Jack Beckman raced to his third Firebird International Raceway win and took over the Funny Car points lead as racing came to a close Sunday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
Larry Dixon, Vincent Nobile (ABOVE) and Hector Arana Jr. were also winners in their respective categories at the fourth of six races in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship  … More
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The Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca brings together the history of Porsche motorsports in one place. The cars present represent everything from the earliest 356s to the RS Spyder that’s still competitive in international sports car competition. The drivers attending come from every era as well, and include such Porsche racing legends as Tony Adamowicz, Dick Barbour, Derek Bell, Vic Elford, George Follmer, David Piper and Brian Redman. Racer.com spoke to some of the Porsche icons about their favorite and most significant racecars.
Hurley Haywood and the Porsche 911 seem almost synonymous  … Pictures and more
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McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton ended Red Bull’s domination of 2011 qualifying in Korea, as he beat World Champion Sebastian Vettel to pole position at Yeongam. The result was Hamilton’s first pole since last year’s Canadian Grand Prix, and interrupted a run of Red Bull poles stretching back to Abu Dhabi last year.
Hamilton was quickest in the first two parts of qualifying, then … More
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Toyota has confirmed that it will make a return to the Le Mans 24 Hours next year with a hybrid LMP1 car.
The program will mark Toyota’s first full factory Le Mans bid since its GT-One car of 1998 and ’99 (LEFT). Toyota had already … More
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