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Chevy Response to Ford on Silverado 2012 Super Bowl Ad
Michael Waltrip Racing more confident heading into 2012
Michael Waltrip (right) talks about his organization with drivers (from left) Clint Bowyer, Mark Martin and Martin Truex Jr. // Sam Cranston, NASCAR Illustrated
Michael Waltrip learned something from his pursuit of Red Bull Racing last month – a deal that eventually collapsed.
What he learned had nothing to do with the business of trying to buy a team. It had to do with the business of starting a team, something both the energy drink company and Waltrip did in 2007.
Waltrip said he learned something just by walking through Red Bull’s shop.
“I cried walking through Red Bull thinking, ‘Man, I didn’t have a prayer,’” Waltrip said. “And yet we’re still here. Hopefully that desire and commitment and passion will pay off one day.”
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 12:26:45 EST (1 reads)
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Hess Motorsports ZR1 Camaro
With the warm reception that the fifth generation Camaro has received since its return to the Chevrolet lineup, there have been a number of dazzling custom varieties conceived by aftermarket builders. Few have delighted, tempted or received as much buzz as the Hess Motorsports 2012 ZR1 Camaro; this particular model has been spotted at numerous events, and powerTV was fortunate enough to catch the guys at Hess Motorsports at the 2011 Super Chevy Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event followed closely on the heels of the Camaro5Fest where the black ZR1 Camaro made an appearance.
Hess Motorsports takes pride in creating some of the most eye-catching project cars; although Hess is a relatively new face in the world of custom cars they are on-point when it comes to bringing a truly epic Camaro to the market. Essentially the ZR1 Camaro blends the performance and styling cues of the ZR1 Corvette with the fifth generation Camaro. Trust us, this is truly a work of art when it comes to the fusion of Corvette inspired performance and the latest and greatest in technology.
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 10:55:50 EST (8 reads)
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2012 NASCAR Race Hub team
GATORADE DUEL AT DAYTONA HEADLINES 100 HOURS
OF SPEEDWEEKS ON SPEED™
NASCAR RACE HUB OPENS SPEED COVERAGE
LIVE FROM MEDIA DAY
SPEED opens its extensive Daytona Speedweeks programming lineup Feb. 16 with reports from Media Day on a special live two-hour edition of NASCAR Race Hub. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars take to the track the following day for the first Budweiser Shootout practice session and SPEED brings viewers the Budweiser Shootout Selection Show on Feb. 17 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
NASCAR Race Hub, which enjoyed a 27-percent ratings increase in 2011, goes live from Daytona on Feb. 20-22, with Steve Byrnes hosting, Danielle Trotta reporting and analysis from Larry McReynolds, Randy Pemberton and Matt Clark.
Byrnes, covering Daytona Speedweeks for the 27th time, has two main goals in bringing NASCAR’s season-opening action to SPEED audiences.
“First off, look at the scale at Daytona … it’s a huge venue,” said Byrnes, who also serves as a pit reporter for FOX Sports during the Daytona 500. “We have to use all the tools at our disposal and find the best ways to deliver a sense of speed in a place that can be overwhelming. And secondly, we have to keep finding stories that convey just how special the Daytona 500 is. It’s more than our Super Bowl … it’s much more than the money … for the drivers, it’s all about the trophy and for the fans it’s all about creating memories that often last a lifetime.”
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 10:40:07 EST (12 reads)
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Kansas Speedway rolling the dice with new casion
LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC Kansas Speedway has opened a $411 million casino that overlooks turn two.
By: Al Pearce on 2/03/2012
When Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway opened on Friday it became the first gaming-themed property planned, built and owned by International Speedway Corporation. The $411 million facility that overlooks turn two of the 1.5-mile NASCAR speedway is a joint effort of Penn National Gaming and ISC, which owns the speedway.
The casino has upward of 1,000 full-time employees, 95,000 square feet of gaming and is expected to attract four million guests annually. Its annual economic impact is estimated to be approximately $200 million into the Kansas City/Wyandotte County area. Casino officials expect customers to come primarily from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 10:29:44 EST (7 reads)
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Luna-C Clothing’s Worldwide Launch in Dallas
Racing-Themed Apparel Company Unveils New Brand with Week-Long Dallas Launch
DALLAS (February 6, 2012) – Luna-C Clothing, combining passion for racing, technology and style in an innovative apparel company, will celebrate its worldwide launch in Dallas all this week with a full schedule of unveilings, trunk shows, cocktail receptions, parties and a strong presence at the Dallas Men’s Show at Dallas Market Center. Get an advance look at the new Luna-C Clothing line now at www.lunacclothing.com.
The new Luna-C Clothing line melds high tech and high style, with designs that are edgy and inventive. The company benefits from a team of talented professionals who have been associated with some of the world’s top brands. From high-end designer sportswear to developing styles for Formula One racing teams, the diversity of experience is extensive, unique and exciting.
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 10:18:17 EST (7 reads)
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Reigning Funny Car Champ Hagan to Run Mopar Graphics at Five Events in 2012
Matt Hagan, shown above in action at last year's U.S. Nationals, will carry full Mopar graphics in five events this season including the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, July 20–22.
Matt Hagan, the reigning NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion, will carry special Mopar® graphics on his Mopar-powered Dodge Charger R/T for Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) in five events this season.
"It’s exciting to carry the No. 1 on the side of our Mopar Funny Car, and Mopar was key to what we did with our Dodge Charger R/T racecar last year," Hagan said. "The aerodynamics of our Chargers and Mopar parts is a big reason why we could set speed and elapsed time records last season."
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 09:45:47 EST (9 reads)
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Team Mopar NHRA Pro Stock Driver Johnson Geared up for 2012 Season Opener
Johnson and team head to Pomona with unofficial Pro Stock record of 6.466-seconds
Pomona opens 23-race NHRA season
Magneti Marelli to serve as associate sponsor on Johnson’s Mopar Dodge Avenger
2012 marks the 17th consecutive year Johnson has piloted a Mopar-powered car
Auburn Hills, Mich. — Team Mopar® NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson has been counting the days until the season opening event at Pomona, ever since the 2011 campaign came to a close at that same track. Following off-season surgery to repair his right bicep, Johnson is back at full strength, as the 52nd Annual NHRA Winternationals take to the track Feb. 9–Feb. 12 at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Pomona, Calif. to open the 23-race 2012 season.
“I’m just dying to get going,” said Johnson. “It’s going to be an exciting season. We have such a strong team in place and a great car in our Mopar Dodge Avenger. It’s time to go and I am certainly ready. We look to start the season on a very strong note at Pomona.”
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 09:41:02 EST (14 reads)
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Cruz Pedregon and Snap-on Funny Car Ready for 2012 Season
Season Opening NHRA Winternationals Set for Feb. 9-12 at Pomona
KENOSHA, Wis. – February 6, 2012 – The testing is done and the new crew chief is in place, so there is only one thing left to do - race. Cruz Pedregon and the Snap-on Funny Car team are ready and eager for the 2012 NHRA season to commence.
“The whole Snap-on Funny Car team is ready to get racing,” said Pedregon. “Our testing sessions in Palm Beach went really well and Lee Beard, our new crew chief, is really meshing with the whole team. We are looking forward to the Winternationals at Pomona and we hope to give Snap-on Nation a big victory in the first race of the season.”
The 2012 season marks Pedregon’s 20th year driving funny cars as well as the 20th anniversary of his first world championship. This year is also the 20th season that Snap-on has sponsored Pedregon, including the last two as the primary sponsor of the Snap-on Funny Car. In December 2011, Snap-on extended its sponsorship of Pedregon for three more years, including the 2012 season.
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 09:34:26 EST (4 reads)
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Torrence excited about new racing season
Torrence Racing/Capco Contractors Inc. Top Fuel Dragster
Torrence Top Fuel crew ready to compete against top teams
Steve Torrence’s love of drag racing began at an early age as he watched his father race and it has grown into a passionate avocation that finds him eagerly awaiting the launch of his first NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season as a Top Fuel team owner.
The Torrence Racing/Capco Contractors Inc. crew has three 2011 races on its performance chart – including an October semifinal finish at Phoenix – and a busy pre-season test session in Florida. There is an abundance of anticipation in his voice when Torrence talks about the 23-race 2012 campaign that begins Thursday with the 52nd O’Reilly Auto Parts Nationals at Pomona, Calif. and moves to Phoenix on the following weekend.
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 09:29:37 EST (6 reads)
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2012 OPTIMA® Ultimate Street Car Invitational Regional Qualifying Events Announc
Select regional performance automotive events offer opportunity to compete in exclusive industry Invitational
Feb. 6, 2012 (MILWAUKEE) – Now going into its fifth year, the OPTIMA® Ultimate Street Car Invitational, has evolved to become one of the most highly anticipated and widely covered events in the automotive performance world. Today, OPTIMA Batteries announces the first round of events that will serve as qualifiers to compete later this year. During the qualifying events, participants can earn the opportunity to compete in the now world-famous OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational, which takes place annually in Nevada immediately following the SEMA Show.
The 2012 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational qualifying events are:
?Run to the Alamo (San Marcos, TX): February 17-19
?Run to the Coast (Irvine, CA): March 9-11
?The OPTIMA®Faceoff at HOT ROD Power Tour* (Arlington, TX): June 9th
?The OPTIMA®Faceoff at Road America* (Elkhart Lake, WI): June 22-24
?Motorstate Challenge (South Haven, MI): July 13-15
?The OPTIMA®Faceoff at MPH Nebraska/ Sandhills Open Road Challenge* (Hastings, NE) August 8-12
?LSFest (Bowling Green, KY): September 7-9
?Silver State Classic Challenge* (Ely, NV): September 12-16
?Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Nationals (Norwalk, OH): September 21-23
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 09:24:19 EST (11 reads)
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Team Falken's first win at King of the Hammers
FONTANA, CA – Falken Tire, a popular high performance choice for driving enthusiasts on pavement and off-road, continues to balance its accomplishments throughout the motorsports field by claiming its first off-road victory. Partnered with Savvy Off Road, the team took first place in the Stock Class in the Smittybilt Every Man Challenge at the Ultra4 Racing King of the Hammers event on February 5, 2012. According to the rules, teams competing in either the Stock or Stock Modified classes must run stock, DOT-approved tires. Savvy Off Road ran Falken WildPeak A/T Tires, sized 35x12.50 R15.
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 09:21:33 EST (9 reads)
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Tucker Torpedo Reins in Record $2.91 Million Bid at Barrett-Jackson
There is a fairly simple formula to figuring out a car’s worth. The more original and rare something is, the more someone will be willing to pay for it. At least a majority of the time. We’ve all come accustom to this formula and seen it play out on eBay, car lots and TV auctions time and time again. However, nothing could have prepared us for the price one of the remaining Tucker Torpedo models ended up fetching at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction in the middle of January. According to Jalopnik, it was more money than most people will see in their lifetime.
As the brain-child of Preston Tucker, the Tucker Torpedo took the 1940s by storm. Created as one of the first all-new post WWII car models, the Tucker Torpedo featured a plethora of innovative components. Although testing and perfecting the initial car designs did away with some innovative features, like disc brakes, fuel injection and a direct-drive torque converter transmission, the car remained ahead of its time by years
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 09:18:39 EST (14 reads)
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Studebaker Motor Company Revived, Looking For Investors
During the Golden Age of Motoring here in America, there were hundreds of independent automakers each striving for a slice of the consumer pie. By the end of World War II however, there were fewer than a dozen automakers left outside of Chrysler, GM and Ford. Among them was Studebaker, a company with automotive roots dating back to 1902 before shuttering its final assembly plant in 1966. Most kids these days have never heard of Studebaker, and even Baby Boomers may have a hard time recalling just what they look like.
We had all assumed that Studebaker was dead and buried, but Autoguide reports that a Colorado company has revived the Studebaker name, and is now looking for investors to bring the motor company back to life.
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 09:15:00 EST (26 reads)
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King of Kustom Gene Winfield
Over the past several years there has been an explosion of incredible custom car builder emerge onto the scene. Many of these guys push further to stretch the imagination of what can be done with metal.
Bo Huff, Voodoo Larry, George Barris and John D’Agostino are only a few of the guys out there today who’s names are talked about where ever you go. However, there is a good chance there is one man who has in one way or another inspired them to push past the logical way of thinking. That man is Gene Winfield.
Posted by frank on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 09:05:36 EST (17 reads)
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New Images Emerge From Long-Closed California Mustang Plant
In April of 1964, Ford revealed to the world the Mustang, a car that would go on to change the concept of American sports cars. The Blue Oval could not have anticipated that they would create an icon, but once the orders started flogging in Ford knew it had a hit. Ford had to triple Mustang production in the early days, converting plants in California and New Jersey to build the popular pony car.
Over the summer, Ford released these images from one of those long-closed plants, the San Jose Assembly Plant in Milpitas, California, giving the world a look at old school Mustang production.
Posted by frank on Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 12:02:19 EST (33 reads)
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In 1972, Moran took a job in North Carolina as the head of the EPA emissions res
There’s arguably no category in all of drag racing gaining more attention these days than X275, which has ravaged its way up and down the East coast and slowly begun infiltrating other parts of the nation over the last year. These explosion of interest has even spread to manufacturers such as ProCharger, who are developing products aimed directly at the growing contingent of X275 racers.
ProCharger customers have been among the dominant forces in the first two seasons of X275, and thus it comes as no surprise that the supercharger manufacturer has a square focus on what’s become a booming market segment all it’s own.
Although already well-documented in the racing community, ProCharger last week officially unveiled their new F-1X supercharger, which has been specifically designed and developed for the competitive X275 category. This newly released blower follows ProCharger’s recent complete redesign of the F-3 series and the launch of the all-new ProCharger RaceDrive gear drive unit.
Posted by frank on Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 11:57:58 EST (16 reads)
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Did You Know The EPA Had a ’70 Superbird Emissions Testing Vehicle?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not known for their love of muscle cars. In fact, they seem to have it out for anything with a V8 under the hood, especially in California. So imagine our surprise when we found out from Jalopnik that in 1972, the EPA purchased a big-block Superbird for emissions testing. As crazy as it is, that Superbird is now headed to auction, giving you an opportunity to own this historically unique winged car.
Although it’s surprising that the EPA once owned a Superbird, knowing that former Dow Chemicals executive, John Moran was in on the deal gives it some perspective. You see, when Moran was part of the Dow team, the company sponsored none other than the #99 Nichels Engineering Dow Dodge Charger Daytona race car built by NASCAR legend Ray Nichels.
Posted by frank on Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 11:55:23 EST (14 reads)
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Happy 47th Birthday to the First Aftermarket Mustang: Shelby GT350
Shelby American may be celebrating their 50th birthday during this 2012 year and that’s quite a huge milestone. But on January 27th 1965, the Shelby GT350 was introduced formally at a press event in Riverside, California meaning it just celebrated it’s 47th birthday! Not quite 50 yet but it’s pushing awfully close!
Shelby American was known for working with AC Aces and turning them into spittin’ Cobras while running Ford’s GT40 racing program. Finally they started expanding on to the Ford Mustang to make some race-ready Shelby Mustangs for the track. The then new Shelby GT350 Mustangs were born and were packing a bit more than the GT with a 289 cubic-inch V8. The Shelby GT350 came stock with a four-barrel Holley carburetor, a high-rise intake manifold and fitted with exhaust headers to push out an impressive 306-HP. They also shed a healthy 2000 lbs. off of the body by adding a fiberglass hood, gutting out the interior and insulation, superfluous trim, and rear seats. They kept the stock springs but installed Koni dampers. A front anti-roll bar and some sturdy stabilizer bars were added to the rear axle. The manual steering rack was used for a quicker steering ratio from the cars built with power assist.
Posted by frank on Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 11:50:41 EST (15 reads)
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Word has it the 4R3 will be powered by a 2.8-liter diesel four-cylinder engine g
Fancy buying a Maybach 62 and losing £500 every working day? That's how much depreciation can hurt your wallet.
Maybach 62 is the biggest loser in the depreciation stakes Photo: Alamy
By Mike Rutherford
11:59AM GMT 30 Jan 2010
How damaging can new-car depreciation be to the wallet of the motorist who is buying, running and selling his own vehicle? It's the most expensive thing a driver will ever have to pay for.
Other, more noticeable car-related costs (taxes, cost of capital, insurance, fuel, servicing, repairs etc) are minor when compared with the colossal amounts some motorists burn as new cars plummet in value during their first year on the road.
Mercedes' Maybach 62 illustrates this point more effectively and painfully than any other car I can think of. After just one year on the road, one of these super-limos will celebrate its first birthday by being worth about £127,000 less than it cost new. Sister model, the Maybach 57, will typically shed more than £115,000 in the first 12 months. These represent losses of about £10,000 a month, or £500 per working day.
Third and fourth worst depreciators are Brits – the Rolls-Royce Phantom (£81,000 loss in its first year) and Bentley Arnage (£66,000) – followed by the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti (£52,000), Mercedes SL AMG (£51,000), Bentley Continental Flying Spur (£47,000), Aston Martin DBS (£41,000), Bentley Continental GT Coupé (£40,000) and Ferrari F430 (£37,000).
Posted by frank on Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 11:45:23 EST (5 reads)
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Chinese carmaker blatantly copies Ford F-150
The Ford F-150 has just picked up a doppelganger in China. According to CarNewsChina, Jianghuai Auto Corporation has just unveiled its new 4R3 pickup, and sure enough, the vehicle looks to be a near carbon copy of America's best-selling truck. JAC reportedly wants to provide buyers in China, Africa and South America with a larger, inexpensive work vehicle. While the appearances of the Ford F-Series and 4R3 visuals differ ever so slightly, the similarities far outweigh the incongruities. According to CNC, JAC is a fairly small automaker in the People's Republic that specializes in rebodied Hyundai cars, SUVs and pickups.
Posted by frank on Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 11:38:39 EST (40 reads)
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The new Luna-C Clothing line melds high tech and high style, with designs that are edgy and inventive. The company benefits from a team of talented professionals who have been associated with some of the world’s top brands. From high-end designer sportswear to developing styles for Formula One racing teams, the diversity of experience is extensive, unique and exciting.
