A nine-car NASCAR pileup may have wrecked a vehicle sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission, but it gave the agency more mileage in advertising the imminent switch to digital TV signals, the FCC's chief said on Monday. The FCC spent about $350,000 to sponsor the car in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing event on Sunday.
Check out this clip taken from a traffic camera. A car runs a red light and hits a cop on a motorcycle crossing the intersection. No chance this guy talked his way out of a ticket
Watch what happens when the tire comes of a racing car- and develops a life of its own...
You have to be pretty tough, and lucky, to get up and start screaming at the other driver in Italian after an accident like this.
Lewis Hamilton will become the world's highest-paid sportsman after becoming the youngest driver to win the Formula One world championship. The 23-year-old, pictured celebrating with his pop star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger, can expect to earn a minimum £100million a year.
Lewis Hamilton will become the world's highest-paid sportsman after becoming the youngest driver to win the Formula One world championship last night. The 23-year-old Briton can expect to earn a minimum £100million a year following one of the most exciting finales to a race the sport has ever witnessed.
Lewis Hamilton became the youngest world champion in Formula One history by the skin of his teeth after a nail-biting Brazilian Grand Prix.
When you crash full speed into a bunch of stopped cars, causing mass destruction, don't expect your insurance to cover it.
A look at the key moments from the race season as F1 goes to wire.
The ugly head of Spanish racism has returned to blight Lewis Hamilton's world championship challenge in Brazil. Thousands have targeted Hamilton on a voodoo style website, taunting him about the colour of his skin in a vile campaign that reprised the abuse he received at the start of the year in Barcelona.
Ferrari have warned that they could quit formula one if the sport's governing body continues with its current plans to slash costs.
The 2009 French Formula One Grand Prix has been cancelled after the French Motorsports Federation (FFSA) withdrew financing for the event. Magny-Cours was due to stage the race on 28 June 2009 but France will now not feature on next season's FIA calendar. "For economic reasons, the FFSA has decided to cancel the (2009) French Grand Prix," said...
The Zero-X electric off-road motorcycle is powered by a 17kW motor capable of 23 peak horsepower, can go 0-30 mph in less than 2 seconds with top speeds of 60 mph. The motorcycle recharges in less than 2 hours for a cost of about $0.25 per charge. Sounds like fun to me.
The sixteenth round of the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing (MotoGP) season was recently held on a track on the southern coast of Australia.
The school pupil's lap times in his 60cc model, which can hit speeds of more than 50mph, are quick enough to qualify for competitive racing - although he will have to wait another four years before he is old enough to officially compete. In the meantime, a consortium of sponsors has already recognised his rare talent and backed him with $30,000.
The Canadian Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 Formula One calendar and replaced with the inaugural race in Abu Dhabi.