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NASCAR in the doldrums
The atmosphere was sombre as Jimmie Johnson wrapped up his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship at the Homestead-Miami Speedway…
The atmosphere was sombre as Jimmie Johnson wrapped up his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship at the Homestead-Miami Speedway…
In our 1000th issue (December 2008) I lamented the disappearance of US drivers and teams from Europe and international racing…
Through the final half-dozen NASCAR Sprint Cup races of 2008, Jimmie Johnson’s biggest challengers were the Roush Fenway Fords driven…
At times as bad as these, it is important to keep a level head and, if you are a captain…
A year ago I brought news of the Farbio GTS, a great-looking British sports car with a fantastic chassis but…
After the comparative disappointment of the new 911, it’s good to spend a couple of days being enchanted by a…
Norton is back, and not for the first time. The grand old name of motorcycling – grander than Triumph, older…
Valentino Rossi has had a busy few weeks of hopping back and forth between two wheels and four. In between…
Difficult to believe, but BMW has never seriously contested a motorcycle road-racing World Championship. Its greatest bike racing days were…
If you can’t say something nice… Sir, Here we go again… We get a sporting hero, something akin to hen’s…
The modern-day Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car is one of many evolutions born from the original RSR. So has the…
Formula 1 is facing the biggest financial storm in its history. The sport must adjust, or face being washed away…
Twelve years after it lost out to ITV, the BBC has won back the contract to screen F1. That was…
Not content with a fifth WRC crown, Sébastien Loeb beat a star line-up to win his third Race of Champions…
Designer Tony Southgate insists the troubled endurance racer could have brought success back to Ford in the mid-1980s By Keith…
For the past five years Sébastien Loeb has totally dominated world rallying. But beyond that he is arguably today’s best…
Rudolf Caracciola’s trophies are on display in Indianapolis. So how did his silverware end up so far from Germany? By…
He is the farmer turned privateer racer who spent years touring Europe, and winning in a succession of great sports…
The re-match: in May last year Derek talked about Eddie (left). Now the racing boot is on the other foot…
Despite an indifferent first season, Nelson Piquet has another chance to show if he has his father’s abilities By Adam…
In the game of Russian roulette the Sochi weather presented to everyone, some lost and some won. Lando Norris lost what was shaping up as his first grand prix victory…
Call me sick and twisted, but I’ve been enjoying my favourite document of the year: the MotoGP crash report. This isn’t because I like to spend the winter hibernating beneath…
Part two of the Christmas gift guide, focusing on our favourite books of 2016 Brian Redman: Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks The RAC Motoring book of the year, Redman's autobiography is a book like…
Next Sunday, March 17, marks the 71st running of the Daytona 200, once the traditional curtain raiser for the international bike racing season. Nowadays the event is a shadow of…