Racing

Canada Day Weekend in Vancouver will be celebrated to the sound (or silence?) of fully electric open-wheel race cars as soon as next year. This is the first time the electrified racing series comes to Canada since the Montreal ePrix back in 2017, a one-time event that prompted a dispute …

The Queen of the Ring, Sabine Schmitz, who died from cancer on March 16, 2021 at the age of 51, is getting a fitting tribute. One of the corners of the legendary Nurburgring—a track she lapped more than 33,000 times—will now bear her name following a petition signed by 50,000 …

The NTT IndyCar championship and support series like Canadian Touring Car Championship won’t see the streets of Toronto in 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the city and province. The Honda Indy Toronto event was scheduled for the July 9-11 weekend following a cancellation in 2020 for similar …

Chevrolet , Toyota and Ford have just unveiled their next-gen cars for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series. They will all make their race debuts at the Daytona 500 next February. The three manufacturers have largely redesigned their cars to make them much more similar to their road-going production counterparts—the Camaro …

A little less than three years ago, Canadian IndyCar driver Robert Wickens was involved in a terrible accident while participating in the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway on August 19, 2018. The catastrophic event resulted in a series of serious injuries for Wickens, including a thoracic spinal fracture, spinal …

The Nissan Micra is no more—and the Micra Cup is dead, too, after six seasons. But the Japanese automaker is not dropping out of racing in Canada, even with the pandemic and major economic uncertainty. The most affordable single-model racing series in the country is just switching names and cars …

Honda shocked many people last Friday by announcing it will withdraw from Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season, leaving the prestigious racing series with only three engine manufacturers ( Mercedes , Ferrari , Renault). The Japanese automaker wants to focus on green energies including batteries and fuel …

IndyCar president Roger Penske has finally changed his mind: the 2020 edition of the Indianapolis 500 will take place without any attendance. Earlier this year, the race was postponed until August 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will mark the first time in 109 years that fans are not …

Michael Fassbender is following in the footsteps of Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Patrick Dempsey and other actors who have competed at high levels of auto racing. Widely known for his role of Magneto in the X-Men movies and for portraying the founder of Apple in Steve Jobs , the German-Irish …