Motorsports

Electric Car Racing Coming To L.A. Streets?

The city of Los Angeles hasn't seen big-league, sanctioned auto racing in years as far as we know (and if anyone out there knows the history here feel free to comment below or email the author). But L.A. is scheduled to host the world's newest race, called Formula E. It's the brainchild of FIA, the ... More >>

Top 5 Beers of San Diego Beer Week: Barrel-Aged Brews, Political Beers Pasadena Sours

A wise San Diego brewer once said, "Every week in San Diego is beer week," an undeniable truth for a county with more than 60 breweries and two decades of beer culture to its fame. And still, the ten-day festival officially known as San Diego Beer Week continues to amaze palettes, concluding its 4 ... More >>

EDC Rave Could Lose Vegas Permit if Promoter is Convicted in L.A. Scandal

< /a>Updated at the bottom with a Vegas official saying EDC's license for next year could be denied if convictions are successful in the bribery case against rave promoters in L.A. First posted at 3:24 p.m. Tuesday. Headline has changed to reflect new info. The promoter of Electric Daisy Carnival, ... More >>

EDC Vegas Sees Two Attendees Die, Including One Who Reportedly Took Ecstasy

One of the reasons Electric Daisy Carnival moved to Las Vegas last year was the scrutiny (and subsequent scandal) sparked following the ecstasy overdose death of a 15-year-old attendee in 2010. Turns out she had sneaked into the party. Since then, organizers have had to come to terms with with the ... More >>

The Night After Cancellation, EDC Closes Fest With Massive Turnout

See also: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds Organizers of the second annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas declared that the three-day party was a success despite high-winds that cut its marquee night short on Saturday. Promoters say a whopping 115,000 people were in attendance ... More >>

EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds

See also Our EDC slideshow: Photos of ravers Update at 2:48 a.m: EDC is over for the night. Organizers are waiting for crowds to thin out before making an official announcement. More details and older updates at the bottom. Electric Daisy Carnval in Las Vegas tonight was shut down temporarily as a ... More >>

EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better?

Dance music is coming to an arena near you: Kaskade will be the first DJ ever to play Staples Center (July 27). And mainstream concert promoters such as Live Nation are diving into the electronic dance explosion. Electric Daisy Carnival, which is being held this weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speed ... More >>

Big Willie Andew, Drag Race Legend Who Sparked Fast & Furious Culture, Dead at 70

William "Big Willie" Andrew, who tried to get kids off the streets and keep them out of gangs by organizing drag races on Terminal Island, died over the weekend. The 70-year-old had been in poor health, reports bangshift.com. Instead of claiming turf, he told young people they should "run what you ... More >>

Danica Patrick, Racing Warrior, is A Word That 'Starts With B' Says SoCal Sports Anchor Ross Shimabuku

Danica Patrick, who competed in NASCAR's fire-and-brimstone Daytona 500 over the weekend, is no shrinking violet, as they say. She competes -- and wins -- in a white-knuckle sport that would make most of us pee our pants and cry for mommy. Literally. This shit is scary. And so, despite capitalizin ... More >>

Banks Violette's Sculptures Inspired by NASCAR and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

"I'm pretty sure my fans will wear this award as a badge of honor," racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. said when he accepted the 2011 Most Popular NASCAR Driver Award in December. "And so they should, because the award is theirs." This was the ninth consecutive time Earnhardt Jr., whose grandfather was a rac ... More >>

Phil Hill: The Life of a Legend

Senna Review

Electric Daisy Carnival Rave Organizers Say Las Vegas Party Was a Rousing Success

Colin Young-WolffFans at EDC in Vegas.​In a statement issued late Tuesday, Insomniac Events, the L.A.-based organizer of the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival rave in Las Vegas, said it was a rousing success. This after EDC moved to Vegas following controversy for its L.A. edition at the Col ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Sees Two More Possibly Ecstasy Related Deaths Connected to its Dallas Parties

Kevin TodoraEDC Dallas.​Updated with revised statement from EDC's promoters, at the bottom. Two more deaths have been possibly linked to Electric Daisy Carnival, the L.A.-bred rave that has been under fire following the death of 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez at the Los Angeles party last year a ... More >>

Oscar Goodman, Las Vegas' Mayor, Calls L.A. a 'Second-Class Entertainment Venue' For Letting Controversial EDC Rave Head to Sin City

nba.comOscar Goodman.​Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman today welcomed L.A.'s controversial Electric Daisly Carnival rave to his town, saying our city is a "second-class entertainment venue" for letting it go. EDC last June at the publicly owned L.A. Coliseum saw more than 200 medical emergencies ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Doped? Former Teammate Tyler Hamilton Says He Saw It

Tyler Hamilton.​If Lance Armstrong was doping during his Tour de France-winning heyday, he sure hid it well. Maybe he was also injecting himself with ice water. Hope so because, if you ask us, the heat around him is turning way up. Besides a recent report that a federal grand jury in L.A. app ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Rave Expands to Three Days Under Las Vegas Sun in June

Caesar SebastianEDC ravers.​We told you back in February that it looked like the controversial, two-day Electric Daisy Carnival rave might be expanding to three days in L.A. Well, after moving to Las Vegas for its annual June party, EDC is indeed expanding to three days, organizers announced ... More >>

Caffeinated Beer Fight: Speedway Stout Vs. Espresso Oak Aged Yeti

N. GalutenBreakfast beers​Cooking and beer go rather well together. Both, it turns out, as an ingredient, and as a companion. You know those late weekend mornings spent with friends confiting duck legs and soaking Tarbais beans for a many-hours-away dinner (hopefully that's not just us)? Well ... More >>

Top 10 Most WTF Band Names at SXSW

​ You'll be kicking up plenty of gravel waiting to see Cee Lo Green, Queens of the Stone Age and The Kills at this year's SXSW. Chances are, the lines will be much, much shorter for Go Back to the Zoo, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Amusement Parks on Fire or the dozens of other requisite oddly-name ... More >>

Raves: Controversial Electric Daisy Carnival to be Held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway?

Caesar SebastianThe scene at EDC.​Unconfirmed reports have L.A.'s controversial Electric Daisy Carnival rave happening at the Los Vegas Motor Speedway the weekend of June 24. The rave discussion board Plurlife is buzzing with the news, and the Los Angeles Examiner website says it's true but o ... More >>

Monster Trucks to Muddy Up Dodger Stadium This Weekend

Monster JamA monster truck headed for L.A.​Saturday. Saturday! SATURDAY! Monster trucks will come alive in Dodger Stadium for the first time ever. Ever! EVER! Will Dodger fans recoil in horror as trucks with 66-inch tall tires bounce over dirt mounds and berms on their beloved baseball diam ... More >>

NHRA: Sixty Years of Thunder

Tribute Night: An Evening with Don "The Snake" Prudhomme

Mojave Desert Racing, Promoter Of Weekend's Deadly Off-Road Accident In San Bernardino County, Suspended

Associated Press / Dave Conklin​The U.S. Bureau of Land Management suspended races on its turf scheduled by South El Monte promoter Mojave Desert Racing while authorities continued to investigate the cause of its deadly off-road accident in San Bernardino County last weekend, a spokesman for t ... More >>

Crowds Got Way Too Close To Racers In Lucern Valley Off-Road Tragedy

Dave Conklin / Associated Press​Authorities said there were few limits on how close crowds could be as off-road racers zoomed by at Saturday's deadly California 200 race that saw eight spectators perish when a prerunner-type Ford Ranger truck flipped into the audience. " ... There are no deli ... More >>

THE MOUTH THAT ROARED

Fast Food: Talking Food with IndyCar Driver E.J. Viso

And now, an entirely different meaning for fast food. With this weekend marking the annual Long Beach Grand Prix, it seemed like a good time to find out what an open wheel racer eats. Meet driver E.J. Viso. Now in his third year in the Indy Racing League, the 25 year-old from Caracas, Venezula, h ... More >>

Hot Rod and Race Car Exhibit

RADIO GOO-GOO

Can You Hear Me Now!

Los Angeles Film Fest: Hot Rods and Fast Times

Get your motor running with LAFF's auto stimulus package

Ultra-Sexy BIG INTERNATIONAL EVENT

Auto Art

WORN OUT: What Real Girls Can Learn From Drag Queens

It's been a wonderfully wiggy/winky week in LA, but last night's bash at World of Wonder gallery for Rupaul's new TV reality competition Drag Race, definitely took the (pan)cake.  Above, babes in line for RuPaul's Drag Race bash. Dresscode: color, sparkle and fake hair with flair.

Cinnamon

Skid Row Staph

Murder On the Last Turn

Mickey Thompson was a renowned race-car driver and promoter. Mike Goodwin was the brash, egocentric creator of motocross. They became business partners. Then all hell broke loose.

Zoom Zoom

Cars quickens the pulse, stops to smell the roses

Let’s Go for a Ride!

Car culture on Pacific rims

Drag Princess

Mendy Fry, the nitro-burning CPA

Nitro Power

The Joy of Eating Dust

Step Into Liquid’s Dana Brown surfs the dunes

NASCAR Country

Southern California, that is

Black Sheep on the Head of a Pin

Why they won’t let badass batteries out of the pen

The Electric Battery Acid Test

A Sense of Place

'The Gilmore Island,' 1914–1940s

Hang On

Let’s not do away with the summer ritual of drag racing

Days of Plunder

The life and fast times of Don Simpson