Racing

A Dallas MotoGP Mechanic Opens Up About the Nomadic Life of Motorcycle Racers

Yuji Kikuchi, a gearbox specialist with the Honda LCR team, brings us inside the engineers’ paddock before the Grand Prix of the Americas, in Austin.

The Grand Prix Proves “Formula 1 Fashion” Is Its Own Category

Our photographer captured all the leather (and the luxury) on race attendees from near and far.

A Regulatory Feud Threatens to End Thoroughbred Racing in Texas

While the state racing commission jousts with a new federal oversight body, business is cratering at Texas racetracks.

I Watched Two Episodes of ‘Drive to Survive’ and Then Covered Formula 1

Gridlock, brand activations, and Austrian funnel cake ruled the weekend’s U.S. Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.

Meet Jak Crawford, the 17-Year-Old Texan Gunning for a Seat in Formula 1

The teenager grew up in the Houston suburbs, where he started driving go-karts when he was six. He now races with some of the best drivers in the world.

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After a Paralyzing Accident, This Texan Gets Back in the Race

Chris Morris broke his back during motocross practice, but that didn’t stop him from finding a new source of adrenaline and drive.

Pair Your Barbecue Sandwich With a Drive Around a Racetrack at the New BBQ on the Brazos

The BBQ Top 50 joint has reopened, now offering one of the most unique barbecue meal experiences in Texas.

Hamilton Wins U.S. Grand Prix; U.S. Grand Prix Wins Over Austin

Formula 1 stakes its claim to join SXSW, ACL, and UT football in the Austin event pantheon.

EEEEEEAAAAOOOOWWW!!!

On November 5, 181,500 people crowded into a former cow pasture north of Fort Worth to watch 43 race cars drive really, really fast for five hundred miles. That day, the Texas Motor Speedway would be, measured by population, one of the largest cities in the state. Welcome to NASCAR,

Speed

This month, more than 150,000 fans will pack an enormous new venue near Fort Worth to watch the state’s first major stock car race. Clearly, NASCAR is on the right track in Texas.

Trailing the Field

Texas was supposed to be horse racing’s salvation, a Thoroughbred–loving state with money to burn. So why can’t the sport get out of the gate?

Big Wheel

Once he raced cars; now he builds them. Even at 72, it seems, Carroll Shelby can’t slow down.

Start Your Engines

Born to Win

Triumph at the track comes naturally for a man called Bingo.

Hell on Wheels

In which John Howard, our toughest athlete, goes after a world bicycle record and hopes america will care.

Trial by Water

Marathon canoe racing is the toughest sport in Texas. It’s tougher than bull riding, more grueling than pro football. The canoeists say that’s why it’s fun.

The World’s Fastest Automobile Race

In which nice guys finish last, if they finish at all.