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Save the date - Presentation of the 2021 Dakar

Save the date - Presentation of the 2021 Dakar

The first presentation of the 2021 Dakar in digital format. Go to www.dakar.com or www.facebook.com/dakar/ on Thursday 11 June starting at 12:30 French time You will discover an outline of the course and the new sporting features. ... Continue reading

TACH Automotive News Library Indexed By Single Topics (1993-2023)

TACH Automotive News Library Indexed By Single Topics (1993-2023)

Single Topic Automotive Content Index ... Continue reading

2020 HENNESSEY CORVETTE TESTED TO 205.1 MPH

2020 HENNESSEY CORVETTE TESTED TO 205.1 MPH

The team at Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) has a long history of testing their cars to over 200 mph. When the C7 Corvette was introduced in 2013, John Hennessey drove their modified Vette with 700 hp to a top speed of 200.6 mph – on a newly built Texas toll-road, the Grand Parkway, near Houston. ... Continue reading

Motorsport Flashback: NASCAR WCUP: Fans Mourn Loss Of Dale Earnhardt At Martinsville Speedway

Motorsport Flashback: NASCAR WCUP: Fans Mourn Loss Of Dale Earnhardt At Martinsville Speedway

Less than an hour after the news, they started filing into Martinsville Speedway. Some brought flowers. Some brought candles. All brought tears. For more than 24 hours now, they have been streaming into the track, some just slowly driving down Speedway Road and circling on out. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Wrap-up - A Digest Of Key Automotive News and Opinion Week Ending May 2, 2020

Nutson's Weekly Wrap-up - A Digest Of Key Automotive News and Opinion Week Ending May 2, 2020

Why Is The Sky Blue?; Auto Makers Still Blue; Ethanol Makers Dark Blue; Ford and GM Delays New Models and Cancels Others; Carless NYC; Drivers Speeding Along, 180MPH in a 70mph Zone...Ballsy; Car Buyers Delaying; MB Concours d'Zoom; NASCAR Hopeful; INDY500 July 4?; RIP Pony Man Gale Halderman . ... Continue reading

Happy Birthday Motorsport Legend Kurt Ahrens on his 80th birthday

Happy Birthday Motorsport Legend Kurt Ahrens on his 80th birthday

04/19/2020 Today the former Porsche works driver Kurt Ahrens celebrates his 80th birthday. Kurt Karl Heinrich “Kurti” Ahrens was born in Brunswick in 1940 as the son of the racing driver Kurt Ahrens senior. ... Continue reading

SPRING VINTAGE FESTIVAL WEEKEND FEATURING SVRA AT ROAD AMERICA POSTPONED

SPRING VINTAGE FESTIVAL WEEKEND FEATURING SVRA AT ROAD AMERICA POSTPONED

Road America announced today that it has been forced to postpone the Spring Vintage Festival Weekend featuring SVRA event scheduled for May 15-17 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. A new date for the event is under discussion and will be announced at a later time. ... Continue reading

Faster: How a Legendary Car and Driver Rene Dreyfus Beat Hitler’s Best

Faster: How a Legendary Car and Driver Rene Dreyfus Beat Hitler’s Best

How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best By Neal Bascom A pulse-pounding tale of triumph by an improbable team of upstarts over Hitler’s fearsome Silver Arrows during the golden age of auto racing. They were the unlikeliest of heroes. ... Continue reading

APPLICATIONS FOR AUDRAIN NEWPORT CONCOURS GOES ONLINE

APPLICATIONS FOR AUDRAIN NEWPORT CONCOURS GOES ONLINE

The Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week today opened registration online for cars looking to compete October 4th on the lawn of the historic and breathtaking Breakers mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Cars built prior to 1970 that exemplify the Concours core theme of “History, Luxury & Sport will all be considered. ... Continue reading

Nutson Automotive News Wrap-up Week Ending Febuary 1, 2020

Nutson Automotive News Wrap-up Week Ending Febuary 1, 2020

Volkswagen has kept its lead as the world's largest automaker over Toyota. Toyota said it sold 10.74 million vehicles in 2019 compared to VW's 10.97 million. ... Continue reading

Henny Hemmes Champion Race Driver, Automotive Journalist and Our Friend Passed Away in 2019 - Rust Zacht Henny Rust Zacht

Henny Hemmes Champion Race Driver, Automotive Journalist and Our Friend Passed Away in 2019 - Rust Zacht Henny Rust Zacht

Louisville, KY May 2, 2019; It is with great sadness and tears that I am reporting that Henny Hemmes, our friend, collegue, mentor, teacher and creative partner has passed away. Henny was always more than a journalist to all of us here at The Auto Channel, she was a real hero...a pioneer in women's rights who used her ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Junior Johnson: A Legend on and off the Track

NASCAR WCUP: Junior Johnson: A Legend on and off the Track

Junior Johnson: A Legend on and off the Track ... Continue reading

"FORD v FERRARI" Hollywood Premiere

"FORD v FERRARI" Hollywood Premiere

Academy Award®-winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in FORD v FERRARI, inspired by the remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal dem ... Continue reading

2019 Japanese Grand Prix - Formula One

2019 Japanese Grand Prix - Formula One

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport the first team in Formula One history to win both titles six times in a row Valtteri claimed his sixth victory in Formula One, his third of the 2019 season and first at the Japanese Grand Prix Lewis finished the race in P3 claiming an additional point for the fastest lap – his fourth ... Continue reading

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2019: Driving premiere of the Mercedes-Benz SSKL streamlined racing car

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2019: Driving premiere of the Mercedes-Benz SSKL streamlined racing car

Mercedes-Benz Classic makes the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance (15 to 18 August 2019) a highlight in the “125 Years of Motorsport” anniversary year: the reconstructed Mercedes-Benz SSKL streamlined racing car from 1932 can be experienced at the top-class classic car event in California for the first time on the ... Continue reading

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