lunedì 31 gennaio 2011
Roush Fenway Racing?s Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards to appear on ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? this Sunday
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition LogoCONCORD, N.C. (Jan. 28, 2011) – Roush Fenway Racing teammates Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards will appear on ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? to demonstrate the dangers of texting and driving. The show will air on Sunday, January 30, at 8 p.m. (ET) on ABC. “Texting while driving is incredibly dangerous and...more»
DRIVEN: Ford F350 Pickup A Gentle Giant
F350 Super Duty crew-cab carries and hauls heavy loads while coddling the driver and passengers.
Source: http://automotive.speedtv.com/article/driven-giant-ford-pickup-exudes-refinement/
Tommy Baldwin Racing Names Lighthouse Mission, Inc. Official Charity
Baldwin Automotive Joins Effort Tommy Baldwin RacingMOORESVILLE, N.C. (January 28, 2011) ? Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) is pleased to announce Lighthouse Mission, Inc., as its official charity. Along with TBR, Baldwin Automotive, also owned by Long Island native and TBR owner Tommy Baldwin, will join the effort and name Lighthouse Mission, Inc. its official charity....more»
JD Motorsports signs Brad Parrott as crew chief for Mike Wallace
JD MotorsportsGAFFNEY, S.C. (January 29, 2011) ? In an effort to build on their momentum from last year, JD Motorsports has signed veteran NASCAR Nationwide Series crew chief Brad Parrott for driver Mike Wallace and their No. 01 Chevrolet team. Parrott will take over the running of the shop and pit box duties from team...more»
Renault unveils its 2011 challenger
Renault has unveiled its new R31 challenger to the press in Valencia's pitlane, ahead of the three-day pre-season test which begins at the Spanish venue tomorrow. The car, which carries black and gold livery following its deal with Lotus Group, is the fourth 2011 car to have been launched this week
Grosjean hopes for new chance in F1
Romain Grosjean is hoping his deal with Renault will lead to a second chance that allows him to shine in Formula 1. The Frenchman made his Formula 1 debut with Renault when he replaced Nelson Piquet Jr
Heavily favored Ganassi teams regroup in Rolex 24
The two Chip Ganassi Racing entries rallied from early issues and an unusually aggressive pace to get back in contention in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Both the No. 01 and No. 02 BMW Riley cars fell to the back of the Daytona Prototype class because of problems just shy of the one hour mark in the twice-round-the-clock race that began Saturday afternoon.
Source: http://www.nascarracinglive.com/nascar/heavily-favored-ganassi-teams-regroup-in-rolex-24-ap.html
Video: Bridgestone teases its two Super Bowl commercials
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Buick
Click above to watch the video after the jump
Bridgestone paid big bucks for a pair of spots in the Super Bowl, and it appears the tire maker wants to maximize its bank for the buck. Instead of simply banking on the billion viewers of Super Bowl XLV enjoying its commercials, Bridgestone is trying to build excitement with a pair of cliff-hanging teasers.
The first of the two teasers is titled "Reply All," with the obvious theme of an office worker accidentally sending an organization-wide email. The second spot, titled "Carma," combines a Bridgestone-equipped Buick LaCrosse primed to dance with a very busy beaver. Hit the jump to peer inside Bridgestone's creative genius.
[Source: YouTube]
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Star-Studded Lineup For Rolex 24 at Daytona; Porsche Leads the Way
Filed under: Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, Daytona Int'l Speedway, Other Racing Series, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The reigning NASCAR and IZOD IndyCar Series champions highlight a star-studded field for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the Grand-Am Series' season-opener at Daytona International Speedway this weekend.
But it's one of sports car's more traditional names, Porsche, that both five-time NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson and two-time IndyCar champ Dario Franchitti will be chasing when the green flag drops at 3:30 p.m. (ET) Saturday.
German Jorg Bergmeister will start the No. 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche from the pole Saturday in the twice-around-the clock event that has again attracted a Who's Who list of auto racing greats.
Three Indy 500 winners, defending Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray (above left) and a potent mix of current and former NASCAR, IndyCar and Formula One drivers are giving it a go against the best sports car drivers in the world on the 3.56-mile Daytona road course.
Johnson and McMurray are trying to join Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt as the only drivers to win a Daytona 500 and Rolex 24 crown. Johnson will co-drive with former series champs Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty in the No. 99 GAINSCO Chevrolet and will start 10th in the marquee Daytona Prototype class. They were fastest in Friday's final practice.
McMurray is part of an two-car wonder lineup for three-time Rolex winner Chip Ganassi Racing. He'll co-drive the No. 02 BMW with three IndyCar Series champs, Scott Dixon, Franchitti and open-wheel-to-NASCAR convert Juan Pablo Montoya (above, center, chatting with Memo Rojas). They will start fifth among the 18 prototypes .
The other Ganassi car features defending Grand-Am Series champs Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas along with Ganassi's newest IndyCar driver Graham Rahal and sports car veteran Joey Hand. It will roll off third.
NASCAR Names Kristi King Director of Communications, Competition; Steve Pegram Director of Stakeholder Communications
NASCAR LogoDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 27, 2011) ? The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) today announced two key additions to the Integrated Marketing Communications team. Kristi King, who has 17 years of public relations and marketing experience in NASCAR racing, has been named director of communications, competition and joins the sanctioning body?s...more»
CUP: Letarte Faces Challenge Of A Different Sort
Crew chief hopes to return Earnhardt Jr. to victory lane?
CRVA Cuts Budget For NASCAR Hall Of Fame
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — new numbers from the NASCAR Hall of Fame showed November was the second-worst month for attendance since the museum opened last May.SLIDESHOW: NASCAR Legends help Officially Open Hall of FameRELATED: After Years of Anticipation, NASCAR Hall of … Continue reading
Source: http://nascar-news-update.com/crva-cuts-budget-for-nascar-hall-of-fame/
Bautista fired up for 2011 challenge
Alvaro Bautista is confident he can live up to the responsibility of representing Suzuki single-handedly in the 2011 MotoGP championship. Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/bautista-fired-up-for-2011-challenge/
Christopher Cops Gambler?s Classic
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? There is a certain pride that comes in winning the Gambler?s Classic TQ Midget race at Boardwalk Hall. Just ask Ted Christopher
Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/christopher-cops-gambler%e2%80%99s-classic/
Fiat 500 to have no-haggle sticker pricing?
Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Hatchback, Fiat
2012 Fiat 500 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Haggling, ugh. Generally speaking (and with a few notable exceptions) it's one of those unavoidable aspects of buying a new car from a dealership. If you're good and you're willing to shop around by pitting dealer against dealer, you may end up scoring something of a bargain. Thing is, if you're not such a good haggler, you're seemingly just as likely to pay more from a stealership than the next guy, which hardly seems fair.
According to Fiat's brand spankin' new United States arm, the younger car-buying generation isn't particularly keen on the notion of haggling for a better price. As such, the company has directed its dealerships to adopt a no-haggle pricing policy, starting with the new-for-the-U.S. Fiat 500. "The pricing is the pricing," said Laura Soave, head of the Fiat brand in North America to Bloomberg, much as it was with the now defunct Saturn brand. We think it's a lovely idea and hope it sticks.
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[Source: Bloomberg]
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Oddo: Bike Lanes Were Just to Grab Attention for Loosening Enviro Review
City Council Minority Leader James Oddo. Photo: SI Advance
City Council Minority Leader James Oddo has a surprising message for Streetsblog and its commenters: “Thank you.”
We didn’t think too highly of Oddo’s proposal to require environmental review for bike lanes. And experts said it would throw an unnecessary road block in front of expanding the bike [...]
City Council Minority Leader James Oddo has a surprising message for Streetsblog and its commenters: “Thank you.”
We didn’t think too highly of Oddo’s proposal to require environmental review for bike lanes. And experts said it would throw an unnecessary road block in front of expanding the bike [...]
Quesnel: Solberg relations better now
Citroen team principal Olivier Quesnel says working with Petter Solberg on last week's Monte Carlo Rally has helped his relationship with the Norwegian ahead of this year. Solberg made his debut in the Peugeot Sport team on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge opener, running alongside Bryan Bouffier and Stephane Sarrazin. The 2003 world champion was brought in at the specific request of Quesnel - who oversees both brands' motorsport programmes. Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/quesnel-solberg-relations-better-now/
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Steve Arpin courts Canadian sponsor for NASCAR
Steve ArpinAny good race driver will tell you that in order to go fast, you slow down. It?s no good going so fast that you lose control. By the time you get straightened out, the racers who are driving methodically on pace and in a rhythm are going to pass you. Same with finding sponsorship....more»
Massa confident of fighting for title
Felipe Massa believes he still has opportunities ahead of him to challenge for the world championship again, despite playing a supporting role to Fernando Alonso last season. Massa took the title fight all the way to the last lap of the season in 2008, but lost out to Lewis Hamilton. He missed the second half of the '09 season with the head injury he sustained in qualifying at Hungary, and last year had to sacrifice his own faint title hopes to help Alonso's effort
Toyota taking "devil's advocate" approach to product development
Filed under: Etc., Plants/Manufacturing, Toyota, Design/Style
If you don't get pinched by the wiper arm on the new Toyota Yaris, you have the company's new "devil's advocate" product development philosophy to thank. The approach entails a team of engineers doing things with the car that Toyota wouldn't normally be able to fathom. The events of the past year have shown that people will do wacky things with their cars, like making floormat layer cakes, and this spurred management changes like more local authority for North American operations.
Toyota has installed more executives in its American plants and given the U.S. arm of the business its own decision-making power on recalls, rather than waiting for word from the home office. A single database of internal and external vehicle quality discussions is also being put together to make Toyota's reaction more nimble.
There are critics of the efforts. Clarence Ditlow of the Center for Auto Safety doesn't find a new attitude in Toyota's response to quality complaints much of a departure from the past, calling it "pretty much the same-old, same-old." Sean Kane of Safety Research & Strategies opines that Toyota is "biding their time" and still tends to blame the victims rather than solve issues like the ones recently plaguing the company.
Whether Toyota's reactions are percieved critically or complimentary, there is at least the indication of a desire to rectify a damaging situation, and you can now be sure that many engineering mules are undergoing strange experiments deep in the bowels of some Toyota R&D bunker to quantify the effects of ECU pins shorted by a french fry.
[Source: Advertising Age]
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Blackwell Angus Beef Returns as Primary Sponsor for Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 Nationwide Series Ford
Blackwell Angus to serve as primary sponsor for eight races in 2011; beginning at season opener in Daytona No. 6 Blackwell Angus Quality Beef Ford Mustang (Driver Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.) - Roush Fenway Racing / Ford RacingCONCORD, N.C. (Jan. 27, 2011) ? Roush Fenway Racing has announced that Blackwell Angus Beef will return in 2011...more»
Audio Podcast: The Final Lap 142 ? X-Games Comes to NASCAR
SHOW #142 – We discuss Preseason Thunder Daytona Testing, Nationwide only please, Cup Points changes, hear from Travis Pastrana, and all the off-season news you can handle. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northop LISTEN HERE (About 42 mins) Download audio file (tfl_podcast_142_11.mp3) SUBSCRIBE HERE DOWNLOAD HERE SUBSCRIBE FROM iTUNES: Take us with you! Subscribe [...]
Source: http://finallapradio.com/2011/01/25/audio-podcast-the-final-lap-142-xgames-nascar-travis-pastrana/
NASCAR Drivers Expect 'Wild' and 'Spectacular' Daytona 500
Filed under: David Reutimann, Martin Truex Jr., Daytona Int'l Speedway, NASCAR Testing, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- If a few hours of testing the new pavement on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway is any indication, NASCAR drivers say fans can expect an even more action-packed, unpredictable Daytona 500 than usual. And that's saying a lot.
The prevailing opinion during Thursday's first test session was that the spanking-new, $20 million paving job is going to create one of the most wide-open 500s in recent history. Drivers praised the smoothness of the circuit and say it has created an even playing field between the veterans who knew all of the nuances and the new drivers not afraid to lift in a four-wide draft through the corners.
"It's just going to be wild,'' said Carl Edwards, who was 22nd fastest of the 40 drivers in town for the three-day test session. "The track is so smooth and has so much grip that there's no telling what people will try. You know the last lap is going to be insane.''
Michael Waltrip Racing drivers David Reutimann and Martin Truex Jr. led four Toyotas (pictured above) at the top of Thursday's speed chart. Reutimann's top speed was clocked at 195.780 mph and Truex was just a tick off at 195.776 mph.
Red Bull Racing teammates Brian Vickers and Kasey Kahne were next fastest. This was Vickers' first official test since being sidelined most of last season with a blood clot. Kahne, who moves to Red Bull this season, is coming off double-knee surgery in the off-season.
Tony Stewart turned in the fifth-fastest lap in his Chevrolet, followed by the Chevys of Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer and defending 500 winner Jamie McMurray.
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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/01/20/nascar-drivers-expect-wild-and-spectacular-daytona-500/
Mazda to supply Nissan with its own version of Mazda5
Filed under: Minivan/Van, Japan, Plants/Manufacturing, Mazda, Nissan
2012 Mazda5 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Mazda has officially announced that it will supply the Mazda5 minivan to Nissan beginning in May of this year. But before you go dreaming of a Nissan micro-minivan here in the United States, know that this will be a Japan-only affair. As of this writing, mum's the word on what the Nissan-badged Mazda will be called in the automaker's home market. The Mazda5, or Premacy as it's known in Japan, will "enrich [Nissan's] minivan lineup in the Japanese market" - a place where small MPVs are sold in great volume.
This is not the only collaboration between Mazda and Nissan in Japan. Currently, Mazda provides its Bongo Van/Truck to Nissan under the name Vanette. Likewise, Nissan supplies its AD/AD Expert to Mazda, sold under the name Familia Van. Follow the jump for the official press release.
[Source: Mazda]
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O?REILLY AUTO PARTS NAMED TITLE RIGHTS SPONSOR OF SEATTLE AND CHICAGO FULL THROTTLE SERIES EVENTS
NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2011) NHRA announced today that O?Reilly Auto Parts has agreed to multi-year deals to become the title rights sponsor of the 14th annual O?Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Route 66 Nationals, July 7-10 near Chicago and...
Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/01/oreilly_auto_parts_named_1.php
G&G Motorsports Tapped by IndyCar
SOURCE: G & G Outfitters, inc. Jan 28, 2011 10:02 ET LANHAM, MD–(Marketwire – January 28, 2011) – G&G Motorsports, a division of G&G Outfitters, inc., announced it has added IndyCar to their portfolio of sports licenses. this license … Continue reading
Source: http://nascar-news-update.com/gg-motorsports-tapped-by-indycar/
Nearby Notes: Racing legend to wave green flag on Mount Airy exhibit
Racing legend launches exhibit The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History will launch its annual racing exhibit Saturday with an appearance by legendary stock car driver Junior Johnson. The NASCAR Hall of Famer will wave the green flag on the … Continue reading
Source: http://nascar-news-update.com/nearby-notes-racing-legend-to-wave-green-flag-on-mount-airy-exhibit/
Alonso: F150 will suit me much better
Fernando Alonso believes he will be in a much stronger position for the start of his second season at Ferrari as the team will have been able to design the F150 with his driving style in mind. The Spaniard admitted that he had needed time to adapt to driving a Ferrari when he joined at the start of last year following two seasons back at Renault, but thinks working with the Italian squad for a full championship campaign will have meant new developments were increasingly suited to him. "There are no doubts that when I arrived in January 2010, I drove a car that had different characteristics to what I drove in previous years," said Alonso at Ferrari's launch in Maranello today
Partridge Sings Winning Note
Ryan Partridge sets the pace en route to winning Friday night's super-late-model feature during the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images photo). IRWINDALE, CalifSource: http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/partridge-sings-winning-note-2/
2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible to Pace 100th Anniversary of the Indianapolis 500; Chevy Offering 50 Replicas for Sale
Last year, the reborn 2010 Chevy Camaro coupe serve as the pace car for the Indy 500, and Chevy built�200 replicas wearing Inferno Orange paint with White Pearl stripes that it sold to the public. The car was a throwback to the first Indy Camaro pace car, which lead the field in 1969, except that [...]
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Officially Official: BMW announces 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo for U.S.
Filed under: Technology, BMW
BMW's four-cylinder turbocharged engine - Click above for high-res image gallery
BMW has been teasing us with little factoids here and there about its new 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, and we finally have official confirmation that it will, in fact, be coming to the United States later this year.
This new four-cylinder engine uses the same twin-scroll turbo technology found in the larger N55 3.0-liter engine. Maximum power is rated at 240 horsepower at 5,000 rpm, and peak torque - all 260 pound-feet of it - is delivered at 1,250 rpm. By switching to a smaller-displacement, turbocharged, direct-injected engine, we can expect that cars with this new 2.0-liter four will get a healthy bump in fuel economy over the current six-cylinder models.
BMW has yet to point out which models will be getting the new 2.0-liter turbo, but since the automaker specifically mentions that it offers more power and torque than the current naturally aspirated 3.0-liter inline-six, we wouldn't be shocked to learn that all cars with a 28i or 30i at the end of the name will now be powered by this four-pot mill. Earlier reports have suggested that the Z4 sDrive30i will now use four-cylinder power, and we're betting both the 1 and 3 Series, as well as X1, will get the turbo-four treatment. Follow the jump for the official press release.
[Source: BMW]
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Is It Right to Forgive the Deadly Driver?
Nine years ago next week my wife was hit by a cab driver. She was crossing at an intersection at the edge of downtown Athens, Georgia, on her way to meet me for some grocery shopping and, per usual for a Friday, an evening at our favorite watering hole. I was wrapping up editing duties [...]
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/01/28/is-it-right-to-forgive-the-deadly-driver/
Roush Fenway Racing?s Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards to appear on ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? this Sunday
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition LogoCONCORD, N.C. (Jan. 28, 2011) – Roush Fenway Racing teammates Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards will appear on ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? to demonstrate the dangers of texting and driving. The show will air on Sunday, January 30, at 8 p.m. (ET) on ABC. “Texting while driving is incredibly dangerous and...more»
Lotus to unveil new car online
Team Lotus will launch its new TL11 car online early on the morning of Monday January 31 - ahead of its first test at Valencia on the Wednesday. The team has announced that the car will be revealed to the public via its online magazine Team Lotus Notes. The issue, which will be available here , will be released at 5am GMT on Monday
Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/lotus-to-unveil-new-car-online/
Toyota taking "devil's advocate" approach to product development
Filed under: Etc., Plants/Manufacturing, Toyota, Design/Style
If you don't get pinched by the wiper arm on the new Toyota Yaris, you have the company's new "devil's advocate" product development philosophy to thank. The approach entails a team of engineers doing things with the car that Toyota wouldn't normally be able to fathom. The events of the past year have shown that people will do wacky things with their cars, like making floormat layer cakes, and this spurred management changes like more local authority for North American operations.
Toyota has installed more executives in its American plants and given the U.S. arm of the business its own decision-making power on recalls, rather than waiting for word from the home office. A single database of internal and external vehicle quality discussions is also being put together to make Toyota's reaction more nimble.
There are critics of the efforts. Clarence Ditlow of the Center for Auto Safety doesn't find a new attitude in Toyota's response to quality complaints much of a departure from the past, calling it "pretty much the same-old, same-old." Sean Kane of Safety Research & Strategies opines that Toyota is "biding their time" and still tends to blame the victims rather than solve issues like the ones recently plaguing the company.
Whether Toyota's reactions are percieved critically or complimentary, there is at least the indication of a desire to rectify a damaging situation, and you can now be sure that many engineering mules are undergoing strange experiments deep in the bowels of some Toyota R&D bunker to quantify the effects of ECU pins shorted by a french fry.
[Source: Advertising Age]
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VIDEO: Saturday Rolex 24 Pre-Race vBlogs
SPEED.com's Rolex 24 cup reporters, NASCAR star Jamie McMurray and sports car ace Patrick Long file their final video blogs just prior to the green flag waving on Saturday.
Source: http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/video-saturday-rolex-24-pre-race-vblogs/
Flying Lizard takes Daytona pole
Porsche factory driver Jorg Bergmeister made a spectacular return to the Daytona Prototype category when he claimed pole position for this weekend's Daytona 24 Hours. The 2006 Daytona Prototype champion, who last drove one of Grand-Am's prototypes in 2007, claimed the top spot with a new class qualifying record of 1m40.099s aboard the Flying Lizard Riley-Porsche MkXI/XX as the leading GT team made its DP debut. The German was just over three one hundredths of a second ahead of 2010 pole-winner Max Angelelli aboard the SunTrust Dallara-Chevrolet DP01Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/flying-lizard-takes-daytona-pole/
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Thorn Wins Surprise Showdown Pole
Derek Thorn claimed the pole for Saturday night's Toyota All-Star Showdown. (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images photo) IRWINDALE, Calif. ? Derek Thorn was the surprise winner of the Coors Light Pole Award Friday at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.) for the NASCAR Toyota All-Star ShowdownSource: http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/thorn-wins-surprise-showdown-pole-2/
Richard Petty Motorsports Wants Danica Patrick, But Would Johanna Long Be Better?
Richard Petty MotorsportsRichard Petty Motorsports is finally out of its financial mess. And with sponsorship secured for both its cars for the entire 2011 season, along with the team?s optimism being at an all-time high, the head honchos at RPM are already looking ahead to brighter things. They want Danica Patrick. Foxsports.com broke the story...more»
Video: Autoblog witnesses the 2012 Nissan GT-R's launch control
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, Nissan
2012 Nissan GT-R deftly launches - Click above to watch the video after the break
Smoke 'em if you got 'em. Well, only if you're really just interested in showing off. In reality, if your tires go up in giant plumes of white smoke, you're going nowhere fast.
It stands to reason, then, that drivers of the 2012 Nissan GT-R, which once again has an official factory launch control mode, won't be indulging in any tire-smoking shenanigans. Instead, they will be launching themselves and any passengers they may be carrying into ludicrous speed with nary a hint of wheelspin to contend with.
And we finally have first-hand video evidence that proves the point. We witnessed the 2011 GT-R catapult itself into near orbit using launch control with our own eyes and managed to capture the act on video. Click past the break to see for yourself.
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Video: Autoblog witnesses the 2012 Nissan GT-R's launch control originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Ferrari using Toyota?s wind-tunnel
Ferrari has revealed that it has been using Toyota's wind-tunnel to help with the development of its new Formula 1 car. Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/ferrari-using-toyotas-wind-tunnel/
Petrov first to test new Renault
Vitaly Petrov will be the first man to try out Renault's new R31 car when it tests for the first time in Valencia next week. The Russian is scheduled to drive on the opening day of F1's first pre-season test on February 1, before team-mate Robert Kubica takes over duties for the other two days. Renault is due to unveil its R31 in Valencia on January 31, with the car having been fired up for the first time in the team's Enstone factory on MondaySource: http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/petrov-first-to-test-new-renault/
Richard Petty Motorsports Sponsor Lineup for 2011
RICHARD PETTY MOTORSPORTS ANNOUNCES SPONSOR LINEUP FOR 2011 Concord, N.C. (January 24, 2011) ? Richard Petty, owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, Andrew Murstein, President of Medallion Financial and Doug Bergeron, co-owners of RPM, announced today the 2011 partner lineup for the No. 9 and No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams. ?We?ve [...]
Source: http://finallapradio.com/2011/01/24/richard-petty-motorsports-sponsor-lineup-for-2011/
NASCAR Considers Points Overhaul
Filed under: NASCAR Tracks, Sprint Cup, NASCAR
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR is considering scrapping the points system it has used since 1975 in favor of a simpler method that awards points per finishing position, The Associated Press has learned.
The overhauling of the system is one of a handful of changes NASCAR is considering implementing before the season begins next month. Series officials have been detailing their ideas in individual meetings with teams, a person who attended one of the briefings told The AP on Monday.
The person spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because NASCAR has not finalized its upcoming changes.
The sanctioning body wants to go to a scoring system that would award 43 points to the race winner, and one point less for each ensuing position down to one point for the 43rd-place finisher.
NASCAR is also shying away from wholesale changes to its Chase for the Sprint Cup championship format.
Currently, a race win nets 185 points, with 170 points for second, 165 for third and dropping in increments from there, with 43rd place winning 34 points. Five bonus points are awarded to any driver who leads a lap as well as the driver who leads the most laps.
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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/01/18/nascar-considers-points-overhaul/
Audi Quattro Concept Meets Ur-Quattro ? Feature
Retro Roundup: Audi punches the reset button on the car that made the brand cool.
From Mozart?s Le Nozze di Figaro on down to Audi?s Quattro, German speakers for centuries have abandoned their own language for Italian to express articles of passion. Quattro means ?four? in the language of ?love, undoubtedly a better [...]
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Noble Reveals M600 with 650-hp, Twin-Turbo 4.4-Liter V8
Although Britain’s once-mighty car empire has been firesaled to the Indians, Chinese, and Germans, there’s one market segment still humming along in Blighty: shed sports cars. One of the still-living firms is Noble, which found tremendous success with a Porsche 911 Turbo?rivaling model called the M400 and its predecessor, the M12 GTO-3R. The plan for [...]
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Auto Club Speedway's Lone Race Reduced to 400 Miles
Filed under: Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart, NASCAR Fans, NASCAR Tracks, NASCAR
A California diet continued at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana with the announcement Tuesday that the track's sole NASCAR Sprint Cup race in March this year has been shortened from 500 to 400 miles.
The announcement comes as the Southern California speedway begins to promote its only Sprint Cup race of 2011 after seven years of two annual races, both of which generally suffered for attendance.
The speedway's final fall event last October was shortened to 400 miles and received positive reviews, the speedway said. Tony Stewart won that race by about a half-second over Clint Bowyer as drivers used many grooves through the turns of the two-mile oval.
"We're confident the newly remileaged Auto Club 400 will continue the momentum we have been experiencing and that March's race will be the most exciting ever at Auto Club Speedway," speedway President Gillian Zucker said.
Like many facilities, Auto Club Speedway is also reaching out to fans with special ticket offers, such as a free, pre-race pit pass to any fan who purchases a $75 upper reserved seat ticket by Feb. 25.
The race will take the green flag at noon on Sunday, March 27, with FOX providing the live telecast.
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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/01/11/auto-club-speedways-lone-race-reduced-to-400-miles/
2010 Team Reviews: Stewart-Haas Racing Steps Back
Filed under: Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Sprint Cup, Stewart-Haas Racing, NASCAR
Not everyone doubted Tony Stewart when he announced his departure from Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008 to form his own Sprint Cup team, Stewart-Haas Racing.
But he will certainly note, as will anyone else around at that point, that so many people from so many corners of NASCAR thought the two-time champion was committing career suicide.
Instead, 2009 proved to be about as far from the gloomy predictions as possible when both Stewart and teammate Ryan Newman qualified for NASCAR's championship battle. Their campaigns in the 2009 Chase to the Sprint Cup were to little avail, but seemed to paint a soon-to-be-dominant future for the race team.
Comparatively, 2010 was a step back for the SHR team -- back to about the level most thought Stewart would be competing at by now.
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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/01/19/2010-team-reviews-stewart-haas-racing-steps-back/
New year ? New Series ? Fresh new car smell
The new VW Jetta TDI and Mazda MX-5 mixed class series (officially known as the iRacing Grand Touring Cup) really does have that new car smell right now.� The response has been overwhelmingly positive to the announcement that the MX-5 will be paired with the VW Jetta TDI in a mixed class series starting with [...]
Gonzalez switches to Trident for 2011
Rodolfo Gonzalez will race for Trident in GP2 and GP2 Asia this year, the team has announced. The 24-year-old Venezuelan had previously made a one-off appearance with Trident at the Nurburgring in 2009, and also tested for the squad over the winter. Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/gonzalez-switches-to-trident-for-2011/
Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change
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Editor?s note: Today we are very pleased to begin a five-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe?s book, ?Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.? Keep reading this week and next to learn how you can win a copy of the book from Island Press.
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Editor?s note: Today we are very pleased to begin a five-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe?s book, ?Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.? Keep reading this week and next to learn how you can win a copy of the book from Island Press.
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Source: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/01/25/urbanism-in-the-age-of-climate-change/
Future Supercross and Motocross stars will battle for points and purse at 2011 AMA Racing Pro/Am events
American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) PICKERINGTON, Ohio Dec. 22, 2010 The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce the 2010 AMA Racing Pro/Am motocross schedule. These events are where dreams begin for amateur racers, and where they earn the credentials...
Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2010/12/future_supercross_and_mot.php
Carlin signs Aleshin, Chilton for GP2
Mikhail Aleshin and Max Chilton will join Carlin for the team's maiden season in the GP2 and GP2 Asia series, it was announced on Thursday. Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/carlin-signs-aleshin-chilton-for-gp2/
Lionel NASCAR Collectables Launches New Web Site and Social Media Presence
LIONEL NASCAR CollectablesConcord, N.C. (January 28, 2011) ? Today Lionel NASCAR� Collectables (LNC), the official die-cast of NASCAR�, announced the re-launch of www.rccamembers.com which can also be reached through www.lionelnascar.com. The launch is the first phase of a multi-step web rollout that will give die-cast collectors enhanced functionality and the opportunity to interact with Lionel...more»
Measuring the Global Health Impact of Transportation Reform
The relationship between active transportation and public health can seem so plainly obvious that we tend to take it for granted. Who could question that air pollution, obesity, and road fatalities are major public health concerns that have a direct connection to the availability of safe and convenient travel options other than driving?
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Ferrari unveils the F150 at Maranello
Ferrari became the first team to unveil its 2011 car when it pulled the covers off its new F150 at Maranello on Friday. With the Italian outfit eager to make up for the final-race heartbreak that cost it the world title in Abu Dhabi last year, the team's designers have delivered an aggressive design.
NASCAR Drivers Expect 'Wild' and 'Spectacular' Daytona 500
Filed under: David Reutimann, Martin Truex Jr., Daytona Int'l Speedway, NASCAR Testing, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- If a few hours of testing the new pavement on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway is any indication, NASCAR drivers say fans can expect an even more action-packed, unpredictable Daytona 500 than usual. And that's saying a lot.
The prevailing opinion during Thursday's first test session was that the spanking-new, $20 million paving job is going to create one of the most wide-open 500s in recent history. Drivers praised the smoothness of the circuit and say it has created an even playing field between the veterans who knew all of the nuances and the new drivers not afraid to lift in a four-wide draft through the corners.
"It's just going to be wild,'' said Carl Edwards, who was 22nd fastest of the 40 drivers in town for the three-day test session. "The track is so smooth and has so much grip that there's no telling what people will try. You know the last lap is going to be insane.''
Michael Waltrip Racing drivers David Reutimann and Martin Truex Jr. led four Toyotas (pictured above) at the top of Thursday's speed chart. Reutimann's top speed was clocked at 195.780 mph and Truex was just a tick off at 195.776 mph.
Red Bull Racing teammates Brian Vickers and Kasey Kahne were next fastest. This was Vickers' first official test since being sidelined most of last season with a blood clot. Kahne, who moves to Red Bull this season, is coming off double-knee surgery in the off-season.
Tony Stewart turned in the fifth-fastest lap in his Chevrolet, followed by the Chevys of Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer and defending 500 winner Jamie McMurray.
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Nationwide Champ Brad Keselowski 'Will Live With' NASCAR's New Format
Filed under: Penske Racing, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, NASCAR
TAMPA, Fla. -- Brad Keselowski arrived at Tampa's Busch Gardens theme park Wednesday to help promote the Feb. 20 Daytona 500 wearing a black jacket emblazoned with a NASCAR Nationwide series logo -- a proud nod to the series championship he won in 2010 but won't be defending in 2011.
In a posting on its official Twitter account earlier this week, NASCAR announced that drivers must declare themselves eligible for only one championship among its three national series, Sprint Cup, Nationwide and the Camping World Truck series.
That means Keselowski, who drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge for Penske Racing in the marquee Sprint Cup series, will race in multiple series but won't be able to simultaneously accumulate championship points in Cup and Nationwide as he did this season.
And while NASCAR isn't formally commenting on or confirming the format change yet -- President Mike Helton and Vice President for Competition Robin Pemberton will address it in a scheduled news conference next Friday in Daytona Beach -- Keselowski appeared resigned to his fate.
"There's a lot of different ways of looking at it,'' Keselowski said Tuesday. "Obviously NASCAR has an obligation of trying to do the best for the sport and everything and I respect and appreciate that.
"I still plan on competing even though I can't compete for the championship. I still plan on living up to the commitments that we've made for our sponsors and for our team. I've had the luxury of competing in both series last year and enjoyed it. We'll just kinda live with it and deal with it this year.''
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