http://inpitlane.com In Pit Lane Fri, 18 May 2012 15:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://inpitlane.com/archives/13610 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13610#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:37:27 +0000 Brett Ramsey http://inpitlane.com/?p=3610 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13610/feed http://inpitlane.com/archives/13606 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13606#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 00:28:24 +0000 Brett Ramsey http://inpitlane.com/?p=3606 As widely predicted in the Australian motoring media, Holden has announced a new export program, confirming that the Commodore will return to North America in late 2013. The car will be rebadged as the new Chevrolet SS performance sedan. The limited production derivative of the yet to be launched VF Commodore will arrive in North American showrooms late next year.  It will be the first time in 17 years that Chevrolet will offer a rear-wheel-drive sedan for sale in the US. The SS will also become Chevrolet’s next NASCAR Sprint Cup racecar debuting next year in its race configuration at the world renowned Daytona 500.]]> http://inpitlane.com/archives/13606/feed http://inpitlane.com/archives/13596 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13596#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:24:42 +0000 Brett Ramsey http://inpitlane.com/?p=3596 Austrian Formula One driver Christian Klien will co-drive with Russell Ingall at the V8 Supercar Endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst this year. Klien, who made 41 F1 starts for teams including Jaguar and Red Bull will drive the Supercheap Autos Commodore with the two time Bathurst winner. The 1000 kms enduro around the Mountain won't be Klien's first look at the famous track, earlier this year he drove a production Lotus at the famous circuit although that's a long way  from the 640 BHP that he'll need to deal with in the Commodore. Although he is best known in Australia for his F1 career, Klien has considerable endurance experience with a best result of a third place at Le Mans in the factory Peugeot in 2008. Klien had a secret test with Walkinshaw Racing recently and will drive the Supercheap Auto Racing Commodore in the enduro co-driver practice session at Phillip Island this Friday ahead of the weekend's fifth round of the V8 Supercar Championship, the Phillip Island 300.]]> http://inpitlane.com/archives/13596/feed http://inpitlane.com/archives/13593 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13593#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 15:06:45 +0000 Brett Ramsey http://inpitlane.com/?p=3593 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13593/feed http://inpitlane.com/archives/13589 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13589#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 14:58:07 +0000 Michael Lamonato http://inpitlane.com/?p=3589 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13589/feed http://inpitlane.com/archives/13585 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13585#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 09:30:24 +0000 Brett Ramsey http://inpitlane.com/?p=3585 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13585/feed http://inpitlane.com/archives/13579 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13579#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 23:49:33 +0000 Brett Ramsey http://inpitlane.com/?p=3579 TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Executing perfectly a move he had saved for the right occasion, Brad Keselowski pulled away from Kyle Busch on the final lap to win Sunday's Aaron's 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at at Talladega Superspeedway in a green-white-checkered-flag finish. Busch had pushed Keselowski to the lead on Lap 193 of 194 in a race that went six laps past its scheduled distance at the 2.66-mile track. The two cars ran bumper-to-bumper until Turn 3 of the final lap, when Keselowski entered the corner high and dived to the bottom of the track, separating his No. 2 Dodge from Busch's No. 18 Toyota. After he ditched his dancing partner, Keselowski pulled away to win by .304 seconds, a relative whipping at a track where wins typically are measured in thousandths of seconds. The victory was Keselowski's second of the season, second at the 2.66-mile track, the sixth of his Sprint Cup career and the first for Dodge at Talladega since Dave Marcis took the checkered flag 36 years ago.]]> http://inpitlane.com/archives/13579/feed http://inpitlane.com/archives/13576 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13576#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 04:02:23 +0000 Brett Ramsey http://inpitlane.com/?p=3576 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13576/feed http://inpitlane.com/archives/13571 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13571#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 09:02:30 +0000 Brett Ramsey http://inpitlane.com/?p=3571 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13571/feed http://inpitlane.com/archives/13567 http://inpitlane.com/archives/13567#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 05:22:27 +0000 Brett Ramsey http://inpitlane.com/?p=3567 A dream debut Audi's new hybrid e-tron R18 as the #1 car driven by Fässler, Lotterer and Treluyer, the winning trio of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011, setting the fastest time of day one in the lead up to the Spa 6 hour race this weekend. Audi dominated taking the top four places in a dry practice. Former Formula 1 driver Nick Heidfeld in the Lola-Toyota #12 of Rebellion Racing was the quickest of the petrol powered cars but he was well off the pace set by the dominant Audi team. Olivier Pla led the way in LMP2 with the Morgan-Judd #24 of OAK Racing with a time of 2'10'058, improving by nearly six tenths of the time achieved by Soheil Ayari before the lunch break. The Lola-Judd of Status GP occupied second place, (as it did in the first free practice session), before leaving the track. Third was the Oreca-Nissan #26 of Signatech-Nissan driven by Nelson Panciatici, a rookie in endurance racing who has adapted quickly to his new discipline.]]> http://inpitlane.com/archives/13567/feed