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2014 Red Bull Renault Formula One Car Unveiled

The 2014 season is important for the future of the struggling sport, which could not fill the grids during 2013, because of two major rule changes on engine sizes and aerodynamics. Continue reading

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Chevrolet C7.R Corvette Racing at Daytona 24 Hours – January 2014

The Corvette C7.R, driven by Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Robin Liddell races to a fifth-place finish in the GT Le Mans class Sunday at Daytona. Continue reading

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New NASCAR Rules Announced. Let the Cheating Begin

NASCAR has a disjointed TV package split among networks, and a blue-collar fan base that remains severely hurt by the ongoing effects of the Great Recession and growing income inequality, which is leaving empty seats in its stands. Worse, in the one area that NASCAR can control, the racing is hardly that. Competition is limited, passing difficult or rare, and cars strung out. Ho-hum. Continue reading

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NASCAR Buys Faltering Iowa Speedway

Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, NASCAR said it purchased Iowa Speedway. The agreement for an unspecified amount departs from the usual France family practice of gathering racetracks under the semi-independent International Speedway Corporation that controls Daytona, Homestead, Talladega and Watkins Glen among other premier venues. Continue reading

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Nissan Le Mans Electric Racer Unveiled in Japan

Nissan the latest version of its electric racecar – Zeod RC – debuted today at the headquarters of Nissan’s performance arm, Nismo, in Yokohama. The initial prototype show car of the electric racer was revealed at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race. Today’s version showed changes with revamped styling, new cooling inlets and aerodynamic updates. Continue reading

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Chevrolet Camaro Performance Parts Released

Chevrolet Performance has released a large selection of factory-engineered performance parts and accessories for fifth-generation Camaro models, 2010 and newer. Many of these parts do not void the Camaro vehicle warranty if a Chevrolet dealer installs them, unlike aftermarket outlets. Continue reading

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Ferrari 458 Speciale Debuts at Frankfurt Motor Show

Ferrari debuts the 458 Speciale, a performance version of its already fast and technically sophisticated V8 powered 458 Italia and Spider models at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Continue reading

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Lexus, Acura, Nissan in 2014 Japanese Super GT500

The new cars are built based on the same chassis and aerodynamics specifications as Europe’s popular racing series, Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, aka DTM. With the Grand-Am in the United States planning to start a racing series aligned with the same specifications in the future, globalization of this motorsports series is about to occur by allowing inter-series racing with cars from different countries. Continue reading

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Corvette C7.R Debuts in a Sneak Peak at Monterey

A Corvette Racing C7.R made its first public appearance on Saturday at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion in California. Continue reading

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Honda Shows another Racing Version of Acura NSX Sports Car

Honda this morning unveiled an NSX Concept-GT that is destined for entry in the 2014 Super GT Series in Japan. This NSX complies with the regulations on GT500 vehicles regulated by the Japan Automobile Federation. Continue reading

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Keselowski Watkins Glen Win Prompts Hertz $22 Rental Deal

Hertz is offering race fans a $22 discount to celebrate this weekend’s Nascar win at Watkins Glen by defending Sprint Cup Champion Brad Keselowski. This was Keselowski’s first win in the Hertz Ford Mustang and his 18th Nationwide Series win driving the No. 22 for Penske Racing. Continue reading

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Audi Sport Racing Teams Key to Selling Street Machines

During a speech at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars, Audi of America President Scott Keogh claimed the culture infusing the Audi Sport racing teams is what’s needed mindset to establish luxury market edge. Whether true or not, there has been a 92% improvement in Audi U.S. sales since 2004. Continue reading

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Honda Prepares 2014 Endurance Racing Engines

Honda will field a factory team in Formula One, but will not compete directly in endurance racing against Toyota, which has been racing hybrid cars in the fastest most expensive P1 class for two years now against Audi, which has dominated endurance racing in recent years with diesel cars. Things will get more interesting when Porsche returns to endurance racing next year. This is not for the slow or under financed because there are competitive privateer teams from Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin and Chevrolet Corvette. Continue reading

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Prototype NSX Laps Mid-Ohio Race Track

A prototype Acura NSX lapped the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington before the running of the Honda Indy 200. The debut was a deliberate attempt to garner publicity in the state where the NSX is being developed and will … Continue reading

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Silverstone Classic – Record Crowds, Largest 911 Parade Lap

The 2013 Silverstone Classic claims to the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival now that the results are in. The three-day show this past weekend in the UK said attendance of 90,000, up from 83,500 in 2012 was a record. The 24 vintage races with 1113 historic racing cars covering nine decades of motorsports, also is claimed to be a new world record. Continue reading

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