In the UK, stock car racing is a contact motorsport. That doesn't mean you can just go ramming your fellow racers off, but if the guy in front is 'getting in the way,' then a persuasive nudge is allowed. The fastest drivers have to start at the back so crowds are always pleased.

Now, the last thing I was expecting to see in the rear view mirror was the Gulf Porsche (AKA 917K). I nearly lost my breakfast (from the wrong end) when I saw what we and the old Mk1 MR2 were up against in the morning practice session. It turns out that it was a replica but it all means the same thing on track. At…

I love me some dirt racing. I love the way the road changes as competitors go through, I love the sideways nature that comes with racing on dirt, I love the need to read the road and figure out what line has the most grip, I even love the challenge of battling through the dust that often comes with dirt racing. That…

The BTCC is Britain's largest race series. It visits nine of our best race circuits and features race-prepped sedans with 300bhp, 2 litre turbocharged engines. The cars look like their road-going counterparts but that's where the similarity ends.

I have discovered that my phone, and more importantly a few key apps, are more multitasking-friendly than I originally believed. As a result I will be broadcasting live in-car video during this weekend's Empire State Performance Rally. Tentative broadcast schedule will be from 9AM-7PM on Saturday and 10:15 AM to 5:30…

Many call it indecipherable gibberish, but rally pace notes are absolutely critical to going fast on narrow, unfamiliar roads where every tree and rock is gleefully plotting all the ways it intends to make you it's bitch. Having to run without notes can cost a driver a full minute or more per stage. And as everyone…

Audi has a tendency to dominate in whatever motor racing endeavor it enters, from rally to LMP racing at Le Mans. The news that Audi is considering entering the IndyCar series, with its famous namesake race, may come as a bit of a worry, then, to Chevrolet and Honda, the current engine suppliers to the series.

Since mid-February Curbsyde Productions and SCORE International have been doing a web series on the 2012 Baja 1000. At last the entire series has been posted, a series that spans from vehicle prep and pre-running to the finish line at the southern tip of the Baja peninsula. So here's the entire series: the prologue…

I'm no fan of the 911 or many Porsches in general. And as Clarkson loves to state, its nothing more than an extended Beetle, or a Beetle on steroids. But of course with every model their are its exceptions, and this is one of them.

B.J. Baldwin's recently released #RECOIL video has made it to the Top Gear UK site, where they're calling it "the best online video we've seen since Ken Block's Gymkhana Series." Impressive. Hopefully this means there will be a #RECOIL 2.