[VIDEO] “The Speed Business” – Denver

Concrete walls and blind corners await Blackdog Racing and Corvette driver Tony Gaples as they compete in SCCA Pro Racing’s “Speed World Challenge” series at the Denver Grand Prix. The crew dials in the Corvette for this street course, with Tony determined to keep it in one piece.

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Pirelli gives thumbs-up to Bernie’s world of sprinklers

Just a couple of days after Bernie Ecclestone floated the idea of creating artificial wet races with sprinkler systems at F1 tracks, Pirelli honcho Paul Hembery has come out in support of the idea. He expressed his opinion to Autosport.com saying:”I thought Bernie Ecclestone’s comments were quite interesting. …

February 2011 Corvette Sales

We got the February 2011 sales figures from General Motors and its been a rare moment when we can say Corvette sales are up over the previous month as well as up in the year to date figure. Last month, 955 Corvettes were delivered to new homes, a 53% increase from the mere 624 […]


Sam Schmidt’s new FAZZTer, full time Indy Car team

Sam Schmidt Motorsports announced today that they have acquired the FAZZT race team, and will be running Alex Tagliani in a full time ride this year.

My first reaction is happiness for Sam Schmidt who has to be proud to have reached the status of full-time contender in Indy Car. …

The Aston Martin AMR-One flexes LMP1 muscle

The much anticipated unveiling of Aston Martin’s AMR-One happened today to some less-than-enthusiastic reviews. Twitter pundits have called it “derivative”, “unoriginal”, or even “fugly”.

Ok, maybe derivative, maybe unoriginal, but not fugly, at least not to me.

With an open cockpit, and chunky sidepods, the AMR-One looks a little like Acura’s …