Famous NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dies at 71 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in North Carolina. He was a popular and well known racer with a long and successful career on the Short Track and the NASCAR circuit. He won several Short Track championships and in 1989 at age of 48 he was named [...]
Two sexy Playboy Playmates made automotive news today for their appearances in the iconic men’s magazine. First, Formula One heiress Tamara Ecclestone got everyone’s attention with the reveal of her May magazine cover. Next up, Raquel Pomplun was named the 2013 Playboy Playmate of the Year and received a one-year lease on a 2014 Jaguar [...]
Infiniti, RedBull, Sebastian Vettel, and David Coulthard recently visited the Sochi Olympic Park Circuit in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The purpose of the visit was to promote the upcoming 2014 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Russia as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics. It also gave Sebastian Vettel the opportunity to be the first active [...]
Politically charged 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix was action packed on Sunday. Nico Rosberg started on pole with a great and surprising qualifying result. RedBull of Sebastian Vettel and the Ferrari of Fernando Alonzo were just behind. What ensued was one of the hottest contested and exciting races of the year. Nico [...]
What tool do you give the world’s best rally race car driver to attempt a world record time at the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb? If you are Peugeot, Sebastien Loeb is driving your car, you are teamed up with sponsors such as RedBull, and you are entered into the Unlimited class at this [...]
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb announced a new Electric Motorcycle class for the 2013 edition of the race. The new class is called “Exhibition Powersports- Z” division. Zero Motorcycles, Hollywood Electrics, and privateers jumped at the opportunity by entering six electric bikes from Zero. Zero Motorcycles partnered with its number one dealership, Hollywood Electrics, to [...]
Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima is a legend of rally racing. He is especially known for his fearless attack of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and countless wins at this event. He is also a very busy business man as he works on design of various race cars as well as his own hill climb specials. [...]
If you’re into cars, and if you’re on this site then clearly you are, then you might want to consider a trip to Austin, Texas the weekend of May 17th-19th to catch the V8 Supercars as they make their debut in the United States. Much like NASCAR rules the roost in the US, V8 Supercars [...]
The weather tried to spoil the opening to the 2013 Formula 1 season. Qualifying was postponed on Saturday after just one session and moved to Sunday morning March 17th after mother nature unleashed a torrential downpour onto Albert Park. Last time qualifying was postponed to Sunday was at Suzuka in 2010. This, however, did not [...]
It’s hard to believe that the 2013 Formula 1 season starts this weekend. The excitement starts with the 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park street based course. The teams are working out the last bugs and trying to get maximum practice time. The first two practice sessions are already behind us [...]
Toyota is getting serious about racing and it shows with their new 2013 TS030 Hybrid World Endurance Championship (WEC) contender and their list of drivers. Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre, Kazuki Nakajima, Anthony Davidson, Stéphane Sarrazin and Sébastien Buemi are confirmed drivers. “The 2013 TS030 Hybrid uses a revised version of the Toyota Racing hybrid system first used in [...]
The 2013 Formula 1 season will begin March 15th with the Rolex Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. That’s right around the corner! We provided the TFLCar staff’s picks for the top three winners for the Driver’s Championship. Thanks to Formula1.com, we acquired a schedule and some publicity photos of most of the drivers we picked to win it [...]
The 2013 edition of the of the Dakar Rally has come to an end. Who were the winners in the four divisions? Was Robby Gordon able to break into the top 10 after a couple of costly mistakes at the beginning of the rally? Lets break down the results. Cyril Despres ruled the Motorcycle category [...]
Fresh off the press folks, Rhys Millen is back with Hyundai to talk on Pikes Peak in 2013 with an all new Hyundai Genesis Coupe racing car. Hyundai, who recently pulled out of racing in North America, is having a rethink. Perhaps it was the backlash from racing fans or the outrage from Hyundai loyalists who [...]
