After three attempts in three years Peugeot finally took the overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans at Circuit Le Sarthe this weekend with their diesel 908s finishing first and second. The #9 Peugeot 908 Hdi piloted by Marc Gene, David Brabham and Alexander Wurz was first followed by the #8 car driven [...]

With Audi campaigning an all-new generation R15 diesel at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, the company seems to be comfortable enough to let a round of auto journos behind the wheel. One of the lucky SOB’s was EVO’s James Mills, and the write up is absolutely worth the read. From Mills’ impressions, [...]

The GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans is about to get a little sexier. Rocketsports Racing unveiled a handful of renderings of its entry into both arenas – a GT2-prepped Jaguar XKR. The team’s keeping its lips sealed on horsepower numbers, but there’s a 5.0-liter naturally-aspirated [...]

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is right around the corner, and Audi’s making no qualms about gunning for yet another first-place finish. We don’t need to tell you about Audi’s long-standing dynasty when it comes to Le Mans, but with an all-new platform and increased pressure from rival Peugeot, this year should prove to [...]

Legendary chronograph-maker Tag Heuer has worked up a new promotion using clips of Steve McQueen’s Fiendish flick, Le Mans. The premise is a duel between the bad ass of all bad asses McQueen in his Gulf-liveried Porsche 917 and F1 golden-boy Lewis Hamilton in his McLaren-Mercedes rig. There’s some cleverly-worked scenes with both drivers chatting [...]

Let me be clear. I loathe iTunes. In fact, I loathe Macs in general. It’s the contrarian in me – the same part that prefers suffering through trying to find parts for a big-block Ford instead of a dialing up the local parts store small block Chevrolet bits. I’d rather suffer through multiple Vista crashes [...]

That would be Acura. That’s right. Of all the teams that lined up for qualifying at the 12 Hours of Sebring in Florida, come-behind Acura took pole position from both Audi and Peugeot on the last lap. The #66 de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-02a managed to snipe the coveted slot from eight-time Le Mans winner [...]

It’s finally here, Fiends. Way back in January, Audi announced plans to show its documentary Truth in 24 on ESPN. The epic documentary, complete with voice over by Jason Statham and filmography by NFL Films, chronicles the company’s Le Mans team’s quest for victory at last year’s competition – even in the face of daunting [...]

Aston Martin took its new Le Mans toy out to play recently. The occasion marked the first time the car saw a competition track since its construction. How’d it look?  Perfect isn’t the word. Purposeful. That’s what I’d call it. The day didn’t end without incident. The car numbered 007 sustained heavy damage at the [...]

To quote pop icon Burt Bacharach, “What the world needs now, is a supercar, a sweet supercar.” Err, something like that. Despite the gloom and doom sweeping the globe, a new company out of South Africa has birthed the world’s newest supercar – the Barnard. This rig has all the gusto to go toe to [...]