racecars

11.21.09

Ferrari's F458 Italia In the Flesh, Adorned With LEDs: Beautiful

By John Mahoney Posted 09.11.2009 at 3:00 pm 6 Comments

Ferrari's latest V8 supercar, unveiled with renderings last week, has now been photographed in carne e ossa. It is unsurprisingly pretty, right down to the grid of LEDs crowning the headlights.

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NASCAR Driver Fined $200K for 0.17 Cubic Inch Engine Violation

And thus began Carl Long's worst week ever...

By Brett Zarda Posted 05.28.2009 at 4:20 pm 7 Comments

How much is 0.17 cubic inches worth to you? If your name is Carl Long, the answer is: much more than $200,000. That’s the monetary fine (the largest in NASCAR history) that Long received last week for running with an engine that was 358.17 cubic inches in volume, just 0.17 inches above the NASCAR limit. For Long, who was in 63rd place before the suspension, the fine is just the beginning.

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Speeding Past the Competition

A new sensor from BERU brings professional car-racing teams up to speed on tire conditions like no sensor has before

By Brett Zarda Posted 02.27.2009 at 11:23 am 0 Comments

Checking your tire pressure might save you a few cents on gas, but the technology behind rubber meeting road is a bit more critical in F1 racing than in commuter frugality. Professional teams have long collected data on tire pressure and air temperature through sensors on a tire’s valve stem during a race. But these sensors are susceptible to “heat soak” from the rim, and brakes and were unable to measure the critical temperature of the actual tire carcass.

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More Speed, Less Guilt

Even supercars are going green. Can you burn rubber without torching your conscience?

By Lawrence Ulrich Posted 07.01.2008 at 11:59 am 3 Comments

Corn-Fed: The 200mph Raptor runs on ethanol. Saleen

It’s hard to think about the planet when you’re hurtling across it at 150 mph. Yet recent auto shows from Geneva to New York have unveiled concept sports cars that pursue power in hybrid, hydrogen, ethanol or diesel form.

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No Engine Required

For the modern soapbox derby, all you need is gravity–and $30,000

By Preston Lerner Posted 06.30.2005 at 9:00 am 0 Comments

Forget about primitive wooden contraptions driven by towheaded tykes down a homemade ramp in Your Hometown, U.S.A. The new—make that the extreme—take on the quaint old soapbox derby features sleek, futuristic projectiles riding on chassis meant to accommodate speeds of 50, 60, even 70 miles an hour.

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