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AUSSIE COMMODORE CONFIRMED AS CHEVY’S NEW NASCAR WEAPON
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.
Continue reading...KESLOWSKI GIVES DODGE A TALLADEGA NIGHT
Monday, May 7, 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.
Continue reading...TOYOTA RETURN TO TESTING AS AUDI DEBUT AT SPA
Monday, April 30, 2012
Although they won't be at Spa for round two of the World Endurance Championship the Toyota TS030 hybrid will be a the track this weekend. The team will complete a functionality test of its new chassis at the Magny-Cours circuit in France. Following the accident at Paul Ricard on 4 April, which damaged the monocoque of the first TS030, the team has worked hard to accelerate production of a second car. This will be completed directly before transportation to the one-day functionality test. A total of seven test days were cancelled in April as a result of the testing accident, giving the team no opportunity to validate the aerodynamic and hybrid system specifications intended for its first race. So the team had no choice but to miss the WEC Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps event, which takes place on 3-5 May. Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Team President: “I would like to express my thanks to the staff members at Toyota Motorsport GmbH who have worked so hard to deliver our second monocoque ahead of schedule. Now we have a very intense testing programme to prepare for Le Mans, beginning with an initial functionality test to shakedown our systems.”
Continue reading...HAVE AT IT BOYS: FORMULA ONE STYLE (Allegedly!)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Fisticuffs in NASCAR are now almost as common as the WWE. But in the world of Formula One things are usually more reserved. Well until now. Italian website 422race.com has printed what it claims are details of a fight involving Force India driver Adrian Sutil following the Chinese Grand Prix. According to the site,the other person involved was Eric Lux, Genii Capital's number two and right-hand man of Gerard Lopez, the owner of Lotus Renault GP.
Continue reading...IN PIT LANE March 8 Marcus Zukanovic (Full Audio)
Friday, March 11, 2011
We’re back for another season of Australia’s longest running primetime motorsport show In Pit Lane. Tonight our guest is V8 Supercar Fujitsu series driver Marcus Zukanovic fresh from the two day test at Winton. Also all the latest news plus we take you to Geneva for the famous Motorshow. (trust me sometimes it’s better not to have [...]
Continue reading...BY THE TIME KYLE GETS TO PHOENIX
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Kyle Busch held off a frenetic challenge from Carl Edwards in the closing laps of Saturday’s Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway and collected his 44th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Having won Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the 1-mile track, Busch will try for a weekend sweep Sunday in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 Sprint Cup event. Busch became the only driver to sweep races in NASCAR’s top three series at the same track on the same weekend when he accomplished the feat last August at Bristol. Edwards, who finished .514 seconds behind Busch, made a contest of the race over the final 20 laps, running side by side with Busch for extended stretches as the race neared its end. Busch became the first driver to lead every lap of an event in one of NASCAR’s top three series since Dale Earnhardt Jr. accomplished the feat July 4, 2003, in a NASCAR Nationwide series race at Daytona. Danica Patrick finished 17th, three laps down, and posted her third straight top-20 result in the series.
Continue reading...BUSCH WINS THE BUD
Sunday, February 13, 2011
With a push from 2010 Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray, Kurt Busch won Saturday night’s season-opening exhibition race "The Budwiser Shootout" when Denny Hamlin drew a black flag for passing below the yellow out-of-bounds line as the cars approached the finish. Hamlin, who was inches ahead at the stripe, was demoted to 12th for the infraction and scored as the last car on the lead lap. Without a teammate in the race, Busch took his first victory at Daytona—and his first victory on a restrictor-plate racetrack, for that matter—in the No. 22 Penske Dodge. McMurray came home second, narrowly edging Ryan Newman, who led the race off the final corner, only to have Hamlin slingshot past him in the dogleg. Newman was third, followed by Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle. This was a brand-new Daytona, with a brand-new asphalt surface and a brand-new style of racing. The fast way around the 2.5-mile superspeedway was to pair up in a two-car draft, and that was what fans saw for the entire event. The race produced a record 28 lead changes among nine drivers. "What an unbelievable experience, this two-car draft," Busch said. "I had no idea what to expect going in. I was just going to take it one lap at a time and see how it played out. I wanted to learn as the race went on how this Shell/Pennzoil Dodge raced.
Continue reading...NASCAR STAR GOES DRAG RACING
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
NASCAR star Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series, has announced that he will be making his NHRA Full Throttle Series debut at the 41st annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals, March 11-13, at historic Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway. The 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion will be competing for one of the 16 qualifying spots in the ultra-competitive Pro Stock class in the Shell Dodge Avenger for Allen Johnson and J & J Racing. “Pro Stock is the tightest pro category as far as the elapsed time is concerned and it’s not going to be an easy task,’ Busch said. “I feel me teaming up with Allen Johnson and the Mopar folks, we’ve given ourselves the best opportunity to make the show.” Busch spent a good part of his busy off-season testing with Allen Johnson and he earned his NHRA Pro Stock license with an impressive best-pass of 6.576 seconds at 210.43 mph at Bradenton, Fla.
Continue reading...NASCAR STAR TONY STEWART LEAVES AUSTRALIA AFTER POLICE QUESTIONING
Monday, January 17, 2011
NASCAR star Tony Stewart has been questioned by New South Wales (Australia) police after an alleged incident involving Sydney Raceway co-owner Brett Morris. A statement by the NSW police would only confirm that “Police from Rosehill local area command were alerted to an altercation involving two men at a car racing track at Wentworth St Granville (Sydney Raceway) about 7.30pm (Saturday) night. “A 39 year-old man was arrested at the scene and was taken to Parramatta Police Station after a 46 year-old man was allegedly struck in the face by a racing helmet. “The 39 year-old man was released by police without charge, pending further investigation.” Stewart was racing a Sprintcar at the track, after his successful trip down under in 2010. He is now heading back to the US, however should charges be laid he may be required to return to Australia for any subsequent court appearance.
Continue reading...THE MOTORSPORT WORLD DESCENDS ON FLORIDA FOR PRI SHOW
Saturday, December 11, 2010
It's the World's biggest dedicated motorsport trade show, and every year tens of thousands of people from all over the World descend on it's Florida base to see an Aladdin's cave of racing and performance related product. It's the PRI Show. Held every December by the trade magazine "Performance Racing Industry" (PRI) the show attracts the biggest players in US and International motorsport for three days of networking, seminars and other events showcasing the diverse range of products and services for the industry. One regular visitor to the show is Australian Motorsport Legend Murray Carter. A little over one month short of his 80th birthday Carter has just debuted a brand new Corvette at Phillip Island and this years PRI show will be a chance to check out new products, and ideas to assist in the car's further development. "I go every year if I can." Murray told me at Phillip Island. "It's marvellous" he said.
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