• Cadillac XTS, Lincoln MKT Livery Cars On Display Next Week In Las Vegas

    Updated: 2012-01-31 15:49:45
    , HotRides New Speculation on 2014 Dodge Dart SRT-4 Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Cadillac XTS , Lincoln MKT Livery Cars On Display Next Week In Las Vegas post from The Truth About Cars on 31 January 2012 11:49:45 AM . The Truth About Cars Panther fans , grab your heart medication . Cadillac and Lincoln will be unveiling their entrants into the livery car market next week at the International LCT show in Las Vegas , based on the front-drive Cadillac XTS sedan and Lincoln MKT crossover . The W20 Livery Sedan Package” appears to be a trim level on its own , with distinct Read The Full Article : http :

  • Ten Hours, 800 RPM, Full Throttle: How Chrysler Used To Test Engines

    Updated: 2012-01-31 15:00:15
    , , : HotRides Cadillac XTS , Lincoln MKT Livery Cars On Display Next Week In Las Vegas Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Ten Hours , 800 RPM , Full Throttle : How Chrysler Used To Test Engines post from The Truth About Cars on 31 January 2012 11:00:15 AM . The Truth About Cars Now that I’m scouring eBay Australia for crazy Detroit Down Under cars maybe even as crazy as a 4-71-blown six-cylinder Torana I’ve been dragged once again into the Whirlpool Of Arcane Internet Car Knowledge . You know how that goes : you go to look up the Australian Falcon on Wikipedia , a reference to the Valiant Charger Read The Full Article : http :

  • SHAKEDOWN ? Rolex 24 At Daytona Behind the Scenes

    Updated: 2012-01-31 12:30:56
    HotRides Concept Car Mazda Kazamai Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . SHAKEDOWN Rolex 24 At Daytona Behind the Scenes post from RideLust on 31 January 2012 08:30:56 AM . RideLust The Shakedown crew from Youtube’s DRIVE network went down to cover the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona this past weekend , and even though super host Leo Parente donned a nuclear green shirt , he still managed to get some awesome interviews . Combine that with amazing race footage and video and you can see why Shakedown is Read The Full Article : http : www.ridelust.com shakedown-rolex-24-at-daytona-behind-the-scenes Add to del.icio.us Digg this Post to Furl

  • After Two Floods, Honda Tanks, Nissan Soars

    Updated: 2012-01-31 11:02:46
    , , HotRides Cadillac XTS , Lincoln MKT Livery Cars On Display Next Week In Las Vegas Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . After Two Floods , Honda Tanks , Nissan Soars post from The Truth About Cars on 31 January 2012 07:02:46 AM . The Truth About Cars When the March 11 tsunami hit , observers thought that of Japan s major automakers , Honda would be the least exposed . Most of its global production already is outside of Japan . Very few cars that are produced in Japan are exported . Toyota and Nissan looked much more vulnerable . Distrust predictions : Today , Honda presented the results for the Read The Full Article : http :

  • Mazda Hakaze

    Updated: 2012-01-31 05:42:00
    HotRides Fake In China : An F150 By Another Name Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Mazda Hakaze post from Cars-Pickup-Truck on 31 January 2012 01:42:00 AM . Cars-Pickup-Truck Mazda Hakaze Mazda Hakaze Concept Manufacturer Mazda Motor Corporation Production Prototype Concept car Class Crossover SUV Body style 2-Door Small SUV 2+2 car body style Coupe Layout All Wheel Drive Engine MZR 2.3 L DISI Turbo Petrol Transmission 6-speed Automatic electronically controlled Wheelbase 2,650 mm 104.3 in Length 4,420 mm 174.0 in Width 1,890 mm 74.4 in Height 1,560 mm 61.4 in Related Mazda Nagare Mazda Ryuga Mazda Taiki Mazda Furai Designer

  • Concept CarMazda Kazamai

    Updated: 2012-01-31 05:33:00
    HotRides The Big Porsche Pig-Out : All The 911 You Can Eat Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Concept Car Mazda Kazamai post from Cars-Pickup-Truck on 31 January 2012 01:33:00 AM . Cars-Pickup-Truck Mazda Kazamai Mazda Kazamai Concept Manufacturer Mazda Motor Corporation Production concept car Class Crossover Body style 2-door compact crossover Layout F4 layout Engine MZR 2.0 L DISI Transmission six-speed automatic Wheelbase 2780 mm 109.4 in Length 4520 mm 178.0 in Width 1930 mm 76.0 in Height 1500 mm 59.1 in Related Mazda Nagare Mazda Ryuga Mazda Hakaze Mazda Taiki Mazda Furai Mazda Kiyora Designer Laurens van den Acker The

  • Audi ? Daylight Headlights Superbowl Spot

    Updated: 2012-01-31 04:30:26
    HotRides Ten Hours , 800 RPM , Full Throttle : How Chrysler Used To Test Engines Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Audi Daylight Headlights Superbowl Spot post from RideLust on 31 January 2012 12:30:26 PM . RideLust Well it’s Superbowl time again and with that comes big money being spent on advertising . Thankfully car companies are some of the biggest spenders , which means that at days end , it’s a safe bet that we’re going to be entertained . Audi is taking the let’s make fun of Hollywood” approach by poking a little fun Read The Full Article : http : www.ridelust.com audi-daylight-headlights Add to del.icio.us Digg this

  • Chinese Citizens Mock Canadian Ambassador?s Car Choice

    Updated: 2012-01-31 04:18:50
    HotRides Also Dude , Truck Of The Year Is Not The Preferred Nomenclature . Truck Utility , Please Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Chinese Citizens Mock Canadian Ambassadors Car Choice post from The Truth About Cars on 31 January 2012 12:18:50 PM . The Truth About Cars David Mulroney , Canada’s ambassador to China , was mocked on a Chinese social networking site for committing a major social faux pas according to commenters on Weibo , a Chinese social networking site , Mulroney’s Toyota Camry , his official car , lacked sufficient prestige for a man of his station . While the Audi A6L is the standard vehicle Read The Full

  • NASCAR's Tony Stewart returning for Ontario race

    Updated: 2012-01-31 03:39:36
    NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart, who was presented the 2011 Mario Andretti Trophy Sunday night for his amazing end-of-season charge that saw him win five of the 10 Chase for the Championship races, is returning to where it all began, Ontario’s Ohsweken Speedway, next summer. Stewart was having a less-than-stellar season in 2011 until one night in July when he drove in a World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series race at the dirt oval on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford and won not only his first Outlaws feature but his first race of the year in any series....

  • Notes: To the victors go the timepieces

    Updated: 2012-01-31 00:00:00
    Justin Wilson, sporting the winner's watch from Rolex 24 At Daytona title sponsor, checks out his new ride at Sebring.

  • Commercial success

    Updated: 2012-01-31 00:00:00
    Graham Rahal gives Jillian Michaels (above) a few pointers about driving a race car during filming for CBS show.

  • AE86 Update – 2

    Updated: 2012-01-30 23:50:29
    The transformation of the AE86 is painfully slow, but each step taken towards completion is reason to celebrate and justification to give thanks. I am grateful. The long awaited enhancement of the ‘kotch’ ( brakes) is in full swing. The suggested improvement of the front rotors and calipers has been taken and applied. At the [...]

  • NASCAR driver Allmendinger wins Rolex 24

    Updated: 2012-01-30 04:20:05
    "If I was a sponsor being pitched to spend several millions of dollars to put Paul Tracy into an Indy car, my pen might run out of ink after reading that quote about not being competitive."

  • Helping Hands for Freedom event at Panther Racing

    Updated: 2012-01-30 00:00:00
    Helping Hands for Freedom, a military charity that supports military children of fallen and wounded soldiers, will host its ?Touchdown for Heroes Championship Party? from 5-10 p.m. Feb. 4 at Panther Racing.

  • Barrichello evaluates car, future

    Updated: 2012-01-30 00:00:00
    Rubens Barrichello puts in laps at Sebring International Raceway in the No. 5 KV Racing Technology car.

  • Strong INDYCAR presence

    Updated: 2012-01-29 00:00:00
    Justin Wilson in Michael Shank Racing car wins Rolex 24 At Daytona; six teams with INDYCAR drivers place in top 10.

  • New represents a learning curve

    Updated: 2012-01-29 00:00:00
    Helio Castroneves, in the Chevrolet development car (above), will join multiple other drivers at Sebring this week.

  • Circuit Racing: Capt. Marc Carey – wrestling turbulence!

    Updated: 2012-01-28 06:11:48
    Marc Carey’s race -car build has more followers than Beyonce has on Twitter! His quest to claim success in a Jamaican-built, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution based race-car platform, has had its fair share of obstacles. But, Marc Carey apparently swims in a sea of determination and his daily diet has the requisite servings of perseverance. So [...]

  • Foyt to miss Rolex 24; great qualifying result for AIM team

    Updated: 2012-01-28 03:52:44
    There’s lots of news coming out of Daytona this weekend. Qualifying for the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 that goes to the post at Daytona International Speedway at 3:30 p.m. today (Saturday - Speed TV at 2:30 p.m. Eastern) resulted in an upset with Ryan Dalziel of Orlando capturing the pole in a Ford-Riley Daytona Prototype. Rounding out the front row will be a Corvette DP with driver Max Angelelli at the wheel. In the GT class, the No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche and driver Andrew Davis won pole over the Woodbridge-based No. 69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD with Ferrari and...

  • Foyt part of endurance race's lore

    Updated: 2012-01-28 00:00:00
    A.J. Foyt, who won the 1961 Indy 500 and the Indy car national championship, competed in the inaugural endurance race at Daytona in '62 in a Pontiac Tempest. He won in 1983 and '85.

  • ROLEX 24 BLOGATHON

    Updated: 2012-01-27 23:33:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , January 27, 2012 ROLEX 24 BLOGATHON So I won’t be taking part and hence am really not too sure what IT’S all about , but over at a Blogsite called GrabBagSports.com they’ll once again be hosting their annual Rolex 24 at Daytona Blogathon . And I think Wedge and the Speed Geek have dropped by No Fenders in the past . As I know they’re the Juan’s who got me going BIG Game Huntin’ over Justin Bell’s final TV Broadcast at LeMans last year , saying he’d only be writing books from now on Hya Which got me to chase him down and get an interview with him , so I have to say Thanxs to Justin and hope he at least finishes ahead of the No . 56 Ferrari . And I just listened to the GBS 2012 Blogathon Preview Podcast and was immediately struck by how serious these

  • ROLEX 24: It’s Almost Showtime! Check out SPEED’s TV Coverage this weekend...

    Updated: 2012-01-27 22:22:00
    : : . skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , January 27, 2012 ROLEX 24 : It’s Almost Showtime Check out SPEED’s TV Coverage this weekend . So , if you’ve been Jonezin’ for some real Honest-to-goodness racing action instead of those 30-minute Dakar Vignette’s . Then Y’all most likely will wanna tune-in to this weekend’s 24hrs of Daytona , more calmingly known as thee Rolex 24, which will be aired live on SPEED and speed.com over the duration of the event , with TV coverage beginning at 2:30PM ET with a 1hr pre-race show before the green flag is dropped at 3:30PM ET Saturday , January 28 th Let’s Get Ready to Rumble SPEED Flag-to-Flag coverage Posted by Tomaso at 2:22 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : Racing News TV 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older

  • Super Cars hit downtown Indianapolis

    Updated: 2012-01-27 00:00:00
    Thirty-three NFL-themed Indy cars have invaded Indianapolis as part of Super Bowl XLVI's Super Cars program.

  • Surprise test guest

    Updated: 2012-01-27 00:00:00
    Rubens Barrichello, who had a seat made at the KV Racing Technology shop this week, will drive car at Sebring.

  • Yacaman weighs options for 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-27 00:00:00
    Fourth-place finisher in Firestone Indy Lights championship competes in 50th anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona.

  • Conway ready to roll with Foyt team

    Updated: 2012-01-27 00:00:00
    New A.J. Foyt Racing driver will be among dozen testing the Dallara DW12 car at Sebring International next week.

  • Caterham chief Tony Fernandes eyes domination of F1's midfield and points breakthrough in 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-26 20:48:19
    Tony Fernandes hopes his team will make a giant leap forward in their first season racing as Caterham.

  • ’Rubino to Indy Cars?

    Updated: 2012-01-26 18:10:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 26, 2012 Rubino to Indy Cars Meanwhile the Formula 1 world’s all a flutter , perhaps Chirp Chirp . Over the news that the sports most experienced driver may be headed stateside for the vaunted IndyCar Series . As ex-Williams F1 driver Rubens Barrichello , who is the only Formula 1 driver to make over 300 Grand Prix starts and will turn the B-I-G 4-Oh on May 30 th is slated for a two day test at Sebring this coming Monday-Tuesday Hmm NOTHIN’ to do with his good friend fellow Brazilian TK’s Tony Kanaan last minute pull-out of this weekend’s Rolex 24, eh NOT But I’m sure Kanaan will be on hand to help Rubens get to grips with the team’s Dallara DW12-Chevrolet . As after all the test is just down the road at the rival Sebring circuit .

  • ROLEX 24: Three Amigos out of this year’s race...

    Updated: 2012-01-26 17:56:00
    : : . skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 26, 2012 ROLEX 24 : Three Amigos out of this year’s race . Just saw the news that TK Follow-your-Schnoz” Kanaan , EJ What Me , Worry Viso and Bully Boy Ryan Hunter-Reay will not be taking part in this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona aboard the No . 2 Starworks Riley-Ford DP due to their sponsor backing out at the last moment . As Kanaan was looking forward to making his Rolex 24 debut this weekend so better luck next year TK Posted by Tomaso at 9:56 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : Grand Am Racing News Sports Cars 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Links About Attractions Blog News Commenting Pictures Racing News Northwest Happenings F1 Team Links

  • TEAM SEATTLE set once again to race for Children at Rolex 24 with Dempsey Racing

    Updated: 2012-01-26 17:44:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 26, 2012 TEAM SEATTLE set once again to race for Children at Rolex 24 with Dempsey Racing Dempsey Racing Mazda RX8, source : teamseattle.com Once again , in what’s now a very long standing tradition Team Seattle will take up its yearly challenge in the Rolex 24 at Daytona running under the Dempsey Racing banner . Yeah , as in Dr . McDreamy , 8221 aka Patrick Dempsey of Grays Anatomy although unlike years past , where Team Seattle ran a two-car operation , nevertheless , they’ll be running the No . 41 Mazda RX8 with drivers Ian James , Don Kitch Jr , Scott Maxwell and Dan Rogers who’ll be raising money for our local Seattle Children’s Hospital for each lap completed . While Dempsey will co-drive with his business partner Joe Foster plus

  • Barrichello IndyCar test will just be the first

    Updated: 2012-01-26 15:01:36
    Although Rubens Barrichello reportedly told his wife once that he would never race Indy cars — the memory of fellow Brazilian Nelson Piquet’s trip into the Indianapolis wall still vivid — the news that he will test a KV Racing Dallara-Chevrolet at Sebring next week should come as no surprise. When Emmerson Fittipaldi’s F1 career ended, he went to CART. So did Raul Boesel, Cristiano da Matta, Christian Fittipaldi, Mauricio Gugelmin, Roberto Morena and Alex Ribeiro. Non-Brazilian F1 drivers who’ve switched to the Indy car ranks include Sebastien Bourdais (a back-and-forth, actually), Juan Pablo Montoya, Timo Glock, Alex Zanardi (ditto),...

  • IndyCar stars to start near the top

    Updated: 2012-01-26 00:00:00
    Ryan Hunter-Reay (above) qualified ninth in the No. 2 Starworks Motorsport car for the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

  • Celebrity Bowling event to benefit Indy Family Foundation

    Updated: 2012-01-26 00:00:00
    Dale Coyne is bringing back the race-winning combination of driver Justin Wilson and engineer Bill Pappas.

  • Winning combination reunited

    Updated: 2012-01-26 00:00:00
    Dale Coyne is bringing back the race-winning combination of driver Justin Wilson and engineer Bill Pappas.

  • Klaxon Bells abound!

    Updated: 2012-01-25 18:11:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , January 25, 2012 Klaxon Bells abound ALL HANDS TO BATTLE STATIONS ALL HANDS TO BATTLE STATIONS THIS IS NOT A DRILL As riddle me this Why in tarnations would you have a car alarm if you weren’t gonna FREAKIN’ turn it OFF when activated sporadically for 3+ hours WTF As the somewhat fleeting silence of early morning Dawn was shattered at 5:03AM this morning by some bodies FRILLIN’ car alarm going OFF right outside my window . Then somewhere’s around 6AM-ish before beginning a ridiculous 35+ minute cycle at 6:50AM SHEISA And then again and again and again with the last time I looked at the clock being 8:11AM FUCK But hey , at least it wasn’t Molotov cocktails for breakfast which is becoming the Breakfas O Champions Err de riggour in someplace called

  • Kimi Raikkonen back in the driving seat with Lotus

    Updated: 2012-01-25 10:31:32
    Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 Formula One world champion, has said he feels "positive" following a two-year hatus from the sport.

  • Circuit Racing: AE86 Update

    Updated: 2012-01-25 06:50:37
    Faith, it is said, can move mountains. Faith, I have discovered, is needed in exorbitant quantities when one seeks to build a race-car. The process can be compared to a stroll through a minefield! I have weathered a few storms however and I am prepared for the others that are subdued, awaiting their turn to [...]

  • Fewer Canadians enter Rolex 24 at Daytona

    Updated: 2012-01-25 03:21:17
    The 50th anniversary Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona sports car race will kick off the 2012 auto racing season this weekend and, as usual, Canada has supplied a number of competitors for the headline event at Daytona International Raceway. Although there is an exciting new team in the mix, the AIM Autosport of Woodbridge partnership with Ferrari (and more about that later), there are not as many Canadian drivers entered this year as there were a year ago and you wonder why, considering that the Canadian economy is doing much better than that of the U.S. In 2011, four Canadians...

  • Honda adds Dale Coyne Racing to stable

    Updated: 2012-01-25 00:00:00
    Dale Coyne Racing's two-car IZOD IndyCar Series effort will be powered by Honda's V-6 powerplants.

  • Indy car stars highlight 24-hour race

    Updated: 2012-01-25 00:00:00
    INDYCAR drivers, including defending champ Graham Rahal (above), scheduled to compete in the 50th anniversary event.

  • Two months and counting till opener

    Updated: 2012-01-25 00:00:00
    March 23-25 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race weekend offers "The World's Fastest Spring Break Party."

  • Friedman Collection at The Benson Ford Research Center

    Updated: 2012-01-24 05:17:42
    Henry Ford was a collector. He would eventually build Greenfield Village to celebrate America’s past. His book collecting expanded from the McGuffey readers of his childhood to textbooks, trade catalogs and more. With the addition of the Greenfield Village staff’s material on the exhibits, the museum’s library was formed. The Ford Motor Company donated the [...]

  • Kimi admits he'll need time to adjust to F1

    Updated: 2012-01-24 02:39:16
    DANICA OFFICIALLY OUT OF INDY 500 Kimi Raikkonen, who's well into Day 2 of his return to Formula One by driving a 2010-spec Renault around the Valencia circuit in Spain, said following Monday’s session that he expects he’ll need a little time to get readjusted. Ya think? The 2007 world champion, who spent two years competing in the World Rally Championship and took a detour to North America in 2011 for a couple of NASCAR races, is now back in F1 with Lotus (which used to be Renault, remember?) and said that while he didn’t have any real trouble driving...

  • Peugeot Quits Endurance Racing

    Updated: 2012-01-23 18:35:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , January 23, 2012 Peugeot Quits Endurance Racing In another shocking blow to the motorsports world , Peugeot has unexpectedly quit Sports Car racing immediately , and therefore will not contest either this year’s 24 Heurs du Mans or the new World Endurance Championship WEC which kicks off with this year’s 60 th running of the 12-hours of Sebring . Hmm I guess it’s a good thing that le Hamburgular and Symone Pagenoe , nee Sebastian Bourdais Simon Pagenaud respectively both factory Peugeot drivers have decided to come stateside and go IndyCar racing instead . Peugeot Pulls the Plug on Factory effort Posted by Tomaso at 10:35 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : ALMS Le Mans Sports Cars WEC 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer

  • ROLEX 24: 2012 Daytona Classic celebrates 50th Anniversary with host of Big Names...

    Updated: 2012-01-23 17:56:00
    : : . skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , January 23, 2012 ROLEX 24 : 2012 Daytona Classic celebrates 50th Anniversary with host of Big Names . This coming weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway January 28-29 will once again feature a bevy O B-I-G name drivers , with several Open Wheel Racing Starz in the mix , not to mention luminaries from the Sports Car world along with ex-Formula 1 drivers And this year’s 50 th running of the 24 hours of Daytona has a twist to it too with the announcement of new rules for the Daytona Prototype DP Big Boyz , as essentially the Greenhouse” cockpit area has been redesigned along with subtle Bodywork allowances in order to more closely mimic production vehicles , i.e . Corvette , and hence there will be five brand new shiny 2012-spec

  • Kimi Raikkonen back behind the wheel as Lotus-Renault start testing for new Formula One season

    Updated: 2012-01-23 16:40:43
    Former F1 world champion makes return to track after two years away during test session with Lotus-Renault.

  • Here's how F1 teams get their money

    Updated: 2012-01-23 01:28:27
    Of all the motorsport journalists writing for all the motorsport publications in all the world, I trust maybe three or four more than everybody else. Nigel Roebuck is at the top of my list for Formula One. Joe Saward is close behind. Saward was mentored by Roebuck when they both worked at Britain’s Autosport magazine back in the 1980s. He left Autosport to write for F1 News magazine (which is where I became a fan) and when it ceased publication, he went on to write for other motoring magazines and, in recent years, Internet sites. As well as also being...

  • Circuit Racing: Dover Countdown-Part 2

    Updated: 2012-01-23 01:21:44
    As I stated earlier, I am waiting patiently for the green flag to unfurl and welcome the start of the 2012 circuit racing season. I have investigations to conduct and in accurate, Sherlock Holmes fashion, as the truth beckons, the hard, cold, facts will be laid bare! Until the mission is accomplished ………. Is it [...]

  • Notes: Belle Isle in June -- great locale

    Updated: 2012-01-23 00:00:00
    Ryan Briscoe and JR Hildebrand (above) looking forward to race event. ... Fishing event benefits Racing For Cancer.

  • China aligns with PVH's brand messaging

    Updated: 2012-01-23 00:00:00
    It's Chinese New Year Day, ushering in the year of the Water Dragon and IZOD's and INDYCAR's expansion in market.

  • R5 Revisited

    Updated: 2012-01-21 18:17:41
    The December 2011 issue of Panorama, the Porsche Club of America’s monthly publication, featured an article on the 1973 911 c/n R5. The history of the car is recalled from its days as a factory entry in the World Championship of Makes through multiple owners and finally as Best in Show winner at the Concours [...]

  • NASCAR star Carl Edwards coming to Toronto

    Updated: 2012-01-20 14:58:41
    Here are two big pieces of news concerning the Canadian Motorsports Expo, which will be held at the International Centre out by the airport the weekend of Feb. 10-12. First, NASCAR star Carl Edwards, the guy who finished second to Tony Stewart in last season’s Sprint Cup series, will be at the Expo on Sat., the 11th, between noon and 2 to sign autographs and answer questions from fans. Actually, although he officially finished second in the Chase to the Championship, Edwards was actually tied with Stewart following the final race but lost because Tony had more wins. Having said...

  • Israeli driver makes history

    Updated: 2012-01-20 00:00:00
    Belardi Auto Racing has signed Alon Day to its Firestone Indy Lights team as the first Israeli motor racing driver to compete on U.S. soil.

  • Servia seeks to make DRR home

    Updated: 2012-01-20 00:00:00
    Oriol Servia (above with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing co-owner Robbie Buhl) wants to develop continuity with team.

  • USF2000 champ lands ride in Star Mazda

    Updated: 2012-01-20 00:00:00
    2011 USF2000 champion Petri Suvanto will join Star Mazda Team Champion Team Pelfrey for the 2012 season.

  • Sarah seeing Green?

    Updated: 2012-01-19 21:01:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 19, 2012 Sarah seeing Green This just in from Speedway Indiana , where Offical No Fenders Photographer CARPETS reports that he went to a ribbon cutting ceremony for Walgreens this morning says that Walgreens is promoting living healthier and have revamped there stores and are now Walgreen Well . Pharmacy's This promotion is starting In Indy at the 16 th Meridian location while they have 70 locations in the state . nbsp A couple of the speakers were Indiana senator Richard Lugar and former Indianapolis Colts Head Coach Tony Dungee who claimed he’d arrived at midnight and didn’t know why he had 148-messages Somme-thun bout a Head Coach vacancy As his wife wasn’t able to attend , with the couple just having rolled-out their eighth child aye

  • The connection between high speeds and hwy. crashes

    Updated: 2012-01-19 16:06:07
    Last week, on the Wheels Smackdown feature at wheels.ca (that’s where Mark Richardson and I look at each other and shout: “You’re wrong!”), I argued for the retention of the 100 km/h speed limit on Ontario’s 400-series highways. (I know, I know – what does this have to do with auto racing? Which is what I usually write about? Please, bear with me . . .) I started my argument by saying that if people want to drive really fast, there are places to do it — like in race cars on the road circuit at Mosport International Raceway, or...

  • Emerald Green...

    Updated: 2012-01-19 08:57:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 19, 2012 Emerald Green . No . 67 Snomobile Front While Seattle s being socked by freezing rain , Sleet , SNOW Ice . Apparently we were able to send Indianapolis some of our Arctic air . As according to CARPETS : In the middle of the ceremony , believe it or not , it started snowing here too in the Eastern Time Zone . nbsp Here's a couple pics of the snow covered 67 Walgreens car . nbsp No . 67 Snomobile Side And inquiring minds wanna know : Do you think race control would drop the green under these conditions Photos courtesy of Offical No Fenders photographer CARPETS Posted by Tomaso at 12:57 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : Pictures 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to :

  • SFHR: A Different Shade of Green?

    Updated: 2012-01-19 08:46:00
    : : skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 19, 2012 SFHR : A Different Shade of Green The Whole Enchilada Nose Job” Side View Here are some pics of the 67 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing SFHR Showcar in Walgreens livery . nbsp First a great angle view of the entire car , then a front shot , and then a direct side view . Photos courtesy of Offical No Fenders photographer CARPETS Posted by Tomaso at 12:46 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : Pictures 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Links About Attractions Blog News Commenting Pictures Racing News Northwest Happenings F1 Team Links Caterham F1 Ferrari F1 Force India F1 Hispania F1 Lotus F1 Marussia F1 McLaren F1 MERCEDES GP Red Bull Racing F1 Sauber F1

  • Australian V8 Supercars is the best motor-racing series!

    Updated: 2012-01-19 04:01:14
    My bias is evident, it is blatantly obvious. It makes no excuses and why should it. Motor-racing is best served – competitive, intense, fierce, fearless and action-packed. There is no room for cowards, no vacancy for pretenders. When you fasten the belts, we the viewing public expect a gladiatorial battle, of epic proportions. SPEEDTV has [...]

  • Legge's long journey 'paying off'

    Updated: 2012-01-19 00:00:00
    Katherine Legge will be back in an IndyCar for the first time since 2007, joining Lotus Dragon Racing for '12 season.

  • The Dakar Rally 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-18 22:10:29
    The Dakar Rally is now in its 33rd year and for the fourth consecutive year was held in South America.  The event started on the east coast of the continent in Mar del Plata, Argentina before moving through Chile onto the west coast and finishing with the final three stages being held [...]

  • Cyril Despres Wins Dakar Rally 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-18 22:06:52
    The Dakar Rally is an infamously wild and exciting race and this year the Dakar Rally 2012 has been as exasperating and exciting as ever before. It is an unprecedented fixture and renowned spectacle in the motor sport calendar. This year the event is 33 years old and for the fourth year running was held [...]

  • SNOW-MUH-GETTON 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-18 17:35:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , January 18, 2012 SNOW-MUH-GETTON 2012 Otay , so many may be saying WTF So it’s SNOWING in Seattle big bleepin’ dealio . Whale , hey actually it rather is , as our state’s capitol Olympia may just break the all-time record for snowfall in a 24hr period , which is 14-inches . And its only forecasted to be a low of 70 and High of 84deg-f on the B-I-G Island today , i.e . Kona , Hawaii SHEISA Jolly Green Sea Turtles As I’d sure rather be there being buzzed by green Sea Turtles , or HE-LL Watchin’ Err listening to some Lotus-by-Judd , Chebby-Ilmor N Honda hairdryer’s pounding round Sebring Florida eh Posted by Tomaso at 9:35 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : Misc Ramblings Northwest Happenings Weather 0 comments : Post

  • Peugeot pulls out of sports car racing

    Updated: 2012-01-18 15:50:01
    Now we know why Sebastien Bourdais signed to drive a full season in the IZIOD IndyCar Series instead of racing for Peugeot in the European Le Mans series this season, as had been rumoured. In a shock announcement, Peugeot revealed a few hours ago that it is leaving sports car racing, effective immediately. In a statement, the French manufacturer said: "This decision has been taken in the context of a difficult economic environment in Europe. Peugeot has chosen to concentrate resources on its sales performance in 2012." A victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2009 was Peugeot's...

  • Bahraini King Attempts pulling Rabbit out of Hat...

    Updated: 2012-01-18 08:12:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , January 18, 2012 Bahraini King Attempts pulling Rabbit out of Hat . Last Sunday , King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa attempted appeasing his subjects Err citizens with apparently what is arguably a very watered down set of changes intended to quell the long sought for political changes in the Kingdom of Bahrain Yet according to Opposition members , the changes are largely Smoke Mirrors symbolic gestures in the King’s extremely slow attempts to bend to his publics demands . Bahrain Opposition Says King’s Measures Fall Short Meanwhile , reports claim that another civil protest has just been broken up by Police using stun-grenades in attempts to flush out anti-government protesters in advance of this weekend’s Air show as reportedly the clash between

  • Notes: Left foot, right foot dance

    Updated: 2012-01-18 00:00:00
    On-track development resumes Jan. 30 at Sebring. ... Iowa Corn back as race sponsor. ... Tracy in endurance race.

  • Bruno Senna replaces Rubens Barrichello as Williams confirm line-up for 2012 Formula One season

    Updated: 2012-01-17 22:49:41
    Ayrton Senna's nephew replaces Rubens Barrichello to complete all south-American line-up for Williams.

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