NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Final Results from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Apr 1, 2013
RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION Monday, April 1, 2013 Contact: NHRA Field Marketing WHITELEYS SWEEP VEGAS REGIONAL AGAIN LAS VEGAS -For the second year in a row, Jim and Annie Whiteley's YNot Racing team swept the Las Vegas Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Regional, Jim in Top Alcohol Dragster and wife Annie in Top Alcoho ... Continue reading
Mopar Motorsports NHRA Phoenix Race Report
Feb 26, 2013
Mopar Versus Mopar Funny Car Final at Phoenix * Mopar vs Mopar in Funny Car final elimination round at Arizona Nationals * Capps beats Mopar teammate Hagan to earn Phoenix title win a week after a runner-up performance at the season opener * All four Pro Stock Mopars win first elimination round; falter in quarterfinals ... Continue reading
Morgan remains a mainstay on Lucas Oil/MAVTV team heading into 2013
Feb 7, 2013
CORONA, Calif. (Feb. 7) - Fresh of his Top 10 season in 2012, Pro Stock driver Larry Morgan will be once again entering the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series with the colors of Lucas Oil and MAVTV on his Ford Mustang. "I can't tell you how excited we are," Morgan said. "I've been racing a lot of years, and Forrest an ... Continue reading
Special Motorsports Event - Happy Happy From The Auto Channel - Motorsports
Dec 25, 2012
Auto Central, Dec. 17. 2012: We wanted to thank our readers for following The Auto Channel - Motorsports throughout 2012. We're going to be bigger and better next year so tune in. Meanwhile, have a good Holiday from those of us located in Sacramento, Louisville, Chicago, Austin and our Editors in Europe and in the Paci ... Continue reading
Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary Review
Dec 12, 2012
BLACK AIR: THE BUICK GRAND NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY Review By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel Auto Central, December 11, 2012; Twenty-five years ago today the last Buick Grand National was built. It signaled the end of GM G-Body production and the only year for the limited-production 547-car run ... Continue reading
Nov 24, 2012
Vroom vroom! Black Friday became Fast Friday in the Racing Capital of the World November 23, 2012 as Santa traded in his sleigh for a slick new Dallara IndyCar. It was all part of the plan to whisk Mr. Claus to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis in record time before the holidays. It started with a pre-dawn Pit Stop ... Continue reading
Special Motorsports Event - 2012 Lingenfelter Weekend in Ohio
Oct 10, 2012
By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau The last time this reporter attended a drag race was probably in the late 1980s, so when invited to the Lingenfelter Performance Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park near Norwalk, Ohio, I was intrigued to make the trip. Not only would I see some serious drag racing but ... Continue reading
Special Motorsports Event - Ford's 2012 Jim Clark Award For Rally Driver David Bogie
Jul 11, 2012
The Association of Scottish Motoring Writers has honoured Dumfries rally driver David Bogie with this year's Ford-sponsored Jim Clark Award in recognition of his sporting achievements. ... Continue reading
Historics - Derek Bell And Bentley Inspired By 'Mission Motorsport' Team At Le Mans Classic
Jul 11, 2012
Bentley's brand ambassador and five time Le Mans winner, Derek Bell MBE, returned to the iconic French race circuit last weekend to spearhead a unique motorsport challenge. ... Continue reading
Auto Manufacturer Sponsorship of Motorsports Continues to Influence New Vehicle Purchases
Jul 4, 2012
Foresight Research released more results from its 2012 Automotive Marketing Communications Study ©. Automotive research specialists, Foresight interviewed 7,851 new vehicle buyers in the US, finding: Overall, 16% of buyers who attended a racing event stated it significantly or completely influenced their vehicle purch ... Continue reading
Automotive Performance Brands - New Pennzoil Ultra; 0W-40 Designed For All SRT Vehicles
Jun 7, 2012
Today, Pennzoilî is introducing the new Pennzoil Ultra 0W-40 synthetic motor oil, created alongside Chrysler Group engineers specifically to keep SRT engines running clean. The advanced, co-engineered formulation is the result of months of collaboration between Pennzoil scientists and Chrysler Group engineers to ... Continue reading
Motorsports Commentary - Sleeping With The Enemy
May 27, 2012
<b>by Rick Carlton â Senior Motorsports Editor</b> <p> Austin, May 25, 2012: While I appreciate successful decisions that drive motorsports businesses positively, I am particularly interested in evolutions that become troublesome, and subsequently fall into the category of having to deal with âunintended cons ... Continue reading
Motorsports Commentary - Finally Some Good News In IndyCar
May 2, 2012
Austin, May 1, 2012: Although I probably appear unimpressed by the quality of the recently reconstituted IndyCar to date, the truth is that I'm rooting for the series in the long term. Having watched various management 'teams' critically since the late 80s, IndyCar's administrations have been primarily populated by ego ... Continue reading
Motorsports Commentary - Holy Moly Batman, We're Not In Open-Wheel Racing Anymore!
Apr 7, 2012
Austin, Apr. 6, 2012: After my initial op-ed, related to IndyCar's 'new' semi open-wheel car, I decided to give the series a break. Hey, I'm not a complete a-hole, and figured that perhaps the car's looks would grow on me, even though the brick's transgender 'Godzilla Eats New York' styling continued to irritate me, pa ... Continue reading
Australian Rally Championship - Honda And Evans Two For Two In Bosch ARC
Apr 3, 2012
Eli Evans and Glen Weston have taken two wins from two starts at Round two of the Bosch ARC, the Quit Forest Rally in W.A. ... Continue reading
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