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Kurt Thomas Busch Kyle Thomas Busch Jeffrey Tyler Burton Richard Allen Craven Kerry Dale Earnhardt
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
KTM X-Bow Will Get a Windshield and Doors, Could Come to the U.S.
If there is one issue with the ultra-hard-core KTM X-Bow, it’s that its roofless design makes for soggy drives home from the track when the roads are anything more than damp. If there are two issues with the ultra-hard-core X-Bow, the other is that it’s not available for purchase in the U.S. (In all reality, [...]
Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 139: 2012 Aston Martin DBS
On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. A good number of you figured out that this week’s sound came from an Aston Martin DBS’s 5.9-liter V-12 engine. The big twelve-cylinder makes 510 hp in the 2012 model, but next year the DBS [...]
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Ingo Hoffmann Bill Holland Jackie Holmes Bill Homeier Kazuyoshi Hoshino
New Data Debunks “Bike Bedlam” Sensationalism
New data is online about the extent of bike-on-ped crashes in New York City, and it adds some much-needed perspective to the public discourse about the “safety crisis” on city streets.
According to reports collected by NYPD and compiled online by NYC DOT [PDF], police responded to 27 bike-ped collisions citywide in the last three months [...]
According to reports collected by NYPD and compiled online by NYC DOT [PDF], police responded to 27 bike-ped collisions citywide in the last three months [...]
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/06/15/new-data-debunks-bike-bedlam-sensationalism/
Dick Gibson Gimax Richie Ginther Yves Giraud Cabantous Ignazio Giunti
PATRICK HEAD STEPS DOWN FROM THE BOARD OF WILLIAMS GRAND PRIX HOLDINGS PLC
WILLIAMS GRAND PRIX HOLDINGS PLC Grove, UK. 31 December 2011 Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC (Ticker: WGF1) today confirms that Director of Engineering Patrick Head will step down from its Board of Directors with immediate effect....
Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/12/patrick_head_steps_down_f.php
Mark Anthony Martin Jeremy Allan Mayfield James Christopher McMurray Casey James Mears Juan Pablo Montoya
Monday, 18 June 2012
Audi Announces Two Amplified Special-Edition A1 Models for Europe
Audi’s A1 hatchback is one of those cool European cars we don’t get here in the U.S., and now the company has introduced two ultra-cool special-edition A1s that we also won’t get here. They are called the Amplified Red and Amplified White, and the two treatments can be applied to both the three-door A1 and [...]
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Karl Kling Ernst Klodwig Kamui Kobayashi Helmuth Koinigg Heikki Kovalainen
Capello not blaming McNish after crash
Audi veteran Rinaldo Capello says he does not blame Allan McNish for missing out on the chance to add a fourth Le Mans 24 Hours victory to his tally on the Italian's final crack at the race. McNish spun the #2 R18 e-tron Quattro into the wall at the Porsche Curves in the 22nd hour of the race as the two Audi hybrids contested the lead while on differing fuel strategies. The Scot recovered the car to the pits, but lost a lap while its front end was replaced costing the crew any realistic chance of victory
Max Jean Stefan Johansson Eddie Johnson Leslie Johnson Bruce Johnstone
Mazda announces diesel LMP2 engine
Mazda has announced that it will supply a customer diesel engine for LMP2 cars to be used for the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours. The new 2.2 litre turbocharged diesel engine will be tested later on this year by Dempsey Racing, which will partner Mazda for the programme and race at Le Mans in 2013.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/mazda-announces-diesel-lmp2-engine
Casey James Mears Juan Pablo Montoya Joseph Francis Nemechek III Ryan Joseph Newman Kyle Eugene Petty
Audi Announces Two Amplified Special-Edition A1 Models for Europe
Audi’s A1 hatchback is one of those cool European cars we don’t get here in the U.S., and now the company has introduced two ultra-cool special-edition A1s that we also won’t get here. They are called the Amplified Red and Amplified White, and the two treatments can be applied to both the three-door A1 and [...]
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Duncan Hamilton Lewis Hamilton David Hampshire Sam Hanks Walt Hansgen
iRacer Profile – Scott McDonough
It’s nice to share the wealth. After two seasons of utter domination of the Daytona Prototype class of the iRacing.com Grand-Am Online Sports Car Series, Scott McDonough is taking a bit of break in 2012 S3, contesting only a trio of races so far. At that he’s already added a couple of wins to his personal total of 76 victories in the past year, a year that saw him finish P4 in 2011 S3 before taking back-to-back titles in S4 and 2012 Season 1 . . . including a S4 “double” that also included the Time Trial title. That’s not to say that current point leader Ronan Taugeron — or pursuers like Renato Dornelles, Cesc Riu, Tyson Cierppial and Joel Guez — won’t be a worthy champion inS4. But it [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/iracer-profile-scott-mcdonough
Scott Russell Riggs Hiroshi Fushida Beppe Gabbiani Bertrand Gachot Patrick Gaillard
California APA Pooh Poohs Statewide Parking Reform Efforts
Parking reform is always difficult. Decades of market-distorting parking minimums have made people feel more than a little bit entitled to subsidized off-street car storage. (See this reaction from a Seattle resident: “We need parking to survive.”)
Downtown San Diego parking. The California APA isn't lining up behind a smart statewide parking reform bill. Photo: Carstations.com
But [...]
Downtown San Diego parking. The California APA isn't lining up behind a smart statewide parking reform bill. Photo: Carstations.com
But [...]
Source: http://streetsblog.net/2012/06/14/california-apa-pooh-poohs-statewide-parking-reform-efforts/
Howden Ganley Frank Gardner Billy Garrett Jo Gartner Tony Gaze
Goodyear to change tyres after issues
Goodyear will alter its tyre allocations for NASCAR Sprint Cup's race at Michigan following blistering issues during practice. NASCAR officials have notified teams that a different left-side tyre will be tested during an additional 75-minute practice session on Saturday evening, following Cup qualifying and the Nationwide Series event
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/goodyear-to-change-tyres-after-issues
Paco Godia Carel Godin de Beaufort Christian Goethals Paul Goldsmith José Froilán González
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Corvette: AF Corse can still win
Corvette's Richard Westbrook and Oliver Gavin believe the #51 AF Corse Ferrari is still a major threat in the GTE Pro class at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours despite the car missing most of qualifying and having to start from the back of the field. Gavin insists the Ferrari's lack of running - the result of Giancarlo Fisichella's Wednesday crash at the Porsche curves – will not count against it during the race, and fully expects it to be a contender for victory
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/corvette-af-corse-can-still-win
Piercarlo Ghinzani Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson Gimax Richie Ginther
24 Hours of LeMons Chicago: The Winners!
The racers have dragged their battered hoopties onto the trailers, the members of the LeMons HQ staff have departed Illinois for points west, and the spectators are still amazed by the near-photo-finish of the third annual Showroom-Schlock Shootout 24 Hours of LeMons. After a full weekend of racing and 434 laps around the Autobahn Country [...]
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Georges Grignard Bobby Grim Romain Grosjean Olivier Grouillard Brian Gubby
Whincup wins Darwin opener
Jamie Whincup reclaimed a narrow V8 Supercar Championship lead by winning the opening race at the Hidden Valley circuit in Darwin. The Triple Eight Commodore driver broke a seven-race winning streak from Ford Performance Racing, with his pace during a long first stint on the harder compound Dunlop tyre crucial to the victory
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/whincup-wins-darwin-opener
Bertrand Gachot Patrick Gaillard Divina Galica Nanni Galli Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
Denny Hamlin wins pole at Auto Club Speedway
Denny Hamlin went low when most drivers went high at Auto Club Speedway, and he ended up in pole position for Sundays race.
Source: http://www.nascarracinglive.com/nascar/denny-hamlin-wins-pole-at-auto-club-speedway.html
Divina Galica Nanni Galli Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Fred Gamble Howden Ganley
Larbre ‘lucky’ to secure GTE Am win
Larbre Competition team manager Jack Leconte said that the #50 Chevrolet Corvette was lucky to win the Le Mans 24 Hours GTE Am category after the team had to pit on the last lap to change drivers.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/larbre-lucky-to-secure-gte-am-win
Max Jean Stefan Johansson Eddie Johnson Leslie Johnson Bruce Johnstone
California Knows How to Party: Details on Next-Gen Folding-Hardtop Ferrari
Upon its introduction in 2008, the Ferrari California was tasked both with increasing Ferrari’s overall sales volume and bringing new buyers to the brand. On those fronts, it has delivered: More than 8000 units of the entry-level GT have been sold, with more than 70 percent of them going to first-time Ferrari owners. Read full [...]
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James Christopher McMurray Casey James Mears Juan Pablo Montoya Joseph Francis Nemechek III Ryan Joseph Newman
Video: Take a virtual lap of Austin's Circuit of the Americas
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Hermann Tilke designed the Austin F1 circuit, and no one is quite sure if he's recreated the magic of Turkey or the borefest of Valencia. With 133 feet of elevation change, though, the 3.4 mile Circuit of the Americas and its 20 turns should be closer to the former. The track will feature in Codemasters' "F1 2012" video game, and Motorworld Hype was given a virtual tour by Codemasters designer Paul Jeal at E3.
Aside from the overexposure, the track and the game both look worthy of further investigation. Scroll down to check it out, as well as a longer video of chief designer Stephen Hood doing three laps in Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes.
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James Christopher McMurray Casey James Mears Juan Pablo Montoya Joseph Francis Nemechek III Ryan Joseph Newman
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Colin Monahan Named Marketing Coordinator at Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway SONOMA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) Colin Monahan has been named Marketing Coordinator at Infineon Raceway, raceway officials announced....
Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2012/01/colin_monahan_named_marke.php
Boy Hayje Willi Heeks Nick Heidfeld Theo Helfrich Mack Hellings
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