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Filed under: Motorsports

As many of you are well aware, the 24 Hours of Le Mans kicked off during the last hour. American viewers can catch the action on SPEED TV. Unfortunately, unlike the old Speedvision days, there isn’t full 24-hour coverage.

Here is the SPEED TV schedule:

All times Eastern

• Saturday, June 14: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Live Coverage
• Saturday, June 14, 9:00 PM - Sunday, June 15, 9:30 AM: Live Coverage

SPEED airs assorted NASCAR and other (summarily unwatchable) assorted programming between Noon and 9:00 PM today.

Web Coverage:

• RadioLeMans.com has excellent live streaming audio. Just go to their homepage and click the Listen Live link. It dovetails nicely with the SPEED TV coverage (when it’s on).
• The official Le Lans site has standings, photos, and info. You can also get web video of the race there at Club24Web, but you will need to open your wallet to do so.

If you have any other good web destinations to suggest with regard to Le Mans coverage, leave a comment below.

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Filed under: Motorsports, Videos

You’ve heard it all before. “People watch car racing for the crashes,” has been a familiar refrain for what seems like forever. While that stereotype surely applies to a portion of the viewers who tune in, most fans watch motorsports because they like motorsports. (How novel, we know.) That said, there’s no denying that some crashes are hard not to watch, regardless of your level of interest in racing.

One these occurrences took place yesterday at the Texas Motor Speedway during qualifying for tomorrow’s Samsung 500 Sprint Cup race. Michael McDowell was piloting his #00 Aaron’s Toyota Camry when the rear end got loose coming out of a turn. Things then got very bad, very quickly, and McDowell went into the wall at around 180 miles per hour. The engine bay burst into flames and the car went into a slide on its roof that led to several barrel rolls before it finally came to rest. Track officials helped McDowell out of the burning car and with a wave to the fans, he walked away.

It’s got a silly name, it’s not much to look at, and it further homogenizes the field, but the NASCAR Car of Tomorrow seems able to take some very serious punishment while keeping its driver safe. Ultimately, that trumps everything else. We’re glad to see that McDowell’s okay. Bummer about your car, though, dude.

Thanks to Taylor for the tip.

[Sources: NASCAR, YouTube]

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Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Dodge

Click above for a gallery of Viper carnage

Imagine making the purchase of your dreams - a brand new 2008 Dodge Viper with only five miles on the odometer. It’s sitting safely in the showroom without a scratch just waiting for you to drive it off the lot. The only thing it needs is a tank of gas, which of course the dealership offers to pay for. Here’s where the story goes terribly wrong. A member of SRTForums.com and employee of a Southern California Dodge dealership says that the Viper was headed back from the gas station and only about 1/8 of a mile from the dealership (!) when the driver lost control of the 600-horsepower beast and crashed into four parked cars. The result is one severely smashed up snake. We’ll be watching eBay Motors for a low miles, slightly scratched 2008 Dodge Viper with a full tank of gas. Thanks for the tip, Ian!

[Source: SRTForums.com]

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Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Dodge

Click above for a gallery of Viper carnage

Imagine making the purchase of your dreams - a brand new 2008 Dodge Viper with only five miles on the odometer. It’s sitting safely in the showroom without a scratch just waiting for you to drive it off the lot. The only thing it needs is a tank of gas, which of course the dealership offers to pay for. Here’s where the story goes terribly wrong. A member of SRTForums.com and employee of a Southern California Dodge dealership says that the Viper was headed back from the gas station and only about 1/8 of a mile from the dealership (!) when the driver lost control of the 600-horsepower beast and crashed into four parked cars. The result is one severely smashed up snake. We’ll be watching eBay Motors for a low miles, slightly scratched 2008 Dodge Viper with a full tank of gas. Thanks for the tip, Ian!

[Source: SRTForums.com]

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