Brian Gubby Andrй Guelfi Miguel Бngel Guerra Roberto Guerrero
Saturday
Caterham certain upgrade is working
Vitaly Petrov is certain that a new upgrade package for the British Grand Prix has significantly boosted the performance of the Caterham CT01.
Fontana Tough to Watch but NASCAR Drivers Love to Race: Fan Opinion (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
NASCAR Sprint Cup returns to the West Coast to race the two-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana March 25. Fontana is a double-edged sword for NASCAR. The track is a favorite for drivers because it is smooth, wide and racy but for fans it is a long, drawn out race that usually ends...
Mini Plays Two Patriotic Songs at Once with Car Horns [Video]
Just in time for Independence Day: Mini assembled a group of red, white, and blue hatchbacks to play a patriotic song that sounds a heck of a lot like “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee.” With their horns. (This video was posted on Tuesday, but we’ve been busy eating and blowing stuff up since then.) Read [...]
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McLaren Launches In-Depth MP4-12C Configurator [Photo Gallery]
Alongside the official debut of the retractable hardtop MP4-12C Spider, McLaren has launched the car?s online configurator.� While many such build-your-own sites?especially those for supercars?are pretty cookie-cutter in terms of what you can customize, the folks from Woking are letting prospective customers (and those who can only dream, like us) go much, much deeper. Read [...]
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Friday
Official: BMW unveils limited edition Lime Rock Park M3
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, BMW
BMW has just announced a new limited-production version of its M3 coupe, the Lime Rock Park Edition. Created in conjunction with Skip Barber, owner of the infamous New England circuit, this M3 features the best of BMW's performance catalog (though no additional power is on tap), making this coupe even more hardcore and better-poised than before.
The changes start with the exterior, where BMW has painted the two-door M3 in Fire Orange and added a carbon fiber roof panel, lightweight exhaust muffler and carbon fiber aero kits at the front and rear. The M3 Competition Package is also standard on this car, offering slightly more aggressive suspension geometry, and inside, black and anthracite cloth seats are lined with Nappa leather trim and a new flat-bottom steering wheel has been fitted.
No changes have been made to the M3's revvy 4.0-liter V8, which produces 414 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. All Lime Rock Edition models are mated to BMW's six-speed manual transmission.
Only 200 of the orange M3s will be produced, priced from $70,995 (including $895 for destination), with the first deliveries taking place in September. Scroll down for the official press blast.
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NASCAR Royal Purple 300 Schedule for March 24, 2012 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
The NASCAR Royal Purple 300 race is scheduled for Mar. 24, 2012, at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. Qualifications will be at 1:30 p.m. EST with the actual race planned for 5 p.m. EST on Mar. 24. In 2011, Kyle Busch won the Royal Purple 300 while Carl Edwards was the pole...
Kurt Thomas Busch Kyle Thomas Busch Jeffrey Tyler Burton Richard Allen Craven
Sansone Scores at Richmond
Last week, defending iRacing.com Sprint Car Series (iSCS) champion Alan Binder let his fellow drivers know that he would be taking Week 9 off.� The competition responded like sharks in a feeding frenzy, with 55 sim-racers entering this week?s events at Richmond International Raceway, all hoping to catch that elusive win with their sprints. Three online races were made official during the week with no splits, allowing the field sizes in each race to be packed and loaded with talent. On Tuesday, 18 cars made the grid for the first race of the week. While the iSCS points leaders were busy making appearances at other motorsports events, tension built between all of the entrants as it was clear Tuesday’s was anyone?s race to win. However, it was a familiar name [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/sansone-scores-at-richmond
Robert Allen Labonte Terrence Lee Labonte Randy Joseph Lajoie Kevin Paul Lepage
Crestani tops GP2 practice wash-out
Venezuela GP Lazarus driver Fabrizio Crestani headed the times in a red-flag ridden GP2 Series free practice session at Silverstone on Friday. Only a handful of flying laps were recorded in the soaking wet conditions, and spins caused no less than three red flags in 30 minutes. For the record, Crestani led the way on 2m23.035s, well over a second clear of Esteban Gutierrez (Lotus GP) who was an earlier spinner
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/crestani-tops-gp2-practice-wash-out
Kurt Thomas Busch Kyle Thomas Busch Jeffrey Tyler Burton Richard Allen Craven
Team Messina Rookie Challenge Close at Season?s Halfway Point
Team Messina Rookie Challenge(TOLEDO, Ohio) - On the track, Brennan Poole and Alex Bowman have been equal at so many points. Both drove to victory for Venturini Motorsports while debuting in ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards competition last season; Poole won in Salem, Ind. in May while Bowman won near Madison, Wis. nearly four...more»
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Thursday
Ducati: Engine only hope to keep Rossi
Ducati team boss Vittoriani Guareschi has labelled Ducati's planned new engine as the 'only hope' of convincing Valentino Rossi to stay at the squad, after the seven-time champion expressed his concern that there appeared to be no solution to the team's current struggles.
Kevin Michael Harvick Virgil Ernest Irvan III Kenny Dale Irwin Jr Dale Arnold Jarrett
Video: Is Kurt Busch?s career in jeopardy?
Kurt Busch, as you may have heard, is in a bit of hot water these days. But is his career in jeopardy? Let's kick around the idea right here. Yahoo! Sports' Jay Busbee (yep, right here) chats with Larry Beil about the possibility that Kurt is on his very, very last chance. Enjoy.
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Lorenzo: ?No grudge? with Bautista
Jorge Lorenzo has accepted Alvaro Bautista's apology for causing the first corner crash in the Dutch TT, admitting his initial comments were exaggerated in the heat of the moment. The Yamaha rider was taken out by Bautista when the latter braked too late and lost the front of his Gresini Honda, sliding into the Spaniard in a move Lorenzo deemed "a complete disaster" immediately after the race. Lorenzo labelled Bautista's subsequent penalty - which will force him to start from the back of the grid at this weekend's German Grand Prix - as inadequate.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/lorenzo-no-grudge-with-bautista
Thompson Wins at Kentucky
Kentucky Speedway was the site of racing for Week Nine of the season. Drivers raced under the lights at the 1.5 mile track located in Sparta, Kentucky. Kentucky seemed to bring out the worst in drivers as Week Nine saw many more wrecks than normal. Week Nine is also the week in which drops come into play, mixing up the season standings more than usual. For the week, 556 sim racers attempted a race while 149 drivers attempted at least one lap in qualifying. “Had a great run tonight.” – Justin Thompson Friday night?s broadcasted SoF race had 26 drivers and an SoF of 5158. The 100 lap race was plagued with cautions as the race was slowed 12 times for 46 laps. Jared Crawford (Michigan) started on the pole [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/all-news/thompson-wins-at-kentucky
Casey James Mears Juan Pablo Montoya Joseph Francis Nemechek III Ryan Joseph Newman
Wednesday
Vettel happy if Webber stays at RBR
Sebastian Vettel says he would be happy for Mark Webber to stay at Red Bull beyond this year, despite admitting that he does not have a great relationship with the Australian.
Jeffrey Tyler Burton Richard Allen Craven Kerry Dale Earnhardt Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr
Aaron Robinson: It?s Time For Toyota To Kill Scion
Jack Hollis played baseball for Stanford and was an outfielder in the minors, so you?d think the current head of Toyota?s Scion division would be able to recognize a bum pitch when he sees one. Yet Hollis finds himself having to swing for the fences off the knuckle-ball decision to sell the Toyota FT-86/Subaru BRZ [...]
Peter Gethin Piercarlo Ghinzani Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson
SRT Motorsports (Dodge) Presents THE NUMBERS: Coke Zero 400
Street and Racing Technology (SRT) Motorsports LogoTHE NUMBERS for the COKE ZERO 400 Daytona International Speedway (all Sprint Cup races) 0 ? fewest cautions (seven times, most recent 2/18/62) 1 ? fewest on lead lap at finish (eight times, most recent 2/15/76) 1 ? fewest leaders (four times, most recent 2/22/63) 1 ? fewest laps...more»
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Kyle Busch wins Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway
Kyle Busch took advantage of the misfortune of Kasey Kahne and Clint Bowyer and won the 8th annual Feed the Children Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway on Wednesday night, outrunning race host and organizer Tony Stewart over the final 16 laps.
If you were a Sprint Cup Series fan who found yourself wondering how much you would pay for a caution flag at certain points during the season's first 13 races, you certainly got your money's worth if you bought the late model dirt-track charity race on Pay-Per-View. The first half of the 40 lap feature was marred by caution after caution, including an eight car crash on the frontstretch on the third scored lap.
Kahne started on the pole and relinquished the lead to Bowyer, last year's winner, on lap 13. When Kahne went to get the lead back from Bowyer just a few laps later, he slid up into Bowyer's car trying to clear him. The contact sent Bowyer's car into the wall, and eventually into the garage after he got into the wall again on the next lap.
However, Kahne was the next car to find trouble. On lap 24, Bobby Labonte spun around and his car stopped in the high lane of turn 3, the preferred groove around the racetrack. Kahne swerved his car hard to the left in an attempt to avoid the parked Labonte, but ended up slamming into the driver's side of Labonte's car hard enough to rip his right front wheel completely off. (Both drivers were unhurt.)
Those events handed the lead to Busch, who started first with 16 laps to go and never relinquished the lead. By the time Stewart had moved from fifth to second, Busch already had an insurmountable advantage.
Danica Patrick, who drives for Stewart in the Sprint Cup Series, turned the first laps of her professional driving career on dirt on Wednesday. Patrick hit the wall during her heat race before the main feature and finished three laps down in 15th during the feature race.
Kurt Busch, suspended by NASCAR for Sunday's race at Pocono, was entered in the event and started on the pole for the fourth heat race before the feature but was caught up in two incidents in the heat race. The damage to his car was severe enough that he was unable to race in the main event.
Full results are below. Each of the race's top 10 finishers will have a food truck donated for Feed the Children in the city of their choice.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Tony Stewart
3. Austin Dillon
4. Donny Schatz
5. Ryan Newman
6. Aric Almirola
7. Cruz Pedregon
8. Dave Blaney
9. Ty Dillon
10. Justin Allgaier
11. Jimmie Johnson
12. Kenny Wallace
13. Ray Evernhham
14. Bill Elliott
15. Danica Patrick
16. Kasey Kahne
17. Bobby Labonte
18. Jason Leffler
19. Clint Bowyer
20. David Gilliland
21. Ron Capps
22. Tony Kanaan
23. J.J. Yeley
24. Ken Schrader
25. Steve Kinser
26. Kurt Busch (Did Not Start)
Bridgestone investigating Assen issues
Bridgestone has promised to fully investigate the rear tyre issues that affected several riders in MotoGP's Dutch TT.
Tuesday
2013 Audi TT to Get S-line Competition Package?The S and RS Look for Less
The Audi TT already is available in a multitude of flavors?TT�RS, TTS, and the regular, plain-old TT. If you’re in the market for the, shall we say, most mundane of the three, but you don’t want to sacrifice the aggressive looks of the RS and S models, you’re in luck. Audi has announced the S-line [...]
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Stoner feels sorry for Lorenzo
Casey Stoner said he was disappointed for MotoGP title rival Jorge Lorenzo after closing the points gap following the Spaniard's first-corner clash with Alvaro Bautista in the Dutch TT.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/stoner-feels-sorry-for-lorenzo
Report: Ford to exceed EcoBoost target by 100,000 units
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Technology, Ford, Lincoln
Like almost every other automaker these days, Ford is having a tough time in Europe right now, and here in the States, its per-share stock price is lagging, but that isn't stopping the automaker from exceeding some of its goals. The Detroit Free Press reports that sales of the company's EcoBoost turbocharged and direct-injected engines are going beyond expectations. The Blue Oval's signature powerplants have made it to a wide variety of Ford and Lincoln products, from larger vehicles like the Explorer, Taurus and MKT to smaller models like the new Escape and Focus ST.
In fact, Ford is reportedly on track to sell 1.6 million of these forced-induction vehicles in 2013 - a full 100,000 units more than it had previously estimated.
The smaller, more efficient EcoBoost powerplants will make the Ford lineup more efficient and a program to cut down the amount of platforms the automaker uses globally is helping to trim costs. Ford product development chief Raj Nair claims that the automaker is on track to clip its platforms from 22 in 2011 to 10 by 2017. The move should save Ford hundreds of millions of dollars as platform costs drop as scale increases.
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Juncadella leads Norisring F3 practice
Formula 3 Euro Series leader Daniel Juncadella emerged fastest from free practice for the combined European/British event at the Norisring street circuit. The Spaniard stayed just out of reach of the opposition, who were headed by British series racer Harry Tincknell
Monday
The Continental: Another Detroit Designer for Opel, the New Mitsubishi Outlander, a Manual Confirmed for the M3, and the End of the Road for Audi?s V12 TDI
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. On August 1, GM’s ailing German subsidiary, Opel, gets a new design chief: David G. Lyon, [...]
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2014 Land Rover Range Rover Spy Photos: The Next-Gen Quintessential Luxury SUV
What It Is: The fourth generation of the classic Range Rover, which will again come with four passenger portals and a split tailgate. Even though the Range Rover was launched more than forty years ago as a two-door SUV, this basic configuration has become the norm ever since Swiss automaker Monteverdi came up with this [...]
Ekstrom quickest in Norisring practice
Mattias Ekstrom set the pace in the opening free practice session for this weekend's DTM race at the Norisring.
Sunday
NHRA JR. DRAG RACING LEAGUE CONFERENCE FINALS RETURNING TO DENVER, BRISTOL FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2012
NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. Dec. 20, 2011 To help kick off the 20th Anniversary celebration of the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League, NHRA announced today that the Western Conference Finals and Eastern Conference Finals will once again return to Bandimere Speedway...
Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/12/nhra_jr_drag_racing_leagu_1.php
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Gronholm to remain in hospital
Double World Rally champion Marcus Gronholm will remain in hospital for further observation following his crash in practice for the X Games in Los Angeles on Saturday. The Finn was knocked unconscious when his Ford Fiesta RallyCross car crashed into a concrete post during a practice run.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/gronholm-to-remain-in-hospital
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Video: Is Joey Logano?s ride safe? How will Michigan run?
Time again for some Burning Questions from your favorite Yahoo! Sports Jays, Hart and Busbee. This week, we're talking Joey Logano, pit road penalties and the Michigan repave. Watch, enjoy, and have your say on the topics du jour below.
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2014 Chrysler 100 Spy Photos: Interior Shots Reveal Plenty of Tech
What It Is: Chrysler?s compact hatchback, which probably will be called the 100. Development cars have been driving around for several months, but this first glimpse of the interior shows that Chrysler is planning some traditionally upscale features for this car. Close-ups of the dash show nicely labeled switches for adaptive cruise control, forward-collision warning, [...]
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Cortese claims Assen Moto3 pole
Sandro Cortese ended his Moto3 title rival Maverick Vinales' run of pole position by leading team-mate Danny Kent in an Ajo one-two in Assen qualifying. Current points leader Cortese was on top for most of the final part of the qualifying battle. Kent was able to close right in, but moments after he did so, Cortese improved his pace to a 1m43.645s to take pole by 0.249 seconds, though Kent still claimed his first front row start at grand prix level.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/cortese-claims-assen-moto3-pole
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