24 hours of le mans
“Garage 56 Le Mans Camaro Speeds around VIR with Jordan Taylor”
There were a lot of incredible race cars running around tracks in 2023, from new Le Mans prototypes like Ferrari’s winning 499P to hybrid WRC monsters and the second year of Formula 1's redesigned cars. But one race car captured the world’s attention more than anything else: the NASCAR-based Garage 56 Chevy Camaro…
“Baja 1000: The Ultimate Off-Road Challenge That Keeps Racers Coming Back | Giga Gears”
Every year for the Baja 1000, thousands of racers, support trucks, crew members, and hangers on invade the Baja California Sur peninsula for an all-out balls-to-the-wall bacchanalia of speed, powered by cheap gasoline, and even cheaper beer. An imperialist invasion force of Ford Raptors drove south over the border the…
Mazda’s Five-Rotor Giga Gears: Tremble and Bow
New Zealand’s Mad Mike Whiddett is among the coolest dudes in motorsport, and he’s obsessed with making loud Mazda rotary engines and ripping smoke from his tires. For over a decade he’s been building wilder and wilder cars, topping his own builds with every new release. He thought he had peaked when he unveiled the…
France’s Midnight Endurance Race: A Wild Tradition | Giga Gears
At this point, it’s a bit boring to make a general statement like “racing used to be really frickin’ dangerous,” but every so often I’ll find myself surprised by the absolutely insane things race organizers used to make drivers do. Such as, for example, beginning an endurance race on public roads at the crack of…
Mike Rockenfeller to Substitute for Noah Gragson in NASCAR: Le Mans Ace Takes the Wheel
The introduction of the Next Gen car and the addition of several new road course races have brought a wider array of international talent to the NASCAR Cup Series. Three-time Supercars Champion Shane van Gisbergen has stolen most of the attention with his win on debut in Chicago, but there are a plethora of new stars…