The amped-up 500 we’ve been waiting for. Just one year ago at the Los Angeles auto show, Fiat announced its official reentry into our country with the debut of the U.S.-spec 500. Since then, the brand has added the pseudo convertible 500C, but sales of all Cinquecentos have failed to impress. You might say they [...]
October 30, 2011 RSS After the Crossfire : UFC 137 : Penn vs Diaz October 30, 2011. 12:12 pm Section : Sports Posted by : Kenai Andrews UFC 137 could be the end of an era for not just one , but two fighters . Nick Diaz wore down a valiant B.J . Penn , taking two convincing rounds to win by unanimous decision , while Roy Nelson stopped PRIDE legend Mirko Continue reading Tags : BJ Penn cassie wiseman Dana White Georges St-Pierre kenai andrews Mirko FilipoviÄ MMA mma crossfire Nick Diaz Roy Nelson sports ufc ufc 137 wwe Voices from Occupy Wall Street , Part 3 October 30, 2011. 9:19 am Section : News Posted by : Sheldon Alberts NEW YORK New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has said he’s got no plans to throw the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan , a markedly
Many of Europe's best drifters converged on Bucharest, the capital of Romania, for the Drift Grand Prix. With the Palace of Parliament as the stunning backdrop, this street drift event was certainly breathtaking. Drivers came from many different countries...(read more)
Format: Xbox 360 Price: Around £40 Review score: 9/10 I’ve long been a fan of the racing series Forza Motorsport on the Xbox and then Xbox 360. The latest variant, Forza Motorsport 4, demonstrates that it is more than deserving of the name. In order to establish a difficulty setting, the game throws you in [...]
October 29, 2011 RSS MMA Crossfire UFC 137 : Penn vs Diaz predictions October 29, 2011. 2:33 am Section : Sports Posted by : Kenai Andrews A UFC 137 main event almost broke out at the weigh-ins yesterday , but B.J . Penn and Nick Diaz will square off tonight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas . Matt Mitrione will attempt to keep his spotless Continue reading Tags : BJ Penn cassie wiseman Cheick Kongo kenai andrews Matt Mitrione MMA mma crossfire Nick Diaz pacquiao postmedia sports ufc ufc 137 wwe Commonwealth leaders pledge to eradicate polio October 29, 2011. 1:08 am Section : Politics and the Nation Posted by : Mark Kennedy Commonwealth leaders gathered in Perth , Australia are divided over how to rein in member nations that violate human rights . But some of them ,
At next week’s SEMA show, Ford will officially unveil a new ’65 Mustang convertible body shell that ought to make restoring the most iconic Mustang in history a heck of a lot easier—that is if your idea of restoration includes replacing all of the sheetmetal. Teased in a video a couple of weeks ago, Ford’s [...]
The Blue Oval’s excellent new small car gets the SEMA treatment, times seven. The 2012 Focus is the Blue Oval’s most recently launched product, so it makes sense that Ford is bringing more of them to SEMA than any other model. There are in fact seven: six hatchbacks and one sedan, worked over by familiar [...]
If there’s one vehicle that owners love to bolt stuff to more than any other, it’d have to be the humble pickup truck. That’s why it’s important for Ford to continue to showcase customization options, even if its F-series trucks aren’t exactly fresh from the oven. To that end, here’s a look at the four [...]
: : skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , October 28, 2011 Flamboro Speedway : Frost Fest Just got off the phone with Flamboro Speedway's John Casale who is looking forward to hosting Frost Fest at the Hamilton-area oval on Saturday afternoon October 29 The Pit Gates for the event featuring the Mini Stocks and Thunder Cars open at noon , the grandstands open at 2 p.m . and racing starts at 3 . p.m The weather looks chilly but dry as of now , although there is a raindate on Sunday same times This is likely your last chance to see stock car racing this year , so take advantage of it while you can Have a great weekend . everyone Posted by GREGM at 3:59 PM Labels : Flamboro Speedway 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Inside Track TV LIKE' Inside Track: skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , October 28, 2011 Matt Billings 2011 Season in Review A Pair of Home Track Wins Tops Season Highlights and Finishes Third in BOS Point Standings By Craig Revelle Finish Line Web Design The sophomore season for Matt Billings in the 358 Modified division was a good one for the 18 year old Brockville , Ontario racer . Matt had a successful season with three feature wins , 20 top five finishes , 28 top ten finishes in 39 events this season . Two of those victories came at his home town track , Brockville Speedway , and the other was at Chapman’s Can Am Motorsports Park late in the . season Billings started 2011 by graduating from the Race 101 Program in North Carolina in January . Matt was able to apply a lot of what he learned at the Race 101 program in
Well, it’s that time again. I’m another year older though it could be argued no more wiser than I was previously! Nonetheless, I like to consider around my birthday what I’d like to drive, for one hour, on any track or road. This year, as the picture shows, I’d like to drive the McLaren MP4-12C. [...]
Fourteen more horsepower and a new grille for Cadillac’s only car. What Is It? It’s the latest CTS, which is a lot like the CTS we already know and like. For 2012, the 3.6-liter version of Cadillac’s only car gets a new cylinder-head design with integrated exhaust manifolds, a composite intake manifold, lighter connecting rods, [...]
Four Camaros to be among the bevy of Chevys at the Vegas show. A couple of years ago, we tried to tally the number of Camaros we saw at the SEMA show. We lost interest after counting 37 in one day. This year, Chevy and everyone else will have access to the Camaro convertible (not [...]
A slew of accessories, real and imagined, meet the Sonic in Vegas. With the exception of the Aveo Xtreme concept—ohmigod!—Chevy didn’t really bother dressing up its former B-segment entry for SEMA. Now that the handsome, non-sucky, and actually damn good Sonic is here, things are different: Chevrolet will bring 20 of them to this year’s [...]
Two takes on the turbocharged sedan. All told, Chevy will be scattering 51 vehicles throughout SEMA’s various halls this year. Ten of those will be Cruzes, two of which we checked out prior to heading to Vegas. Keep Reading: Chevrolet Cruze Dusk and Z-Spec Concepts Headed to SEMA
Today, Mazda tweeted “Sneak a peek at some #Mazda @SEMASHOW cars: MX-5 Spyder & Turbo2,” and included a link to images of the two Vegas-bound cars. What’s an MX-5 Spyder and a Turbo2? Mazda offered just a single image of each car along with a brief caption, but here’s what we’ve ascertained. Mazda MX-5 Spyder [...]
You might remember that the last time we decided to track a Nissan NISMO 370Z, it didn’t exactly end well. That street model’s brakes weren’t up to the task of heavy track use, but the Z-car announced today will probably fix that—and a whole lot more. The new 370Z NISMO RC from Nissan Motorsports is [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , October 27, 2011 SUMMIT RACING PRO MOD TEAM HEADS TO VEGAS FOR FINAL NHRA EVENT OF 2011 SEASON Grande Pointe , Manitoba What has been a whirlwind 2011 season for the Summit Racing Equipment Pro Mod team of Kenny Lang will come to a conclusion this weekend at the NHRA Big O Tires Nationals in Las Vegas , Nevada . nbsp Currently sitting fourth in the Get Screened America Pro Mod Series standings , the Summit Racing Equipment team is looking for a strong showing to finish off the 2011 campaign . We had a good outing last weekend at the ADRL event in Texas and we hope that we can carry those 1 8th mile numbers over to our quarter mile tune up for this weekend . 8221 said Lang . nbsp In fact , the team has had a lot of recent success , having won Best
Cat, say good-bye to the bag. Early this morning, scanned images of an accessory brochure for the upcoming rear-drive Toyota FT-86 sports car hit the web. The photos, although blurry, not only give away the FT-86’s production styling, but several cool features it might have as well. The FT-86 and its Subaru BRZ sibling are [...]
Trucks outfitted for hunting season are nothing new at the annual SEMA show, but given the general availability of stuff like the new Ram 1500 Mossy Oak Edition, this Chevrolet Silverado Realtree has to be taken seriously for its production possibility. A factory version might not have this concept’s graphics—which include a large bowtie and [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , October 27, 2011 UPS Extends NASCAR Partnership Shifts To Associate Sponsor With Roush Fenway Racing DAYTONA BEACH , Fla . Oct . 27, 2011 NASCAR and UPS have signed a multi-year agreement for UPS to remain the sport’s Official Logistics Partner , providing critical pick-up and delivery services for race teams , vendors and suppliers at every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event throughout the . season In addition to its official partnership , UPS will continue its relationship with Roush Fenway Racing as a full-season associate sponsor of Roush Fenway Racing’s No . 99 Ford , driven by Carl . Edwards The decision to continue with NASCAR in an official capacity for a 13th season and Roush Fenway Racing as a sponsor for a fourth season was driven by the
Michelin is launching its new Primacy 3 car tyre, which will be available in the UK and Europe from February 2012. The tyre is set to open a whole new era in road safety. Compared with its four market-leading competitors, the Michelin Primacy 3 delivers the best grip when braking on dry or wet surfaces [...]
These four run the gamut from big-time power to curbside appeal. Tacked-on accessories only go so far at SEMA. Yes, the four cars featured here all wear saleable aftermarket pieces—SEMA’s raison d’être, if you’ve lost sight, is to peddle parts and accessories to dealers and distributors—but each one is also a one-off showpiece created by [...]
A new face and new toys will keep us entertained until the next Audi 4 family arrives. We’d say that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, but, between the Audi A4 and A5, we’re not sure which is the female and which is the male. We don’t know what it says [...]
Ford always has a ton of show cars on hand at SEMA, and this year’s no different. As was the case last year, shuffled in among the tuned Mustangs, Focuses, Fiestas, and F-series pickups will be a handful of customized Ford Explorers. 2011 Explorer by DSO Eyewear The DSO Explorer (pictured above) is almost plain [...]
Between a steady flow of racers like the RMR Red Bull Hyundai Veloster rally car and four solid years of wild SEMA show cars, it’s safe to say that Hyundai and Rhys Millen have a healthy relationship. It continues this year on the first of November when another car debuts in Las Vegas, and according [...]
Just a handful of days ago, Chevrolet announced details on the U.S.-spec Spark minicar, including plans to offer an all-electric version in 2013. Only a tiny morsel of info was given on the Spark EV, but we now know its permanent-magnet electric motor will produce 114 hp, some 31 hp more than the conventional Spark’s [...]: : skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , October 26, 2011 NASCAR : Reed Sorenson in the MacDonald Motorsports 82 for the rest of 2011 MOORESVILLE , NC MacDonald Motorsports is proud to announce that Reed Sorenson will remain in the No . 82 Dodge Challenger for the final 3 races of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season . nbsp After leaving Turner Motorsports three weeks ago , Sorenson joined MacDonald Motorsports at Kansas and also the following week at Charlotte . nbsp The team however is seeking out more sponsorship to help finish off the season I’m really happy to have Reed in the No . 82 for the final 3 races , 8221 explained Randy MacDonald . nbsp He’s a great racer and I want to try and help him finish the season out . nbsp If we can get some more sponsorship on the car for these
Ford’s Fiesta subcompact is pretty stylish—in five-door guise, anyway; the sedan is seriously frumpy—which makes it a decent tableau for customization. Ford is bringing three worked-over examples to next week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, each prepped by a different tuning outfit. (Truthfully, we’re a little sad that none of them are a production version [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , October 26, 2011 AIM Autosport and FXDD Join Forces for GRAND-AM Rolex Series Campaign with 2010 Champions Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal in new Ferrari 458 Italia GT Grand Am Woodbridge , Ont . October 26, 2011 Winning GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series team AIM Autosport has joined forces with FXDD and 2010 GT Champions Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal to form AIM Autosport Team FXDD for a season-long campaign in pursuit of the 2012 Rolex Series GT Championship in a new factory-built Ferrari 458 Italia GT Grand . Am Assentato and Segal will co-drive the new Ferrari in their fifth full season as teammates but their first in a Ferrari and with AIM . The AIM Autosport Team FXDD collaboration brings together two multi-race winning GRAND-AM Rolex Series: : , skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , October 26, 2011 International Motorsports : Rémy Audette , Only Quebec Driver Crowned 2011 US Champion Mirabel Québec October 26, 2011.– Among the multiple international motorsports series , only one saw a Quebec driver win the 2011 American title . Rémy Audette won the F2000 Championship Series after an impressive season including five victories , ten podiums , and six pole positions . nbsp It was a dream season from the first to the last race we never stopped battling for the victory , and never had any issues declares the Audette Racing driver , my Dimensions Doors Novatech Van Diemen car was competitive and reliable from one end of the season to the other . We haven’t had a single mechanical issues and I finished all fourteen of the: , skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , October 26, 2011 DIRT RACERS GILBERT , GAYLORD DEMARTINO SELECTED FOR TALENT SEARCH SACRAMENTO , California Star Racing Supply recently announced a sponsorship program to provide up to 18 young drivers 6,000 to 18,000 each for the 2012 racing season . Working in alliance with Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle , 40 talented young drivers from across the United States and Canada will be selected to participate in the extensive , three day driver try outs known as The Shoot-Out . quot Matt Gilbert , age 20, from Kansas , 16 year old Tripp Gaylord from Colorado and Derek Demartino , 20, from New Mexico are each talented dirt racers chosen to compete in this years RSWC talent search . Many successful Stock Car racers today , honed their skills driving: skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , October 26, 2011 NPP RACING MOTORSPORTS RELEASE off-season EDMONTON , AB The month of October has not been kind for two Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series competitors . Both Kevin Wheeler and Jason Beaulieu are nursing cracked and broken bones in separate off-season motocross incidents in their home provinces . Wheeler crashed hard at an Alberta Oldtimers Motocross Association event on the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend . Two weeks later Beaulieu went down at a motocross track near his Campbell River , British Columbia home . My entire side is still bruised , quot says Wheeler from his home in Whitecourt , Alberta , I also cracked a couple of ribs . quot After a second and third place finish in the first two races at the Antler LakeIn this episode of Inside Track TV, OSCAAR Outlaw Super Late Model racer George Wilson talks with host Spencer Lewis about his season and the distances he hauls to race in southern Ontario. Wilson hails from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This was filmed at the recent Autumn Colours Classic at Peterborough Speedway.Inside Track Motorsport News // www.insidetracknews.com // 'Canada's Source for Motorsports'
First off, we’re going to avoid any “element” jokes here. Too easy. Now into its first year in the U.S. market, the adorable little 500 has something to prove to the aftermarket hordes gathering at the 2011 SEMA show. The Fiat 500 Carbon and 500 Titanium will occupy the Mopar booth along with larger, more-American [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , October 25, 2011 Danny O’Brien Season in Review 10th Brockville Speedway Championship and Ten Feature Wins Highlight Stellar Season By Craig Revelle Finish Line Web Design When the 2011 racing season got underway , Danny O’Brien set his goals to win a 10 th Brockville Ontario Speedway track championship , and contend for the 2011 Mr . DIRTcar championship . O’Brien just came off a streak of four consecutive track titles , and after missing out in 2010, he was back looking to regain the title in 2011. Danny O’Brien got the 2011 season off to a flying start , scoring top five finishes in his first four events of the season , including a win in a rare appearance at Merrittville Speedway back in April . The schedule in May was a little light due to the
A single Fiat-based crossover will replace the lackluster Jeep duo. If you think the legion of Alfa Romeo Giulietta–based mules we’ve seen running around is getting a bit tiresome, well, we sort of feel the same way, too. Almost daily, our inboxes get fat with photo sets of one matte-black prototype or another, cut, chopped, [...]
Added athleticism for the promising new GS. When the standard GS350 debuted at Pebble Beach, we reported that a GS350 F Sport version would bow at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. This has now come to pass. F Sport, of course, indicates this car’s sporty intentions; the letter F is similarly applied to the [...]
Earlier this month, Nissan Europe revealed that it was building a two-off—one left-hand-drive, the other a right-hooker—Juke stuffed with Nissan GT-R running gear. It christened the tiny beast Juke-R. Nissan subsequently posted several YouTube videos of the build, before finally unveiling the finished car to unsuspecting attendees at a Nissan crossover launch event in Spain. [...]
An image has surfaced on Twitter of a new Mercedes-Benz model to be built at the company’s Tuscaloosa, Alabama, plant. The banner you see here appeared at an event celebrating the allocation of the new model to Tuscaloosa; the move includes a $350 million investment and the creation of 400 new jobs at the factory. [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , October 25, 2011 Lincoln Electric's New POWER MIG® 256 25 October 2011 POWER MIG® 256 Joins Lincoln Electric's Line of Professional's Choice(SM Wire Feeder Welders Cleveland Lincoln Electric introduces the POWER MIG® 256 to its line of POWER MIG Professional's ChoiceSM welders , replacing the previous POWER MIG 255XT model . The updated model sets the standard for MIG GMAW and flux-cored FCAW welding in light industrial job shop fabrication , maintenance applications and repair work . Features : include Lincoln Electric's patented Diamond Core Technology™ delivers a smooth arc Voltage output and wire-feed-speed displayed on digital meters New Magnum PRO 250L gun and 15 ft . cable Convenient Coil Claw™ system for workstation organization The POWER
Subaru has already revealed the production version of the XV crossover concept from the 2011 Shanghai auto show, and the company has now told us that the high-riding Impreza hatch will come to the U.S. next year. What the car ultimately will be called when it’s traipsing around northern Vermont is up in the air, [...]
Mazda has announced that it will debut this Takeri concept next month at the 2011 Tokyo auto show; it’s a thinly disguised preview of the next Mazda 6. The stylish Minagi concept—which became the production CX-5 crossover—was the first vehicle to wear the company’s latest Kodo design language, but the Kodo-fied Takeri is even more [...]
The Subaru WRX and STI will cease their association with everyday Imprezas in 2013, when the pair will be redesigned and ride on a new, dedicated platform separate from the normal Impreza’s. Until then, the WRX and STI will soldier on using the old Impreza platform and be sold alongside the redesigned 2012 Impreza sedan [...]: : skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , October 25, 2011 INDYCAR : Update on Team Penske Driver Will Power Team Penske IZOD IndyCar Series driver Will Power underwent further testing in Indianapolis on Monday for a back injury suffered in a multi-car accident during the series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday , Oct . 16. After experiencing pain in his upper back following the tragic accident that ultimately claimed the life of driver Dan Wheldon , Power was evaluated and released from University Medical Center in Las Vegas on the evening of the crash with no evidence of significant injuries . On Monday , however , it was determined by series orthopedic specialist Dr . Terry Trammell that Power suffered a compression fracture of his fourth thoracic vertebra in the accident . Dr
Honda has announced that it will reveal the 2012 CR-V and the all-electric 2013 Fit EV at next month’s 2011 Los Angeles auto show. Honda brought the Fit EV concept to last year’s L.A. show and has been bandying about a concept version of the next CR-V since July; we expect the production models to [...]
With so many variables to consider when you’re shopping for one of life’s richer rides, deciding on the right sedan, coupe, SUV—or even supercar—can be daunting. We’ve simplified the task with our new Luxury Vehicle Advisor, which delivers a definitive ranking of every luxury vehicle in six critical areas: craftsmanship, convenience and technology, all-weather capability, [...]Race Time Radio - Live Broadcast Tonight October 24, 2011 at 8 p.m... Tune into www.racetimeradio.comInside Track Motorsport News // www.insidetracknews.com // 'Canada's Source for Motorsports': skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , October 24, 2011 Luke Whitteker Season in Review Race 101 Program Provides Wealth of Knowledge On and Off the Track By Craig Revelle Finish Line Web Design At the end of 2010, Luke Whitteker won a scholarship for the Race 101 Program in North Carolina . During the first few months of 2011, Whitteker traveled once a month to the Charlotte , North Carolina area to attend classes , learning everything about the motorsports industry , from on track skills , chassis set up , shocks , springs and all things technical . He also learned the off track skills needed , such as marketing and communication . Throughout the year , Whitteker also participated in online seminars webinars learning even more about the motorsports industry , and all aspects of . it On
Back in June, we got confirmation of an AMG version of the latest ML crossover. Mercedes has now told us that the model, the 2012 ML63, will make its debut at next month’s L.A. show and go on sale early next year. We don’t have any further details, although we anticipate this model will drop [...]
We already know a fair amount about what to expect from the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in terms of power and equipment, but the list of things we don’t know about it is shorter now that GM’s Dealer Reference Guide has been posted on the internet. The guide mostly included tidbits we already knew, but there [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , October 24, 2011 Fowl Mood Racing Year in Review Canada Day Championship Win at Brighton Speedway Highlights Tumultuous 2011 Season By Craig Revelle Finish Line Web Design It is no secret to anyone who has spent time with the Fowl Mood Racing team this season that it has been a difficult year for the team . There has been a few bright spots along the way , and the team has certainly worked hard , but bad luck has plagued the team on several occasions , more so in the first half of the season . Fowl Mood Racing driver Phil Potts battled back in the second half of the year , and ended the season with two feature wins at Brighton , and finished the year in fifth place in track points at Brighton and third at Can . Am While many race teams in this areaInside Track Motorsport News // www.insidetracknews.com // 'Canada's Source for Motorsports': skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , October 22, 2011 Joel Doiron 2011 Season in Review Slow Starting Season Highlighted by Feature Win at Cornwall Speedway in July By Craig Revelle Finish Line Web Design When the 2011 racing season began , optimism was high for Joel Doiron and his Alexandria , Ontario 358 Modified . team They had a brand new car and a fresh new look going into the season , and they were anxious to get on track and get the new season . underway As the season began , Doiron struggled early , trying to get a handle on their brand new Bicknell . chassis For the first few weeks of the year , the car just would not react the way they . anticipated The fact that the track was unusually rough due to the large amount of rain early in the season didn’t help , and it seemed: skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , October 22, 2011 Greg Belyea Season in Review Brighton Speedway Track Championship Highlights Banner Season By Craig Revelle Finish Line Web Design Shortly after the 2010 racing season had ended , Greg Belyea teamed up with fellow Late Model competitor Lee Gill for 2011, and once the season started , it soon became evident that the move would payoff for the Frankford , Ontario racer . Belyea had a banner year in the Late Model division , with a track championship at Brighton , a runner up finish in points to the aforementioned Lee Gill , and seven feature wins along the . way While Belyea’s home tracks were Brighton and Can Am , the first race of the season began at Brewerton Speedway , located just north of Syracuse , New York . Belyea struggled
Past Neiman Marcus Christmas catalogs have contained vehicles as varied as the retro-mod dud of a Thunderbird, the Jaguar XJL Supercharged, and the Camaro SS convertible. Pulling product from across the pond after last year’s bowtie adventure, this year’s book will contain the Ferrari FF—a special-edition FF, of course. The stuff? A unique shade of [...]
Not content to let the UAW spoil its Transit van announcements, Ford has followed the union’s confirmation with a statement of its own. The van will be built in Ford’s Kansas City plant, which currently assembles the F-150 and Escape. Ford’s press release refers to the van as the Transit, and we expect that this [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , October 21, 2011 INAUGURAL TEAM CANADA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WITH DRIVER XAVIER COUPAL MAKE HISTORY As the final checkered flag over the 40th Formula Ford Festival , the Team Canada entry was already parked , but not without making a spectacular debut and also making history Xavier Coupal showed Europe that he was a serious threat to take it all with a second place in his first heat and then backed that up with a dominant win in his semi-final . The semi-final win and his quick pace meant he would do something that no other Canadian driver has ever done , start from the pole at the world renowned Formula Ford Festival . At the final , Xavier lead from the green and looked strong , Ireland’s Ivor McCullough used his Brands Hatch experience to find a way: . skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , October 21, 2011 Evoy’s Impressive Season Ends With Top Ten Finish in Mr . DIRTcar Sportsman Series Race at Brockville Speedway By Craig Revelle Finish Line Web Design The first five months of the 2011 racing season were fantastic for Dylan Evoy and his Brockville , Ontario based Evoy Racing team . From April when the season through the end of August Evoy captured feature wins virtually every weekend . He ended the year with victories on 14 occasions , more than any other DIRTcar Sportsman . competitor While Evoy had a great deal of success early , the disappointment and tribulations came in September , with a crash in the Sportsman feature at Mohawk International Raceway on the final points night , and then another hard crash two weeks later at
So there is this thing that occurs shortly after a 1972 Porsche 917/10 fires up approximately three feet from your face. Your manly parts curl up and withdraw into your lower esophagus, and your toes shrink a little, and you sit there simply trying to come to grips with the ungodly noise. It’s thick and [...]
APPETIZERS: Life in the automotive B-segment can be piquant, almost zesty. Choose wrong, however, and you’re in for beans on toast. In the automotive time/space continuum, life first pokes its head out of the primordial pea soup in the B-segment. Some of its denizens are slowpoke slugs with nubs for legs. Others are beginning to [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , October 21, 2011 Maryeve Dufault closes out first stock car season MOORESVILLE , North Carolina October 21, 2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards driver Maryeve Dufault had high hopes for last Sunday's season finale at Toledo Speedway in her final run of the season in the No . 12 Mad Croc Dodge Motorsports Dodge Charger for Tony Marks Racing . Unfortunately , a series of obstacles outside the control of the Sorel , Quebec native left her unable to really strut her . stuff The former NASCAR Canadian Tires Series NCTS driver entered the Federated Car Care 200 with high hopes , especially after a private test session at the half-mile oval , a week before the 19th race of the season allowed Dufault the opportunity to run consistent and competitive
Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. One year after the Audi Quattro concept‘s launch at the Paris auto show, a decision on building it [...]Which of these two performance cars would you buy? The McLaren P4-12C is a superbly clinical driving experience but the Porsche GT3 RS is the choice for rear wheel drive purists. For those lucky people who genuinely have this decision to make, perhaps the video from Autocar will help you choose.
If only “series” started with an a, we could call it the SLS AMG BA. The Black Series idea seems to be catching on at Mercedes-Benz. Between 2006 and 2011, the company rolled out just three rabid Black Series cars, but now, mere months after M-B announced the 2012 C63 Black Series, we have proof [...]
Buick’s baby makes us forget the ’92 Skylark for good. If you’ve been keeping up with the reading, then you’ve probably noticed that the old Buick is dead. GM’s 2009 quick-rinse bankruptcy purged the pipeline of big softy sedans for Florida blue hairs who cruise with a permanently flashing turn signal. Today’s Buicks are smaller, [...]
The rollout party that took place last week in Munich for the unveil of the 2012 BMW 3-series sedan is over, and the next 3-series coupe has taken to the street. This car might be heavily camouflaged, but it doesn’t take much guessing to figure out that the car will look like a two-door version [...]
A friendly reminder to be excited about the A4 Allroad coming to the U.S. Audi will be debuting a face-lifted 2012 A4 in the next few weeks (the car will be a 2013 in the U.S.), and the Allroad Quattro, its high-riding most-terrain wagon derivative, will get the same updates as the sedan and normal-ride-height [...]: : , skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , October 20, 2011 Release : Route , dates set for Targa Newfoundland 2012 ST . JOHN’S October 20, 2011 An international roster of competitors and fans will converge on St . John’s on September 9, 2012, for the start of the 11th edition of Targa Newfoundland and the beginning of a new decade for Canada’s longest and toughest motorsport event , organizers here have announced The annual fall classic will kick off with registration and technical inspection on the Saturday , followed by the traditional ceremonial start and Prologue on the Sunday September 9 Five gruelling days of competition start from St . John’s on Monday September 10 and conclude back in the capital on Friday , September 14 with the awards gala on Saturday , September 15, 2012.: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , October 20, 2011 Marek Petruczynik and Risok Motorsport finish 8th Overall Marek finished the Ontario GT Sprints season in 8th overall in the GT6 Class . After competing in two GT sprint races this season it was enough to pick up the points to secure 8th overall . nbsp The first race there was a problem with the hood , and it fell off . During the second race , Marek was on pace with the other cars in the class and picked up his first podium , getting third . place Next season Risok Motorsport will be bringing the car back to its original roots . Back in the mid 1980’s Volkswagen entered a couple GTI’s for Group A rallying in the WRC . In 1986 Swedish driver Kenneth Eriksson took the title with Volkswagen , running a Volkswagen GTI 16V . Group A
Canada.com Blogs Tags cars cars RSS Funniest car commercials October 19, 2011. 12:18 pm Section : Driving Posted by : David Kates Mini Darth Vader . Farah Fawcett petting a cougar . Ricardo Montalban being Ricardo Montalban . Today , Driving.ca takes a look at some of the funniest car commercials of all time . 1975 Chrysler Cordoba This ad for the 1975 Chrysler Cordoba has two Continue reading Tags : cars Blog Sections Entertainment Last post Oct 19, 2011 Life Last post Jul 6, 2011 News Last post Oct 19, 2011 Politics and the Nation Last post Oct 19, 2011 Sports Last post Oct 19, 2011 Travel Last post Oct 17, 2011 Search Blogs search October 2011 M T W T F S S Sep 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31In one of the closest final events of the 2011 motoring calendar, the BTCC boys really took it to the wire. A number of names were in contention coming in to the final race, including Matt Neal, Mat Jackson, Gordon Shedden and the ever present Jason Plato. Neal won the opening race, with Shedden taking [...]