The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship heads to California’s scenic wine country for a pair of 2 hour sprint races. All four classes will be competing, for a total of 54 cars taking the green flags for the fourth round of the 2014 championship. The Prototype Challenge cars will be racing with the GT Daytona class […] More »

Oh how far we’ve come. Turbos used to be associated with laggy response, complexity, and unreliability. Putting a turbo on your V8 meant you were a hardcore drag racer or Bonneville competitor. It was like a badge that said, “Crazy. Balls.” Today, they’re the answer for everything. Want big power from an LS engine? Put […] More »

I imagine that an exotic car can be a real velvet prison. You have to gingerly enter driveways that aren’t completely flat, not take it out in the rain and park it miles away from other vehicles to avoid having it dinged by wind-blown doors. Driver Damon Fryer refuses to be an inmate in a […] More »

Chris Harris getting behind the wheel of an exotic automobile is as predictable as rain falling after you wash your car. He recently got some seat time in the Ferrari LaFerrari, which generates the staggeringly high figures you would expect: 12 cylinders, 950 horsepower (643 per ton of weight) and 715 lb-ft of torque. It’s […] More »

One of the phrases my father is fond of saying and that I’m loath to hear is, “Must be nice.” When I was a teenager, he dropped that one any time he saw me sitting down, even if it was for a minute. I’m afraid I’m turning into him. Mark Webber has achieved nine wins, […] More »

When it debuted, the only thing I didn’t immediately like about Modena’s V12, 950hp Enzo successor was its name—and I wasn’t alone. Not that it ever really mattered. So how does it feel to drive Ferrari’s latest and—presumably—greatest?

If you’ve ever tried to explain the reasons behind wanting a 1000 horsepower car to a non-car person, there’s a chance you got that look. The look that says “That’s a stupid amount of power. Where could you even drive that.” Often, it’s followed by the rolling of eyes and the raising of eyebrows. Next time […] More »