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The IZOD IndyCar Series scheduled a pre-event test at MId-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 26 and fully 24 drivers showed up to practice in anticipation of the Honda Indy 200 at the track next weekend. Simona de Silvestro already tested at the venue earlier this month. The full-day session ended 90...

The U.S. Army has elected to truncate its affiliation with NASCAR after this season, leaving Stewart-Haas Racing's No. 39 Chevrolet Sprint Cup car and driver Ryan Newman looking for a new affiliation for primary sponsorship. While the Army has used this sponsorship activation to enhance its troop...

Ryan Hunter-Reay scored his third consecutive victory in the IZOD IndyCar Series 2012 season, winning the Honda Indy Toronto in his No. 28 Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone Indy car under caution for the second straight time (Iowa two weeks ago was the first caution finish)...

With engine competition for the first time since 2005 and with new rules that limit teams to five engines per season, the IZOD IndyCar Series has announced the status of engine use following the ninth of 15 races in the 2012 season. As the cars roll into Canada for the Honda Indy Toronto this...

The IZOD IndyCar Series teams have completed their all-important second practice that will designate lineups for the three heat race scheduled later this evening. Those three races will determine the grid for Saturday night's Iowa Corn 250 on the 0.875-mile Iowa Speedway oval, the third consecutive...

Over the past weekend, two well-known drivers ended their long waits to visit Victory Lane. The more prominent of this duo is Dale Earnhardt Jr, whose 143-race winless streak ended at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI. Ironically, this is the same venue where Earnhardt Jr had his last...

For the 20th straight year, NASCAR four-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon has earned a pole position, taking the 71st of his career at Talladega Superspeedway for Sunday's Aaron's 499. Driving the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet from Rick Hendrick Motorsports, Gordon was one of the final four...

Over the course of three races in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season, it's been easy to see which engine manufacturers did plenty of homework and who's prepared for the rigors of this year's manufacturers' championship fight. The nods go to Ilmor Ltd and their new Chevrolet engine and, as well to...

With the departure of AJ Allmendinger for Penske Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) needed to find a capable teammate for Australian Marcos Ambrose. The team confirmed today that Aric Almirola is graduating from NASCAR's Nationwide Series to the premier Sprint Cup Series with RPM, driving the...

Zippy and Smoke are together again. From 1999 through 2008, Greg Zipadelli was Tony Stewart's crew chief at Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). Together the duo won two Sprint Cup championships in 2002 and 2005, amassing 33 victories and 10 poles. When Stewart left JGR after the 2008 season to form...

Although this is Richard Childress' second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driving championship (Mike Skinner earned the first in 1995), no doubt the accomplishment by grandson Austin Dillon on the Homestead-Miami Speedway 1.5-mile oval makes this title more meaningful for Childress. 21-year-old...

One hundred years ago today, the Chevrolet brand was created. Founded by an aspiring auto racer who trained himself in mechanical engineering, the Chevrolet brand now sells some 4.25 million cars, in over 140 countries, each year. That’s quite a leap from 1911, when Louis Chevrolet rolled his...

Unless you're a fan of the TV series Pawn Stars, you might've missed the news on Friday that a 1957 Chevy 150 sedan belonging to the "Old Man" overheated and burst into flames. But there's a follow-up piece that might interest you: the classic car was restored in just a matter of hours, and it's...

In an age known for its electric vehicles, hybrid drivetrains, clean diesels and alternative fuels, you might not think there's a place in the world for a pushrod V8 with architecture dating back to the 1950s. GM disagrees though, and is currently making a case for continuing the lineage of one of...

If you've bought a truck you're probably a fan of the tough image, effortless torque and ample space afforded to you. However, just because your truck is designed for heavy duty work it doesn't mean you shouldn't expect the high tech gadgets you'd find in regular cars. Chevy agrees, and the 2012...

Chevrolet has been a part of the Indianapolis 500 for 100 years, which is as long as the race has been around. As we've already reported, the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible will pace the race, making it the 22nd Chevrolet to do so. In addition, Chevy engines will be used in IndyCar in 2012...

Most of the past week's headlines have been dominated by news about disastrous storms in the Deep South, flooding in the Midwest, and of course, the death of Osama bin Laden. But in the middle of all that, there's another important story that's been overlooked by many media outlets: yesterday...

Whip out your backpack and groom your mustache: it's time for America's favorite festival for interactive, film, and music, South by Southwest. And just like last year, Chevrolet will be tagging along with lots of new goods, including Chevy MyLink. The company will also host a shuttle service, a...

One of the Camaros that Chevrolet brought to SEMA was the Camaro SSX Concept, and now we have video of John Fitzpatrick, the marketing manager for Chevrolet performance cars, and Gary Mulder, the builder of GM Performance Division Concept cars, talking about it and the Corvette Z06X concept. Enjoy...

Venerable consumer publication Consumer Reports has stacked the current Ford Mustang against the current Chevrolet Camaro in a head-to-head match-up of V-6 models, and the Mustang has won. Anyone following car-magazine comparison review trends won't be surprised by the result. The Mustang has been...