Month: February 2009

Now that every American taxpayer is an investor in the parent company of the Chevrolet Corvette, maybe the American sports car icon will rebound from its worst sales in 11 years.

General Motors Corvette assembly plant worker Scott Campbell puts the finishing touches on a Corvette at the Bowling Green, Ky., plant.

Since General Motors is investing heavily on the upcoming Transformers 2 movie, ‘Revenge of the Fallen’ with five Chevrolet-based characters taking roles as Autobots, it doesn’t surprise us at all that the …

The man who quotes that New York mobster movie on the back of our Chicago Auto Show credentials is Paul Bryan, longtime communications director for this event.

Matt Kenseth made a late pass, and put a Ford in victory lane of the 500 for the first time since 2000. The rain brought out the checkered flag 48 laps early. Kenseth passed Elliot Sadler a lap before the caution came out for the final time. Kevin Harvick pulled …

You can almost smell the fumes and feel the rubber from 43 cars whizzing by you at the Daytona International Speedway.

That’s right, NASCAR fans—it’s time to get out your notes and do your calculations — it’s Fantasy Racing time!

Last year, Jimmie Johnson went on to win his third consecutive championship …

February 12, 2008: One of the few interesting times during a rather lackluster schedule of Media events on Press Day at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show was GM’s unveiling of a new Corvette Sting Ray concept.

Chevrolet gives the moviegoing public what it wants: more Transformers images. General Motors Corporation From left, it’s Skids, Bumblebee and Trax.

One generally comes to an auto show to see cars. And when things other than cars come to dominate an auto show, it generally makes automotive reporters covering the show grumpy.

NASCAR has rejected the idea of Speedway Motorsports Inc. Chairman Bruton Smith to follow the National Football League’s lead to blackout events on local television when tracks are not sold out.

“That’s exatly what should happen,” Smith said. “It worked for the NFL, so you have a forerunner there who has …