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Thoughts From 2014 Monaco GP - The Race, The Prince and Princess, The Drivers, The Yachts

Thoughts From 2014 Monaco GP - The Race, The Prince and Princess, The Drivers, The Yachts

By Nicholas Frankl Senior Editor and Motorsports Correspondent The Auto Channel Formula 1 Racing Desk Heading into Montreal, the F1 family has barely had time to recover since a fabulous and glamorous Monaco GP. After 72 years, this race is simply the greatest racing pageant and to behold the billions of dollars of sup ... Continue reading

72nd Monaco Grand Prix Sidebar

72nd Monaco Grand Prix Sidebar

Nicholas Frankl Senior Editor and Motorsports Correspondent The Auto Channel Formula 1 Racing Desk Monaco May 22, 2014; So the 72nd Monaco Grand Prix is upon us. Without doubt still the jewel in the crown of global motorsport. The port is oversold with $3 Billion + of yachts moored in berths that cost more than $200,00 ... Continue reading

Nicholas Frankl: F1 Thoughts and Reports

Nicholas Frankl: F1 Thoughts and Reports

By Nicholas Frankl Senior Editor F1 Desk The Auto Channel Malaysia proved a couple of things to us. The local audiences and “fans” in general and especially at the “new races” aren't really of any interest and play little if any significance to F1 racing today except “getting in the way” a ... Continue reading

Nicholas Frankl's F1 Insider Report

Nicholas Frankl's F1 Insider Report

The start of the 2014 F1 season, and the FIA remake of the top level of world Motorsports, went very much as predicted by the results of winter testing. The teams like Mercedes that completed most laps performed well and appear to have an enviable performance advantage over the ones that failed in testing like Lotus / ... Continue reading

The New Season Begins - Nicholas Frankl 2014 F1 Preview

The New Season Begins - Nicholas Frankl 2014 F1 Preview

Nicholas Frankl Senior Editor Formula 1 Racing Desk With the new season upon us I am just glad I don’t have to commentate on the BBC or Sky TV any more. With all the new regulations –most of which few people can comprehend good luck to my colleagues who will have to go into the intricacies of the engine, the ... 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

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

2014 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR - Tommi Mäkinen’s Daily Driver

2014 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR - Tommi Mäkinen’s Daily Driver

The 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR is chock full of fun and performance Review By Larry Nutson By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel ( I like to think of myself as a driving enthusiast. In my younger years I certainly was more so than I am now. However, I still like the adrenalin rush of ... Continue reading

"Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500" Unveiled

"Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500" Unveiled

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Nissan Motorsports International Co., Ltd. (NISMO) today unveiled the new-for-2014 rules' compliant GT500-class spec SUPER GT machine, the "Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500.” From 2014, cars in the GT500 class of SUPER GT will be developed based on the same new technical re ... 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

Former "Paperboy" Chris Economaki Named Third Squier-Hall Award Recipient

Former "Paperboy" Chris Economaki Named Third Squier-Hall Award Recipient

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 6, 2013) — Known for more than 50 years as the “Dean of American Motorsports,” the late journalist and broadcaster Chris Economaki has been named the third recipient of the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence. Economaki will be honored during NASCAR Hall of Fame Induct ... 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

Texas' Circuit of the America's FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES selected "Sports Event of the Year"

Texas' Circuit of the America's FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES selected "Sports Event of the Year"

Circuit of the America's Formula One 2012 race beat out major national events like the Ryder Cup and hockey's Stanley Cup Finals to capture the "Sports Event of the Year" award in New York City last night. Previous winners included the 2009 Super Bowl In New York to accept for COTA at the 2013 SportsBusiness Journal/Da ... Continue reading

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