Maassen taking street smarts to St. Pete
Sascha Maassen is as much at home on a street circuit as a natural-terrain road course. He clinched his first American Le Mans Series championship with a win on the … Read More
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Gordon Tests New Chevy Engine
A new Chevrolet R07 engine completed 500 miles the last week. But it wasn't at Atlanta Motor Speedway. While Scott Wimmer failed to qualify for the Kobalt Tools 500 Nextel … Read More
SMI executive salaries
Speedway Motorsports Inc. Chairman and CEO Bruton Smith earned $2.05 million last year for his role in the company, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Humpy … Read More
Mazda reaffirms partnership with Ford
Mazda Motor Corp. reaffirmed its partnership with ailing Ford Motor Co. today in announcing a target for global sales of 1.6 million vehicles per year by fiscal 2010. Mazda, which … Read More
ISC’s Washington funding plan gets another hearing
International Speedway Corp.'s funding proposal for a race track in Washington will go before the state senate's Ways and Means Committee on Monday. Both the Senate committee and the House's … Read More
Ethanol’s Growing List of Enemies
Paul Hitch has spent his entire life raising cattle and hogs on a stretch of the Oklahoma panhandle he says is "flat as a billiard table." His great-grandfather started the … Read More
USA TV reminders for Friday
Courtesy of TVRacer.comNASCAR Busch Final Practice Bristol 2:30pm-3:30pm (L) ESPN2NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying Bristol 3:30pm-5:00pm (L) SPEEDNASCAR Live! Bristol 5:00pm-5:30pm (L) SPEEDNASCAR Now 6:30pm-7:00pm ESPN2Survival of the Fastest (NASCAR) Atlanta … Read More
First tests of the “new� Audi A4 DTM
Since the start of the 2004 season, Audi has been involved at factory level in the DTM. Despite the restrictive regulations, which give the technicians little room for maneuver, a … Read More
NASCAR fan arrested for shooting
A man suspected of opening fire on a crowd at California Speedway during NASCAR Busch Series races last month was arrested Monday by sheriff's deputies. Ramon Luis Caraballos, 30, of … Read More
Hendrick going for 200th win
Car owner Rick Hendrick now has 199 combined NASCAR victories: 151 at the NEXTEL Cup level, 23 in the Busch Series and 25 in the Craftsman Truck Series. The total … Read More
Sarah Fisher and A.J. Foyt IV were confirmed
Sarah Fisher and A.J. Foyt IV were confirmed to Indy-car rides Wednesday. Fisher, previously secured as the oval-track driver for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, will drive all races. Foyt tested … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief
Malaysia wants to keep GP beyond 2010 Schu is most popular Ferrari driver ever Fisi hopes for quicker Renault in Malaysia Speed ridicules party-animal criticism Alonso denies Hamilton best ever … Read More
ESPN2 To Debut New Automotive Programs
Six new automotive and motorcycle-themed programs will premiere on ESPN2 the weekend of March 31-April 1. All part of the ESPN2 Garage block of programming, The Bidding Wars, Funkmaster Flex’s … Read More
Dodge Avenger to debut at Bristol
UPDATE A reader writes, I'm breathless with anticipation for this weekends debut of Dodge's $19.99 Avenger sticker kit. This has been a long time coming! One can only wonder why … Read More
Rudd and Petty celebrate 50th Bristol sellout
UPDATE For 25 years a Bristol race ticket has been one of the toughest tickets in sports, and this weekend's race is no different. All 160,000 seats for Sunday's Food … Read More
Malaysian officials not worried over Singapore threat
Sepang International Circuit (SIC) chairman Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir is unmoved by the possible "competition" from Singapore which is reportedly favored to host a leg of the Formula One World Championship … Read More
LeMans test days lineup
The official test sessions for the Le Mans Series are coming up and the series organizers have released this set of entrants for the test days. The entry list N° … Read More
Lawmakers honor IndyCar Series’ use of ethanol
On the first day of spring, Capitol Hill was a little greener. A bipartisan group of lawmakers joined U.S. Senate colleagues Richard Lugar and Evan Bayh during a news conference … Read More
Klein to contest road course races
Team Moore Racing completed its 2007 Indy Pro Series driver lineup on March 21, signing Jonathan Klein to contest the nine road courses/street races in it No. 2 entry. "We're … Read More
SPEED Names Wilson
SPEED Executive Vice President & General Manager Hunter Nickell today announced Frank Wilson has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Production for the Charlotte-based motor sports and … Read More
Granddaughter of NASCAR co-founder arrested
The granddaughter of NASCAR cofounder Edgar Otto was arrested on a charge of impersonating a sheriff's deputy Tuesday after she pulled over a driver on Clint Moore Road, ordered him … Read More
Symonds focused on aero development
Pat Symonds, Renault's executive director of engineering, reviews the Australian Grand Prix and reflects on how it affected the team. Q: Pat, several days have now passed since the race … Read More
The “Real� Cars of Tomorrow Have Already Been Launched
It seems that the Car of Tomorrow that debuts this weekend at Bristol International Raceway is not only a week behind but perhaps even light years behind. The “Real" Cars … Read More
Adrian Newey eyes LeMans go
Red Bull Racing's renowned Formula 1 designer and chief technical officer Adrian Newey is aiming to make his international racing debut later this year in the Le Mans 24 Hours. … Read More
Bristol concrete to be resurfaced after race
Of the 29 previous races contested on concrete at Bristol Motor Speedway, Rusty Wallace was the most prolific winner, cruising into Victory Lane six times after the track was transformed … Read More