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Air Dates Announced for Pirelli World Challenge Broadcasts on MAVTV

Air Dates Announced for Pirelli World Challenge Broadcasts on MAVTV

The air dates for the re-broadcast of 2013 Pirelli World Challenge season races on MAVTV has been announced. The first broadcast, scheduled for January 2, 2014, will show GT/GTS Rounds 1 and 2 from St. Petersburg, Florida. On November 18, MAVTV signed an agreement with WC Vision to re-broadcast Pirelli World Challenge ... Continue reading

LA Auto Show: Complete Shelby Press Conference +VIDEO

LA Auto Show: Complete Shelby Press Conference +VIDEO

Shelby American Brings Back Iconic Shelby GT for 2014 with World-Class Power and Performance ... Continue reading

Mercer Takes Exciting Sports 2000 SCCA National Championship

Mercer Takes Exciting Sports 2000 SCCA National Championship

Mark Mercer, of Aurora, Colo., earned his third Sports Car Club of America National Championship, winning Sports 2000 at the 50th SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®. Bart Wolf, of Elkhart Lake, Wis., and David Doran, of Cincinnati, Ohio, completed the top three at Road America. With planned changes in the Sports Ra ... Continue reading

Motorcycles and Moss At the Simeone

Motorcycles and Moss At the Simeone

The fifth annual Classic Motorcycle Show at the Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia ... Continue reading

Lucas Oil Owned MAVTV Motorsports Network Adds Execs

Lucas Oil Owned MAVTV Motorsports Network Adds Execs

Corona, CA August 21, 2013; Bob Patison, President of MAVTV American Real announces executive team expansion in the key areas of production, marketing, and distribution for the Lucas Oil owned network. "We are already on-air in 27 million households and targeting 50 million households," says Patison. "We are determined ... Continue reading

Honda Unveils the NSX CONCEPT-GT Designated for Entry in the 2014 SUPER GT Series GT500 Class

Honda Unveils the NSX CONCEPT-GT Designated for Entry in the 2014 SUPER GT Series GT500 Class

Tokyo, Aug 16, 2013; Honda has unveiled the NSX CONCEPT-GT, a racing machine designated for entry in the GT500 class of the 2014 SUPER GT Series* Round 5 "2013 AUTOBACS SUPER GT" at Suzuka Circuit. The NSX CONCEPT-GT is a dedicated racing vehicle based on the NSX Concept, the next-generation super sports model that mad ... Continue reading

575 HP 2014 BMW M5 On-Track Review By Dutch FIA Champion Henny Hemmes

575 HP 2014 BMW M5 On-Track Review By Dutch FIA Champion Henny Hemmes

First Drive: 2014 BMW M5 with Competition Package By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel CASCAIS, Portugal, July 22, 2013; After the track test with the BMW 4 Series Coupe, there was another car to be driven on the Estoril Circuit. I got behind the wheel of the most powerful M5 so far. In the pits, BMW ... Continue reading

Ferrari Club of America At Road America August 1, 2013

Ferrari Club of America At Road America August 1, 2013

The Ferrari Club of America (FCA) has announced that its upcoming meet at Elkhart Lake's Road America, August 1-4, will include a public, internationally recognized FCA Concours d' Elegance. Elkhart Lake Wisconsin is an ideal destination for car lovers and racing enthusiasts because it is a revered place in the annals ... Continue reading

SSCA Mazda MX-5 Series Results July 20, 2013

SSCA Mazda MX-5 Series Results July 20, 2013

Szymczak Scores First Mazda MX-5 Cup Career Win at CTMP Jul. 20, 2013 - BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - Christian Szymczak, of Palos Verdes, Calif., took the win in Saturday’s Round Seven of the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. John Dean, of Sebring, Fla., came home second, followed by ... Continue reading

Maserati Trofeo MC World Series, Silverstone, Races 2-3

Maserati Trofeo MC World Series, Silverstone, Races 2-3

Silverstone (UK), 14 July 2013 – Renaud Kuppens, from Konvex Motorsport, has collected the first title of the 2013 Maserati Trofeo MC World Series. Competing at Silverstone, the prize is awarded to the driver who tops the standings at the end of the three European rounds. This weekend's meet comes after the rounds ... Continue reading

Mullin Automotive Museum to Debut 1930 G.A.R. at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

Mullin Automotive Museum to Debut 1930 G.A.R. at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE, AUGUST 18 G.A.R. Nearly-Forgotten Marque to Enter European Classic Class A rarely-seen marque, the G.A.R. name was derived from the first three letters of its founder's surname, Gardahaut. Crafted in small numbers in the Parisian suburb of Asnières, the 1930 G.A.R. B5 Roadster was an ... Continue reading

Honda 2013 Pikes Peak Race Results

Honda 2013 Pikes Peak Race Results

06/30/2013 - Pikes Peak, CO Circuit: Pikes Peak Highway (12.42-mile, 156-turn hill climb) Pikes Peak, CO Weather: Frequent rain showers, fog and low clouds, light snow at high altitude; 78-45 degrees F Honda Pikes Peak Results: Ps. Class Driver / Rider Vehicle Time Notes Motorcycles: 1. Pikes Peak 450 Jeff Tigert Honda ... Continue reading

A TRIBUTE TO CHRIS ECONOMAKI' at IMRRC JUNE 15

A TRIBUTE TO CHRIS ECONOMAKI' at IMRRC JUNE 15

A TRIBUTE TO CHRIS ECONOMAKI' at IMRRC JUNE 15 WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 10, 2013) - The achievements of Chris Economaki, the late dean of American motorsports, will be celebrated on Saturday, June 15, at the International Motor Racing Research Center. The free talk, part of the on-going Center Conversations speaker ser ... Continue reading

MAZDA WINS AGAIN WITH SKYACTIV-D CLEAN DIESEL

MAZDA WINS AGAIN WITH SKYACTIV-D CLEAN DIESEL

DETROIT, June 1, 2013 -- The breakthrough victory was just a few weeks ago at Road Atlanta. Now, the Mazda team backed it up with another win, this time in the Motor City. Joel Miller and Tristan Nunez drove the #00 Visit Florida Racing SKYACTIV-D Clean Diesel Mazda6 to the GRAND-AM GX class win. Miller made the pass f ... Continue reading

O'Connell, Wilkins Win Poles for Saturday's Pirelli World Challenge race at Belle Isle

O'Connell, Wilkins Win Poles for Saturday's Pirelli World Challenge race at Belle Isle

O'Connell, Wilkins Win Poles for Saturday's Pirelli World Challenge race at Belle Isle DETROIT (May 31, 2013) - Johnny O'Connell, of Flowery Branch, Ga., and Mark Wilkins, of Toronto, will lead their respective classes to green Saturday, after scoring the Motul Pole Awards for Round Six of the Pirelli World Challenge i ... Continue reading

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