Sunday, January 20, 2013

Autoweek Racing Weekend Wrap-up for January 20, 2013 — SPOILER ALERT

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Sunday, January 20, 2013                 
Toto Wolff, left, is reportedly talking on a new challnenge with Mercedes....
Williams co-owner Toto Wolff appears to be in line to inherit Norbert Haug's role as motorsport director of Mercedes-Benz, according to German media reports. Haug announced on Dec. 13 that he was leaving his role at Mercedes-Benz after 22 years. Wolff has long held a stake in HWA, the company that runs both DTM and F3...

  New Volkswagen driver Sebastien Ogier said that he was pleased with his runner-up finish in the World Rally Championship opener in Monte Carlo in the new Volkswagen Polo R WRC on Saturday. “I think this evening is the...

  Denial can be described as a defense mechanism in which confrontation with reality is avoided by denying its existence. Jeremy Mayfield has honed this ability to an art since his suspension from NASCAR. Mayfield, 43, wants to rekindle his affair with NASCAR despite the fact he has taken...

  Eighteen-year-old driver Chris Bell has landed a ride in one of Keith Kunz's potent midgets for the USAC Mopar National Midget Series. Bell, of Norman, Okla., graduated from micro sprints to midgets and winged sprint cars and landed the deal with Kunz after a tryout at the recent Chili Bowl...

  Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel sealed his 11th victory on the legendary Dakar Rally in South America on Saturday after dominating proceedings almost from the start in his X-Raid Mini. In second place on the marathon event was former winner Giniel de Villiers from South Africa, 42 minutes behind...

  Citroen's Sebastien Loeb won the Monte Carlo Rally for the seventh time: the first event of his season of semi-retirement when he will only contest four rallies. In second place was Sebastien Ogier in what was a remarkable debut for the Volkswagen team with its all-new Polo R WRC. Completing the...

  Circuit of the Americas, the new race track in Austin, Texas, has received a letter of approval, dated Jan.17, 2013, from the Texas comptroller of public accounts, Susan Combs, to establish an Events Trust Fund to collect just over $1.7 million in state funding for the MotoGP race scheduled for the ...

  Bill Simpson was a long time finding the National Football League, but it finding him might change football. The former California drag racer, Indianapolis 500 driver and motorsports safety innovator has created a football helmet that he and others believe could revolutionize the sport. Simpson...

  The Williams Formula One team has confirmed that it has opted for a late launch of its 2013 car, preferring to miss the chance of running in the opening test in Jerez and instead unveiling the new FW35 at the start of the Barcelona session on Feb. 19. Williams will, however, still be at Jerez...

  The Izod IndyCar Series has taken the next step in reducing costs for its teams by working an agreement with Dallara to extend a parts reduction initiative until March 15,...

  Honda Performance Development is fielding just one LMP1 ARX-03a chassis full-time in the FIA World Endurance Championship this season after the British JRM Racing squad decided against a full-season WEC effort. JRM Racing raced a prototype in the series in 2012. The result of JRM's decision...


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