Tag: race car
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Who is the TRUE Successor to the F40?
With the vaguely and apparently “retro-inspired” Ferrari F80 hitting the scene in late 2025, people all across the internet were quick to draw comparisons to the old turbo-ferraris of yore. Because, if you look at its wedgy profile and squint, a vague similarity would indeed be seen. So, is the F80 the true successor to…
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Aston Martin Announces Road Going Version of their Valkyrie LMH Race Car
After getting spat on by a French bus driver, we finally made it to Le Mans! Following the announcements of road going versions of their Le Mans Hypercars (LMH) from Glickenhaus and Porsche, Aston Martin follows suit with their own version. Dubbed simply “the Aston Martin Valkyrie”, this road legal LMH car is more than…
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McMurtry Announces Upside-down One Make Series
In an effort to boost exposure and sales of their track only electric fan car, McMurtry has announced a new one-make series for their car, the Spéirling. The Michelin Spéirling Inverse Cup (presented by WindShear), is a series unlike anything before: the cars will race upside down! The idea to exploit this electric nugget’s ability…
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Devel Sixteen Announces Entree for 2025 WEC Season
The UAE based manufacture has finally finished contemplating their own relevancy and has made a special announcement today at le sarthe ahead of this years 24 Hours of Le Mans. The hyper car marque is planning to enter their “production ready” hypercar, the Devel Sixteen, into the top prototype class as an LMH car. Little…
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Top Ten Cars that I Wanna See as Race Cars
We cannot be satiated. Our lust for the batshit and idiotic will not be contained or filled. You ever have a dumb idea for a race car? Me too. Quite often actually. Apparently so have some of the MSIMA staff. Here’s what lingers in our minds, the intrusive thoughts held back by our current Finacial…
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IMSA Mandates Flags on All Cars Whenever LMP3’s are on Track
After recent events from the 6 hours of Watkins Gen, IMSA has decided on roll out a new set of regulations as a test before LMP3 is removed from the Weathertech championship: “After noticing a lack of driver visibility from the LMP3 field, we’ve decided on a new course of action to try and fix…
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A Melkus RS1000 Is The Best Kind Of Terrible
From the desk of Daniel “Pinecone” Verona. In the past I have written of cars so underwhelming that they end up being great fun to drive. Some others follow this path with no positive impressions at all, and a certain, rare group have so many kinds of negative qualities that they are immensely hard to…
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Spec Altima vs Spec Land Yacht – Which is the Series for You?
There are a surprising amount of options out there if you want to dive into competitive racing. SCCA and NASA, the two largest motorsports organizations in the US of A, offer us two unique classes to look at, and help you decide which is right for the aspiring racing driver inside all of us. Spec…
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Mercedes F1 Shaving Drivers Before Race To Save Weight
Soon after revealing their livery, Mercedes has decided that the weight savings has not gone far enough. “We’ve run countless simulations around our virtual test track, and found that we have yet to notice a significant enough lap time delta after shedding 5 grams off from not having a full livery.”, one engineer stated. The…
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Toyota Developed GT3 Car Looking for Parents
Toyota stunned the world last year revealing the GR GT3, a brand new platform designed specifically for GT3 regulations. However, Toyota is still figuring out it’s hardest detail: “Developing a race car was the easy part,” a Toyota representative told us, “however figuring out what exactly we’ve created has been fairly difficult”. A team of…