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McLaren Automotive today showed the McLaren Solus GT, the realization of a concept car from the screens of virtual racing+ into what is now described as an “extreme expression of track driving engagement that will exhilarate in the real world.”
That virtual-to-reality world is tiny. A special commission for just 25 customers with all cars already sold. The single-seat, closed-cockpit track car was unveiled during Monterey Car Week in California by Michael Leiters, McLaren Automotive Chief Executive Officer. (AutoInformed:Rolex 24 – Cold Beginning to Start a Sizzling Racing Season)
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IndyCar: Rain Soaked Bommarito 500 Goes to Chevy
This was Newgarden’s third straight victory at this 1.25-mile oval.
Josef Newgarden won the rain-interrupted Bommarito Automotive Group 500 late Saturday night at World Wide Technology Raceway. This moved him closer to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship lead. Newgarden, from Nashville, Tennessee, drove to his series-leading fifth victory of the season in the No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet by 0.4708 of a second over rookie David Malukas, whose brilliant charge – as threatening as the lightning that rag-flagged show – after the race restarted in the No. 18 HMD Honda finished second – a career-best.
The Race distance is 260 laps, but the rain delay made it a 213-lap race in daylight, followed by a 47-lap all-out dash under the lights. When the race resumed at 9:05 p.m. local time, track conditions had changed significantly because of the rain-cleaned asphalt. There was better adhesion with lower temperatures after sundown. The race was a contest of strategies as well as drivers and teams. Continue reading →