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|  | | From the North Carolina Museum of Art comes the second in a video series highlighting Porsche. The museum is hosting an exhibition called 
|  | | Last week, the Hell Garage Demons opted for 2-ton Detroit luxo-yachts with stratosphere-slicing fins, prompting smart investors to take big positions in Bondo futures. We won't lie, you can't go wrong with a...
|  | | Diesel has enjoyed great success lately as a racing fuel, but there's one place it hasn't appeared for more than six decades: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mazda's breaking that dry spell this weekend, when its Mazda 6 Skyactiv-D race car will head to Indy for the
|  | | We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- Watch as Jay Leno...
|  | | How’s this for a stunner? Lucas Luhr, the five-time American Le Mans Series champion, will drive a second car of Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing in next month’s IndyCar Series race at Sonoma Raceway. He will drive the No. 97 car alongside SFHR’s primary driver, Josef Newgarden....
|  | | India has emerged as the most likely to lose its Formula one race for 2014, as Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone promises teams the 2014 calendar will not have more than 20 races. Next year, New Jersey and Austria, along...
|  | | Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber topped the Formula One practice times today for Red Bull Racing at a baking hot Hungaroring. There were no real issues with the latest Pirelli tires other than the necessity to make them last on the extreme...
|  | | Frustrated with the inability to deliver identical turbochargers to its teams, the IndyCar Series has mandated that all engines be of the twin-turbo variety for 2014. For the past two seasons, Chevrolet has used a twin-turbo engine with Honda going with a single one. IndyCar provides turbos made ...
|  | | Jordan Taylor captured his third consecutive Daytona Prototype pole position for Wayne Taylor Racing, breaking the track record with a lap of 1 minute, 22.251 seconds (110.909 mph) in the No. 10 Velocity Worldwide Corvette DP at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday. Taylor will be joined...
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|  | | Historic? Yes, of course -- the first time a major NASCAR series has raced on a dirt track in 43 years, since Richard Petty won a race in Raleigh, N.C., in front of 6,000 fans.But more important, it was a kickass event where everything worked as it was supposed to. When was the last time we could...
|  | | Infiniti has just announced pricing for the 2014 Infiniti QX80 and QX50 crossovers. The two models underwent a name change for the 2014 model year, with the company renaming the flagship QX56 the QX80, and giving the Infiniti EX the model index QX50. This brings the total number of models in...
|  | | As the new Mercedes-Benz vehicles roll out of the shop in Stuttgart, Germany, tuner Brabus must be there waiting with open arms for its next project. Its latest is the 2014 S-Class.The newest luxury car for the tri-pointed star already comes with a 4.6-liter, 449-hp, twin-turbocharged V8, but that...
|  | | Acura's new, long-awaited NSX is still two years from arriving in customers' impatient hands, but attend the Izod IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio on Aug. 4 and you'll have the opportunity to see and hear the car in action. Acura on Thursday released an image of a prototype NSX, and said the car...
|  | | If you're in the New York City area this weekend and have a craving for a good ol' fashioned summertime car show, take a drive up Interstate 95 to Guilford, Conn., for the 35th annual Time Machines gathering. This long-running show held at the end of July combines the small-town charm of not-so-...
|  | | WEST COAST EDITOR MARK VAUGHN: This 2013 Chrysler 200 Limited is a big improvement over the one I had last year. On this one, nothing fell off. I couldn't say the same about the last one. So that's progress. This one still has that weird low-frequency shudder when you're creeping out of a driveway...
|  | | The Hungarian Grand Prix will be televised on NBC Sports Network, along with several hours of motorsports coverage. The Formula One race will be part of 19 total hours of televised racing. Check out the TV schedule below. NBC Motorsports TV Coverage...
|  | | The clock is ticking for KV Racing Technology to retain Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan.Kanaan said Thursday in his return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, site of this weekend's Super Weekend at the Brickyard, that KV has until Aug. 1 to finalize a program for the next IndyCar Series season....
|  | | Ted Foltz and Frank Peterson took home the hardware for their respective classes in the 48th annual Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb in Manitou Springs, Colo. Foltz of Colorado Springs won the championship-car class, piloting his 327 Chevrolet-powered car to a win, while Peterson drove his Oldsmobile...
|  | | Sebastian Vettel was one of the few leading race drivers to attend the recent Silverstone tire test, but the German now admits that he didn’t learn very much from the experience.Race drivers were only allowed to try the new tires, and not work on car developments.“I think testing is...
|  | | Kimi Räikkönen hopes that the hot conditions in Hungary will favor Lotus in Hungary -- although the changes made to Pirelli’s tires make it hard for anyone to judge what will happen.“I think we’ve always been a bit more happy when it’s more warm,” said Räikkönen....
|  | | An optimistic Jenson Button says he hasn’t ruled out McLaren winning a race this year, despite the team’s troubles.Indeed, he expects the MP4-28 to be good enough to fight for the podium in the next race at Spa. The Belgian track obviously favors good straightline speed, and ultimate...
|  | | Daniel Ricciardo on Thursday appeared to move another step closer to landing his dream seat at Red Bull Racing.After the young Australian tested for the world champion team recently at Silverstone, reports indicated he had moved ahead of Kimi Räikkönen as the favorite to replace the Le Mans-bound...
|  | | Lewis Hamilton anticipates that Mercedes will have a tough time in the Hungarian Grand Prix as the team is likely suffer more tire troubles than rivals in the extremely hot conditions.Mercedes has yet to test the latest Pirelli tires, having been banned from the recent Silverstone test.“It's...
|  | | Every year the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, Mass., holds more than two dozen lawn events, and a few days ago we were able attend one of its most popular annual events , American Car Day. The museum opens its grounds to lawn events arranged by themes like make or country of origin, and...
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