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Subaru unveiled the Advanced Tourer Concept at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show last December, and we all thought it was previewing the next-generation Legacy and Outback. Motor Trend now reports that the concept actually hints at the next-generation WRX. The front-end design of the new WRX will reportedly take styling cues from the Advanced Tourer Concept, and the car will likely be available as both a hatchback and a sedan once again. Lexus is killing off the slow selling HS 250h hybrid just as the new ES 300h hybrid comes onto the market. The move isn't surprising as the HS 250h never really took...
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NASCAR The Game: Inside Line Coming This FallA sequel to last year’s popular NASCAR video game NASCAR The Game 2011 is in the works and is due out in stores this fall. The new game will be called NASCAR The Game: Inside Line and it's once again being designed for multiple platforms including Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s...
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2014 Chevrolet SS Confirmed As VF Holden Commodore: OfficialUPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Chevrolet, together with officials from fellow GM subsidiary Holden, has confirmed today that the Australian designed and built Holden Commodore sedan will return to U.S. shores as the 2014 Chevrolet SS. A racing...
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The Beginner's Guide To NASCAR Racing: InfographicPerhaps it’s the sport’s blue-collar roots, or maybe it’s the fact that tracks are generally oval or tri-oval in shape, instead of laden with complex left and right corners. Maybe it’s the fact that (in recent years) the cars all looked more or less alike, or that they...
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Tony The Tiger NASCAR Car Of Tomorrow Up For AuctionEver wanted to own a relatively modern piece of NASCAR Cup-car machinery? Well, here's your chance: a Tony the Tiger-liveried, Car of Tomorrow-bodied, 2007 Chevrolet Impala SS. Best of all, it has a brand-new GM CT 400 racing engine under the hood. The 2007 #5 Kellogg's car was driven by Kyle...
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2012 Ford Focus Electric To Pace NASCAR Richmond 400While the 2013 Ford Fusion Sprint Cup race car won't join the (mostly) oval fray until next year, the 2012 Focus Electric will be getting its NASCAR debut this weekend--sort of. It'll be the pace car. Ford announced the Focus Electric as the pace car a couple of weeks ago, but now we have photos of...
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So Richard Hammond and Jimmie Johnson hopped on a NASCAR conference call that was quickly sidetracked into the minutia of NASCAR racing and politics. But from the mists emerged a few choice nuggets of wider appeal. Among them was Travis Pastrana's new mullet. Given to Pastrana by Jimmie Johnson with a pair of metal shears, the mullet is described on Twitter as a "full waterfall." The image certainly fits the description. Why did Johnson give Pastrana the mullet? That's to be revealed tomorrow, apparently. On other topics, Hammond espoused his undying love for the hospitality and access of...
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GM Trademarks “SS” Name, Could It Be Chevy’s New Nameplate?For decades, the letters SS on a vehicle from GM meant it was something special. Short for Super Sport, the SS designation was first applied on a performance variant of the 1961 Chevrolet Impala and would eventually appear on a handful of the automaker’s other models, both here and overseas...
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NASCAR’s Carl Edwards Surprises Ford Engineers With A Spin In The Taurus SHOFord has launched a new series of television spots centering on its latest 2013 Taurus SHO. The series features NASCAR's Carl Edwards taking several of Ford’s own engineers for a ride in the big sports sedan at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. The engineers that were invited to star in...
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Travis Pastrana Explains His Entry Into NASCAR: VideoTravis Pastrana's career as an X Games superstar, daredevil, and rally driver is already one for the history books, but now he's setting out on a (somewhat) safer course: NASCAR. This first episode of what promises to be an interesting series tells the story of how Pastrana got into NASCAR--by way...
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Chevy Ditching Impala In NASCAR Sprint Cup For New NameplateWith Ford and Dodge recently unveiling their respective race cars for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, all eyes now turn to Chevrolet to see what it has in store for the sport and all its fans. While many had been expecting a new version of the current Impala race car, Chevrolet has announced...
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2013 Dodge Charger NASCAR Sprint Cup Car UnveiledSRT Motorsports, the official motorsports division of the Chrysler Group, has unveiled the 2013 Dodge Charger race car that will compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series next season. The new race car was unveiled at a special event hosted at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. In keeping with...
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Juan Pablo Montoya managed to escape with only a sore ankle following his fiery crash with a jet-dryer truck during Monday night’s postponed Daytona 500. Montoya, who drives for Earnhardt Ganassi, lost control of his Chevrolet during the seventh caution of the race. He then crashed into one of the wet track’s jet-dryer trucks, which being loaded with fuel immediately burst into flames. His car then continued to slide before coming to rest on the grass, allowing him to escape. Fuel from the jet-dryer truck spilled on the track near Turn 3 and continued to burn into the night...
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2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Car UnveiledEven if you're not a NASCAR fan, you've probably noticed that the race cars haven't looked like the cars they're ostensibly based on for a long time. That's changing, just a bit, with Ford's 2013 Fusion the first to bring brand identity back into the series. "We wanted Fusion to be the car that...
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2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Images LeakedThe NASCAR Sprint Cup version of the 2013 Ford Fusion is due to make its official debut this afternoon, but SpeedTV has decided it would release these official images of the car a bit early. Stay tuned for all of the official details on the Sprint Cup Fusion at the actual debut time, 2 p.m. EST. In...
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Michelle Obama Booed At NASCAR Season Finale: VideoMichelle Obama, First Lady of the United Sates, received a somewhat frosty reception at Sunday's season-ending NASCAR race.
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NASCAR Drivers Get To Chase Ford's New Police InterceptorsAt the upcoming NASCAR race at Florida's Homestead Speedway, Ford will use its new Police Interceptors to pace the field.
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Former NASCAR Star Jeremy Mayfield Arrested On Drug, Theft ChargesJeremy Mayfield, who was suspended by NASCAR in 2009 for violating the league's substance abuse policy, was arrested of possession of drugs and stolen goods.
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Chevrolet is choosing to mark its 100th birthday by reminding customers of it's long and storied racing history.
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Race Of Champions Game Screeches Onto iPhone, iPad, AndroidAs naming norms for sports events go, Race Of Champions is fairly self-explanatory. Take top drivers from the highest reaches of motorsport including Formula 1, NASCAR, the WRC and more, and pit them against each other in front of a stadium audience. The trouble with all this is that it's very much...
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Travis Pastrana To Focus On NASCAR Once HealedAfter severely crushing his ankle trying to land a 720-degree trick he calls the "toilet paper roll," Travis Pastrana may be looking for a safer form of motorsport. Today, the motorcycle stuntman turned rally-racer said he'll be focusing on his NASCAR program with Michael Waltrip once he recovers...
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Pink Chevrolet Camaro NASCAR Pace Car Rolls Out For CharityChevrolet has rolled out a one-off pink Camaro that is pacing the latest two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in an effort to generate awareness, as well as some much-needed funds, for the fight against breast cancer. The automaker will make a $200 donation to the American Cancer Society for each...
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Five NASCAR Drivers Turn Down Obama Administration White House InviteFive NASCAR drivers turned down an invitation to visit President Barack Obama at the White House.
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NASCAR Unleashed Game Looks To "Cultivate" New FansThe official NASCAR game franchise is one of the gaming world's longest running series. Though development may have moved from the brilliant Papyrus games through EA Sports to latest developers Activision, the games have provided authentic thrills for NASCAR fans since the 1990s. The latest NASCAR...
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