The “House of Drift” Irwindale Event Center, which has hosted disciplines ranging from NASCAR to drag racing to Formula DRIFT, will close after 25 years with a final Farewell Extravaganza on 21 December.
Sébastien Loeb will aim to be the Champion of Champions for a record-breaking fifth time in 2025, while Hayden Paddon will lead the Race of Champions’ first Team New Zealand.
INTERVIEW: Kostyantyn Bevz discusses Motorsport UK's Pinzgauer for Ukraine, the West and invasion
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Kostyantyn Bevz, an FIA steward and member of the Automobile Federation of Ukraine, spoke with The Checkered Flag about Motorsport UK donating a Pinzgauer 6×6 to the Ukrainian military, how the West responded to Russia’s invasion, and on breaking Russian narratives.
“Tough Doesn’t Quit”, a new video series b Polaris Off-Road, looks to focus on endorsed athletes and how they overcame the odds. The first episode focuses on multi-time X Games motocross gold medalist and LOORRS truck champion Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg.
As they did in 2019, 2022, and 2023, Sebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher will represent Team Germany at the 2025 Race of Champions in Sydney. Germany will seek their 9th Nations Cup victory and Vettel his 10th ROC win overall.
The FIA will allow cars built between 1991 and 2000 to enter historic motorsport competitions under its sanction, meaning fan favourites from McLaren’s West juggernauts to the Mark Webber’s flying Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR can now be used for racing purposes.
After his co-driver Brent Yeadon passed away during the NORRA Mexican 1000 in the spring, Larry Trim paid tribute in the best way when he won the Vintage Short Wheelbase 4×4 at the NORRA 500.
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme has set up shop at a new building in Mies, Switzerland, which also includes a new museum highlighting bike racing’s history.
The Race of Champions will return to a stadium format in 2025, competing at Sydney’s former Olympic host venue and current rugby and football ground Accor Stadium.
The 2025 1000 Miglia will hark back to the days before the Second World War, being held on a figure 8 course similar to what was used for the first 12 editions from 1927 to 1938.
After a long two years, Motorsport UK’s Pinzgauer 6×6 armoured ambulance finally made it to Ukraine in late September. It is currently in use by the 46th Airmobile Brigade fighting in Pokrovsk.
Amidst increasing Israeli military operations against Hezbollah and the threat of an invasion, Lebanon’s FIA member club Automobile et Touring Club du Liban has suspended all motorsport in the country “until further notice.”
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will host two 20-minute races for historic open-wheelers like Sébastien Bourdais’ 2005 winner and Mario Andretti’s 1977 United States Grand Prix West-winning Lotus.
Jimmie Johnson crashing in practice then winning the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy, Tyrrell’s shed opening, and a parade with Bernard Montgomery’s Rolls to celebrate the D-Day anniversary were among the stories at the Goodwood Revival.
After successful events under martial law in recent month, the Automobile Federation of Ukraine will allow racing to take place under its sanction as long as it receives approval from parties like the regional military administration.
An off-road buggy built by Dakar Rally winner Sergei Kariakin and his SNAG Racing team is now set to be transferred to the Sverdlovsk regional government before being shipped off to Ukraine.
Dakar Rally legend and 2× World Enduro Champion Stéphane Peterhansel showed he still knows his way around an enduro course when he was the best rider at the FIM Enduro Vintage Trophy in Italy on his 1981 Yamaha IT 250.
