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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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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: 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: 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: Grand-Am Brumos Racing Just Needs to Find Reliablty |
| 5/1/2008 11:12:02 AM |
 Auto racing Grand-Am’s Brumos Racing’s Nos 58 – 59 Porsche-Riley Daytona Prototype are on the edge of returning to the podium - if not winning outright they have been fast but not nearly reliably enough.
At VIR this past weekend the No. 58, with David Donohue at the wheel, pulled into the pits with the car "incapable of putting power to the pavement," according to... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Fittipaldi Joins Team Modena Aston Martin LM GT1 |
| 5/1/2008 10:45:43 AM |
 Auto racing Team Modena have added the hugely experienced Christian Fittipaldi to their driver lineup for June's Le Mans 24-Hour race, where the rapid Brazilian will join Antonio Garcia and Liz Halliday in the team's LM GT1 class Aston Martin DBR9. Prior to the French endurance classic, Fittipaldi will contest next month's Valencia, Spain, round of the Le Mans Series, a... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Volkswagen's New Scirocco Will Race Nurburgring 24 Hour |
| 5/1/2008 10:42:12 AM |
 Volkswagen is pumping up the badass for the racing version of its new Scirocco sport-hatch. VW will be campaigning a race-prepped version of its latest release at the Nurburgring 24 hour race in the 2-liter turbo category in which a GTI took victory last year.
The Scirocco racer will use the same 300-hp TFSI mated to Volkswagen's paddle-shifted DSG, a set-up which, in... Read More |
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Auto Racing: ALMS De Ferran Team To Debut At Miller Motorsports Park |
| 5/1/2008 10:37:07 AM |
| Auto racing De Ferran Motorsports’ debut in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is getting closer and closer each day. The newest member of the Acura LMP2 Motorsports stable will make its highly anticipated first start at next week’s Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. So what’s going through team owner and driver... 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: 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: 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.
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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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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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