For me the centre piece of what has become known as the Monterey Car Week is the historic race even. Formally, what used to be the Monterey Historics has become the Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion now that the track operators have taken over operation of the event – and the circuit is correctly
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Yes, yes; we’ve all heard of the big guns in the virtual racing world: Need for Speed, Forza Motorsport, Gran Turismo, iRacing and so forth.
While French game developer Ubisoft is probably better known for the Assassin’s Creed or Far Cry franchises, they have dabbled in the racing genre before
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Canadian race car driver Kyle Marcelli, driver of the BAR1 Motorsports LMPC (C stands for Challenge) in the American Le Mans Series, discusses some of the many performance features on the Oreca FLM09 Le Mans Prototype. Check out the video!
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Can you believe it? I know I had trouble when I first saw it, and still am as I write this. The ultra-exclusive Lamborghini Veneno actually runs; yes we’ve seen it start up before, seen teasers from the manufacturer that feature it but there’s just something about seeing a car like this on real
OK, this may not be quite as legendary or unique as Fangio’s all-out attack at the ’57 German GP.
However, if that race was a showcase of legendary driving, then the 2006 24 Heures du Mans is one of what is sure to go down as a legendary—and I mean legendary—display of technology.
Others had
Mosport. Just the name introduces thoughts of new and old, the race track carved through the trees and winding hills in the Canadian countryside, drivers of every calibre tackling one of the world’s most challenging circuits to master the high speeds and fluid curves. From club racing to
I have just returned home from last week’s extravaganza of car events at Monterey, California, often referred to collectively as the Monterey Car Week. This package of events started out in 1950 as a combination of sports car races through the woods at Pebble Beach and a concours show