In the United States' long and storied history with auto racing, these 10 race cars are the ones that visually stand out the most.

The restrictor plate was designed to rob the engines of the race cars of air, which severely cut down horsepower, and while this resulted in lower top-end speeds, and fewer cars going into the ...

Look quickly, and you'll see the Cup car has a normal hood just like your garden variety 911 GT3, whereas the 911 GT3 R has ...

However, the car ... GT1 racing and duffing up the McLaren F1 GTR, Porsche 911 and anyone else that came near its 655bhp longtail V12 Diablo. Two road-going versions were built before the top ...

There are race cars that were groundbreaking, dominant, gorgeous or all the above. SEE ALSO: Top 10 American Sports Cars of the 2000s Formula One, Can-Am, Rallying – iconic cars have no boundaries.

There’s something inherently thrilling about driving a car with motorsport DNA. We’re not just talking about race-inspired designs or performance tweaks, but cars that pack engines originally ...

Let's face it--most of the energy put into a race ... the car falling off the trailer and passing you? Much better are the use of tire bonnets--straps that hold the tire down along the top and ...

The race cars roll into downtown Camden, S.C., like an old-fashioned circus. Streets are blocked off for the welcome party, where a rock band serenades the crowd with a Jerry Reed country classic ...

They've hopped behind the wheel of some of the speediest cars on the track to pursue a passion for racing as well. Dating back to the 1950s and '60s, these actors have taken their car craze to the ...

on his 1968 Porsche 911L, as told to A.J. Baime. I grew up in a little town in upstate New York called Burnt Hills, and started racing cars when I was 18. In 1968, the Porsche factory built a ...