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Rolex 24 - Thoughts From Frankl @ 6 Hours In

Rolex 24 - Thoughts From Frankl @ 6 Hours In

Initial thoughts on the racing capital. WOW. it's good to be at the legendary grand daddy of Nascar and sports car racing in the USA. Never been before and never been to the 24hrs of Daytona. Flying in is easy, as the airport is adjacent to the track. ... Continue reading

Brashear, Childress, Gabelich, Ganassi, McClelland, Posey, Sweikert To Be Inducted Into Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

Brashear, Childress, Gabelich, Ganassi, McClelland, Posey, Sweikert To Be Inducted Into Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2016) – The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) announced its 28th class of inductees today at Daytona International Speedway, continuing a long-standing tradition of honoring legendary figures from a wide variety of racing disciplines. The seven-person class of 2016 inductees ... Continue reading

2016 Rolex 24 At Daytona - GTLM Preview

2016 Rolex 24 At Daytona - GTLM Preview

2016 ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA - GTLM PREVIEW A RACE ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE (Houston, Texas, January 23, 2016)...Rick Mayer, race engineer of the Risi Competizione No. 62 Ferrari 488 GTLM team, takes a look ahead at this year's Rolex 24 At Daytona, January 30-31, 2016, at the newly renovated Daytona International Speedway. P ... Continue reading

Motorsports HoF Announces Bridgestone Induction Sponsor

Motorsports HoF Announces Bridgestone Induction Sponsor

Motorsports HoF Announces Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations As Presenting Sponsor for Annual Induction Ceremony Three-year partnership to begin with June 29 induction at Daytona International Speedway DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2015) – The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America announced today that Bridgestone A ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Recap W/O August 31-September 6, 2015 - Dick Guldstrand Hot Rod and Corvette Daddy, 1997 Winner Of The Auto Channel's Car Guy Of The Year Passes At 87

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Recap W/O August 31-September 6, 2015 - Dick Guldstrand Hot Rod and Corvette Daddy, 1997 Winner Of The Auto Channel's Car Guy Of The Year Passes At 87

* It was hot August new vehicle sales. Everyone was surprised with total sales of 1.5 million, down a bit from a year ago but with a seasonally adjusted rate (SAAR) of 17.8 million units. The sales pace was the highest in ten years and the best August since 2003. And yes, car sales are still suffering with the populari ... Continue reading

Lingenfelter Offers 720 HP Performance Package For 2015 C7 Z06 Corvettes

Lingenfelter Offers 720 HP Performance Package For 2015 C7 Z06 Corvettes

BRIGHTON, Mich. July 27, 2015; Corvette owners who crave more performance and power from their C7 Z06 LT-4 engine, and an even greater adrenaline rush when behind the wheel, can satisfy their need for increased power with a new Stage 1 engine package from Lingenfelter Performance Engineering. Lingenfelter's C7 Z06 engi ... Continue reading

Santa Monica's Racing History Relived!

Santa Monica's Racing History Relived!

stokescommunications FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ SANTA MONICA HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MONICA ROAD RACES, RELIVED For immediate release Event contact per ... Continue reading

2015 Dodge Challenger SXT Review By Larry Nutson - The Auto Channel

2015 Dodge Challenger SXT Review By Larry Nutson - The Auto Channel

2015 Dodge Challenger SXT Review By Larry Nutson ... Continue reading

A Hat-Trick of Chevrolet Performance Models

A Hat-Trick of Chevrolet Performance Models

By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_6636) About fifty miles west from our Nation’s Capital situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains are some wonderful and scenic driving roads that provide the opportunity to experience cars that are intended to be driven hard. A beauti ... Continue reading

Michael Lewis Prepares For Historic Road America

Michael Lewis Prepares For Historic Road America

Historic Road America LThis race season, Michael Lewis has competed on some of America's historic road courses, and this week features another stellar track as the 2014 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama will visit Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Michael Lewis seeks another podium finish as the Com ... Continue reading

Road America Unveils Plans for New Thunder Village

Road America Unveils Plans for New Thunder Village

Many of today's modern racetracks have everything the average racing enthusiast is looking for including new concession choices, entertainment venues, new corporate suites and even active garage areas where fans can watch their favorite teams and drivers or grab an occasional autograph. What most racetracks don't typic ... 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

U.S. Marine Sgt. Liam Dwyer to Drive Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5 in 2014

U.S. Marine Sgt. Liam Dwyer to Drive Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5 in 2014

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Liam Dwyer will be driving select rounds of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series with Tom Long in the No. 27 Mazda MX-5. ... Continue reading

25 Hour Thunderhill Race - Mazda6 SKYACTIV-D Clean Diesels Show Well in Debut

25 Hour Thunderhill Race - Mazda6 SKYACTIV-D Clean Diesels Show Well in Debut

The Venn diagram that best showcases Mazda Motorsports is the overlap between endurance racing and club racing. That overlap was showcased on a freezing cold weekend at the longest endurance race in America, the National Auto Sport Association (NASA)’s US Air Force 25 Hours of Thunderhill. Of the 57 cars that took ... Continue reading

LA Auto Show: Complete Shelby Press Conference +VIDEO

LA Auto Show: Complete Shelby Press Conference +VIDEO

Shelby American Brings Back Iconic Shelby GT for 2014 with World-Class Power and Performance ... Continue reading

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