by Damon Lavrinc

The question of the day is, “If you’re tasked with teaching a three-time Formula One champ to drive, what’s the curriculum?” Some instructor in Brazil will be forced to answer that very query when he gets Nelson Piquet behind the wheel for a refresher on the rules of the road.
Piquet, who’s racked up […]

by Chris Tutor

While NASCAR attempts to keep Nextel’s competitors out of the pits next season, AT&T’s keeping its cool and pressing on, business as usual.
Thumbing its big corporate nose in NASCAR’s direction, AT&T announced Monday it will continue to sponsor Richard Childress Racing through 2010. And, yes, that means they intend to keep the AT&T […]

by Damon Lavrinc

The man that moved NASCAR into the 21st century and into the lives of more fans than his father ever could have imagined, lost his eight-year battle with cancer yesterday at the age of 74. Bill France Jr. took the reigns from Bill Sr. in 1976, and in the ensuing three decades transformed […]

McLaren, founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a motor racing team based in Woking, Surrey, England. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor, but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. The current team was formed by the merger […]

Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, established in 1914 in Bologna. The company’s headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. Today, Maserati is owned directly by the Italian car giant Fiat, after having been a part of Ferrari for some years. Maserati is an ultra-luxury division, […]

The first AC automobile was presented at the Crystal Palace motor show in 1903; it was a 20HP touring car and was displayed under the Weller name. The Weller Brothers in West Norwood, London, planned to produce an advanced 20 hp car. However, Portwine their financial backer thought the car would be too expensive to […]