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Harvick in a Chevy Decaled Racer takes Phoenix  

Harvick won in a spec racer by a hundredth of a second, the closest finish in NASCAR Sprint Cup History. This was Harvick’s 500th consecutive series start, as one of only by 14 others throughout the history of NASCAR. The difference is now they basically driving the same cars with decals determining brand in what has become the pro-wrestling of motorosports. Continue reading

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Juan Pablo Montoya Wins St. Petersburg for Penske

It is the second year in a row Montoya has won this race. Continue reading

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Cadillac’s O’Connell, Cooper 1-2 at Circuit of the Americas

Johnny O’Connell, driver of the #3 Cadillac ATS-V.R, wins Sunday on 6 March 2016 during the second of two weekend Pirelli World Challenge GT Series Championship Continue reading

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Mazda Takes Three Class Wins at Circuit of the Americas

After the season opening double-header for the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, Mazda showed three class wins, eight podium finishes, and three pole positions. Continue reading

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Dale Earnhardt Jr Wins the first of two NASCAR Sprint Cup Can-Am Duel Races

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NASCAR, Mack Trucks Announce Multi-Year Decal Deal

The trucks will be equipped with a 505-horsepower, 13-liter Mack MP8 engine, a so called mDRIVE automated manual transmission and GuardDog Connect telematics system that big brother like monitors the truck’s performance, alerting customers to “potential concerns.” Continue reading

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Chevrolet Wins Pro Stock at Winternationals in Pomona

Greg Anderson, driver of the Summit Racing Equipment / KB Racing Pro Stock Chevrolet Camaro SS lines-up to race his KB Racing teammate Jason Line, during the finals of the NHRA Winternationals Sunday 14 February 2016 at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California. Anderson won the race, his sixth Winternationals win and the 79th of his career. Continue reading

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Toyota GAZOO Racing Back in Rally, Endurance, NASCAR

In WEC, 2016 will see the debut of the new Toyota TS050 Hybrid race vehicle, with which the team will aim to recapture the series championship and achieve its first win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans this June. Continue reading

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Lamborghini Runs Out of Fuel. Audi Takes GTD at Daytona

In a nail biting GTD finale of the Daytona 24 Hours Magnus Racing produced an Audi victory. This was the second GT class victory for an Audi Sport customer racing team at the endurance race in Florida since 2013. Audi … Continue reading

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Chevrolet Corvette C.7R Wins 24 Hours of Daytona

The #4 Chevrolet Corvette Racing C7.R, driven by Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Marcel Fässler wins in the GTLM class at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Continue reading

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Scott Pruett Is 2016 Phil Hill Award Winner from RRDC

Scott Pruett, 55, received the 2016 Phil Hill Award from Road Racing Drivers Club president Bobby Rahal last night in Daytona before competing the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the season opener. Pruett has a record 60 victories in IMSA competition. Continue reading

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Volkswagen One-Two at Rally Monte Carlo

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (F/F) won the Rally Monte Carlo on Sunday. It was the 33rd career win for Ogier, and three years in a row that Ogier took the top spot. Their team-mates Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jæger (N/N) finished … Continue reading

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Ford GT Drivers Named for World Endurance Championship

The intention is for the two endurance racing teams to come together in June for a four-car effort at arguably the most famous endurance race in the world, the Le Mans 24 Hours, fifty years after Ford’s historic 1-2-3 finish in France. Continue reading

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Latest Le Mans Bound Audi R18 Debuts

At the financially challenged VW Group, Audi and Porsche will each compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours, the WEC season’s most famous event, with only two instead of three cars. Continue reading

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Toyota Tundra Driver Erik Jones Wins Truck Championship

Toyota Tundra driver Erik Jones captured the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver’s championship during the last NASCAR race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Jones took his first-career title by 15 points over second-place Tundra driver Tyler Reddick by winning three races this season at Iowa, Canada and Texas. Continue reading

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