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Raw Power: The Gritty Allure of Sand in Your Leathers
For years, the Daytona 200 wasn't merely run at Daytona Beach. Like other insanely loud, high-speed battles on the central Florida coast, the 200 was run on Daytona Beach....
In The Back By A ‘93 Pickup, There's Gonna Be A Dead Body
Jeremy Markovich delivers a fine story on the death of Dick Trickle at SB Nation Longform:...
Dirt Bike Pileup Never Ends
So this video is a month old, but if that really bothers you, go start your own damn site called AustrianDirtBikeRaceSpin and see if we care. (Please link to us!)...
Cameraman Hit By Runaway Tire At German Grand Prix
Mark Webber took his car into pit lane on lap nine for a routine tire change but there was apparently an issue attaching the right rear tire correctly. Webber was unaware and sped off, after a longer-than-normal stop, before the mechanics could properly secure it. The tire almost immediately flew o...
Stupid, Stupid Mother Duck Leads Ducklings Across IndyCar Track
I hope someone called Duckling Protective Services, because this is really just terrible timing to take the kids out for a swim. She's probably Canadian....
Indy 500 Winner Tony Kanaan To Reporter: "I'm Gonna Get Hammered"
If race car drivers are good for one thing, it's giving memorable post-race interviews. This one, from Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan, doesn't share the meandering goofiness of Brad Keselowksi's half-drunk dissertation on believing in oneself, but the two are united in spirit. The spirit of getting ha...
Indy 500 Fans Passed Out, Puking In The Back Of A Moving Truck
The Indianapolis 500 isn't just about the racing; it's also about drinking toxic levels of alcohol, and getting thrown in the back of a pickup truck like so much drunk lumber....
Today's Indy Lights Race Featured An Insanely Close Finish
This is the final lap of today's Firestone Freedom 100 on the Indy Lights racing circuit. It ended with a four-wide finish that was by far the closest in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway....
Every Obituary Should Have A NASCAR Reference In The First Line
From the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal:...
Lewis Hamilton Takes Pit Stop At Wrong Garage (Where He Spent Six Years Making Pit Stops)
Lewis Hamilton took third place in this year's Malaysian Grand Prix—though not without some intra-team controversy—despite a pretty hilarious pit stop, as pit stops go. Over the summer, Hamilton switched from the McLaren racing team to Mercedes and for his first tire change at Malaysia, he tried to...
Two Reported Dead After A Sprint Car Drives Off A Pit Ramp At Full Speed And Hits Multiple Bystanders
Chase Johnson's sprint car sped off its starting blocks and into the pit area this evening at the California Sprint Car Civil War Series, where it hit and injured multiple spectators, reportedly killing two....
Lance Armstrong Sees A Lot Of Bill Clinton In Himself
Lance Armstrong is still talking about Lance Armstrong and all that now entails, including shame, forgiveness and heroes....
NASCAR Fines Denny Hamlin For Criticizing Its New Car Model; Hamlin Simply Says, "I'm Not Going To Pay"
Aside from the terrifying Nationwide wreck and the hype around Danica Patrick's pole, the Daytona 500 was kind of boring. Lots of single file racing, few passes, little excitement. The afternoon saw 28 lead changes among 14 drives, down from 74 and 22 in the same race just two years ago. Worryingly,...
Adult Race Car Driver Turns Into Pouty Baby During Post-Race Interview
Mike Stefanik is a driver in something called the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. I don't really know if the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is a big deal or not, but I do know that it involves funny looking race cars. Anyway, Stefanik participated in some kind of race on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour ...
Brad Keselowski Wins The Sprint Cup, Does Awesome Half-Drunk Interview On <em>SportsCenter</em>
Brad Keselowski won the Sprint Cup last night, which is a NASCAR thing, I think. After winning the cup he went on SportsCenter to give a post-race interview, at which point he transformed into your semi-drunk friend who always corners you at the bar and insists on on the two of you having a "real ...
Downhill Skateboarder Slams Straight Into A Deer
The video above comes from this past weekend's Buffalo Bill Downhill race, which is a thing in which skateboarders race down a mountain in Golden, Colo....
Photos From The Paralympics Just Won't Stop Inspiring The Shit Out Of You
In 2001 both of CART and F1 driver Alex Zanardi's legs were sheared off in this violent crash. He would drive again, and win, but in 2007 he made the decision to reinvent himself as a para-cyclist....
This Is What The Lincoln Tunnel Looks Like To An F1 Car At 90 MPH
To do some press for the debut of a New Jersey F1 race (which probably won't happen in 2013, as was planned) Red Bull Racing sent David Coulthard through the Lincoln Tunnel with a camera on his car. A speed of 90 mph would get him through the 1.5-mile tunnel in 60 seconds. That's shorter than what...
Car Cuts Across Infield To T-Bone Rival Racer, Drivers Get Out And Fight
Not many details on this, other than it comes from Saturday evening at the Sportsdrome Speedway in Jeffersonville, Ind., a track that features front-wheel drive and figure-eight racing, two of the more amateur and collision-friendly forms of stock car racing. I don't know what the green car did to...
Conor Daly Goes Airborne In Monaco During Today's GP3 Series Race
Scary scene from Monaco today when Conor Daly appeared to get his nose on the rear tire of Dmitry Suranovich and preceded to take off, bouncing off the catch fencing and landing with his car in shreds. While the commentators seem to imply it was his fault, it's scary nonetheless....