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Belle Isle Race to Continue for Three More Years
Under the terms of the agreement, the Grand Prix will return to its home on Belle Isle for three more years beginning in 2019, with an option for extending the agreement two additional years through 2023. Continue reading
Rain Shortens Fourth Annual Roadkill Nights – Street-legal Drag Racing on Woodward Avenue
A total of 128 street-legal cars were on a specially prepped 1/8-mile drag strip on Woodward Avenue between Rapid Street and South Boulevard to compete in high-powered drag racing for cash prizes. Heavy rains ended the races early, so 16 total finalists split $20,000 in cash prizes. Continue reading
Ford to Unveil New Model During Woodward Dream Cruise Tomorrow. Mustang NASCAR Cup Edition Coming?
This remains ‘Merican pavement pulverizing territory. The burnt rubber on Woodward avenue in the run up to the Dream Cruise with the prelude of Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge at the MI Concourse just off Woodward in Pontiac are just the latest examples. With American passenger cars now an endangered species, the pony cars thrive. I’ll wager the Mustang is the last passenger car assembled by FMC after the crossover tidal wave finishes washing though the auto industry and it wrestles with connect and self-driving vehicles. Continue reading
Lamborghini in GTD, Ford in LMGT Earn Firsts at Lime Rock
Both Ford GTs are now in a tense points battle with Corvette Racing with four races remaining. Mueller and Hand unofficially now have 208 points in a Ford, with Garcia and Magnussen a point behind with 207 in the C7.R Corvette and Briscoe and Westbrook one point further back with 206. Continue reading
Posted in performance, racing, results
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, GTD Racing, imsa, Lime Rock, LMGT, Northeastern Grand Prix
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First GT Only IMSA Race Saturday at Lime Rock
The fast and constricted track should have the IMSA GTD cars turning sub 60-second lap times around the 1.4-mile, 7-turn circuit comprised of one left hand turn and six right handers. Continue reading
Modest Tweaks for 2019 Durango and Dodge Line
“The Durango is our three-row Charger of the SUV segment, delivering uncompromised utility, advanced technology, class-leading towing and driving range, confident driving dynamics and aggressive styling,” said Steve Beam, Continue reading
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Le Mans 2018 – Wrecks, Pit Stops, Safety Car – Pick Winners. Toyota Finally Wins P1 After Years of Breakdowns with a Record 388 Laps.
Toyota Gazoo Racing claimed a 1-2 result, with Fernando Alonso winning at his debut at one of the world’s most famous endurance races. The Spaniard – who together with Kazuki Nakajima and Sébastien Buemi – drove hard throughout the 24 hours in this second round of the FIA WEC Super Season. Continue reading
Posted in news analysis, performance, racing
Tagged autoinformed.com, fia, imsa, Ken Zino, Le Mans 2018, SMP Racing, toyota le mans
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Active Damping Controls Ride on 2019 Ford Raptor
As with generations of cars before Raptor, electronics allow for increasing sophisticated and complicated algorithms that – when working properly – add refinement that was once impossible with mechanical set-ups. Continue reading
Posted in new vehicle, performance
Tagged autoinformed.com, f-150, Ford Raptor, Fox Racing Shox, Ken Zino, Off-road racing, Recaro, Trail Control
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70 Years Porsche Sports Cars at Retro Classics
The Porsche Museum is celebrating “70 years of the Porsche sports car” at this year’s Retro Classics exhibition on March 22–25, 2018, at the Messe Stuttgart trade fair center. Continue reading
Posted in engineering, marketing, milestones, news analysis, performance, racing, shows and events
Tagged 70 years of the Porsche sports car, 911, 944 Turbo Cabriolet, autoinformed.com, Dirk Werner, Hans Herrmann and Kurt Ahrens, Ken Zino, Le Mans 1986, Le Mans long-distance race in 1986, Marc Lieb, Messe Stuttgart trade fair center, orsche Track Experience, Porsche 961, Porsche Museum, Porsche Type 915, Retro Classics, Walter Röhrl
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2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio $80,000+!
Assembled by Alfa Romeo workers at the Cassino plant in Italy, the all-new 2018 Stelvio is claimed to be a premium mid-size SUV for driving enthusiasts that stands out in one of the largest and fastest growing segments in the U.S., and as noted globally. Continue reading
Posted in marketing, new vehicle, performance, prices
Tagged Alfa Romeo Stelvio, autoinformed.com, Crossover SUVs, Ken Zino, premium SUVs
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Cigarette Racing 515 Project ONE Debuts with Mercedes-AMG
Mercedes-AMG and Cigarette Racing are showing the latest iteration of toys for the rich from the Miami-based boat manufacturer at the Miami Boat (Boast?) show that just opened. Designed from the sea bottom up using the “latest technology,” the Cigarette … Continue reading
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Corvette ZR1 Sets Lap Record at VIR
Reuss once kicked the author’s butt at a closed track in New York State. It’s surprising when the president of an auto company appears at a race track to drive a car he worked on as an engineer. It’s embarrassing, though, when he’s as fast, well frankly faster, than any hot shoe out there. Continue reading
California Air Resources Board Fines JEGS Automotive $1.7m
The California Air Resources Board today announced that JEGS Automotive Inc. will pay $1,700,500 to resolve violations of anti-pollution laws related to the sales and marketing of illegal aftermarket performance parts in California. The penalty is the largest in CARB … Continue reading
Kittens, Err, Tigers Visit NAIAS
The Tigers are coming off a dreadful 2017 season, winning 64, losing 98, for 5th place in the AL Central; Chevrolet had mediocre one, too. Continue reading
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Back End of IMSA Season at VIR This Weekend
With three races left on the 2018 schedule starting with this Sunday’s two-hour, 40-minute Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway, it’s officially “go for the juglar time” in the championship. For Magnussen and Garcia, who co-drive the No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, their chief competition for the title has been the pair of entries from Ford Chip Ganassi Racing. Continue reading →