Why NASCAR Is Being Criticized By One of Its Most Popular Drivers Chase Elliott called out NASCAR after it issued a record fine against Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for his role in a fight after the All-Star Race.

Ford Wants Mustang Drivers To Stop Acting Like Mustang Drivers When Ford introduced the Mustang Dark Horse back in 2022, it included a little bonus for buyers: A “a hands-on track instruction and driving experience,” where owners could head out to Charlotte Motor Speedway and learn to manage all that torque they’d just purchased. Unfortunately, despite the option of driver… Read more…

GM’s Cruise to relaunch vehicles with human drivers in Phoenix GM’s Cruise self-driving car unit will relaunch for the first time since October beginning with a small fleet of human-driven vehicles in Phoenix.

Woman Shoots At Drivers In Florida During Solar Eclipse Because ‘God’ Told Her To A woman in Florida started shooting at vehicles on the highway after “God” told her to go on a shooting spree in reaction to the solar eclipse. She laid out her plan to workers at the hotel while she was checking out. Taylon Nichelle Celestine of Georgia went through with that plan and opened fire on multiple cars on… Read more…

Watch F1 Drivers Learn To Drift Formula 1 is all about precise car control, mastering the most minute movements to shave thousandths of a second off every lap. Drifting, by contrast, is all about big, flashy moves and tire smoke. So how does an expert in one discipline do when challenged to the other? Read more…

Formula 1 Drivers As Casinos On The Las Vegas Strip It’s finally here. After months of talking, planning, and strategizing, cars are hitting the track for Formula 1’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix. The course cuts through the heart of the Strip, and iconic casinos like Caesars Palace and MGM Grand line the track. But if each of the drivers on the race’s starting grid… Read more…

Great News, F1 Drivers: Your Next Brothel Visit Is Free! Being a Formula 1 driver has always seemed like a pretty good gig, but for the fellas hitting the track at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, things just got even better: The Chicken Ranch brothel is offering free “special one-on-one sessions” with any driver looking for a taste of Nevada’s other type of action ahead of the… Read more…

Uber is testing a service that lets you hire drivers for chores I guess that means your Uber driver can collect you from Ikea and then build your furniture when you get home. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeUber is experimenting with a new service that allows users to hire drivers from its app to complete everyday household chores and projects, in a bid to expand beyond its existing ridesharing and …

DoorDash Drivers Are Paid So Poorly, It’s A Human Rights Issue: UN The gig economy has yielded record amounts of revenue and profit this year for companies such as DoorDash, Amazon and Walmart but not much has trickled down to workers, many of whom make less than minimum wage, or worse, fall below the poverty line. The low wages are a human rights violation, according to a United… Read more…

Drivers Stunned To See Racial Slur On Digital Sign In North Carolina Drivers traveling along a North Carolina road were shocked to see a digital sign displaying the racial slur “n****r” last Friday. The North Carolina Department of Transportation stated that an unknown perpetrator had hacked the sign at some point overnight, WRAL reports. The sign’s vulgar message was removed by the… Read more…

Uber, Lyft To Pay New York Drivers $328 Million For Wage Theft Rideshare companies Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle claims by New York’s attorney general that the two firms systematically cheated drivers out of their pay and benefits, according to Reuters. Read more…

Study Finds Cyclists Are Better People Than Drivers Well, the comments section on this one should be fun: Cyclists are more interested in the common good than drivers are, a study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology found. The study used four factors to define the common good — political participation, social participation, neighborhood solidarity and… Read more…

LPT: Many states allow drivers to digital show proof of registration and insurance. Law enforcement encourages this. LPT: Today I learned that local law enforcement in my state is recommending not to carry physical paperwork for registration or insurance. This prevents car thieves from then robbing your home by finding the address from those docs. Recommendation is to have digital copies on your phone. submitted by /u/valdeckner

Sustainable Racing Is ‘The Way Forward’ For Young Drivers Motorsport has always been a sport of excess. Excessive money spent on development, excessive fuel burned over the course of a race weekend and even an excessive amount of Champagne sprayed all over the place. Now, there’s a wave of young drivers rising through the ranks that are less interested in all that and are… Read more…

As F1 Drivers Complain About Qatar Heat, Lewis Hamilton Says “Let’s Not Get Too Soft” Seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is not exactly on the same page with the rest of the field when it comes to the extreme conditions they faced during the Qatar Grand Prix, saying that as extreme athletes, drivers can expect to face extreme conditions. As an outsider, it’s impossible to agree with Hamilton… Read more…

Netflix’s first live sports broadcast pairs up F1 drivers with pro golfers The Netflix Cup | Image: NetflixNetflix’s first live sporting event is here — and it involves a golf tournament between athletes from the streamer’s Full Swing and Formula 1: Drive to Survive shows. The competition, called The Netflix Cup, will air live on the service on November 14th at 6PM ET / 3PM PT. The tournament will take place at Wynn Go…

What Do You Wish Other Drivers Learned In Drivers’ Ed? Driver education in the United States is a mixed bag. Some states require hours of training and weeks of on-road experience before a new driver can get their license, while others just ask that you survive a mild obstacle course in a parking lot before letting you loose on the Jersey Turnpike. Clearly, the system… Read more…

Watch Drivers Negotiate Rivers Of Hail After Freak New Mexico Storm The weather is getting truly unruly, with extreme heat sparking fires that smoked out New York, roads melting in the Tour de France, and flooding hitting regions across the U.S. Now, drivers in New Mexico have had a new biblical weather event to deal with: rivers of hail flooding their roads. Read more…

Mercedes Drivers Collide In First Corner Of Formula 1’s Qatar Scorcher It’s Tuesday, October 10, 2023 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action. At the Qatar Grand Prix, Max Verstappen’s championship coronation was overshadowed by tire-damaging curbs, dangerously high heat, and a first-corner collision between teammates. NASCAR’s trip to the Charlotte… Read more…

Why Do So Many People Want To See Formula 1 Drivers Suffer? This past weekend saw Formula 1 run the Qatar Grand Prix for the second time in history, and conditions were so oppressively hot for the drivers that some withdrew from the event, vomited inside their helmets, and needed assistance to exit the vehicle. But for pundits like Martin Brundle, that kind of suffering is… Read more…