As Formula One recovers from its end-of-term party in Brazil, we look at how innovations in the sport have been employed to benefit road cars.
Innovations made in racing eventually benefit us all as the technology tried in the white heat of top-level motorsport filters down into the cars we drive every day. Perhaps the clearest example is the disc brake, pioneered by Jaguar at Le Mans in 1953.
Massive mechanical leaps are … More
A couple of years ago, Larry Foyt premiered the Foyt Family Wines label while the IZOD IndyCar Series made its annual visit to Infineon Raceway Sears Point amid the wine-growing Sonoma and Napa valleys.
Using the skills of winemaker Tom Meadowcroft, Foyt Family Wines has produced a chardonnay, a Bordeaux-style meritage and, most recently, a reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Tony Stewart barely scraped into NASCAR’s season-ending playoffs, but he dominated the finale in unprecedented fashion, culminating in a third championship for a man who is simply obsessed with racing cars.
Stewart was not being entirely self-depreciating at the conclusion of the regular season when he claimed to be taking up a spot for someone who deserved it more, but by the end of the Chase, no-one was doubting his right to  … More
Color us a bit puzzled: Ferrari president Luca de Montezemolo says he would like the Italian supercar maker to include more technologies from Formula One racing in its road cars. The puzzling part: Ferrari is arguably already the leader in doing just that.
de Montezemolo told Automotive News Europe that he is looking to Formula One as a source of  … More