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2015 One Lap Of America At Corvette Museum May 8th

2015 One Lap Of America At Corvette Museum May 8th

About The One Lap of America Created by Brock Yates (a longtime presence on the Car and Driver masthead) and popularized by the movie Cannonball Run, the Tire Rack One Lap of America Presented by Grassroots Motorsports Magazine is a modern iteration of the Cannonball Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash of 1970. Tod ... Continue reading

2015 Acura TLX 3.5 SH-AWD w/Advance Package Review and Acura Racing Experience +VIDEO By Carey Russ

2015 Acura TLX 3.5 SH-AWD w/Advance Package Review and Acura Racing Experience +VIDEO By Carey Russ

2015 Acura TLX 3.5 SH-AWD Advance Review and Acura Racing Experience By Carey Russ ... Continue reading

2016 Nissan GT-R - Specs, Prices, Comparisons

2016 Nissan GT-R - Specs, Prices, Comparisons

2016 Nissan GT-R - Specs, Prices, Comparisons the 2016 Nissan GT-R supercar, which is on sale now at select Nissan dealers in the United States. Prices* for the three 2016 GT-R models remains unchanged from last year, despite several significant enhancements, including: Additional five horsepower for the GT-R Premium a ... Continue reading

MOTORAMA Custom Car & Motorsports Expo March 13, 14 & 15, 2015 at Toronto's International Centre

MOTORAMA Custom Car & Motorsports Expo March 13, 14 & 15, 2015 at Toronto's International Centre

TORONTO, ON (CANADA) • Inside Track Communications – publishers of Inside Track Motorsport News, Inside Motorcycles, MX & Off-Road and the producer of the Canadian Motorsports Expo – is now the owner / promoter of the traditional hot rod / classic car / motorsports show held in mid-March at Toronto’ ... Continue reading

MINI Goes Gran Turismo®6

MINI Goes Gran Turismo®6

Munich February 25, 2015; Inspired by the brand's legendary motor racing success, the MINI Design Team has created the essence of a MINI to enable maximum racing performance in the game Gran Turismo®6 for PlayStation®3. "MINI has many highly emotional achievements to its name in motor racing. The MINI Clubman Vision ... Continue reading

1960 Abarth Monoposto Pininfarina Record Car

1960 Abarth Monoposto Pininfarina Record Car

After finding and photographing the Mercedes Gullwing in Cuba last summer, I did recently another great find which I was looking for for many years.1960 Abarth Monoposto Pininfarina ... Continue reading

2014 Ferrari 458 (HOT) Review - Not Your Average Italian Speciale

2014 Ferrari 458 (HOT) Review - Not Your Average Italian Speciale

By Nicholas Frankl Senior Editor and F1 correspondent The Auto Channel Maranello, Italy June 2014; Ferrari, in true and tested form, recently introduced a “hot” version of the 458. The “speciale” is both lighter and more powerful than the “ordinary” 458, packed with even more technological ... Continue reading

Race Central TV Joins The Auto Channel TV Network +VIDEO

Race Central TV Joins The Auto Channel TV Network +VIDEO

Veteran Racer-Sportscaster Kurt Hansen Hosts Weekly Award-Winning Show LOUISVILLE, KY - December 12, 2014: The Auto Channel is pleased to announce the addition of "Race Central TV" to the TACH-TV program schedule. "Race Central TV" is America's premier motor sports television show for all local, regional, national and ... Continue reading

A Hat-Trick of Chevrolet Performance Models

A Hat-Trick of Chevrolet Performance Models

By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_6636) About fifty miles west from our Nation’s Capital situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains are some wonderful and scenic driving roads that provide the opportunity to experience cars that are intended to be driven hard. A beauti ... Continue reading

707 HP 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Gets 22 MPG- Wow!

707 HP 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Gets 22 MPG- Wow!

707 horses hurrying from its 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI® Hellcat V-8. Equipped with Chrysler Group’s segment-exclusive TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission, the new Challenger SRT Hellcat has earned a highway fuel-economy rating of 22 miles per gallon (mpg) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ... Continue reading

Michael Lewis Prepares For Historic Road America

Michael Lewis Prepares For Historic Road America

Historic Road America LThis race season, Michael Lewis has competed on some of America's historic road courses, and this week features another stellar track as the 2014 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama will visit Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Michael Lewis seeks another podium finish as the Com ... Continue reading

Vintage car racer Howard Katz named third recipient of Gorsline Cup

Vintage car racer Howard Katz named third recipient of Gorsline Cup

INDIANAPOLIS (June 6, 2014) - Vintage car racer Howard Katz was named the third recipient of The Gorsline Cup on June 5 at The Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Gorsline Cup is presented by Gorsline Company, the premier insurer of high-risk individuals, to a driver who best e ... Continue reading

Road America Unveils Plans for New Thunder Village

Road America Unveils Plans for New Thunder Village

Many of today's modern racetracks have everything the average racing enthusiast is looking for including new concession choices, entertainment venues, new corporate suites and even active garage areas where fans can watch their favorite teams and drivers or grab an occasional autograph. What most racetracks don't typic ... Continue reading

Ford GT 40 America's First and Last World Sports Car Champion at the Simeone Automotive Museum

Ford GT 40 America's First and Last World Sports Car Champion at the Simeone Automotive Museum

Ford Racing Legends World Sports Car Championship from 1966 to 1969. Shelby American Automobile Club Simeone Automotive Museum’s first 2014 event in its new Racing Legends Day series. ... Continue reading

U.S. Marine Sgt. Liam Dwyer to Drive Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5 in 2014

U.S. Marine Sgt. Liam Dwyer to Drive Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5 in 2014

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Liam Dwyer will be driving select rounds of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series with Tom Long in the No. 27 Mazda MX-5. ... Continue reading

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