Honda broke down on the formation lap. Do you fancy winning a signed poster from TCF blogger and Redstone Racing driver Aron Smith? All you have to do is head to ...  

The Tech 3 Racing Team experienced a difficult qualifying session at the Le Mans circuit this afternoon, with Bradley Smith finishing 19th quickest and Xavier Simeon ruled out of tomorrow's race through injury. Smith will start his landmark 100th Grand ...  

Robert Kauffman, Rui Aguas and Brian Vickers, on AF-Waltrip Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 #61 (AF Waltrip is a joint effort by the AF Corse team and NASCAR’s Michael Waltrip Racing) are in sixth position on the starting grid. The “6 Hours of Spa” starts ...  

Seventh and eighth spot are occupied by Bankia Aspar Team pair Alberto Moncayo and Héctor Faubel, with RW Racing GP's Luis Salom in ninth. AirAsia-SIC-Ajo's Zulfahmi Khairuddin rounds out the top ten. Riders that fell throughout the session included JHK T ...  

(TrendHunter.com) Mario Kart racing and GPS devices have come together in ‘Cyber Navy' by Pioneer Corp. The navigational system will feature a HUD that displays a virtual reality rendition of what is in...  

Michael Waltrip Racing owner Rob Kauffman and NASCAR driver Brian Vickers will join Rui Aguas behind the wheel of the Ferrari 458 Italia competing in the LMGTE Am class at both events. The AF Waltrip entry is a joint effort by the Italian AF Corse team and ...  

Murrieta has a Mulligan Family Fun Center, with miniature golf, go kart racing, laser tag, and an arcade. A movie theater and additional go kart track, Pole Position, also offer additional entertainment options in the city. Annually, both Murrieta and ...  

Youve raced thousands of miles in top-of-the-line vehicles. Youre a champion, many times over. Youve got a triple-crown winners ring (from 2011), one of only 12 in your sport, three fewer than in Major League Baseball.  

Microsoft announced the release date for the new, Kinect-free edition of the kart-racer Joy Ride on Tuesday. Joy Ride Turbo is racing to Xbox LIVE Arcade on May 23. Joy Ride Turbo is a controller-only kart-racing experience where players drive ...  

Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup winner Brian Vickers will drive in the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year for AF Waltrip Racing. The Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota driver will compete in a Ferrari 458 Italia for the outfit’s sports-car sister team.  

Nintendo has just released an update for its Mario Kart 7 racing game on the 3DS platform, eliminating some major exploits in three tracks that allowed players to circumvent large areas of the circuits and gain an advantage over competitors. Mario Kart 7 ...  

Australian Chris Vermeulen will compete for the Forward Racing Squad team at next weekend's MotoGP race at Le Mans. Vermeulen will deputise for the injured Colin Edwards at the French Grand Prix, with the latter recovering from surgery on his broken ...  

At the end of six hours of racing at the American Le Mans Monterey Presented by Patron at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the no. 25 Dempsey / Silicon Tech Racing Prototype Challenge car driven by Duncan Ende, Henri Richard and Ryan Lewis took the checkered ...  

The 25-year-old will share the Belgian team's GTE Am class Porsche 911 GT3-RSR with fellow Le Mans debutant Bret Curtis and Saudi Abdulaziz Al Faisal, who contested last year's 24 Hours in a Porsche. Edwards explained that Curtis, who has been a regular in ...  

Toyota Racing undertook a "functionality test" for the TS030 Hybrid chassis at Magny Cours road circuit in France last week, with Alex Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre at the wheel. The new chassis, built after a first chassis was destroyed in testing, features ...  

Nintendo dispatches update for 3DS racing title that removes unintended shortcuts on three courses; players must download update to play online. Nintendo Europe today announced that it launched an update for Mario Kart 7 that kills off several shortcut ...  

Mario Kart 7 has been issued with an update to eliminate a number of racing shortcuts. The patch prevents players from exploiting shortcuts on 'Wuhu Island Loop', 'Wuhu Mountain Loop' and 'GBA Bowser Castle 1' when playing online. The update can be ...  

Nintendo has deployed its promised patch for Mario Kart 7. It eliminates the ability to skip large sections of the race track on specific courses. Fair online racing was previously made impossible by cheaters deliberately exploiting the game's glitches and ...  

The incident, at a karting event in Italy, has been tweeted among chuckling racing drivers including Red Bull ace Mark Webber, SunSport columnist Andy Priaulx and touring car star Gordon Shedden. Click below to see how a small bump led to big thumps.  

Lotus Alex Job Racing (AJR) utilized today's American Le Mans Series ... but we need some development and laps under our belt before we go to Lime Rock in July. I was able to turn some solid laps in the race when we went back out. It was nice to feel ...  

It was edge-of-the-seat racing throughout, no matter whether you were competing or spectating, and it was with some emotion and considerable joy that Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin took ... by the No. 4 pit crew led by Brian Hoye. That, together with ...  

It's a lot easier to drive than I expected." In Group C lore Mark Blundell's banzai pole lap for Nissan at Le Mans in 1990 is legendary, so for a Japanese enthusiast such as Katsu Kubota the Lola-chassised Nissan R90 is the expected choice. The ...  

The three drivers of the #7 car, Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima, as well as Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi, who will drive the #8 car at the Le Mans 24 Hours, took turns behind the wheel of the TS030 HYBRID. Anthony Davidson was ...  

The Pecom Racing Oreca 03 Nissan will be driven by Luis Perez Companc, Pierre Kaffer and Soheil Ayari in the hard-fought LMP2 category. The race starts Saturday, May 5th (2.30 pm) and the twenty minutes of the qualifying session are tomorrow, Friday 4th (3.40 pm).  

In the qualifying session, Townsend Bell (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) was able to post a time of 1:24.473, getting the car within two seconds of the top GT qualifier, which is a high-water-mark for the Lotus Evora in international GT competition. With the ...  

TOYOTA Racing conducted a trouble-free functionality test of its new TS030 HYBRID chassis at Magny-Cours in France. With Alex Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre at the wheel, the new chassis which features planned updates to the aerodynamics and hybrid system inten ...  

Are you ready to discover a thrilling recreational activity? Racing or off road go karts could be the ultimate in excitement!The thrill of skidding sharply around a blind corner in your go kart is an experience that is hard to surpass. Racing down the track in one of your speedy go karts, maneuvering around curves and slower gokart drivers, is fun at its best. Pressing down hard on the accelerator as you pass by slower drivers is about as...  

Paul Miller Racing and co-drivers Bryce Miller and Sascha Maassen could not have asked for a much better start to their 2012 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón season. The driving duo opened the year with a fifth-place run in the Twelve ...  

Notes: In P1, the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing entry owned by former Alamo driver Greg Pickett is tied atop the standings with Dyson Racing Friday: Practice -- 10:50-11:50 a.m. and 3:35-4:35 p.m. Qualifying -- GTC class 4:45-5 p.m. GT class 5-5:15 ...  

Toyota Racing driver Hiroaki Ishiura, slated to co-drive the #8 Toyota TS030 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans next month, has withdrawn due to a back injury. During testing, Ishiura experienced pain in his back at high G-loads. Following doctors’ advice, the ...  

Sega has officially revealed Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, a new kart racing game that acts as a sequel for 2010’s Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing title. Quite a lot of kart racing games have appeared in recent times, from Nintendo’s Mario Kart 7 ...  

While Loeb is focused this season on winning the WRC title for a ninth time, he has made no secret of his interest in racing sports cars for his eponymous team when he eventually bids rallying farewell. Although Sebastien Loeb Racing doesn't ...  

Jan Magnussen is looking to make headlines at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend for all the right reasons – challenging for his first race win of the year. The Danish Corvette Racing star was in the headlines in 2009 with a clash with Porsche driver ...  

It's load-in day at Long Beach with the IZOD IndyCar Series, American Le Mans Series, Toyota Pro/Celebrity race ... and is this year driving for A.J. Foyt Racing, again with Honda power. Conway knows taking a second straight victory on these tough streets ...  

He had been set to compete alongside Sebastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson in the second hybrid. "This was an extremely difficult decision to take because racing at Le Mans is my dream, but my physical condition has to be the priority," Ishiura said.  

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Europe, Bentley, UK, Racing AutoWeek reports Bentley is slowly building a team for the brand's return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The automaker has hired Graham Humphrys as a consultant. Humphrys penned the BMW V12 LMR that took the win at the 1999 Le Mans, and he's now tasked with heading up a feasibility study for the British luxury manufacturer. According to Brian Gush, chassis and powertrain director for...  

Sebastien Philippe, Team Manager: All three cars made good starts. Bas Leinders did a fantastic job to go from eighth to second during his first stint while Olivier Pla and Bertrand Baguette did very well in the wet. But then the #24 lost 15 minutes in the ...  

Clay County Search and Rescue (CCSR) Chief Derek Eaglin approached members of the Brazil Parks and Recreation Board Tuesday evening to ask the board's permission to sponsor a go-kart race to benefit...  

While admission is free at go kart world, guests must pay to ride, eat, and play all video games; this is one reason why they have specials for most days of the week.   Anyone 16 and older who go to Go Kart World on their birthday, will receive 1 free all ...  

Having secured top spot at Sebring in March, and headed the times during free practice here, hopes were high that Olivier Pla could once again thrust the #24 Morgan 2012 LMP2 on to the front row. But in such a highly-competitive class even the slightest ...  

For SEGA fans that also like a bit of karting, racing sequel Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is sure to be stirring some interest. With 3DS a confirmed platform, some have observed the water and air-based sections of the title as being copied from ...  

After the 2012 American Le Mans Series race at Long Beach, GTspirit was able to grab a few minutes of time from ALMS/Le Mans driver David Heinemeier Hansson and ask him a few questions about racing and his one-off Pagani Zonda HH. David is a ...  

The 2012 American Le Mans Series at the Long Beach Grand Prix didn’t fail to pout on a riveting race as well as further challenging Green Racing. The sun was out on Saturday 14 of April for the Long Beach Grand Prix American Le Mans Series after a rainy ...  

Any developer working on a mascot kart racing game knows that there's one title their game will always be compared to. That isn't to say that Mario Kart is untouchable; merely that it represents the genre benchmark, the standard that all others ...  

"The team has worked so hard over the 2010 season and it was nice to end on such a good note." Marcelli's teammates, David and Chapman Ducote, helped set up the superb finish. A solid qualifying session had Marcelli's No. 89 Intersport Racing car sitting ...  

This weekend hold a rich bounty for road racing fans: the American Le Mans Series, Formula One, IndyCar, and the Blancpain Endurance Series are all in action. ALMS and IndyCar are at Long Beach; ALMS for the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long ...  

The 57-year-old Salazar will make his World Rally Championship debut this weekend. “After the triple crown that is the Indy 500, Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix I did the Dakar and it became the magic square. I’ve been racing rallies in Chile for the ...  

When it comes to Little Big Planet, there's a ton of things you can do with the game. Obviously, one they couldn't do completely is a kart racing game, so now we get Little Big Planet Karting, which is sure to light the video game world on fire. Now that I ...  

• Where: 910 N. Old Corry Field Road. • Schedule: Racing takes place on the first and third Saturday of each month. Gates open at noon. Practice begins at 2 p.m. Meeting for all racers and parents begins at 4:30 with rule refreshers and ...  

Newcastle Knights captain Kurt Gidley and team-mates Kyle O’Donnell and Korbin Sims got a taste of high-speed kart racing ahead of this weekend’s CIK Stars of Karting Series presented by Castrol EDGE round in Newcastle. Despite being his first time in ...  

Nissan Motor Co Ltd unveiled an innovative racing car that will participate in the non-championship race of the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours, which will take place in June 2012. The name of the vehicle ...  

I am happy to be going racing,” said Ian Dawson, the team owner and engineer. “We at long last can see that we can enter the balance of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season with a credible package to build on and with a new engine that we believe ...  

I am happy to be going racing," said Ian Dawson, the team owner and engineer. "We at long last can see that we can enter the balance of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season with a credible package to build on and with a new engine that we believe will ...  

Filed under: Videos, Nissan, Design/Style, Racing We've seen the Nissan DeltaWing running shakedown laps, but now the bonanza of teaser vids will truly begin as the DeltaWing prepares in earnest for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Since it has shown it can actually handle a track at speed, the latest step in the process is to verify how it handles the wind. Nissan Europe will be producing a video roughly every two weeks tracking the DeltaWing's...  

Filed under: MotorsportsSpeedTV has piped Le Mans racing action to American television sets since 1995, and with the signing of a new multi-year television deal, the annual Frankish displays of 24-hour madness will continue to have a home on the cable network. The length of the deal wasn't disclosed, but it does include expanded digital rights, which we'll hope is network code for "live streaming." Now you know where to turn on June 16. And...  

Ozz Negri will be joined by co-driver John Pew and other GRAND-AM drivers at the karting event. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Michael Shank Racing drivers Ozz Negri and John Pew will be on hand for the Xtreme Race Fest held at Xtreme Indoor Karting ...  

One of the most gladdening stories to emerge from Fiskens’ trip to this year’s Retromobile Show was that of sportscar racing veteran Henri Greder, who was reunited with the car in which he contested the 1967 Targa Florio. Greder was behind the wheel of ...  

Mears' husband is NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Casey Mears. A number of today's NASCAR drivers, including Joey Logano, Reed Sorenson, and David Ragen, started their careers in a Bandolero race car. Many boys and girls begin go-karting as early as age 3 ...  

Walker and partner Jonny Cocker qualified in second place in their JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 but managed to overtake the JMB Racing car of Ferrari veteran Jaime Melo during a pit-stop. Walker guided the team home in the close finish that followed.  

Now over at the official Playstation Blog, we get news that Littlebigplanet Kart Racing Is Coming To The PS3! The game is being made by the folks over at United Front games. You may know them as the team that did ModNationRacers, another game in the line ...  

For the race at Paul Ricard, first event of the ELMS (Sunday April 1st) Gianmaria Bruni will join the grid together with Luis Perez Companc and Pierre Kaffer. Soheil Ayari - member of the Pecom Racing crew along the season, both FIA WEC and ELMS ...  

Prior to 2012 Gene had been a regular member of Peugeot’s works endurance racing team and was part of the three man team that, in 2009, recorded the French manufacturer’s only win at Le Mans with the 908 HDi FAP turbo-diesel. Enter your email address ...  

Completing the trio is gentleman driver David Heinemeier Hansson who ... part of the regular WEC #15 OAK-Pescarolo LMP1 squad that also includes Guillaume Moreau and Dominik Kraihamer. Meanwhile, the #24 Morgan 2012 LMP2 line-up is an all-Franco affair ...  

What prompted you to start your own business?I have raced karts for more than 20 years and for the past 12 years I have been helping my brother Eric Gannon with Precision Racing Products, which was geared toward circle track stock car racing.  

Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell soldiered on to take the checkered flag in the No. 23 Lotus Alex Job Racing/Battery Tender/Yokohama/Lotus Evora GT's first race at the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Long Beach Grand Prix today. Sweedler (Westport ...  

Below the break is a video featuring United Front Games’ William Ho chatting about LittleBigPlanet Karting’s level editor, how the developer used its experience wit racing titles to bring a true karting experience to the game, and how it all ...  

Gordon comes from a family with a rich history in auto racing. Robby had a distinguished career in Indy, NASCAR and off-road racing, sister Robyn is the first woman to score an overall win in the Baja 1000, father Bob (Baja Bob) was a longtime ...  

(Reuters) - Toyota Racing have pulled out of next month's Spa Francorchamps endurance race after damaging their only car in testing. The Japanese team's TS030 HYBRID was involved in an accident while testing at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France last week. "Regrettably this damage is too severe to repair. A replacement monocoque cannot be produced and sufficiently tested to ensure ...  

"We're not worried at all about the rain," Extreme Motorsports driver Guy Cosmo echoed. "We race in the American Le Mans Series, which is the headline race for Saturday," he said. "We're racing Ferraris in the GT category." The GT cars reach ...  

Alex Job Racing's (AJR) Leh Keen and Cooper MacNeil will start the No. 22 WeatherTech/Racing Porsche from the pole position in GTC for the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach to be run tomorrow, Sat.,  

Now you can! Read on and you will learn how you will be able to watch Le Mans Series at Long Beach on pc. You will learn how a great new software called Stream Direct helps you watch Racing online on pc in HD quality. The Best thing is that you ...  

You may recall that Toyota Racing planned to debut a hybrid Le Mans racer this year, called the TS030 Hybrid. Unfortunately, the car was damaged in a crash and won’t be able to participate in its debut race. The TS030 was scheduled to make its ...  

Champion, a leader in “Purpose Built” synthetic racing oil, announced today a program to assist endurance race teams with their 2012-procurement program of racing motor oils, chemicals, lubricants, and additives. Clinton, MO (PRWEB) April 17 ...  

The new level editor tools will allow players to construct far more than just kart racing games, as they can design their own karting experiences with the ability to make their own game rules, weapons, and tracks that break free from the ...  

Team Republic managed to nail two out of the three ... grants and even maintains a sort of food bank for students at Universal Technical Institute. "Our mission is the help students get in school, stay in school and graduate to a productive ...