April 2008 - 26 posts found << < 1 2 > >>
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Street car racing: be smart and do it right. |
| 4/26/2008 10:14:27 AM |
I just got back from a holiday to Las Vegas and while we were there, driving to our accommodations late one night, we observed a very disturbing event: the police were at the scene of a street car racing event that went bad.
Naturally the street car racing participants were racing in the city, which everyone knows is illegal and stupidly dangerous, and the police were just... Read More |
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Where Will the NASCAR Racing Schedule Take Tony Stewart in 2009? |
| 4/26/2008 10:07:16 AM |
One of the biggest stories to come out of this year's NASCAR racing schedule is the one about Tony Stewart wanting to get out of his contract with JGR after 11 years and two Cup Championships. Now everyone who follows the NASCAR racing schedule knows that Tony Stewart can be a pretty crusty character, but no one has ever accused him of being stupid. He's pretty savvy about... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Rumor IRL Star Patrick To F1 |
| 4/23/2008 9:06:27 AM |
 There’s a rumor that possible F1 team contemplating contacting Danica Patrick with a view of a F1 career. If that happens her career is over she could not make it in formula one she would come back to the US like so many other would be American formula one driver’s except Mario Andretti a frailer.
Unless she spent several season racing in the GP2 series were she will learn... Read More |
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Auto Racing: DTM Audi A4 Dominated The Second Race Of The Season |
| 4/21/2008 3:35:21 PM |
 Auto racing Audi triumphs at Oschersleben as well Second race, second triumph: the new Audi A4 DTM could not be beaten in its second race either. One week after the 1-2-3 exploit at Hockenheim, Timo Scheider and Martin Tomczyk clinched a commanding 1-2 victory for Audi at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.
By claiming the maiden victory of his DTM career, Scheider has taken... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Lexus To Campaign In The 24 Hour Nurburgring |
| 4/21/2008 3:23:44 PM |
 Auto racing posted on AutoBlog.com: Toyota has confirmed that the Lexus LF-A will campaign in the 24 hour Nurburgring race this May in an effort to shake down the new supercar before its launch next year. Toyota has no intentions of winning the grueling enduro, instead, it's using its unconventional entrant into the race to aid development of the super coupe and gain... Read More |
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Auto Racing: 30 Years Of Women Winning In Motorsports |
| 4/21/2008 2:53:24 PM |
Auto racing Danick Patrick might be the first woman to win in Indy Cars but women have been racing and winning for 30 years in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Shirley Muldowney was the first woman to celebrate victory in an NHRA top class. Racing in the Top Fuel division, Muldowney won her first event in 1976 and went on to win 17 more during her career.
Although there... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am New DP Team TO Debut At VIR |
| 4/21/2008 2:36:29 PM |
 Auto racing, another Daytona Prototype team to debut this weekend at Virginia International Raceway. The car will be driven by a pair of 18-year-old drivers. Jared Beyer and Ricky Taylor will share the orange No. 19 Beyer Racing Ford Crawford in the VIR 400, joined by veteran driver Andy Wallace.
The new Daytona Prototype team will debut at Virginia International Raceway;... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Tracy Contemplating His Future |
| 4/21/2008 2:11:01 PM |
 Auto racing Sunday's Champ Car finale in Long Beach was the last planned race this season for Paul Tracy who now has to figure out where his career goes from here.
The merger between Champ Car and the IRL has left Tracy without a ride and his finish Sunday in Long Beach at this point is the final checkered flag of his season.
"I mean, obviously it was like a big cobweb,... Read More |
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Auto Racing: ALMS Highcroft Acura Wins LMP2 At Long Beach |
| 4/21/2008 1:53:09 PM |
 Auto racing Patrón Highcroft Acura wins LMP2 class It was a sweet victory for Patrón Highcroft Racing tonight on the winding streets of the southern California shoreline. David Brabham and Scott Sharp drove the #9 Acura ARX-01b flat out for the 1-hour, 40-minute challenge, and brought the team its first victory. First in the LMP2 class, the team took third place overall.
Bra... Read More |
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The Nascar racing schedule in Mexico this Sunday |
| 4/21/2008 11:15:00 AM |
| The Nascar racing schedule has the Nascar boy's in Mexico this Sunday for a road race. This is a relatively new track for the Nascar racing schedule and the first race track the Nascar racing schedule has chosen to race on outside of the United States. Typically this is the type of race track Nascar drivers with road racing experience do well on. Nascar drivers like Boris... Read More |
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Auto Racing: ALMS Rumor Has It Gil de Ferran Acura Team To Make Announcement At Long Beach |
| 4/15/2008 2:37:19 PM |
Auto racing rumor has it that two-time CART driving champion and 2003 Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran, who recently began a new racing career as a team owner in the American Le Mans Series, will make several major announcements on Friday, April 18, at the Grand Prix of Long Beach.
De Ferran, who served as Sporting Director for Honda Formula One last year, formed de Ferran... Read More |
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Auto Racing: DTM Audi A4 Dominated The Season Opener At Hockenheim |
| 4/14/2008 3:05:11 PM |
| Auto racing DTM Audi dominated the season opener with a commanding 1-2-3 victory at the Hockenheim Audi, yet again, underpinned the brand’s slogan "Vorsprung durch Technik", not only on the road but on the circuit. 93,000 spectators (throughout the weekend) witnessed an impressive premiere showing of the new Audi A4 DTM, which outperformed the competition in its... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am Brumos Daytona Prototype Team Back On Form |
| 4/14/2008 12:37:43 PM |
 Auto racing David Donohue says the two-car Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series No. 16 Brumos Racing Daytona Prototype team is back.
After winning the DP pole for the GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami and running up front before spinning midway through the race, the co-driver of the No. 58 Porsche Riley believes the team has returned its strong form. He'll have the chance to show... Read More |
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Hendrick Motorsports Takes AZ Nascar Racing Schedule |
| 4/14/2008 10:21:01 AM |
<-Nascar racing schedule race recap
Hendrick Motorsports has been looking for a win over this season’s nascar racing schedule. They finally saw a number one finish thanks to Jimmie Johnson at the Phoenix International raceway. The Subway Fresh Fit 500 looked like it would be a good place for Jeff Gordon to finish within the top ranks but there was no such luck after he... Read More with Video |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am Ron Fellows To Race In Mexico City 250 |
| 4/9/2008 4:14:51 PM |
Auto racing Ron Fellows will partner Leighton Reese in the No. 06 Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R in round three of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Mexico City 250.
Fellows is a three time American Le Mans Series GT1 champion, has two 24 Hours of Le Mans class wins, 19 Trans-Am wins and five NASCAR victories. Fellows has previous... Read More |
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Sports Car: Nissan's GT-R V-Spec Incredible Lap At Nurburgring |
| 4/8/2008 6:32:31 PM |
 The prototype Nissan GT-R V-Spec’s wearing the "Victory Specification" designation reserved for the ultra high-performance Nissan GT-R, has been caught lapping the famed Nürburgring at an incredible, if not simply unbelievable, 7:25 per lap. This, according to bystanders trackside. (For comparison, Walter Röhrl lapped the Ring in 7:28 while driving a Porsche... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Scion Goes Drifting |
| 4/8/2008 4:47:25 PM |
 Auto racing Scion is going drifting, Scion decided to go about campaigning a tC in this year's Formula Drift series.
With backing from Toyota, the aftermarket firm RS*R converted a run-of-the-mill tC into a rear-wheel-drive monster utilizing a BEAMS-built 3S-GE engine and taking advantage of the Toyota Avensis/Caldina all-wheel-drive chassis on which the tC is built. RS*R... Read More |
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Auto Racing: ARCA Ex F1 Driver Scott Speed Heads To Salem Speedway |
| 4/8/2008 4:34:28 PM |
Auto racing from wine, cheese and caviar to hamburgers and hotdogs. From the French Riviera to small town Indiana, Formula One veteran Scott Speed is headed to Salem Speedway for the April 13th Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 presented by Federated Car Care.
And he rather likes it that way.
"I'm excited to go to Salem," said Speed, driver of the Eddie Sharp... Read More |
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911 GT3 Cup Street Car Racing in NYC |
| 4/8/2008 1:07:46 PM |
Above is an awesome video recently filmed on the streets of Manhattan by the guys from Garage 419 which features Porsche 911 GT3 vs. Cayman street car racing, legal of course. The video quality and angles used to catch the street car racing action really adds something to this video. If you have never seen other Garage 419 videos I recommend looking them up on YouTube.
In... Read More with Video |
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Auto Racing: European Le Mans Series, LMP1 Lola Shows Promise |
| 4/7/2008 4:40:01 PM |
 Auto racing Prodrive boss David Richards was thrilled by the debut of the new LMP1 Lola Aston Martin in the Le Mans Series at Barcelona last weekend, and is keen to build on the podium finish as the team prepare for the Le Mans 24 Hours in June.
The Charouz Racing-run prototype finished third in its first race, behind the lead LMP1 Peugeot and Audi diesels, and was easily... Read More |
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April 2008 - 26 posts found << < 1 2 > >>
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