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Auto Racing: ALMS Audi To Offer Customer GT3 R8 |
| 8/27/2008 10:19:43 AM |
Auto racing for the first time, Audi Sport will offer a racing sports car specifically developed for customer use in the form of the powerful 500 hp plus GT3 version of the Audi R8 which will be available from autumn 2009. The logistics and factory space required for the AUDI AG customer sports car racing program will be created over the next few months in Ingolstadt,... Read More |
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Auto Racing: 2009 BMW Entry Growing Presence |
| 8/21/2008 3:50:46 PM |
Auto racing the volume of frequency of BMW/Rahal Letterman Racing employees at ALMS races has been  growing since the Series got back underway after Le Mans this year, and the amount of speculation over their 2009 driver lineup is growing at an equally impressive rate. Rumors of Jamie Melo signing for RLR continue to grow, just as rumors that former factory pilot Joey Hand... Read More |
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NASCAR: Ambrose Ready For Ovals? |
| 8/12/2008 10:52:13 AM |
NASCAR racing, Australian Marcos Ambrose is determined to prove himself as a complete driver and not just a road course specialist after taking his maiden NASCAR victory at Watkins Glen on Saturday.
The double Aussie V8 champion won on his 59th NASCAR start in the Nationwide Series event on Saturday, and went on to finish third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Sunday.
"I... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am Childress-Howard Motorsports DP Car To Debut At Watkins Glen |
| 8/5/2008 11:04:26 AM |
Auto racing Childress-Howard Motorsports Debut at Watkins Glen The No. 4 AT&T Daytona Prototype Pontiac  Crawford fielded by Childress-Howard Motorsports will make its 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series debut Aug. 8 in the Crown Royal 200 at the Glen at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International.
Sports Car racing legend Andy Wallace and multi-time Rolex Series champion Andy... Read More |
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Auto Racing: ALMS Former Honda F1 Test Driver Joins AGR ALMS Team |
| 8/4/2008 4:31:05 PM |
Auto racing Former Honda F1 and Super Aguri test driver James Rossiter will make his American Le Man s Series debut at Road America this weekend.
The 24-year-old Briton will join fellow former Super Aguri driver Franck Montagny in Andretti Green Racing's Acura for least two events, with Mosport following Road America later this month.
"I'm really looking forward to the... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am Brumos Team So-Close-Yet-So-Far |
| 8/4/2008 8:22:03 AM |
 Auto racing - Darren Law expected to be excited following his third-place finish in Friday's Grand-Am Montreal 200. It marked the fourth podium finish for himself and David Donohue in the No. 58 Brumos DP Porsche Riley. Out of the top 20 in points only a few weeks ago, the result also moved the pair to a tie for fifth in the Daytona Prototype championship standings.
If one... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Lexus Enters Speed Challenge |
| 7/18/2008 12:47:06 PM |
There hasn't been any news on an IS F racecar since we heard rumors that the sedan, unveiled at the Tokyo  Auto Salon, was really a reskinned 2004 Opel Vectra DTM. While Lexus might not be supporting a factory-backed motorsports program for the IS-F, that doesn't mean that privateer teams can't develop a car on their own. DRC Motorsports has done just that and has built two... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Frank Biela Future In Doubt With Audi |
| 7/1/2008 6:15:29 PM |
 ALMS racing Frank Biela's future with Audi's sportscar team is in doubt following the German manufacturer's decision to replace him with Dindo Capello in their American Le Mans Series line-up.
Capello, who won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen two weeks ago, will share the No.1 Audi R10 TDi with Emanuele Pirro for at least the next two races, at Lime... Read More |
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NASCAR: Open Wheel Ex-Champ Car Patrick Carpentier Takes NH Pole |
| 6/28/2008 9:08:53 AM |
 NASCAR racing Ex-Champ Car star Patrick Carpentier surprised a lot of people on pit road by winning his first career pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Carpentier drove his Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge to his first pole in his 17th Sprint Cup start and will lead the field to the green in Sunday's 17th... Read More |
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NASCAR: Tony Stewart Has Interest In Hendrick #5 Seat |
| 6/28/2008 8:56:35 AM |
NASCAR racing Tony Stewart proclaimed his interest Friday in Hendrick Motorsports’ soon-to-be-vacated No. 5 Chevrolet, saying the removal of Casey Mears from that ride could alter his plans for 2009 and beyond.
Stewart has another year left on his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing but has expressed interest in partial ownership of another team. Reports have said the deal is... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am Donohue Put's The 58 On Pole |
| 6/20/2008 3:58:54 PM |
Auto racing running with a new Porsche engine in their Daytona Prototype and limited practice time, David Donohue waited until the final minutes of qualifying to shatter the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course track record in qualifying for the EMCO Gears Classic presented by KeyBank, Round 8 of the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 season.
Co... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Peugeot Shatters LeMans Lap Record |
| 6/12/2008 2:05:46 PM |
Auto racing Peugeot set such a quick pace in the first qualifying session for this weekend's LeMans 24 Hours, the Audis appeared to be standing still.
Stephane Sarrazin, in the No.8 car, lapped eight seconds quicker than last year's pole time with a best of 3:18.513. Teammate Franck Montagny put the No.9 car just one tenth of a second behind, and Nicolas Minassian completed... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Audi R8 To Compete In This Years Nurburgring 24 |
| 5/17/2008 11:04:27 AM |
 Sports car racing this year's Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race will feature perhaps the most wicked looking Audi R8 yet: a lightweight, custom-built racer that makes the road car look tame by comparison. To comply with the requirements for participation in the race, the stock 4.2L V8 donates its block and is rebuilt from there.
The race-spec motor's displacement drops to... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Grand-Am David Donohue's Brumos DP Porsche Takes Laguna Pole |
| 5/16/2008 10:11:53 PM |
 Auto Racing Grand-Am David Donohue saved his best for last Friday, running his fastest lap near the end of the session to win the pole for the RumBum.com 250 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Donohue's Daytona Prototype ran a lap of 1:19.843, 100.908 mph, on his eighth of nine qualifying laps to win his second pole of the season in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Toyota Prepping For 24 Hours Of Nurburgring |
| 5/13/2008 5:55:34 PM |
 Auto racing interesting article posted on AutoBlog.com Toyota is still prepping the LF-A for its assault on the 24 Hours of Nurburgring later this month, but it managed to campaign the Lexus supercar in the ADAC Rundstrecken Trophy Endurance, held on a 15.1-mile course that combines the Nordschliefe with the adjoining grand prix circuit. The LF-A placed 77th overall after... Read More |
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Auto Racing: ALMS In Action This Weekend At Utah Miller Track |
| 5/13/2008 5:40:31 PM |
| Auto racing ALMS Utah GP pre-race quotes from GT class talk about a change of scenery. The Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels could not be more of a contrast to the previous two rounds of the American Le Mans Series. Instead of tight, twisty street circuits, Miller Motorsports Park is a wide-open, extremely fast... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Laguna Seca Grand-Am Cristiano da Matta Makes His Return With GAINSO/Bob Stallings This Weekend |
| 5/13/2008 5:35:47 PM |
 Auto racing Grand-Am less than two years after sustaining critical injuries in a testing accident, former CART Champ Car World Series Champion and Formula 1 veteran Cristiano da Matta will make his official return to competitive driving in a second GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley he will co-drive with Jimmy Vasser at the upcoming Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Weekend Round Up, Formula 1, NASCAR, IRL, Le Mans Endurance Series |
| 5/11/2008 12:10:19 PM |
 Auto racing F1:Ferrari's Felipe Massa won his third consecutive Turkish Grand Prix from pole in Istanbul Sunday. Lewis Hamilton, who tried a three-stop strategy passed Massa for the lead before half-distance, but he couldn't pull out enough of an advantage to beat the Brazilian after his additional stop, so had to settle for second place, just ahead of a faster Kimi... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Peugeot On Top In Practice For The Spa Le Mans Series Race |
| 5/9/2008 10:01:34 AM |
 Auto racing Peugeot continued to dominate proceedings at Spa-Francorchamps this afternoon, finish the second practice session for this weekend's Le Mans Series round with both cars at the top of the timesheets.
But Audi are at least onto the same pace as their rivals now, thanks to Allan McNish's 2:01.618 lap, which was just half a second shy of the lead Peugeot.
It was Marc... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Tony Stewart Comments On If He Would Run The 500 |
| 5/7/2008 3:59:03 PM |
 IRL auto racing Tony Stewart comments on if he would run the Indy 500 again “There’s part of me that thinks running at Indy and in IRL is a chapter of my life that is closed, and then there is the emotional part of me that says, ‘Never say never.’ I don’t know if I will ever get in an Indy car again, but if that happens, it’s obviously going to be a long way down the road... Read More |
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