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Sunday, Nov 15
REPORT: Senator John McCain doesn't believe Chrysler will make it
It was all about the unions. The unions didn't want to have their very generous contracts renegotiated so we put $80 billion into both General Motors and Chrysler, and anybody believes that Chrysler is going to survive, I'd like to meet them." While McCain's never been one for pulling punch...
Tuesday, Nov 10
VIDEO: NASCAR's Dickies 500 shows you how to properly deliver a pace car
The official pace car for last weekend's Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race was none other than the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS. This, in itself, is no biggie. What's interesting is how the car was delivered to the Texas Motor Speedway prior to the race. If you watched sports over the weekend, you...
Monday, Nov 9
LA Preview: Toyota set to debut 2011 Sienna minivan
Soccer moms, NASCAR dads and empty-nesters rejoice! It looks like Toyota is going to debut its 2011 Sienna minivan in Cali next month at the 2009 LA Auto Show. Although the minivan market doesn't get a lot of playtime on enthusiast websites, the segment remains an important (if shrinking)...
Friday, Nov 6
VIDEO: With F1 program scrapped, where will Toyota Motorsports land next?
As Toyota president Akio Toyoda announced the withdrawal of his company from the Formula One World Championship, he reiterated Toyota's commitment to motorsport competition. But while this may have been pure lip-service, the Japanese automaker has a long history in racing, leading t...
Tuesday, Nov 3
SEMA 2009: Handful of Chevy Camaro concepts preview new options
Filed under: Concept Cars, SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, Design/Style Photos copyright (C)2009 Frank Filipponio/Weblogs, Inc. Source: Chevrolet]Continue reading SEMA 2009: Handful of Chevy Camaro concepts preview new options
Monday, Nov 2
All four new Nationwide Series cars tested at Talladega
Filed under: Motorsports, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Toyota Source: NASCAR]All four new Nationwide Series cars tested at Talladega originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Contradiction in Terms: Green in NASCAR equals 5 mpg
Part of the problem is that NASCAR fans don't want to give up what they've become accustomed to. Lee White, president of Toyota Racing Development, told USAToday that, "Doubling fuel mileage means half the horsepower, and putting fans in the stands requires a show." Driver Sam Hornish, Jr....
Friday, Oct 30
Dodge Challenger NASCAR Nationwide Series racer unveiled
NASCAR's rollout of its new Nationwide Series race car design has garnered buzz already with the introduction of the first-ever Mustang-branded stocker, and it got another shot in the arm yesterday at Talladega when Chrysler pulled the wraps off its brand-new Dodge Challenger Nation...
Wednesday, Oct 28
REPORT: ESPN analyst suspended over "inappropriate" comment about racer Montoya
Bob Griese, ESPN analyst and two-time Superbowl winning quarterback with the Miami Dolphins, has been suspended for one week following an inappropriate comment he made during a live college football broadcast last Saturday. After showing a graphic of the top five drivers currently vy...
Tanner Foust headed back to the 2009 Race of Champions, now at Bejing's Bird's Nest
If you don't know, the Race of Champions was founded in 1988 by former Group B legend Michèle Mouton and is the only race where drivers from different disciplines get the chance to compete against each other in a variety of events utilizing a whole bunch of different cars. The driver skill se...
Friday, Oct 23
REPORT: USF1 wants NASCAR's Kyle Busch for driver duties
F1 drivers have left the grid to go to NASCAR, so why not have a NASCAR driver make the leap to Formula 1? USF1's Peter Windsor reportedly has his eye on NASCAR bad boy Kyle Busch to pilot the team's single-seater in next year's championship. The 24-year-old Busch is said to have massive talen...
Tuesday, Oct 13
Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 10.13.09
Mustang stock car unveiled for NASCAR Nationwide Series Hold on to your butts, people. Ford Racing and Roush Fenway Racing have unveiled their new stock car based on the poniest of pony cars, dropping the Fusion in favor of Mustang-inspired shell.
Mustang stock car unveiled for NASCAR Nationwide Series
Now you won't see Mustangs turning left next week in Charlotte at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The new car will compete in limited races next year and then only in the Nationwide Series, not the Sprint Cup. As such, it won't be based on the Car of Tomorrow platform that the Sprint Cup series uses. This...
Monday, Oct 12
Autoblog goes drifting with Tanner Foust in NASCAR-powered Scion tC!
It feels like I'm down on power!" yells Tanner Foust in the general direction of the gathered throngs containing both his crew and assorted media. Tanner and myself are currently five-point bolted into his new stock car-engined Formula D Scion tC. We've just exited an aborted lap around th...
F1 veterans Jarno Trulli and Mika Salo to test Waltrip Toyota NASCAR in Florida
Following similar moves by Juan Pablo Montoya, Jacques Villeneuve and Scott Speed, to name just a few, and rumors of Nelsinho Piquet's intended move, comes news that Toyota's Jarno Trulli (pictured above) is scheduled to test drive a stock car next month at USA International Speedway i...
Monday, Oct 5
"Victimized" F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr. reportedly headed to NASCAR truck series
On this side of the Atlantic, however, stock cars crash all the time. It's just part of the spectacle. So while Piquet, Jr. may have a hard time finding a race seat in Formula One or any other Euro-centric racing series, he may - like Juan Pablo Montoya, Jacques Villeneuve and Scott Speed, to nam...
Thursday, Oct 1
Event Alert: October Calendar of Automotive Events
There will be auction action too, with Barrett-Jackson in Las Vegas, Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey by RM, and gigantic Classic Car Auction of Toronto. Motorsports fans are in for some late-season championship action with Formula 1 making visits to Suzuka and Brazil, ALMS at Laguna Seca,...
Monday, Sep 28
2009 Coronado Speed Festival, the 12th annual race at the base
Some of our favorites from previous years, the Ferrari 250TR and Aston Martin DBR2 ,were sorely absent, but a Historic NASCAR class brought out some of the most legendary stock cars to battle it out on the road course. On-track entertainment was also provided by the Shelby Mustangs, Corve...
Friday, Sep 25
Gran Turismo 5 will launch March 2010... in Japan
When GT5 does arrive, all evidence points to a very dynamic gaming experience. Advanced damage rendering, weather changes, night races, NASCAR and incredible detail have all been promised, and since we're being forced to wait so long, we're holding Kazunori Yamauchi personally respo...
Saturday, Sep 12
Richard Petty Motorsports drops Dodge for Ford, joins Yates Racing
As expected, Richard Petty Motorsports will no longer race in NASCAR using Chrysler vehicles after the current season, instead turning to Ford and joining forces with Yates Racing. The first sign of discontentment between the Pentastar and Petty came shortly after Chrysler filed for b...
Tuesday, Sep 8
Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 9.8.09
Danica Patrick to drive NASCAR in 2010, remain with IndyCar SeriesReader Spy: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour caught out again Fisker announces fuel economy estimate for Karma - 67.2 mpg and CO2 emissions of just 83 g/kmLudacris gives away 20 used cars and free gas to struggling contest winn...
REPORT: Danica Patrick to drive NASCAR in 2010, remain with IndyCar Series
If ESPN's sources are accurate, Danica will join Stewart Haas Racing and partner up with Tony Stewart, who will serve as her mentor in the sport. Stewart enjoyed a successful career in open wheel racing before switching to stock cars. As you might expect, the top female driver here in the Sta...
Friday, Aug 21
Motorsports Hall of Fame welcomes seven new inductees
Not to be confused with the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is located in Novi, Michigan, on the outskirts of Detroit. This year's induction ceremony, however, was held at the old Fillmore Theater in Detroit proper, where Kenn...
Tuesday, Aug 11
Ilmor Engineering builds a five-stroke engine
English engineering firm Ilmor knows all about engine design, having produced powerplants for Formula One, IndyCar, and NASCAR. But its latest internal combustion creation, in contrast to those racing engines, is designed to burn fuel more frugally: a gas-powered five-stroke with d...
Wednesday, Aug 5
Why you reportedly won't be seeing Chevy's Camaro doing the NASCAR roundy-round
GM's Mark Kent said that because of "the need to have templated bodies in that series, we felt that by forcing the Camaro into the Nationwide templates that we were compromising the body lines of an iconic car." Instead, Bumblebee could be headed to the KONI Challenge series or drag racing w...
Tuesday, Aug 4
Circuit Logic: Pocono Raceway going solar powered?
The greening of motorsport continues with NASCAR, which has a program to plant 20 acres of trees at race tracks every year. Individual tracks are doing their own things as well, with Pocono Raceway the latest to go a step further: The New York Times reports that it is planting 25 acres of sola...
Saturday, Aug 1
Event Alert: August Calendar of Automotive Events
There's lots of racing action, too, most notably the return of seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher to the cockpit for Ferrari in Spain. The world's premier racing series also visits Spa at the end of the month. Meanwhile, ALMS makes stops at Mid-Ohio, Road America and Mo...
Tuesday, Jul 28
Ford Mustang is officially NASCAR-bound in the Nationwide Series (w/POLL)
The rumors are true. The Ford Mustang is is headed to NASCAR, where stickers bearing the Mustang name and front end details will be affixed to stock cars that otherwise bear no resemblance whatsoever to the 2010 Mustang. The NASCAR Nationwide Series "Mustang" will be part of a "limited roll...
Tuesday, Jul 21
Bucket List: McGriff, 81, reportedly becomes oldest driver to race NASCAR
Filed under: Motorsports, Etc. Source: News & Observer | Image: McGriff Motorsports]Bucket List: McGriff, 81, reportedly becomes oldest driver to race NASCAR originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sunday, Jul 19
REPORT: Danica Patrick nixes talk of USF1 drive for 2010, but is pondering NASCAR
IndyCar starlet Danica Patrick has been rumored to be pondering a switch to Formula One even before talk of a USF1 grand prix team first surfaced many months ago. However, the 27-year-old has had opportunities to test cars from the series in the past, but she may not be interested, as she tur...
Saturday, Jul 18
FOLLOW-UP: Jacques Villeneuve to race at Spa 24 Hours
Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs With the Speedcar Series mothballed, Villeneuve also announced he'll be coming home late next month for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the circuit named for his father. A far cry from F1, but a driver's got to work, right?
Friday, Jul 17
Oops He Did It Again? NASCAR's Mayfield reportedly tests positive for meth twice
The latest filing from NASCAR included an affidavit by Mayfield's estranged step mom, Lisa Mayfield, which stated that she saw Mayfield snort meth on "at least 30 times" during a seven year period. Mayfield's ex-stepmother also stated she witnessed him use meth before a race at Darlingt...
Wednesday, Jul 8
Respect Your Elders: Even Richard Petty stung by Chrysler's bankruptcy?
Richard Petty - quite possibly the best NASCAR racer of all time and the man in charge of Richard Petty Motorsports - says that Chrysler stopped paying his team after filing for bankruptcy last month. No surprise there. The lack of funds prompted RPM to lay off nine workers, although Petty is...
Monday, Jul 6
Speed Reading: Cheeseball NASCAR romance novel covers we can't help but love
Perhaps more than any other motorsports series, NASCAR is renowned for its marketing prowess, with branded merchandise efforts in virtually every segment of the consumer world, from t-shirts to beverages to vacuum cleaners. Back in late 2005, we first told you about the series' foray i...
Wednesday, Jul 1
Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 7.1.09
Chevrolet Camaro outsells Ford Mustang in June Other news of import Study says political ideologies correlate with what cars we buy NASCAR racer Jeremy Mayfield tests positive for meth Toyota considering cooperation with Daimler on compact, full-size models
Event Alert: July Calendar of Automotive Events
There's lots of racing in July, too. Most Formula 1 teams will make a brief stop at Goodwood before resuming their regular racing schedule at the Nürburgring, followed by the Hungarian GP at the end of the month. IndyCar hits Watkins Glen, the Streets of Toronto, and the airport course in Edm...
REPORT: NASCAR racer Jeremy Mayfield tests positive for meth
Filed under: Motorsports Source: AP | Image Source: Todd Warshaw/Getty]REPORT: NASCAR racer Jeremy Mayfield tests positive for meth originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Tuesday, Jun 30
BREAKING: Indy chief Tony George resigns
It's the end of an era for open-wheel racing in America as Indy chief Tony George has stepped down from his post. The long-time president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, George was widely seen as the impetus for the 1996 split in Indy racing that created the Indy Racing League (IRL) and t...
Friday, May 29
Event Alert: June Calendar of Automotive Events
As we approach the half-way point of 2009, the automotive industry is still in turmoil and the economy is just barely showing signs of recovery, but we still have plenty to be happy about. Dozens of concours events, cruise nights, and local shows are being held each and every weekend around...
Friday, Apr 17
Montreal, Niagara Falls, New York City: F1 looks to return to North America
Meanwhile, reports are surfacing of several new circuits being built up the St. Lawrence River near Niagara Falls, Ontario. With the backing of Jeff Gordon and others, Kuwaiti investment firm Bayt Al Mal is reportedly building a new $200 million motorsports park in Niagara to include a on...
Sunday, Apr 12
First round of 2009 Formula Drift season in the books
While many forms of motorsports are cutting back with less sponsorship money and fewer teams, Formula Drift actually grew this year with a bigger list of entrants and plenty of brand new cars. For the opening event in Long Beach, CA, Rhys Millen brought out his Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Tanne...
Monday, Sep 17
NASCAR Busch Series may switch to muscle cars
While production-based stock cars will likely never happen again, word is that the NASCAR Busch Series will switch to cars based on the Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro, Dodge Challenger and yet-to-be-determined model from Toyota as soon as ...
Wednesday, May 23
NASCAR bumps exclusive use of Car of Tomorrow up a year
When NASCAR initially announced the implementation of the Car of Tomorrow early in 2006, it said it would be phased in over a three-year period beginning in 2007. Apparently, the first few races with the CoT have gone so well, that they decided to accelerate the schedule by a year and make it...
