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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
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
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
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
Kyle Busch Wins First NASCAR Sprint Cup Title for Toyota
Busch earned his first-career Sprint Cup Series title by one point over second-place driver Kevin Harvick in his No. 18 Camry by finishing highest among the championship contenders in the final round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Continue reading
Porsche Dominates Endurance Racing During 2015
Porsche had a strong season with the overall victory at the 24 Hours in Le Mans, the Manufacturers’ World Championship earned at the penultimate round in Shanghai, the drivers’ World Championship in Bahrain. Continue reading
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Chevrolet Victorious at Texas Motor Speedway
Jimmie Johnson in #48 Lowe’s SS, wins his second 2015 Texas victory at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Continue reading
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SEMA Debut for 2016 Cobra Jet Mustang
Ford Performance reveals the 2016 Cobra Jet Mustang today at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas, marking the newest iteration of the limited-edition racecar. Continue reading
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New Corvette Z06 C7.R Debuts at SEMA
The donor car is Corvette’s Z06 with its LT4 supercharged 6.2L V-8 engine – SAE-certified at 650 horsepower (485 kW) at 6,400 rpm and 650 lb.-ft. of torque (881 Nm) at 3,600 rpm – making it the most powerful production car ever from General Motors Continue reading
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Department of Ho Hum – NASCAR 2016 Rules
Decals will be used to create the illusion of different make racecars. Continue reading
Team Chevy Rodeo Begins
Chevrolet is hiring professional rodeo stars Tuf Cooper, Fallon Taylor, Richmond Champion, Luke Branquinho and Travis Graves, calling them Team Chevy Rodeo. Continue reading
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Renault Group to buy Lotus F1 Team
Yes, the French are buying a storied British team. Continue reading
Can-Am Killer Porsche
Mark Donohue is – perhaps and arguably – most famous as the driver of the 1500 horsepower (that Porsche admitted to) Can-Am Killer Porsche 917-30. Continue reading
Jeff Gordon Sets NASCAR Record
Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS, set a record of 789 consecutive Sprint Cup Series starts this Sunday Continue reading
