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Juan Pablo Montoya Loves His Tesla Model S
Juan Pablo Montoya Loves His Tesla Model S

31 Mar 2014, 15:43 UTC · By: Liana Nastase / When it comes to cars, we’re pretty sure that a man who has won races in Formula One, CART, IndyCar, Nascar and Grand-Am knows quite a lot about them. So, when Juan Pablo Montoya, a famous Col...

 
NASCAR Air Titan 2.0 Revealed - Hauled By a Toyota Tundra
NASCAR Air Titan 2.0 Revealed - Hauled By a Toyota Tundra

28 Mar 2014, 15:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / What’s the biggest enemy of motorsport? New fuel consumption regulations and smaller engines? Neah, as long as there are spinning wheels racing will go further no matter what. The correct answ...

 
Richard Petty to Drive Iconic #43 Belvedere Up Goodwood Hill
Richard Petty to Drive Iconic #43 Belvedere Up Goodwood Hill

24 Mar 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Goodwood Festival of Speed keeps getting better and better with each year. In 2013, for instance, we’ve seen a full lineup of awesome cars, from the Aston Martin CC100, to the Jaguar F-Typ...

 
NASCAR: Kyle Busch Wins Electrifying Auto Club 400
NASCAR: Kyle Busch Wins Electrifying Auto Club 400

24 Mar 2014, 09:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Toyota has won its first 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup series race yesterday, when Kyle Busch snatched the checkered flag in Fontana, at the end of a thrilling, tire problem-packed Auto Club 400. Joe Gi...

 
NASCAR Looking to Cut Horsepower for 2015
NASCAR Looking to Cut Horsepower for 2015

23 Mar 2014, 12:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / NASCAR Spring Cup race cars will have less horsepower at their disposal starting next season, as the series' sanctioning body is planning on making significant changes that will extend the life...

 
NASCAR: Carl Edwards Leads Ford 1-2-3 Sweep at Bristol
NASCAR: Carl Edwards Leads Ford 1-2-3 Sweep at Bristol

17 Mar 2014, 09:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Roush Fenway driver Carl Edwards scored his first NASCAR Sprint Cup win this season at Bristol, at the end of race that has seen two rain delays lasting more than five hours and multiple accidents. ...

 
Ford Mustang Wins First NASCAR Nationwide Race in 2014
Ford Mustang Wins First NASCAR Nationwide Race in 2014

10 Mar 2014, 11:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / We already told you about Brad Keselowski winning the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup event in Las Vegas yesterday, but the Michigan-born driver had another reason to celebrate over the weekend. Before ju...

 
Keselowski Wins in Vegas as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Runs out of Gas
Keselowski Wins in Vegas as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Runs out of Gas

10 Mar 2014, 08:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway wasn’t for the faint-hearted, as the winner was decided on the final lap after the leader ran out of fuel. We&...

 
Kevin Harvik Wins in Phoenix, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Second
Kevin Harvik Wins in Phoenix, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Second

3 Mar 2014, 12:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Kevin Harvick won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway this weekend, making it two out of two for Chevrolet so far this season. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver led 224 o...

 
Jacques Villeneuve to Return to Indy 500
Jacques Villeneuve to Return to Indy 500

2 Mar 2014, 12:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Former IndyCar and Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve will compete in this year's Indianapolis 500, returning to "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" after 19 years. The 42-year...

 
Jeff Gordon Scares Journalist in Hot Pursuit Taxi Prank
Jeff Gordon Scares Journalist in Hot Pursuit Taxi Prank

27 Feb 2014, 14:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / About a year ago Jeff Gordon and Pepsi put together an awesome test drive prank in which the NASCAR racer scared the living soul out of a poor Chevrolet salesman. In case you’re not familiar w...

 
Iconic “Spirit of Goodyear” Blimp Retired After Daytona 500
Iconic “Spirit of Goodyear” Blimp Retired After Daytona 500

25 Feb 2014, 12:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced that the iconic “Spirit of Goodyear” airship retired after last weekend’s Daytona 500 race, ending a fourteen-year-long career. ...

 
Ford Trucks, Mustangs Do a Patriotic Flag Pull at Miami Speedway
Ford Trucks, Mustangs Do a Patriotic Flag Pull at Miami Speedway

25 Feb 2014, 10:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Those of you that attended last year’s Ford EcoBoost 400 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway - the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season finale - probably remember the pre-race Flag Pull event. It fea...

 
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...

 
Captain America Named Grand Marshal for Daytona 500
Captain America Named Grand Marshal for Daytona 500

17 Feb 2014, 12:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chris Evans, the star of Marvel’s “Captain America: the Winter Soldier” movie, which is scheduled to hit the big screen on April 4, will serve as Grand Marshal for the 56th annual ...

 
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...

 
Richard Petty on Danica Patrick Remarks: I’m Not a Sexist
Richard Petty on Danica Patrick Remarks: I’m Not a Sexist

17 Feb 2014, 09:27 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Last week, Richard Petty said Danica Patrick, the only female driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup can win a race only “if everybody else stayed home”. While Danica replied that “everyo...

 
Chevrolet SS Pace Car Catches Fire During NASCAR Race
Chevrolet SS Pace Car Catches Fire During NASCAR Race

16 Feb 2014, 11:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / GM's new rear-wheel drive performance sedan, the 2014 Chevrolet SS, caught fire out of the blue while on pace car duty in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Unlimited race in Daytona Beach. ...

 
Goodyear Celebrates 60th Anniversary as NASCAR Tire Supplier
Goodyear Celebrates 60th Anniversary as NASCAR Tire Supplier

14 Feb 2014, 15:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This year, Goodyear is celebrating its 60th anniversary as a key supplier to NASCAR, America’s most popular racing series. The supplier relationship between Goodyear and NASCAR, which is the l...

 
Team Penske Announces New Sponsor for No. 22 Ford Fusion
Team Penske Announces New Sponsor for No. 22 Ford Fusion

14 Feb 2014, 09:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Team Penske has announced that its No. 22 Ford Fusion race car, which will be campaigned by Joey Logano in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup series, will be sponsored by AutoTrader.com, after the two compa...