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BMW Unveils M3 DTM Concept Car in Munich - VIDEO ENHANCED

BMW Unveils M3 DTM Concept Car in Munich - VIDEO ENHANCED

Priaulx and Farfus On Board for the 2012 BMW Motorsport Program MUNICH - July 18, 2011: Just two weeks after the official roll-out of the new racing car for the 2012 DTM season, BMW presented the BMW M3 DTM Concept Car. Dr. Klaus Draeger, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for development, and BMW ... Continue reading

Ex-McQueen Car Set for RM Monterey Auction

Ex-McQueen Car Set for RM Monterey Auction

EX-MCQUEEN CARS SET FOR MONTEREY AUCTION At RM’s upcoming Monterey auction, we will be offering two cars formerly owned by the King of Cool himself, Steve McQueen. Anyone familiar with McQueen knows he was an avid car enthusiast, often performing his own stunts when driving for a film. Off-camera, he must have tho ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Terry Grant Breaks Two-Wheel Record at Goodwood Festival of Speed - COMPLETE VIDEO

Special Motorsports Event - Terry Grant Breaks Two-Wheel Record at Goodwood Festival of Speed - COMPLETE VIDEO

LONDON - July 16, 2011: One of the side attractions at this year's fun-filled Goodwood Festival of Speed was the attempt by stunt driver extrodinaire Terry Grant to drive a four-wheel Nissan Juke around the entire one mile track on just two wheels. This is the complete video of the record breaking run with track narrat ... Continue reading

McLaren Announces New Team and Development Program for 12C GT3 - VIDEO ENHANCED

McLaren Announces New Team and Development Program for 12C GT3 - VIDEO ENHANCED

SURREY, England - MAY 7, 2011: On Wednesday, May 4th, McLaren GT unveiled its GT3 car and plans for a 2011 development programme. The effort brings together the expertise of McLaren Racing, McLaren Automotive and CRS Racing. The new McLaren MP4-12C GT3 will be the first McLaren car built for FIA* GT series racing since ... Continue reading

Edsel Ford II Makes the Case for 'Racing in America' at Western Automotive Journalists - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Edsel Ford II Makes the Case for 'Racing in America' at Western Automotive Journalists - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

SAN FRANCISCO - April 13, 2011: Edsel Ford II, great grandson of Henry Ford was the featured speaker at this month's Western Automotive Journalists' meeting is South San Francisco. The purpose of Mr. Ford's visit was to promote the plan that he Rick Hendrick, Roger Penske and Jack Roush have developed to establish a pe ... Continue reading

MINI Officially Launches WRC Racing Team to Compete in 2011 Season - VIDEO FEATURE

MINI Officially Launches WRC Racing Team to Compete in 2011 Season - VIDEO FEATURE

Oxford/Munich, 11th April 2011. The return of MINI to one of the biggest stages in motorsport is approaching ever closer. On Monday, the MINI WRC Team was officially presented to the public at the Team Launch, which took place at the MINI Plant in Oxford (GB). This season, the team will contest six rounds of the FIA Wo ... Continue reading

General Tire Announces the Winner of the 2011 Miss Mint 400 Competition - Keli Snyder

General Tire Announces the Winner of the 2011 Miss Mint 400 Competition - Keli Snyder

PR Newswire FORT MILL, S.C., March 28, 2011 FORT MILL, S.C., March 28, 2011 -- The 2011 General Tire Miss Mint 400 competition comes to an exciting finish. After a fierce online voting competition and rounds of interviews, General Tire crowned Keli Snyder, a University of Southern California journalism student and a te ... Continue reading

Nostalgia TV Drama on '50s & '60s LeMans Sparked by Shelby Book

Nostalgia TV Drama on '50s & '60s LeMans Sparked by Shelby Book

LeMans in '50s and '60s drama sparked by bio of Carroll Shelby Wallace Wyss, a California-based auto historian, reports that his latest biography of an East Texas race driver, Carroll Shelby, is slated to become the basis for a TV series. The book, SHELBY The Man The Cars The Legend, made its debut in 2007. In late Jan ... Continue reading

New Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale Makes On-Track Debut at Mugello Circuit - VIDEO ENHANCED

New Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale Makes On-Track Debut at Mugello Circuit - VIDEO ENHANCED

October 13, 2010: The Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale, which premiered last week at Paris Motor Show, made its on-track debut at the Mugello Circuit. Johnny Herbert, one of the most famous and successful drivers in the Motorsport's history and winner in Formula One, Le Mans and Sebring, was at the wheel of the fastest ... Continue reading

Superleague Formula Video - "A Lap With Julien Jousse"

Superleague Formula Video - "A Lap With Julien Jousse"

AS Roma's Julien Jousse offers tips on how to make a perfect lap of Italy's Adria International Raceway. ... Continue reading

Ford Fiesta Debuts At MIS As Pace Car In August

Ford Fiesta Debuts At MIS As Pace Car In August

DEARBORN, July 29, 2010: It’s already setting the pace when it comes to hot new vehicles coming into the market. Now, Ford’s new 2011 Fiesta will bring its great looks and segment-leading fuel economy to NASCAR for the first time when it sets the pace for the CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway on A ... Continue reading

Jack Roush Hospitalized After WI Plane Crash

Jack Roush Hospitalized After WI Plane Crash

OSHKOSH, Wis. - (July 28, 2010) – Jack Roush, co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing and chairman of ROUSH® Enterprises, has been hospitalized following a plane crash at Wittman Regional Airport in OshKosh, Wis. Roush, in town for the annual EAA AirVenture show, was landing his Hawker Beechcraft Premier jet when the a ... Continue reading

David Coulthard Test Drives Mercedes SLS AMG Electric Sports Car - VIDEO FEATURE

David Coulthard Test Drives Mercedes SLS AMG Electric Sports Car - VIDEO FEATURE

SLS AMG E-CELL David Coulthard test drives the first all electric Mercedes-Benz Super Sports Car Kristiansund, Norway – CCM News. The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG with its powerful 6.3 liter engine and its classic Gullwing doors has created the ultimate excitement for car enthusiasts. Now this super sports car goes green ... Continue reading

Ford Fiesta Returns to ESPN's X Games With an All-Star Driver Lineup

Ford Fiesta Returns to ESPN's X Games With an All-Star Driver Lineup

DEARBORN, Mich., June 29 -- -- Ford Fiesta looks to defend its Rally Car Racing title when it returns to ESPN's X Games 16 -- The Fiesta's all-star driver lineup grows from three drivers to four with the addition of Ford Rally America and WRC driver Ken Block to last year's trio of Kenny Brack, Tanner Foust and Brian D ... Continue reading

World's Funniest Car Commercials, Pt. 5 - VIDEO FEATURE

World's Funniest Car Commercials, Pt. 5 - VIDEO FEATURE

AUTO CENTRAL - June 28, 2010: A whole new round of the world's funniest and best automotive-related television commercials. ... Continue reading

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