Video: Yes, that’s a dirt bike flying over an airborne Dakar truck

Having one cool ride jump an (arguably) even cooler one while the latter is also midair seems like a righteous idea to us. Fortunately, Red Bull teamed up with a couple of insane Russians to make it happen. FMX rider Alexey Kolesnikov got it into his mind that he wanted to jump a Kamaz Master [...]

20 Things You Did not Know About … Audi Le Mans victory in 2010

Play Auto presents you a number of curiosities hiding after the victory of the Audi R15 TDI Race Edition in the 2010 24 Hours Le Mans.
1. 2010 edition of the race 24 hours of Le Mans was the fastest in history. The winning average speed of the machine was 225,228 km / h.

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Škoda Motorsport – Hanninen & Kopecky test Vyškovsko

Video clip of Juho Hanninen and Jan Kopecky testing the Skoda Fabia S2000 ‘Evo 2′ in the Czech Republic ahead of the upcoming Ypres Rally.
The Skoda factory squad will have its ranks bolstered for Ypres with the inclusion of Freddy Loix, who will also be driving the new evolution model in Belgium and is scheduled [...]

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Wittmann plans Açores IRC comeback

Franz Wittmann has vowed to return to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge on Sata Rallye Açores next month after pulling his entry from the Geko Ypres Rally, which takes place from 24-26 June.
The Austrian, 26, has failed to finish the three IRC rounds he has started so far this season and crashed heavily on Rally d’Italia-Sardegna [...]

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A new official screenshot for the WRC 2010 game

Black Bean Games has unveiled a new screenshot of the game dedicated to the World Rally Championship, which will occur in September.
At the biggest show in the world games held these days in Los Angeles, producer Black Bean Games has released a new game screenshots for the WRC in 2010, dedicated to the World Rally [...]

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Goodwood Festival of Speed: Ford’s World Cup winner meets Focus RS500

Forty years of Ford motorsport success will be represented when old meets new at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Leading the charge will be the victorious Ford Escort driven by Gunnar Palm and Hannu Mikkola in the 1970 London – Mexico rally. Starting from Wembley Stadium, where England won the 1966 World Cup, the race [...]

WRC: Manufacturers plan for four cars in 2011

Both Citroen and Ford are aiming to start next year’s World Rally Championship with at least four of their all-new World Rally Cars competing.
Despite the fact that neither manufacturer has completed a new car yet – Ford expects to be running its Fiesta RS WRC and Citroen its DS3 WRC in finished form in September [...]

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Spy Shots: Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 caught playing on Alpen roads

Our camera-happy spy photographers were quick enough to grab a batch of shots of one very distinctive Volkswagen Touareg as it underwent mountain testing. From what we can tell, it’s the next iteration of the German manufacturer’s successful Race Touareg 2 – the same diesel rally raid beast that has gone toe-to-toe with other competitors [...]

Raikkonen finishes an impressive second on Lanterna Rally as Ogier wins

Kimi Raikkonen clinched second place in his Citroen C4 WRC on the 2010 Rally della Lanterna, after a close battle with team-mate, and eventual winner, Sebastien Ogier.
The Finn held a two second lead heading into the final stage, but he just couldn’t do enough to fend off the rapid Frenchman who won by 5.7 seconds.

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BMW Art Car and all-female Ford GT out of Le Mans

Artist Jeff Koons’ special paint scheme is now the only thing that makes the #79 BMW M3 GT2 Art Car look like it’s moving. Just after starting the sixth hour of the 24 hours of Le Mans, the BMW was crawling around the track for the third time. Andy Priaulx pulled off the course onto [...]