When cars were first built, they were raced … the two have always gone hand in hand. First there were jalopies, then hot rods, lead sleds, street W rods, street machines, "pro" street machines, and ...

Many modern car features you see today trace their origins back to the high-speed, high-stakes world of racing. Engineers and designers have long tested the limits of automotive technology on race ...

Formula 1 cars utilize highly specialized chassis designs crafted for maximum performance and safety. These advanced ...

Over the course of five decades, Bob Riley’s genius produced some of racing’s most innovative, outrageous and successful race car designs. With victories including the Le Mans 24-hour, the Indy 500, ...

Honda is challenging decades of rigidity-focused chassis design by engineering controlled flex into its next platform for better handling and comfort. Honda is challenging the industry’s long-standing ...

Formula One and Indy racing teams are increasingly converging on a simulator in Italy to give themselves an edge in the design of their cars. The simulator, which enables professionals to drive and ...

Since the dawn of automotive, engineers have worked to make the chassis of a vehicle stiffer. Stiffness was the key to better handling, efficiency, and safety. Engineering blue pills for a car’s ...

When we picture race cars, what are some of the first images that come to mind? Generally, GT cars wearing diverse liveries, open-wheelers with sleek bodies, heavily-modified road cars for use in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What do you do when you need more than half a dozen classic 1950s-era Ferrari and Maserati race cars to make a film, but the ...

In 1955, a fatal track collision ended the life of one of the greatest racers of the era, Bill Vukovich, and his team’s ambitions to introduce active aerodynamics to American motorsports. The Quinn ...

The director and the production team behind the new racing drama reveal all the details on how they recreated 1950s Ferraris and Maseratis for the film. By Jon Alain Guzik What do you do when you need ...