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BorgWarner Presents Trophy To Indianapolis 500 Winner Ryan Hunter-Reay

BorgWarner Presents Trophy To Indianapolis 500 Winner Ryan Hunter-Reay

Following the 98th running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," BorgWarner President and Chief Executive Officer James Verrier presented 2014 Indianapolis 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay with the Borg-Warner Trophy™ in Victory Lane.With his first Indianapolis 500 win, Ryan Hunter-Reay has earned his place in racing ... Continue reading

2014 INDY 500 - Ryan Hunter-Reay Wins With Honda Powered Car

2014 INDY 500 - Ryan Hunter-Reay Wins With Honda Powered Car

Indianapolis IN March 25, 2014; Honda-powered Ryan Hunter-Reay won Sunday's 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, edging Helio Castoneves by six hundredths of a second in the second-closed finish in "500" history. After running for the first 300 miles at the fastest pace in "500" hist ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News Factoids Week of May 19-25, 2014

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News Factoids Week of May 19-25, 2014

Automotive News Factoids Week of May 19-25, 2014* At the Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) Spring Rally, two all-new vehicle models, one truck and one car, made there first ever in-person appearance before the media. GMC introduced the 2015 Sierra All Terrain HD, a refined, off-road-inspired execution of the ... Continue reading

Honda Touts 'Fastest Seat in Sports' Sweepstakes to Support IndyCar Affiliation; Video and Social Feature Mario Andretti and 'Slow Citations'

Honda Touts 'Fastest Seat in Sports' Sweepstakes to Support IndyCar Affiliation; Video and Social Feature Mario Andretti and 'Slow Citations'

To bring attention to Honda's unique corporate culture rooted in racing and the manufacturer's affiliation with the Verizon IndyCar Series, the brand is promoting its popular "Fastest Seat in Sports" sweepstakes with a video launching today starring world-renowned driver Mario Andretti. The famed driver acts as the aut ... Continue reading

FORD’S VAUGHN GITTIN JR. EARNS FIRST FORMULA DRIFT VICTORY AS OWNER/DRIVER AT ROUND 2 ROAD ATLANTA

FORD’S VAUGHN GITTIN JR. EARNS FIRST FORMULA DRIFT VICTORY AS OWNER/DRIVER AT ROUND 2 ROAD ATLANTA

· Vaughn Gittin Jr. finished first at Round 2 | The Road to the Championship of Formula DRIFT and earned his first podium of the season in the Nitto Tire Monster Energy Ford Mustang. · Justin Pawlak fell short of a run for the podium at Road Atlanta with an early exit at the Top 16 battle against Vaughn Gittin Jr ... Continue reading

Tiago Monteiro with the Honda Mean Mower--The World's Fastest Lawn Mower

Tiago Monteiro with the Honda Mean Mower--The World's Fastest Lawn Mower

Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team racing driver Tiago Monteiro took on the legendary ‘Eau Rouge’ corner and hill climb at Spa Francorchamps last week; swapping the relative comfort and refinement of his Honda Civic WTCC for the raw and aggressive power of the world’s fastest lawnmower – the Honda ... Continue reading

Goodyear Unveils 2014 'Support Our Troops' Race Tire

Goodyear Unveils 2014 'Support Our Troops' Race Tire

NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth, Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer and Stu Grant, Goodyear general manager of global race tires, unveil Goodyear's 2014 "Support Our Troops" race tire which will be used during all NASCAR races leading up to Memorial Day at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The custom tires will coincide wit ... 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

Toyota Racing's Anthony Davidson Picks a new Auris Hybrid Touring Sports

Toyota Racing's Anthony Davidson Picks a new Auris Hybrid Touring Sports

Toyota Racing’s Anthony Davidson took time out from his preparations for the World Endurance Championship season to take delivery of a new set of wheels for life away from the race track. The 34-year-old British driver called in at Toyota’s Burnaston factory near Derby to pick up a new Auris Hybrid Touring Sp ... Continue reading

Dario Franchitti to Drive Camaro Z/28 Indy 500 Pace Car

Dario Franchitti to Drive Camaro Z/28 Indy 500 Pace Car

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti will drive a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 to pace the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25. It’s the eighth time a Camaro has been the pace car, starting in 1967 – and the 25th time a Chevrolet has paced the race. Franchitti won the Indy 500 in 2007, ... Continue reading

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