Category Archives: racing

Chevrolet Camaro Performance Parts Released

Posted on 7 October 2013 by Ken Zino

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

Posted on 21 August 2013 by Ken Zino

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

Posted on 21 August 2013 by Ken Zino

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

Posted on 18 August 2013 by Ken Zino

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

Posted on 16 August 2013 by Ken Zino

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

Posted on 11 August 2013 by Ken Zino

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

Posted on 8 August 2013 by Ken Zino

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

Posted on 8 August 2013 by Ken Zino

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

Posted on 5 August 2013 by Ken Zino

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

Posted on 30 July 2013 by Ken Zino

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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Acura NSX Prototype at Mid-Ohio Race in August

Posted on 25 July 2013 by Ken Zino

Acura today released a photo of a prototype NSX sports car, and said that the running two-seater will take to the racetrack just prior to the Honda Indy 200 IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio on 4 August. NBC Sports will broadcast the race live. Continue reading →

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Honda Returns to Formula One Racing in 2015

Posted on 15 July 2013 by Ken Zino

Honda Motor will establish a European satellite racing operation in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom in preparation for its return to the Formula One World Championship after a seven-year hiatus in 2015. Continue reading →

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Renault Revives Alpine with First Le Mans Entry in 35 Years

Posted on 16 March 2013 by Ken Zino

Last November, Renault said it will revive the long defunct Alpine brand with the creation of the Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham. While the first new Alpine is expected go on sale in 2016, the publicity machine is already in full operation. Continue reading →

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Nissan to Return to Le Mans in 2014 as Garage 56 Entry

Posted on 11 March 2013 by Ken Zino

In 2012, a number 0 Nissan Delta Wing ran at the world’s most famous endurance race from the same unclassified Garage 56 spot. The real Japanese racers that were closely watched at Le Mans last year were a pair of Toyota hybrids, which ran in the fastest LMP1 class but lost to Audi. Continue reading →

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U.S. Sues Lance Armstrong for False Racing Sponsorship Claims

Posted on 22 February 2013 by Ken Zino

From 1996 through 2004, the USPS sponsored a professional cycling team owned by Tailwind and its predecessors. Between 2001 and 2004 alone, the Postal Service paid $31 million in sponsorship fees. (Imagine how much could be recovered only the Justice Department went after its friends at the Wall Street firms, banks and ratings agencies that cost taxpayers billions upon billions of dollars because of false claims in the sub-prime mortgage business.)
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