With the news that Formula 1 is going hybrid from the 2011 season onwards we received a stack of emails from people asking why F1 didn’t just go 100% electric right away. The good news is, starting next year there will be an open wheel racing series, it’ll be called Formula EF01 and will feature 10 races at different tracks around the world, the car will be the new all electric EF01 pictured above … More
Volkswagen’s Nasser Al-Attiyah locked up his first Dakar Rally victory with the second-fastest time on the final stage, which was won by his teammate Carlos Sainz.
Al-Attiyah hit the front of the legendary event when long-time leader Sainz lost a lot of ground in sand dunes on stage eight earlier this week. Sainz tried to fight back only to suffer even worse delays with  … More
Audi Le Mans star Allan McNish believes this year’s rule changes could make the top gas-powered cars a major threat to Audi and Peugeot’s diesel prototypes.
Diesel-engined cars have dominated the Le Mans scene since Audi switched to the R10 TDI in 2006, but race organizer the Automobile Club de l’Ouest is adjusting the regulations this year and opening the door for performance balancing changes to ensure parity between gasoline and diesel cars. This has encouraged Aston Martin to  … More
What do you do after winning two AMA Motocross and Supercross Champ-ionships? After winning 16 X-Games gold medals? After winning back-to-back Rally America Series Championships? After becoming the first freestyle motocrosser to land a double-backflip … launching a dirtbike into the Grand Canyon … jumping a rally car 300 feet across Long Beach Harbor … starring in countless extreme-sports videos, a TV series and a feature film? Have we left anything out?Â
If you’re Travis Pastrana, you set your sights on the pinnacle of motor racing … More