A new national racing series featuring much of the best of the old has been announced: the Unlimited Racing Championship, which hearkens back to the truly unlimited series brought sports car racing into the consciousness of so many, the original Can Am series.
The new Unlimited Racing Championship series is a single-make series using NuArt CanAm cars, which are modern versions of Canadian-American Challenge Cup cars of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s  … Pictures and more
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The Brazilian Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is widely considered the greatest race car driver of all time. Killed in a 1994 crash, he dominated the sport in the 1980s and ’90s, becoming the sport’s sex symbol and standard bearer. He was also a symbol of national pride in his homeland as it emerged from decades of authoritarian military rule and death squads.
Asif Kapadia’s documentary “Senna” brings him vibrantly to life through archival racing footage, home movies and news reports dating to his teenage years as a go-kart competitor.
There’s not an ounce of fat or a wasted shot throughout  … More
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Still walking on crutches and still at least three months from getting back in a race car, Travis Pastrana says he hopes to make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut next March at Phoenix.
The action sports star was scheduled to make his series debut in July in Indianapolis, but shattered his right ankle while trying to perform a maneuver in X Games competition two days before his scheduled Nationwide effort as part of  … More
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Matt Hagan raced to the first 3-second Funny Car run in NHRA history during Friday night qualifying at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at zMAX Dragway.
With the run Hagan joined Larry Dixon, Jason Line and Eddie Krawiec, as the provisional No. 1 qualifiers in their respective categories at the 17th of 22 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
It is the first of six races in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship  … More
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