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STROLL RECORDS FANTASTIC ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA TOP-FIVE RESULT

STROLL RECORDS FANTASTIC ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA TOP-FIVE RESULT

Daytona January 31, 2016; Canadian teenager misses out on rostrum finish on sports car debut in maiden 24 hour race Lance Stroll recorded an impressive fifth place in the Rolex 24 At Daytona that finished in Florida today (31 Jan) to become one of the youngest highest-placed drivers in North America’s toughest spo ... Continue reading

BMW Team RLL - 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona - Four Hour Report

BMW Team RLL - 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona - Four Hour Report

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – January 30, 2016… Four hours into the 2016 Rolex 24 At Daytona the No. 100 and No. 25 BMW M6 GTLM racing cars stand 5th and 8th respectively in the GTLM class. John Edwards started the No. 100 M6 from the third position and ran three stints in the opening two-hours-and-twenty-two minute ... Continue reading

Risi Competizione 18-Hour Report - Rolex 24 At Daytona

Risi Competizione 18-Hour Report - Rolex 24 At Daytona

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ RISI COMPETIZIONE 18 HOUR REPORT - ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTLM No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Toni Vilander (FIN) Davide Rigo ... Continue reading

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

The Drive Home - Final Chapter: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To 2016 Detroit Auto Show - On The Road With Steve Purdy +VIDEO

The Drive Home - Final Chapter: LeMay Museum, Tacoma To 2016 Detroit Auto Show - On The Road With Steve Purdy +VIDEO

The epic drive ends in Detroit Three old cars go from Tacoma to Detroit in the dead of winter By Steve Purdy Senior Editor, The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau To recap: Three vintage cars – a ’57 Chevy Nomad, a ’61 Chrysler 300G and a ’66 Mustang left their safe haven at the LeMay, America’s Car ... 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

2015 Volkswagen Golf R Unleash your Rrrr.

2015 Volkswagen Golf R Unleash your Rrrr.

By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau Chief The Auto Channel (DSC_1440) This is the third and final chapter of my Golf trilogy that began three months ago. The first two chapters were about the 2015 VW Golf GTI and the 2015 VW Golf TDI Clean Diesel. This last chapter speaks to the top-of-the-line Golf R, the ma ... 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

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Sets Record

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Sets Record

Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle ... Continue reading

Lexus to Compete in 2015 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Lexus to Compete in 2015 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

V8 Powered, Production Car-based Coupe to be Driven by Justin Bell RC F GT Program to Serve as Key Developmental Tool for F brand Engineering June 22, 2015 TORRANCE, Calif. (June 22, 2015) – On June 28th, Lexus will compete in the Time Attack class of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The luxury automaker w ... Continue reading

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