Following several successful cameos in recent months, Formula 1 is set to reverse a trend by welcoming an influx of rookie drivers in 2025.For the first time in history, the 2024 Formula 1 grid featured an unchanged driver line-up compared to the one that saw out the previous season, with zero newcomers lining up in…
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, October 8, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…
The last few races were not kind to J.R. Todd and his DHL GR Supra team, yet the team continues to work as hard as it can to win a race in the closing stage of the season. The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs resumes Oct. 11-13,…
The 2024 season has been good to Shawn Langdon and his Kalitta Air Careers Toyota team, but this team wants more – its focus now is the same as it was before the season. The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs resumes Oct. 11-13, 2024 at the Texas…
Doug Kalitta will run special Mobil 1 50th anniversary livery at this week’s Texas NHRA FallNationals – a fitting tribute to a Texas-based company at an event set for the heart of the Lone Star state. The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs resumes Oct. 11-13, 2024 at the…
Over the course of two days, Hurricane Helene wreaked a path of destruction through multiple states after making landfall as a Category 4 storm in the U.S. Gulf Coast. The state of North Carolina experienced severe flooding that trapped thousands of people in mountainous terrain. Hundreds of miles away, Garrett Mitchell, a 2023 Drag Illustrated…
A good logo is vital for growing a brand, and automakers are no different. Even people who are the furthest thing from car enthusiasts can easily identify car companies from their emblems, especially as some brands have stuck with the same logos for decades. Renault has used a diamond-shaped logo since 1925, and… Read more…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has long toyed with the idea of considering what damage cars do to pedestrians, but it took until last month for the agency to finally propose new rules: Testing for new cars, to see exactly how much head trauma those massive squared-off grilles cause. Read more…
Eight-time world champion Tony Schumacher is back in the world title hunt and heading to one of his favorite tracks on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour, a combination that could bode well for the longtime Top Fuel star. Fresh off his victory in St. Louis, Schumacher is ready to roll at this…
On March 8 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished from radar after taking off from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing. The Boeing 777 and its passengers have been missing ever since, with nothing more than a few plane fragments turning up in the decade since the disappearance. Now, a team of researchers has come……
