 | The 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday.... | | Autoweek's motorsports team has created a one-stop destination to give you all the Indianapolis 500 information, news, features, photos and on-track session reports a fan could need or want. Check it out now to get caught up with -- and follow along live -- all the happenings around the 97th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing and the... |
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 | | ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: The large-luxury-sedan class is filled with strong entries, which means if you happen to be shopping for a plush barge, you're in luck. You have the Mercedes-Benz S-class, ...
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 | | Memorial Day may be a great time for barbecues and mattress sales, but it is, at its heart, an opportunity to remember the men and women who fought and died in America's Armed Forces. With the holiday fast approaching, it's not a bad time to look back at the so-called Arsenal of Democracy --...
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 | | Jaguar participated in the 2013 Mille Miglia -- which ran May 16-19 -- with three XK120s with driver parings of Sir Chris Hoy and Andy Wallace, Daniel Day Lewis and Jim Gianopulos and David Gandy and Yasmin Le Bon. They filmed...
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 | | When they run the Hell 500 race (on a figure-eight track paved with broken whiskey bottles), the pace cars will be an '84 Pontiac Fiero and an '85 Olds Calais, the very cars that creaked into the Hell Garage...
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 | | General Motors said Wednesday that it will be donating the first production model of the 2014 Cadillac CTS V-Sport to the SAE Foundation. The car will then be auctioned at Barrett-Jackson later this year with the proceeds going to the foundation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
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 | | As we gear up for the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500, it's worth taking a look back at one man whose cars and engines dominated the field at a crucial moment in motorsports history: Harry Miller. Miller was born Dec. 9, 1875, coming of ...
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 | | 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. If...
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 | | Daimler has strengthened ties with Ford Motor Co. after consulting with the U.S. automaker during the development of a three-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine. Daimler is building the new engine with Renault for use in the French automaker's next Twingo minicar and in the German company's...
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 | | Matt Kenseth is ready to get back to work. Kenseth and his first-year team at Joe Gibbs Racing have had plenty to celebrate this season with a Sprint Cup-best three victories and seven top-10 finishes in 11 events. But he wasn't a factor last week in the All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway...
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 | | The 2014 Mazda 3 hatchback was caught with no camouflage on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch's annual "Car Wars" study.As we suspected, it sports the Kodo front end we've seen on the Mazda 6. Otherwise, it looks pretty similar, besides a few character-line changes. Back in October of last year, we ...
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 | | Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter Thursday to respond to Chrysler's barb that Tesla wasn't the first American automaker to repay the U.S. government for aid.Tesla, which paid off the remaining $451.8 million on its 2010 Department of Energy loan Wednesday, received $465 million under the highly...
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 | | These impressions remain vivid after my first time as a NASCAR Hall of Fame voter:-- I often wondered whether inductees know in advance that they've been selected. After all, why would candidates and their families attend the announcement in uptown Charlotte knowing they may face disappointment or...
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 | | The 2014 Chevy Impala will be the first to use General Motors' new 2.5-liter Ecotec four-cylinder engine. The company says it'll be smoother, quieter and more powerful than the mills it replaces.The least expensive Impala will house the new motor, which makes 196 hp and 186 lb-ft of torque, and...
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 | | Toyota brought the Corolla to U.S. shores in the summer of 1968, just as sales of imported vehicles were on the rise.The 1969 Toyota Corolla was introduced to the U.S. as a line of economy two-door sedans and station wagons. The Corolla could be bought for less than $1,700, and it developed a...
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 | | McLaren will produce a limited run of MP4-12Cs and MP4-12C Spiders for its 50th anniversary. The cars will get a few upgrades, but no changes will be made to the twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V8. It stays at 616 hp and 442 lb-ft of torque.The McLaren 50 12C and 12C Spider will get a handful of unique ...
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 | | Ford Motor Co., saddled with high costs, falling sales and financial losses, will close Australian car and engine assembly plants in October 2016 after almost nine decades of manufacturing in the country.Ford, the smallest of the country's three manufacturers after Toyota Motor Corp. and General...
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 | | It seems that just about every racer wants to take a shot at NASCAR from time to time. From Juan Pablo Montoya to Sam Hornish Jr. to Travis Pastrana to Kimi Räikkönen to Scott Speed to Danica Patrick to Kyle Larson to Marcos Ambrose.And, now, add to that list NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top ...
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 | | As darkness approached and temperatures dipped Thursday evening, the question along pit road and in the garages became, “How fast can a Sprint Cup car go around Charlotte Motor Speedway?” The answer came late in the qualifying session for Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600.It was: pretty...
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 | | A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears could welcome a new member to the Indianapolis 500's four-time-winners class Sunday.But that doesn't mean Foyt is ready to do so with open arms.He showed Thursday that he doesn't have as much respect for Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti as some people do....
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 | | Tony Kanaan is among the drivers who will be watching what true IndyCar rookie Carlos Munoz will be doing on the first lap of Sunday's Indianapolis 500.“I think he'll be racing like it's the last lap every lap of the race,” Kanaan said, laughing. “He will learn. That's how you...
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 | | Purdue, race-car constructor Dallara and Indianapolis Motor Speedway have begun a project using motorsports to make science education cool enough for school.On the evening of May 22, Indiana-based Purdue University -- at the Dallara headquarters just outside of Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- kicked ...
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 | | Pirelli motorsports boss Paul Hembery has made clear that the Italian company is frustrated at the lack of an agreement to continue as F1’s sole tire supplier in 2014 after its initial three-year deal runs out at the end of this season.The added complication for Pirelli is that the turbo cars ...
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 | | After Formula One practice on Thursday, several Formula One team representatives met with the media to talk about the upcoming weekend. Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing), Paul Hembery (Pirelli), Gerard Lopez (Lotus), Robert Fearnley (Force India), Franz Tost (Toro Rosso), and Alain Prost (Renault ...
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 | | A month out from the 90th running of 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car endurance classic, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) today announced that Grand-Am Road Racing founder and NASCAR Vice-Chairman Jim France will wave the French flag to start the race on Saturday, June 22. This event is...
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 | | Romain Grosjean was third fastest in FP1 in Monaco today, but the Lotus driver then had a heavy crash at Ste Devote, badly damaging the left side of the car as he slid along the barriers.Lotus has confirmed that the car is repairable, and fortunately the team also has a spare Monaco spec front wing ...
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 | | Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel finished the first day of practice in Monaco in a modest ninth place, and the world champion says he needs to find some performance.Vettel had a KERS issue in the afternoon, but that still didn’t fully account for his position, some 1.2 seconds off the...
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 | | Nico Rosberg says that Mercedes still has to fully address the tire management issues that have seen the team waste pole at the last three races.Rosberg was in a cautious mood in Monaco despite topping both sessions in impressive style.“Generally I’m pleased with the day,” he said....
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 | | As has had been widely expected, Mercedes set the pace on the first day of Formula One practice in Monaco, with Nico Rosberg ahead in both sessions. His best lap in the afternoon was one second faster than the top time in the equivalent session last year.Teams spent the day learning about the soft...
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 | | This weekend, Formula One will be holding one of it's most popular races, the Monaco Grand Prix. Check out the preview for the big race. Many F1 insiders seem to think that Mercedes will be the fastest cars on the circuit, but you can never count out Red Bull Racing and Sebastian Vettel. Formula...
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 | | Many observers believe that Mercedes will be quick in qualifying once again in Monaco, but how that will pan out in the Formula One race is hard to predict.Sebastian Vettel says that nobody will know how important Pirelli’s tires will play in Monaco this weekend until teams have some miles...
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