| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  |  | Chevrolet has built a 2011 Corvette Z06 painted in the traditional white and blue American racing colors... | | Chevrolet will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Corvette's participation at Le Mans on Saturday (May 22) with some special events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca's American Le Mans Series race. Corvettes have a rich history in Northern California. They raced through the streets of Pebble Beach on temporary circuits until sports-car racing found a permanent home with the construction of... |
|  | | German-based engineering specialist Xenatec has announced plans for an exclusive new Maybach coupe to rival the Bentley Brooklands and the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe. The new two-door, which will ride on the same underpinnings and draw power from the same engine as the Maybach 57S, is...
|  | | Drivers no longer have to go to the back of the Indianapolis 500's starting grid if they turn to backup cars after crashing the cars they used for qualifying. The change in policy received mostly positive reviews from competitors who feel the penalty was stiff enough. “Sometimes those...
|  | | A Kansas City used-car and auto-parts dealer admitted in federal court to sending $23,500 to terrorist group al-Qaida. Khalid Ouazzani pleaded guilty on Wednesday to terrorism-related charges in court in Missouri and admitted he sent the money to the terrorist organization through a bank in the...
|  | | Mercedes Grand Prix team principal Ross Brawn says that aerodynamic updates and the latest step with the F-Duct should give the team a boost in Turkey, after a frustrating weekend in Monaco. Mercedes will also go back to the long wheelbase seen in Spain, after reverting to standard for the tight ...
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|  | | The No. 11 Toyota team with driver Denny Hamlin and crew chief Mike Ford won the annual Sprint Cup Pit Crew Challenge on Wednesday night in Charlotte, N.C. The competition was the first on a crowded schedule of NASCAR-related events in and around Charlotte Motor Speedway leading up to the May 30...
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