Isotta Fraschini has surprised the automotive world by announcing the launch of the Tipo 6 LMH Strada – a street-legal Le Mans Hypercar.
The 499P Modificata is not your typical road-legal sports car, nor is it a vehicle designed for privateer racing teams.
The 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans will be remembered as the year both Ferrari and NASCAR return to endurance racing.
Wherever Johnson & the NASCAR Le Mans Camaro went at the Circuit de la Sarthe, fans flocked to him seeing autographs and photos.
The design features a dominant bright blue with contrasting gold accents and an American flag up front.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is about to get an interesting dose of NASCAR flavor this year with the joint Rick Hendrick/Chevrolet Garage 56 Project.
Bizzarrini Automobili, a little-known Italian Sportscar manufacturer, has begun production of their Legacy model: a one of twenty-four limited production-run homage to their Bizzarrini 5300GT.
Fortunately, Ford will have a 5.0 liter V8 available, as well as a “Dark Horse” model which will have 500hp. Ford also announced plans to return to Le Mans in 2024 with the Mustang GT3. Looks good, details sound good – let’s ride.
Winding Road Magazine photographer Nick Hrehor was in attendance at the FIA WEC Lone Star Le Mans race at COTA two weekends ago, and snapped quite a few great shots of all the action. Check out the photos below, as well as more over on the right in the photo album.
Thirty years ago, Mercedes-Benz achieved a double victory in 1989 with their Sauber-Mercedes C 9 Silver Arrows – just as they did in 1952 with the 300 SL racing sports car
Porsche Owners Club is having their 26th annual Tribute to Le Mans endurance race this weekend at Willow Springs International Raceway, just in time before it gets too hot for a weekend of events at Southern California’s legendary high desert track.
With Luftgekühlt coming up this weekend, we thought it would be topical to talk about one of our favorite race cars of all time: the Porsche 917.
Balance Of Performance (BOP) systems commonly used in WEC, IMSA and Pirelli World Challenge get quite a bit of heat from drivers.
Last weekend, racers who watched saw a very close 24 Hours of Le Mans. The presence of some balance of performance (BOP) system was a strong indicator of whether we were treated to close racing.
First held in 1923, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most grueling races in the history of motorsports. Few other events on this side of the Dakar Rally take such a big toll on both man and machine. It goes without saying that racers have evolved considerably over the past nine decades. The first car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans was a 1923 Chenard-Walcker Sport, which was powered by a 3.0-liter straight-four engine. It drove for 1,372 miles at an average speed of 57 mph; by comparison, in 1989 a Sauber C9 hit nearly 250 mph on the Mulsanne Straight and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, the winner of last year’s race, logged over 3,200 miles over the course of the day.
Mercedes-Benz won the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft’s (DTM) manufacturers’ championship several times during the first half of the 1990s. However, the Stuttgart-based automaker faced the unenviable prospect of racing against itself after Alfa Romeo and Opel, Mercedes’ main rivals, pulled out of the series in the wake of questionable choices made by the FIA. DTM was canceled altogether after the 1996 season, leaving Mercedes without a major presence in motorsport.
Take a look at these images of the German automaker’s only outright 24 Hours of Le Mans champion, courtesy of our friends at Motorsport Retro. Weighing in at just under a ton (1984lbs), it featured an offset driving position and a 60 degree, 5990cc normally aspirated V12 engine with around 580 horsepower. It was the BMW LMR V12, and in 1999 it was the champion of Le Mans.
It is no secret that Ford tried to buy Ferrari in 1963. Company founder Enzo Ferrari was initially in favor of the deal but he eventually grew tired of negotiating with Ford and canceled the tie-up altogether. Furious, Henry Ford II vowed to develop a car capable of beating Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Chris Workman is a race fan, certified car guy, and father of three. As Chris explains it, his passion for all things automotive began when he attended an IndyCar race at Road America as a boy with his brother and father. Now Chris would like to provide a similar pathway for future gearheads to fall in love cars by way of The Longest Day, a self-published book that captures this moment through eye of a young boy who falls in love with racing through a bonding experience with his father. But in order to get the project off the ground, Chris needs your help.
Winning an enduro on the international stage was a dream for Mazda from the moment Kenichi Yamamoto eureka’ed the production rotary engine into existence. The Mazda 787B was the pinnacle of its evolution, the first and only car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a non-reciprocating engine in the race’s 90-year history.
Porsche is getting pumped up for its return to the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It has released a handful of photos of its LMP1 car, as well as a dramatic video recalling Le Mans races past.