Awesome Racing

Designed for the NHRA/Super Stock circuit, Ford’s 2010 Cobra Jet Mustang features a new launch control/rev limiter; limited to 50 vehicles, the factory-built racer will be available 1Q 2010.

With shoutouts to tuners, racers, and drifters, Forza Motorsport 3 seems to be trying too hard by being all things to all drivers, but the critics seem to love it; it’ll be available 10/27.

Both analog and digital, Chopard’s Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Time Attack MF sports a racing wheel-inspired steel crown, a bezel tachometer and COSC certified movement.

What do you do when you destroy your original car? You build a new one in less than 24 hours: this time-lapse shows the Patron Highcroft ALMS team building an Acura LMP1 racecar.

Our friends at 0-60mag.com show you how to build your own Need For Speed: Shift-themed racing console for only $500 (not including electronics); get the 60-page PDF here.

We’re literally blown away by Stefan Radev’s Blue Dynamics Land Yacht; he followed BMW’s “Efficient Dynamics” design ethos to create a three-wheeled, wind-powered stunner.

Dust off those controllers, because Rush Rush Rally Racing is a new game for the Dreamcast; it celebrates the 10th birthday of Sega’s venerable console and comes out 10/1/09.

All the previous trailers for DiRT 2 have just been teasers compared to this gameplay trailer, which lays it on thick with seat of your pants driving, wicked tracks and even pyrotechnics.

It’s as close to Monaco as we’ll ever get: Logitech’s G27 Racing Wheel is leather wrapped with dual-motor force feedback, a six-speed shifter, 16 buttons and 900 degrees of rotation.

While the real and virtual worlds are easy to discern in this Rally Reality trailer for DiRT 2, it’s still amazing just how amped up the graphics are; the game hits all major platforms 9/8/09.

At Gamestop only: due out 10/27, Forza Motorsport 3 Limited Edition includes a 2 GB USB drive, 10 exclusive cars (plus an Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro), and an Xbox 360 dashboard theme.

This Utah Trailblazers trailer for DiRT 2 is so desolate that there’s no music, but what beautiful desolation it is: everything from the dirt to the windshield wiping is gorgeously rendered.

Two of racing’s most famous icons go head to head: yesteryear’s King of Cool, Steve McQueen, races modern-day F1 champ Lewis Hamilton courtesy of Tag Heuer’s Monaco LS.

SFI and Formula One-approved, Oakley’s Race Boot maximizes tactile response on pedals; it’s also made with flame-resistant CarbonX lining and self-extinguishing split suede.

This Driver Profile trailer for Need for Speed SHIFT plays like a high octane movie trailer; it repeatedly bashes you over the head with badges you can earn, yet hurts so good.

Inspired by Gymkhana Practice, DC Shoes’ Gymkhana TWO may be an infomercial, but watching Ken Block tear up the Port of LA in an WRX STI (with Rob Dyrdek) is pure driving bliss.

The 2009 Indy 500 Race Tracker is an infographic-lover’s way to watch races; it shows all 200 laps from start to finish, with cars shown in relation to their time behind/in front of the leader.

Split/Second takes a cue from Burnout (and then some) by turning entire race tracks into demolition derbies; massive buildings collapse around you as you head to the finish line.

This year’s 24 Hours of Nurburgring had a low turnout due to rule changes, but this set of 50+ photos is still droolworthy; Manthey Racing wins a fourth time with their Porsche 997 GT3-RSR.

As short and sweet as the name, this debut trailer for Blur goes from zero to obnoxious in about twenty seconds; as Kotaku quips, it’s less a teaser trailer and more a “taser” trailer.

A mashup of Star Wars pod racing and WipEout HD, FormulaSexta was created to promote Formula 1 racing; trust us, if F1 ever looks like this we’ll be the first ones in the stands.

The wailing sirens get a bit grating, but this teaser of Burnout: Paradise’s Cops & Robbers mode is otherwise a nice preview of the cars Paradise City’s finest will be using.

Few racing events are as dominated by BMW as the 24-hour Nurburgring race; this BMW M3 GT4 will be driven May 23-24 by two FIA WTCC drivers and two German journalists.