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Latest Race Central TV Features Arizona Motor Sports Hall of Fame +VIDEO

Latest Race Central TV Features Arizona Motor Sports Hall of Fame +VIDEO

AUTO CENTRAL - February 3, 2015: The latest episode of "Race Central TV" takes us to the Arizona Open Wheel Racing Museum for their 14th annual Open Wheel Awards Presentation. ... Continue reading

Springer Named Grand Marshal 2015 California Festival of Speed Auto Club Speedway: April 11-12

Springer Named Grand Marshal 2015 California Festival of Speed Auto Club Speedway: April 11-12

Fontana, Calif - January 31, 2015 - - "His name is synonymous with Porsche performance, and we're very proud to announce that Alwin Springer has agreed to serve as our Grand Marshal for this year's California Festival of Speed (CFoS)," said event manager Martin Lipp. Springer, who plans to bring his whole family to Fon ... Continue reading

Statement from Steve Page Regarding Jeff Gordon’s Retirement Announcement

Statement from Steve Page Regarding Jeff Gordon’s Retirement Announcement

SONOMA, Calif. (Jan. 22, 2015) – The following is a statement from Sonoma Raceway President and General Manager Steve Page regarding this morning’s announcement that Jeff Gordon will retire from NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing after the 2015 season. “As promoters we are supposed to be neutral observers, ... Continue reading

MB Takes F1 Technology From Winner's Circle To The Road | Part Two

MB Takes F1 Technology From Winner's Circle To The Road | Part Two

MB Takes F1 Technology From Winner's Circle To The Road| Part Two ... Continue reading

Nicholas Frankl: F1 2014 Finale Reflections and Analysis

Nicholas Frankl: F1 2014 Finale Reflections and Analysis

The 2014 Finale Reflections and Analysis Nicholas FranklSenior Editor The Auto Channel Formula 1 Racing Desk I admit, I shed a tear when Lewis crossed the line in Abu Dhabi, it was a magnificent and hard won drivers championship and he truly deserved it. A more mature and well rounded driver and human being is still, w ... 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

Mercedes-Benz Give Five Young Drivers Chance to Test Drive DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupe

Mercedes-Benz Give Five Young Drivers Chance to Test Drive DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupe

Five drivers tested the DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé in Jerez de la Frontera Mercedes-Benz reward Felix Rosenqvist, Lucas Auer, Esteban Ocon, Maximilian Götz and Charles Pic with DTM test for their achievements Toto Wolff: “The brand with the three pointed star has for decades enjoyed great success in bringing o ... Continue reading

Tracks: Racing the Sun - Book Review By Steve Purdy

Tracks: Racing the Sun - Book Review By Steve Purdy

Tracks: Racing the Sun A Novel by Sandro Martini Aurora Metro Books – UK www.tracksracingthesun.com Reviewed By Steve Purdy Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel Historical fiction is great fun because it can flesh out and add vivid color to subjects already partially familiar, in this case the early days of motor raci ... Continue reading

Kyle Tucker Named SEMA Battle of the Builders Winner

Kyle Tucker Named SEMA Battle of the Builders Winner

Competition Celebrates Vehicle Builders, Showcases Products from 2014 SEMA Show DIAMOND BAR, Calif. November 13, 2014; The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) announced Kyle Tucker as the winner of the first-ever SEMA Battle of the Builders competition. The announcement was made last week at SEMA Ignited, a n ... Continue reading

Bentley Continental GT Adds Potent Ice Power in 2015

Bentley Continental GT Adds Potent Ice Power in 2015

Power on Ice - the ultimate winter ice-driving event returns for 2015 The Continental GT3-R makes its dynamic debut on the ice Programme designed by four-time World Rally Champion and two-time ice speed record breaker Juha Kankkunen CREWE -- October 29, 2014: Bentley returns to the icy north of Finland for Power on Ice ... Continue reading

Infiniti Brings Formula One Car, Drivers and Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge to the Streets of Downtown Austin

Infiniti Brings Formula One Car, Drivers and Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge to the Streets of Downtown Austin

Infiniti Brings Formula One Car, Drivers and Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge to the Streets of Downtown Austin NASHVILLE, TN -- October 15, 2014: Infiniti Motor Company, Ltd. brings the sights, sounds and smells of international Formula One racing to downtown Austin, Texas on October 29, as Infiniti Red Bull Racing drivers Dani ... Continue reading

Porsche Announces Rennsport Reunion V to be held October 2015

Porsche Announces Rennsport Reunion V to be held October 2015

Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca announced today that the next Porsche Rennsport Reunion will again take place at the famed California racetrack the weekend of October 9-11, 2015. Hosted by PCNA, Rennsport Reunion V will, once again, bring together an extraordinary gathering of significan ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's Automotive News and Opinion September 1-7, 2014

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's Automotive News and Opinion September 1-7, 2014

Last Week's Automotive News and Opinion; Mazda 2016 MX-5 unveiling,Haas F1 Team,Tesla picks factory location, most driver are lawbreakers, Alexis DeJoria, electric vehicles short circuit; Ford truck to give honest towing and carrying capacities; august 2014 u s auto sales hot ... Continue reading

Frankl's Motorsports Thoughts and Reports - 2014 Belgium GP (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps)

Frankl's Motorsports Thoughts and Reports - 2014 Belgium GP (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps)

2014 Belgium GP Nicholas Frankl, Senior EditorMotor Racing CorrespondentThe Auto Channel SPA Belgium August 21, 2014; With the teams fresh off their summer two week break, Belgium's famous Spa Circuit welcomes them, as it has since 1950, to one of the most famous and loved race tracks in the world. Our own Alex Rossi i ... Continue reading

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