Roger Penske has just added another notch in his auto racing belt. The billionaire purchased the Long Beach Grand Prix. The purchase also makes the Grand Prix an important part of another racing series Penske owns, Indycar. Read more…
Despite some teething issues — Formula 1’s first Las Vegas Grand Prix on and around the gambling haven’s iconic Strip was both an on-track and commercial success. After several hiccups during practice the race turned out to be entertaining, and the marketing and hospitality-driven hype around the race ensured the event generated more tax revenue…
Back in 2019 after absolutely destroying the production car top speed world record with the Chiron Super Sport, the first car to hit the 300-mph mark, then-president of the brand Stephan Winkelmann said the French marque was done chasing top speed records. Recently appointed CEO Mate Rimac has said “screw that” in a… Read more…
The Environmental Protection Agency really doesn’t like it when diesel truck owners remove factory-equipped and legally-mandated emissions devices. When four business owners conspire to smuggle tens of millions of dollars worth of illegal emissions defeat devices into the country, however, the federal government is… Read more…
Last we checked in on the disgraced and disbarred former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, a judge had given him one week to turn over Lauren Bacall’s Mercedes and other valuables to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers he defamed following the 2020 Presidential election. If Giuliani didn’t comply… Read more…
The Monaco Grand Prix is a processional shitshow that isn’t worth watching. The narrow streets and tight corners of the principality’s once-blue riband event are ill served by the ever longer and wider specifications of car mandated by Formula 1 in the modern era. Passing is next to impossible, so Monaco is boiled… Read more…
California’s road to clean energy may upend a lot of industries, including the massive motorhome market. A recent change to the state’s clean air rules could kick start a change that would end new motorhome sales in the state as soon as the end of this year. Read more…
Worlds collided when Trackhouse Racing teammates Shane van Gisbergen and Connor Zilisch met up with RB’s Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson in Texas earlier this year. All four Red Bull athletes got together to see what would happen when you put an F1 driver in a stock car on a dirt oval no less.Van Gisbergen is…
Whether we’re talking about Buc-ee’s, Wawa or QT, we here at Jalopnik love a good gas station chain. So it is with great sadness that we have to report the death of a beloved gas station name. Before you know it, the name Kum & Go will have kum and gone. Unfortunately for all of…
The reasoning behind Elon Musk’s decision to heavily back former (and future) President Donald Trump as well as be the “first buddy” is becoming more clear now. The Trump Administration is set to take over about 80 federal vehicle issue probes that were opened under President Joe Biden. One of those probes just… Read more…
