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Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Driver Pritchett Clinches NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Championship at Dallas, Captures Third Consecutive Win

Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Driver Pritchett Clinches NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Championship at Dallas, Captures Third Consecutive Win

The NHRA Factory Stock Showdown title is the third for Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) driver Pritchett, who also captured 2000-2001 Jr. Dragster Division 7 championships and the 2010 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series Championship in the Nostalgia Funny Car class. ... Continue reading

2018 Japanese Grand Prix - Results

2018 Japanese Grand Prix - Results

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport score a 1-2 victory in Suzuka Lewis took his 71st career victory today – his 50th with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, ninth of the 2018 season and fourth at the Suzuka International Racing Circuit Valtteri came in second to complete the second 1-2 for the team in a row – his firs ... Continue reading

Automotive News Digest; Week Ending October 6, 2018 Edited By Larry Nutson

Automotive News Digest; Week Ending October 6, 2018 Edited By Larry Nutson

FCA Outsells Dragging Ford In September US Sales; Fairer NAFTA Deal; GM Listening In; Toyota Hybrid Recall; Subaru Recall; CR Says Cadillac Controls Better Than Tesla; Ford Looking At Overseas Partners; NASCAR Changes; Bondurant High-speed Driving School Goes Bankrupt; Bullitt @50 ... Continue reading

Team Wild Grace Ready to Conquer the 2018 Rebelle Rally with the Nissan Armada

Team Wild Grace Ready to Conquer the 2018 Rebelle Rally with the Nissan Armada

This won't be a typical week at the office for work-from-home mothers Sedona Blinson and Leah Heffelfinger. But it will be filled with terrain familiar to the Nissan Armada. ... Continue reading

Altoè and Zampieri return to win in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe at Nürburgring

Altoè and Zampieri return to win in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe at Nürburgring

Giacomo Altoè and Daniel Zampieri were again among the protagonists of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. The pair of the Antonelli Motorsport team, who had not taken a podium since the May’s Silverstone round, left everyone behind in the second race of the fifth round held at the Nürburgring. ... Continue reading

The Empire Hill Climb Revival From Shunpikers Journal

The Empire Hill Climb Revival From Shunpikers Journal

EMPIRE HILL CLIMB Screaming in the Forrest Presented by AutoWeek Sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America, Detroit Region Story by Steve Purdy From A Shunpiker’s Journal The sleepy little Lake Michigan village of Empire comes alive in the middle of September as its three-block main street becomes the paddock for ... Continue reading

Pennzoil to Aid in Restoration of Re-discovered "Little Red" Shelby GT500 EXP Prototype

Pennzoil to Aid in Restoration of Re-discovered "Little Red" Shelby GT500 EXP Prototype

As brands that have been part of American and worldwide automotive history for more than 100 years, Shell and Pennzoil understand the importance of heritage and are joining the restoration process to return "Little Red" to its original glory. Dubbed "Little Red," the big-block Shelby notchback coupe was one of a pair o ... Continue reading

MILAN Automotive GmbH Unleashes Hyper Car MILAN RED

MILAN Automotive GmbH Unleashes Hyper Car MILAN RED

LEOBERSDORF, Austria, July 30, 2018 -- A car against the tide. This is what Austrian born Markus Fux, 36, CEO of MILAN Automotive GmbH is doing: bringing to the road the cutting edge know-how of Austrian companies - uncompromising in design and technic - in what will be the new generation of hyper cars: the MILAN RED. ... Continue reading

Super Pilot Lewis Hamilton Wins 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix

Super Pilot Lewis Hamilton Wins 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix

Lewis claimed his 67th career victory – his fifth in 2018 and sixth at the Hungarian Grand Prix Valtteri came home P5 after running P2 much of the race and defending the position strongly Lewis (213 points) leads the Drivers’ Championship by 24 points from Sebastian Vettel (189 points) with Valtteri (132 points) in ... Continue reading

Pennzoil Launches Ad Campaign With Motorsports Personalities +VIDEO

Pennzoil Launches Ad Campaign With Motorsports Personalities +VIDEO

Launching today, Pennzoil's new 'My Car' campaign highlights professional motorsports drivers who have Made the Switch and rely on Pennzoil Synthetics for protection and performance in their cars, cars that share similar needs to our daily drivers. ... Continue reading

2018 British Grand Prix - Friday

2018 British Grand Prix - Friday

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport show promising pace on the eve of a challenging weekend Lewis ended the morning session in P1 with Valtteri in P2 In the afternoon, Lewis came home in P2 followed by Valtteri in P3 Driver Chassis No. FP1 FP2 Lewis Hamilton F1 W09 EQ Power+/01 24 Laps 1:27.487 P1 Medium, Soft 32 Laps 1:2 ... Continue reading

2018 Austrian Grand Prix - Sunday

2018 Austrian Grand Prix - Sunday

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport experience a double DNF in Austria After scoring points in 33 consecutive races, Lewis had to retire his car today after he lost fuel pressure on lap 63 – ending the longest point-scoring run in Formula One history ... Continue reading

Lewis Wins 2018 French Grand Prix

Lewis Wins 2018 French Grand Prix

Lewis claims his 65th career victory at the return of the French Grand Prix – his third of the 2018 season and 44th with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport After an accident in the opening lap, Valtteri fought his way through the field to finish today’s race in P7 and set the fastest lap of the race ... Continue reading

Official 'F1 Trading Card Game' Races Onto iOS

Official 'F1 Trading Card Game' Races Onto iOS

LONDON, June 20, 2018 -- VirtTrade in partnership with F1 has released, 'F1® Trading Card Game' ahead of British Grand Prix in Silverstone in July. Licensed by Formula 1® and now available as a free-to-play app on iOS and Android to be released in July, F1 Trading Card Game offers a unique experience that combines so ... Continue reading

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