Racing
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The Aston Martin Vantage GT4 will make its North American competition debut at Friday's Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race in Daytona.
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Disapproving Cows, Golf, And The Hyundai Veloster Rally CarRhys Millen was born into racing awesomeness, grew up in it, and continues to live it nearly every day. So what's new in the Millen repertoire? How about rally car golf, courtesy of his alliance with Hyundai. The Veloster rally car might not seem like the ideal golf cart at first (though there is...
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Toyota TS030, 2013 Fusion NASCAR, B-Class AMG: Today's Car NewsToyota is getting back into Le Mans, but it's doing it with a hybrid, the TS030 HYBRID. It looks mean, sounds great on-track, and has a serious factory effort behind it--but will it be enough to win? In more oval-shaped racing, the 2013 Ford Fusion has been unveiled in 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup trim...
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Toyota TS030 HYBRID Le Mans Prototype Race Car UnveiledBecause saying something in capital letters on the web is like shouting it, and shouting means you're serious, Toyota has named its 2012 Le Mans prototype entry the TS030 HYBRID. Yep, it's a HYBRID. So what does hybrid mean in Toyota Motorsports parlance? It means serious business: a 3.4-liter V-8...
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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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The FIA has banned reactive ride height systems, such as the one developed by Lotus for the 2012 season.
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2012 Ford Focus ST-R Test Drive With Tanner Foust: VideoThe Focus ST-R race car may not be cheap at $98,995, but for avid fans looking for a quick entry into motorsports it's certainly a worthy option.
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David Higgins Returns To Defend His Rally America ChampionshipDavid Higgins will be back with Subaru Rally Team USA
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2012 BMW M3 DTM Safety Car RevealedBMW is retuning to the DTM series in 2012, and it's also supplying a specially-prepared M3 safety car.
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Peugeot Cancels Endurance Racing Program, Cites Poor Euro EconomyTo focus on new product launches and trim unnecessary expenses, Peugeot has announced that it will withdraw from endurance racing.
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First F10 BMW M5 Crashed, Bangle's Book, 2014 X5 Spied: Today's Car NewsToday we have some unfortunate news: the first of the new F10-generation BMW M5s has been crashed in the Netherlands. It's not that bad a crash, but it's a sign of things to come, we expect. Transitioning from bad to interesting is Chris Bangle's new book, and the design contest built around it...
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Stéphane Peterhansel and his co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret have taken out top honors at the 2012 Dakar Rally for the X-Raid Team and MINI. At the end of the last of 14 demanding stages, the two Frenchmen and their green MINI Cooper Countryman ALL4 Racing was confirmed as the winner of the legendary rally, with an overall time of 38 hours, 54 minutes and 46 seconds. This was Peterhansel’s tenth victory at the “Dakar” and his fourth driving a car. He had already claimed six titles on a motorbike. "When you think of how hard it is to win a Dakar, it's incredible that I've...
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Bruno Senna To Drive For Williams F1 In 2012Bruno Senna will join Pastor Maldonado at Williams F1 in the 2012 FIA Formula 1 season, having been confirmed today as the replacement for Rubens Barrichello. The confirmation ends speculation that he may miss out on the 2012 season after his former employer, Lotus Renault GP, signed on with Kimi...
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GT Academy Winner Bryan Heitkotter Grabs Podium In DubaiIn what is rapidly becoming a tradition, the latest U.S. Playstation/Nissan GT Academy winner, Bryan Heitkotter, has proven his mettle in the heat of professional competition. Heitkotter and his team finished third in the 24 Hours of Dubai race this weekend. Heitkotter, 30, was ecstatic with the...
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Adrian Sutil Heads To Court Over Nightclub BrawlAn alleged assault on Eric Lux by Adrian Sutil will head to court in Germany later this month.
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Crazy 130-MPH Cobra Crash Ends 500 Ft. Off-Track, Driver Survives: VideoSo you're out for a track day at Willow Springs in your Cobra replica, a fresh $14,000 engine in the car and the sun shining. You get the car up to 130 mph on the straight, then all of a sudden you're cartwheeling through the air, praying for life and watching the car self-destruct as it tumbles...
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Abu Dhabi By Black Falcon Takes Out 2012 Dubai 24 HoursTeams running the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 took out the top three positions at the seventh running of the Dubai 24 Hours endurance race this past weekend. Scoring first place on the podium was German team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon, represented by drivers Khaled Al Qubaisi, Sean Edwards, Jeroen...
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It may have taken four tuning companies, but the world's quickest Mercedes is here.
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Nissan Documents The Creation Of The Juke-R: VideoNissan wants us to remember that the Juke-R is the fastest crossover that you can't buy, and it's released a new video giving an overview of the Juke-R project.
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GReddy And Scion Racing Unveil FR-S Drift Car In DetroitScion, through its Scion Racing division and several other partners, currently competes in the exciting world of Formula DRIFT using a heavily modified tC, which being a front-wheel drive car in its original state is sure to have some major compromises when it comes to the fine art of drifting...
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Aston Martin Enters American Grand-Am Series With Vantage GT4Aston Martin will campaign a pair of V8 Vantage based racers in the 2012 Grand-Am Continental Tire series.
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2012 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Revealed Ahead Of Dubai 24 HoursFour world-championship winning drivers will drive the JRM Racing's Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 in the 2012 Dubai 24 Hours endurance race.
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Crazy Russian Racers Wreck Crazily: VideoWe're not exactly sure where or when this happened, but it appears to be somewhere in Russia during part of the Russian Touring Car Championship (RTCC). A street race lined with dozens of perilously low concrete curbs, hosting a full grid of hot little hatchbacks, something like what you see in the...
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