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Catch up on the latest stories, features, and headlines about the DART Car Project. For media inquiries or interview requests, reach out to us.

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F1 Miami 2025: Guide on where to eat, play and stay for the Grand Prix

April 25, 2025

Hollywood and the racing community are revving up to once again gear up for F1 Miami Grand Prix. Page Six will be on-site at the Miami International Autodrome and nearby…

Autoweek

Ranks of Women in Motorsports Are Growing Fast

April 23, 2025

My mother was a doctor, just like my father. On some weekends, though, when dad went racing, she became something else. On those days, she was his pit crew, rolling…

Resident Magazine

DART Car Ignites the Track: A Groundbreaking Intersection of Fine Art and Female-Driven Motorsports

April 22, 2025

Under the roar of a McLaren Artura GT4 and the shimmer of rhinestone-studded design, the Driven Artists Racing Team—DART Car—made a striking debut with a mission that transcends the racetrack.…

The Gentlemen Racer

Fast Women, Faster Art: How DART Car Is Reimagining The Race Track As A Canvas For Change

April 21, 2025

When a McLaren Artura GT4 streaked down the straight at Sonoma Raceway this spring, it wasn’t just vying for position—it will be declaring a cultural revolution. This machine, draped in…

Resident Magazine

Top 13 Formula 1 Miami Events You Can’t Miss in 2025

April 21, 2025

April 21st, 2025 – As the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix shifts the city into overdrive, the buzz extends far beyond the track. Race Week has evolved into a full-scale…

The Guardian

‘Women are better at weighing the risks and rewards’: Aurora Straus on blazing a trail for female racers

April 12, 2025

When the race car driver Aurora Straus first began competing professionally aged 16, she was the only female racer on the tracks in North America. Unsurprisingly, her entry into the…

Racers Behind the Helmet

DART project makes GT4 America debut with Aurora Straus and Zoë Barry securing class Top-5 in Sonoma

April 1, 2025

At the wheel of the DART Car, a new women-led motorsports team that brings together motorsport and contemporary art, Aurora Straus and Zoë Barry kicked off their 2025 Pirelli GT4…

KTVU TV Interview Eventing Story

Female racing duo launches initiative to empower women in motorsports, art

March 26, 2025

Aurora Straus and Zoë Barry, co-founders of the DART Car team, are making history by combining motorsports and fine art to empower women in both fields.

KTVU TV Interview

DART car launches this weekend at Sonoma Raceway

March 26, 2025

TPC Racing and The Driven Artists Racing Team, or DART, will debut the number 44 car this weekend at the Sonoma Raceway. The debuting DART car project is a female…

GT-4 America

TPC Racing and DART Car Debut McLaren Artura GT4 at Sonoma

March 26, 2025

TPC Racing and the Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car) debut the No. 44 DART Car/TPC Racing McLaren Artura GT4 this weekend at Sonoma Raceway with team co-drivers Zoë Barry…

Sportscar 365

Barry, Straus to Lead DART Car Initiative in TPC McLaren GT4

March 26, 2025

TPC Racing and the Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car) will debut the No. 44 McLaren Artura GT4 this weekend at Sonoma Raceway with co-drivers Zoe Barry and Aurora Straus…

Whitewall

The Driven Artist Racing Team—DART—Taps Mickalene Thomas

March 14, 2025

A Mickalene Thomas work moving at a speed of up to 200 miles per hours, driven by racer car drivers who happen to be women, commands attention. The Driven Artist…

GT-4 America

Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car) Debuts as Female-Led Racing Team Co-Founded by Zoë Barry, Spring McManus, and Aurora Straus

March 13, 2025

Entrepreneur Zoë Barry, art advisor Spring McManus, and award-winning professional racecar driver Aurora Straus announce the launch of their new initiative Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car), a female-led, mission-driven…

Observer

A Mickalene Thomas-Designed McLaren Artura GT4 Is Poised to Hit the Track

March 10, 2025

What do the worlds of motorsports and fine art have in common? According to entrepreneur Zoë Barry, art advisor Spring McManus and racecar driver Aurora Straus—the founders of a new initiative aimed at…

The Art Newspaper

Mickalene Thomas is bringing the glam to motorsport

March 6, 2025

The US artist Mickalene Thomas is having a moment with a solo show at London’s Hayward Gallery (All About Love, until 5 May) and an unusual new commission: a custom…

Culture Type

Mickalene Thomas Designed a Custom Race Car Wrap for DART Car, a Female-Led Pro Motorsports Team

March 2, 2025

ART THAT CELEBRATES BLACK WOMEN is hitting the professional racing circuit. Mickalene Thomas designed a custom wrap for a McLaren Artura GT4 race car. The commission was announced by Driven…

Juxtapoz

Mickalene Thomas Creates Design for DART Car’s Custom McLaren Racecar

February 24, 2025

We love a good custom car design here at Juxtapoz, and this one caught our eye this past week. DART Car, the Driven Artists Racing Team, debuted their team and…

Say Who

Mickalene Thomas x DART Car: Art in Motion

February 17, 2025

Art Cars first appeared in the early 1970s, thanks to Hervé Poulain—from whom we have taken these archives. This now-retired French racing driver had an ingenious idea, to invite artists…

Stupid Dope

Mickalene Thomas and DART Car Bring Art to the Fast Lane with a Custom McLaren Artura GT4

February 17, 2025

In a groundbreaking fusion of high-speed performance and contemporary art, the Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car) has enlisted acclaimed American artist Mickalene Thomas to design a striking custom wrap…

Hypebeast

Mickalene Thomas Revvs Up DART Car’s Custom McLaren

February 14, 2025

The Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car) tapped American artist Mickalene Thomas to design a custom wrap for their debut McLaren Artura GT4 race car, making the launch of the…

Artsy

Mickalene Thomas designs race car for female-led motorsport team.

February 13, 2025

American artist Mickalene Thomas has designed a motorsport car for the feminist arts and racing initiative Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car). This women-led initiative will debut with a McLaren…