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Mark Webber is the only driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship LMP1 class that has driven a Formula One car in competition at Circuit of the Americas. He drove for Red Bull Racing as a teammate to Sebastian Vettel and compared the differences between the Porsche LMP1 car and his Red Bull car he drove in 2012 and 2013.

Webber compares LMP1 to F1 cars at COTA

“LMP1’s just a bit heavier … I need to be a little bit more patient with the car, [the] F1 car’s obviously   …  More

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How do B.J. Baldwin, a 850-horsepower Trophy Truck with 34-inches of suspension roaring pell-mell across the Mojave Desert at 150 miles an hour doing things that just really are not conceivable, a dazzling damsel in distress and her diamond in the asphalt D-Sport automobile, the big neon glitter skyline of Las Vegas and one of the most opulent hotel/casinos on The Strip all end up in one atom-splitting, retina stinging, mind blowing piece of incandescent cinematic magic? Good question. And one we can’t answer.

What better place than the city streets of Ensenada Mexico, the home of the Baja 1000, to set the stage for the sequel to Ballistic BJ Baldwin’s viral hit Recoil. This short film by Monster Energy follows BJ and his 800hp Trophy Truck as he tears through this seaside Mexican city, ripping over every drop and jump the town has to offer in an attempt to win a bet set by his friend, and international playboy Dan Bilzerian. Will he win? What will he lose?

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The Porsche 956/962 twins won the first and the last 24 Hours of Le Mans they were entered in, twelve years apart. I’m not sure there’s ever been any other sports racing car that was as successful for as long as this masterpiece.

The 956 debuted in 1982 for then-new Group C category of top-rung sports car racing. The idea was to limit the amount of fuel used by the cars and let the rest pretty much go as it pleased.

With the 24 Hours of Le Mans victory as the goal and the circuit’s endless Mulsanne Straight in mind   …  More

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With help from Marc Webber, Jamie Whincup and Casey Stoner, its time to find out who will win in the battle between motorbike, supercar and Formula 1 car.

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