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  • GM patent filing for "SS" name

    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. Now, a patent filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has revealed that GM has applied for a trademark for “SS”. As Autoblog points out, using SS as a model variant or trim level doesn’t normally warrant trademark protection, so why has GM decided to do it now? It may have...

  • 2013 Ford Taurus SHO
    NASCAR’s Carl Edwards Surprises Ford Engineers With A Spin In The Taurus SHO

    Ford 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...

  • Travis Pastrana in OnPace episode 1
    Travis Pastrana Explains His Entry Into NASCAR: Video

    Travis 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 Nameplate

    With 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...

  • 2013 Dodge Charger NASCAR Sprint Cup race car
    2013 Dodge Charger NASCAR Sprint Cup Car Unveiled

    SRT 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...

  • Video: Juan Pablo Montoya Thrashes Corvette ZR1 At Milford
    Juan Pablo Montoya Unhurt After Daytona 500 Crash: Video

    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...

  • 2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup race car

    Even 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 helped return ‘stock car’ to NASCAR," said Jamie Allison, director of Ford Racing, in a release. The other three manufacturers haven't yet revealed their designs for the 2013 season. While the production-to-racer resemblance isn't massive, it is considerably more obvious than the...

  • 2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup race car leaked images
    2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Images Leaked

    The 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...

  • Michelle Obama
    Michelle Obama Booed At NASCAR Season Finale: Video

    Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United Sates, received a somewhat frosty reception at Sunday's season-ending NASCAR race.

  • Ford's Police Interceptors, now serving as NASCAR pace cars.
    NASCAR Drivers Get To Chase Ford's New Police Interceptors

    At the upcoming NASCAR race at Florida's Homestead Speedway, Ford will use its new Police Interceptors to pace the field.

  • Jeremy Mayfield, in better days. Image: Darryl Moran
    Former NASCAR Star Jeremy Mayfield Arrested On Drug, Theft Charges

    Jeremy 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.

  • Louis Chevrolet behind the wheel of a Darracq racer, 1906. Image: GM Corp.
    Chevrolet Celebrates 100 Years Of Racing Heritage: Video

    Chevrolet is choosing to mark its 100th birthday by reminding customers of it's long and storied racing history.

  • A screen grab from Invictus' Race of Champions game.

    As 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 a spectator sport and getting involved means having to beat the best in your chosen discipline. This could take years of practice and millions of dollars, and we have neither. Unless you have a mobile device, of course. Autoblog (via Motor Authority) brings news of a new Race of Champions game...

  • Travis Pastrana at Richmond, 2011
    Travis Pastrana To Focus On NASCAR Once Healed

    After 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...

  • Pink Camaro NASCAR Pace Car helping support the American Cancer Society
    Pink Chevrolet Camaro NASCAR Pace Car Rolls Out For Charity

    Chevrolet 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...

  • Jimmie Johnson's #48 during pitstop in 2008. Image via Hendrick Motorsports.
    Five NASCAR Drivers Turn Down Obama Administration White House Invite

    Five NASCAR drivers turned down an invitation to visit President Barack Obama at the White House.

  • NASCAR in Gran Turismo 5
    NASCAR Unleashed Game Looks To "Cultivate" New Fans

    The 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...

  • Jimmie Johnson, racer and Volt owner.
    The Chevy Volt's Newest Advocates? NASCAR's Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon

    NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon both drive a Chevy Volt, at least part-time, off the track.

  • 2012 Lexus LFA

    NASCAR star Kyle Busch had a run in with the law back in May when he was pulled over near his home in Mooresville, North Carolina for doing 128 mph in a 45 mph zone. The car he was driving was a bright yellow Lexus LFA supercar similar to the one pictured, which he had borrowed for a test drive. This week Busch plead guilty to speeding charges and no contest to additional charges of careless and reckless driving. His sentence is 30 days of community service, as well as one year of unsupervised probation. He was also fined $1,000 and had his driver’s license suspended for 45 days...

  • Danica Patrick in Honda's 'Failure' documentary by Derek Cianfrance
    Danica Patrick Moves To NASCAR, Keeps Door Open To Indy 500

    Danica Patrick, the female racing phenom, GoDaddy spokesperson, and possessor of what is quite possibly the most annoying personal website on the Internet, is rumored to be making the switch from full-time IndyCar racing to the oval-obsessed fields of NASCAR. She won't give up on the Indy 500...

  • Red Bull Racing at the 2011 Formula 1 European GP
    Race Car Tech: Improving The Breed, Or Ruining The Racing?

    Carmakers love motor racing. The phrase "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" didn't come about for no reason - racing is a great way of raising the profile of your cars and the buying public love knowing that some of the technology in their cars has filtered down from the race track. That's the theory...

  • Toyota NASCAR V-8
    NASCAR Moves Toward Relevance, Tests Fuel Injection

    NASCAR is switching from carburetors to fuel injection for the 2012 season, and will test fuel injection for the first time at the Kentucky Speedway in advance of this weekend's Sprint Cup race.

  • Kurt Busch wins the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. Photo by Flickr user Ross Harmes
    NASCAR Weekend At Infineon A Little Greener With Solar Power

    It might seem ironic that on the weekend the NASCAR Cup series visited Infineon Raceway in Northern California, the circuit chose to announce the completion of its large solar arrays. As over forty NASCAR racers tore around the circuit for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 on Saturday and Sunday, spectators...

  • Army's NASCAR sponsorship
    House Democrat Renews Bid To Kill Military NASCAR Sponsorship

    The attack on military spending in motorsports, especially NASCAR, is once again strengthening. But is it really a boondoggle, or is it a value-conscious way to advertise the military's brands?

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