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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins Daytona 500
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins Daytona 500

24 Feb 2014, 08:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won the 2014 Daytona 500 yesterday, at the end of a race that brought the longest rain delay in the event’s history - six hours and 22 minutes. The Hendrick Motorspor...

 
Corvette Racing Confirms 24 Hours of Le Mans Entry
Corvette Racing Confirms 24 Hours of Le Mans Entry

23 Feb 2014, 10:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Corvette Racing has announced it will compete in this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race using two of its brand new C7.R vehicles. The American brand has been accepted into the GTE class...

 
Ken Block Unveils Full 2014 Race Schedule
Ken Block Unveils Full 2014 Race Schedule

21 Feb 2014, 10:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Gymkhana star Ken Block is in for a very busy year, with no less than 19 events - from four different racing series - on his schedule. The 46-year old driver will take on the full Global RallyCro...

 
Lotus and Renault Extend Formula One Partnership
Lotus and Renault Extend Formula One Partnership

20 Feb 2014, 13:46 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Lotus F1 Team and Renault Sport F1 have announced the extension of their chassis-engine partnership for the 2014 Formula One season and beyond. In other words, Lotus F1 Team will be powered by Re...

 
Lotus Joins LMP1 Class in World Endurance Championship
Lotus Joins LMP1 Class in World Endurance Championship

19 Feb 2014, 13:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Lotus has announced plans to step up to the LMP1 class of this year’s World Endurance Championship. The Kodewa-backed squad will field a single vehicle based on the T129 race car that was used...

 
BMW M4 DTM Gets First Teaser
BMW M4 DTM Gets First Teaser

19 Feb 2014, 10:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / BMW Motorsport has released the first teaser image of the 2014 M4 DTM, which is scheduled to make its road course debut in late March, during testing at Hungaroring track. “Testing the BMW ...

 
Donuts Now Allowed after F1 Races: Winner Takes It All
Donuts Now Allowed after F1 Races: Winner Takes It All

18 Feb 2014, 10:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Sebastian Vettel may have just won himself some admirers, as he deserves the most credit for FIA’s latest decision, making donuts and other forms of hooning legal after the race. Last seaso...

 
Austin Dillon Wins Daytona 500 Pole
Austin Dillon Wins Daytona 500 Pole

17 Feb 2014, 12:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon has secured pole position for next week’s Daytona 500 in the No. 3 Chevrolet SS, with Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row) and Greg Biffle (Roush Fenw...

 
IMSA Appoints Racing Veterans to Key Technical Roles
IMSA Appoints Racing Veterans to Key Technical Roles

14 Feb 2014, 11:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Motorsport veterans Scott Raymond and Jeff Mishtawy have been appointed to key technical roles by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), the sanctioning body announced yesterday. An I...

 
Here's a Viper Playing in the Dirt
Here's a Viper Playing in the Dirt

13 Feb 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The street versions of the Viper are wild enough to drive, but when you get to the track-bound GTS-R versions, the badassery reaches an incredible level. An excellent way to illustrate that is to ca...

 
Danica Patrick Can Win If No One Else Races, Says Richard Petty
Danica Patrick Can Win If No One Else Races, Says Richard Petty

11 Feb 2014, 13:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / There's a good reason why Richard Petty is known as "The King". In fact, there's more than one, as the North Carolina-born legend has won 200 Sprint Cup races, seven NASCAR champ...

 
560 HP Volkswagen Beetle Revealed for 2014 Rallycross
560 HP Volkswagen Beetle Revealed for 2014 Rallycross

6 Feb 2014, 15:46 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Andretti Autosport and Volkswagen of America have partnered to form the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team, which will be running two cars this year’s series with Tanner Foust and Scott Speed...

 
Mopar Gears Up for 2014 NHRA Season
Mopar Gears Up for 2014 NHRA Season

6 Feb 2014, 14:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Mopar has announced it will return to Pro Stock racing for the 2014 NHRA season with two entries powered by Hemi engines tuned by Roy Johnson. The drag machines will be driven by defending world cha...

 
Watch a Pair of Shelby Cobras Showing Off at Zandvoort
Watch a Pair of Shelby Cobras Showing Off at Zandvoort

3 Feb 2014, 14:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nearly 51 years ago, British drivers Peter Bolton and Ninian Sanderson scored a seventh place finish in the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans in a stunning metallic green AC Cobra fitted with a 4.7-liter For...

 
Upcoming Corvette Museum Race Track Has Already Booked 118 Events
Upcoming Corvette Museum Race Track Has Already Booked 118 Events

3 Feb 2014, 14:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Although it’s only eight months away from completion, the upcoming motorsport park that's being built right next to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green has already booked 118 ev...

 
Ride Along with Tommy Milner in the 2014 Corvette C7.R at Daytona
Ride Along with Tommy Milner in the 2014 Corvette C7.R at Daytona

31 Jan 2014, 13:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The brand new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R made its official track debut earlier this month, during the 52nd running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the inaugural race of the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar...

 
Michael Schumacher Might be Slowly Woken up From His Coma
Michael Schumacher Might be Slowly Woken up From His Coma

29 Jan 2014, 20:17 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A recent report from a French sports newspaper implies that seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher could be soon entering a slow recovery phase from his artificially-induced coma. &ld...

 
Track Battle: 2014 Corvette Stingray vs Race-Ready Corvette C6
Track Battle: 2014 Corvette Stingray vs Race-Ready Corvette C6

29 Jan 2014, 12:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Fitted with a stiffer chassis and a new engine that sends even more power to the wheels, the 2014 Corvette Stingray is a street car that can provide loads of fun on the track as well. The previo...

 
Action Express Racing Corvette DP Wins Rolex 24 at Daytona
Action Express Racing Corvette DP Wins Rolex 24 at Daytona

28 Jan 2014, 13:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship debuted this weekend with the Rolex 24 at Daytona, a race that was won by Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Sebastien Bourdais in the No. 5 Action E...

 
Mercedes-AMG Releases 3D Animation of Their New F1 Engine
Mercedes-AMG Releases 3D Animation of Their New F1 Engine

23 Jan 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As most of you probably already know, this year's Formula 1 season will be filled with so much changes that you will think you're watching a completely different type of motor sport. By...