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AUSSIE AMBROSE IN BIG DAYTONA TESTING CRASH

12. January 2013

Ford have set the early pace in a close preseason test for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season at Daytona. Trevor Bayne in the Wood Bros. Racing Ford set a quickest lap time of 45.079 at 199.650 MPH (321.305 KPH) to lead fellow Ford driver Joey Logano and the Toyota of Martin Truex. The day ended with a spectacular crash that involving 12 cars as Australian driver Marcos Ambrose spun into the path of the following pack after contact from Dale Earnhardt Jnr. during a close drafting session. Defending champion Brad Keselowski was also involved along with Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Aric Almirola, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Regan Smith, Greg Biffle, and Logano.

GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR RACECAR: The Optimum G Way & it’s free!

11. December 2012

As one of world's leading racecar engineering consultants Claude Rouelle, conducts lectures and seminars all over the world. His company Optimum G consults for a wide variety of race teams at all levels of the sport including Ferrari. Porsche, Stone Brothers Racing, Ford Performance Racing, OAK Racing and Team Oreca just to name a few. Several years ago In Pit Lane was privileged to be able to sit in on one of Claude's regular three day seminars, and what an experience it was. Held at the offices of Motec in Melbourne, the seminar attracted a who's who of the Australian Motorsport industry with representatives of many of the top V8 Supercar teams taking in the three days of intense information. It's safe to say that at the end of the long weekend we all had a far greater understanding and appreciation for the engineering and logistical side of the sport than we had ever had before.

SMITH WINS THE RACE, STENHOUSE WINS THE TITLE

18. November 2012

Making his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start in five years, Regan Smith drove the No. 5 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to victory in Saturday's Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, beating polesitter Kyle Busch to the finish line by 1.375 seconds. As Smith scored his first victory in the series for the team that has hired him full-time for next year, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rolled to a workmanlike, problem-free sixth-place result to lock up his second straight Nationwide championship. Brendan Gaughan ran third, followed by Sam Hornish Jr. and Austin Dillon. Elliott Sadler came home ninth and held on to second place in the final series standings. When Smith last raced in the Nationwide Series in 2007, there were no tapered spacers restricting horsepower, and the body styles were markedly different. On Saturday, Smith showed how well he could adapt. "For me, I think there's been a ton of changes since '07," Smith said. "The tapered spacer, I think, is probably the biggest thing, because it chokes the motor down so much. That took some time to get used to in the first practice, and even at the start of the second practice, I was still getting used to what I could do with the throttle.

ALL CHANGE AT CALDER PARK

15. November 2012

A major shake up for Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway with a change of management and the sacking of existing staff. December 15 will see current Calder Park staff, including track General Manager Ian MacArthur, leaving as the Bob Jane Corporation, now under the control of Rodney Jane, takes control of the venue. Mr MacArthur told In Pit Lane that until December 15 it would be business as usual for the circuit with all currently scheduled meetings, including this Friday night's Off-Street Drag Racing event, and December's Mopar Nationals going ahead as planned. Mr MacArthur said that as far as he was aware all current commercial sponsorships and contracts for 2013 would be honoured and that the track was not closing.

KESELOWSKI AT HOME IN KENTUCKY

1. July 2012

Building a big lead during the final green-flag run and saving enough fuel to get to the end of the race, Brad Keselowski won Saturday night's Quaker State 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race in a backup car. Keselowski, who wrecked his primary car after tangling with Juan Pablo Montoya on the first lap of Friday's first practice session, picked up his series-best third victory of the season and the seventh of his career, all but assuring himself of a position in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. "Now we can look forward," Keselowski said, assessing his chances of making NASCAR's playoffs. "We don't have to look back at all, and that's so big." Runner-up Kasey Kahne rallied from an unscheduled pit stop for a loose wheel on Lap 52 to finish 4.399 seconds behind Keselowski, followed by Denny Hamlin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jeff Gordon came home fifth, one spot in front of pole-sitter Jimmie Johnson, as Hendrick Motorsports drivers claimed four of the top six positions.

AMBROSE ON POLE AGAIN

23. June 2012

Australian driver Marcos Ambrose has scored his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole position in two races, claiming the top starting position at California’s Sonoma Raceway aboard the Stanley ‘Racing for a Miracle’ Ford Fusion. After setting the seventh best time in opening practice, Ambrose blitzed the 43 car field to grab the top spot with [...]

AUSSIE COMMODORE CONFIRMED AS CHEVY’S NEW NASCAR WEAPON

18. May 2012

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.

KESLOWSKI GIVES DODGE A TALLADEGA NIGHT

7. May 2012

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.

McCLURE SURVIVES MASSIVE NASCAR CRASH AT TALLADEGA

6. May 2012

A massive crash in the closing stages of the Nationwide Cup race at Talladega has seen driver Eric McClure taken to hospital. McClure hit the SAFER barrier head on at high speed but according to trackside workers he was conscious and talking to medical and rescue staff. He was airlifted to a local hospital immediately without going [...]

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THE RETURN OF THE IN PIT LANE PODCAST

AUSSIE AMBROSE IN BIG DAYTONA TESTING CRASH

GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR RACECAR: The Optimum G Way & it’s free!

SMITH WINS THE RACE, STENHOUSE WINS THE TITLE

ALL CHANGE AT CALDER PARK

KESELOWSKI AT HOME IN KENTUCKY

AMBROSE ON POLE AGAIN

AUSSIE COMMODORE CONFIRMED AS CHEVY’S NEW NASCAR WEAPON

KESLOWSKI GIVES DODGE A TALLADEGA NIGHT

McCLURE SURVIVES MASSIVE NASCAR CRASH AT TALLADEGA

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