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These are photos of Tesla cars at Tesla stations. Thanks to the new Model S "Long Range" and V3 supercharging network, a team set a new cross-country electric vehicle Cannonball record | Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Former Tesla Employee Rents a Model S, Shatters Cannonball Record

The Cannonball Run challenge is an underground, coast-to-coast race. Teams of drivers compete to set the fastest time from New York City to Los Angeles. This week, a former Tesla employee in a rented Model S broke the previous electric vehicle record. Then they turned around and broke it again. Find out how...
This is a photo of highway 15, outside of Las Vegas. Texas Man Alex Jones Destroyed the Cannonball Motorcycle Record on a $4,000 Yamaha FJR | Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Texas Man Destroys the Cannonball Motorcycle Record on a $4,000 Yamaha FJR

Competitors race from coast to coast, along the route of Brock Yates' 1970s Cannonball Rallies. They post their times and attempt to break one another's records in categories such as electric vehicles, diesel vehicles, and motorcycles. Last week, a Texas man named Alex Jones set a new Cannonball motorcycle record. Read more...
Lewis Hamilton racing his Mercedes GP. The secret to the Formula 1 top speed is the high Formula 1 horsepower and low Formula 1 car weight. | Clive Mason/Getty Images

Formula 1 Top Speed

The incredible F1 top speed is due to the power to weight ratio. A Formula 1 car makes approximately 0.635 horsepower for every pound it weighs. Find out more...
This is Ross Chastain's #42 NASCAR Next Gen car parked in the Daytona pits during testing. The V8 NASCAR engines powering the Next Gen cars will be allowed to make hundreds more horsepower to battle the advanced aerodynamics of the new vehicles. | James Gilbert/Getty Images

Do Next Gen Cars Still Have V8 NASCAR Engines?

The familiar V8 NASCAR engines will power the Next Gen cars. But because every other aspect of the drivetrain and aerodynamics have evolved, the Next Gen V8s will be allowed to make hundreds more horsepower. Find out how...