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Jon Fogarty won from pole, about a month ago in Austin. The 37-year-old was at it again Friday, qualifying ahead of round 3 of the Grand-Am season, presented at Barber Motorsport Park.

Fogarty landed his career 25th pole, aboard GAINSCO's Corvette DP. Despite a valiant effort, Rick Taylor couldn't match Fogarty's time, and settled for second, in another Corvette DP.

Jon Fogarty, No. 99 GAINSCO Corvette DP (Photo: Grand-Am.com)

His brother Jordan, in a third Corvette, also came short for the pole. At least, he completed a top 3 sweep for the Detroit manufacturer.

A similar story unfolded in GT, with the pole going to John Edwards' Camaro. Boris Said followed in a Marsh Racing Corvette, at least locking out the front row for GM.

In both classes the track record was broken.

In GX, it was Mazda that dominated qualifying, with a pair of Mazda6 splitting the front row. Tom Long led Sylvain Tremblay.


Qualifying results - Barber Motorsport Park
1.Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP/Riley) - Stallings - 1'18"949
2.Taylor-Westbrook (Corvette DP) - Spirit Of Daytona - 1'19"141
3.Angelelli-Taylor (Corvette DP/Dallara) - Taylor - 1'19"195
4.Pruett-Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 1'19"656
5.Barbosa-Frisselle (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 1'19"858
6.Pizzonia-Yacaman (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 1'20"105
7.Fittipaldi-Frisselle (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 1'20"147
8.Dalziel-Popow (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 1'20"344
9.Potolicchio-Sarrazin (Corvette DP/Coyote) - 8Star - 1'20"933
10.Cameron-Nonnamaker (Riley-BMW) - Sahlen - 1'21"081
(...)
14.Edwards-Liddell (Chevy Camaro) - Stevenson - 1'26"610
15.Curran-Said (Corvette Z06) - Marsh - 1'26"677
Etc.

The first 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible sold Friday for $1 million at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Beach, Fla.

The Falcon F7 made its debut at the 2012 Detroit auto show. Since then, we haven't seen it.

Also in this episode: Lime Rock Park prepares for Sandy Hook benefit car show; Tesla back in spotlight for edgy sales practices.

Florida dealer A.J. Hiers and his staff are coming to terms with the violent death of a colleague killed on the job on March 30. John Pratt, 64, was murdered while test driving a vehicle.

This restored 1967 Chrysler Imperial is listed for sale through our friends at

The Manheim Used Vehicle Index in March dropped for the third month in a row, a "natural realignment" with prices in the new-vehicle market, Manheim chief economist Tom Webb said today.

Vaughn Gittin Jr. showed off his 2014 Ford Mustang RTR for the

2012 BMW 328i - Four Seasons Wrap-Up

Living in the bubble of BMW entitlement.

Know why that 3-series driver tears up an on-ramp out of nowhere, swoops across three lanes of traffic right in front of you, then settles into the fast lane for a nanosecond before departing toward the horizon at warp speed? Because he can.

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Fisker Automotive, the plug-in hybrid sports-car maker that has been grappling with financial troubles, laid off about 160 of its more than 200 employees Friday morning.

Fisker Automotive, the plug-in hybrid sports car maker grappling with financial woes, today laid off 75 percent of its more than 200 employees. About 53 senior managers and executives have been retained to pursue buyers for the company's assets.

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Fisker Automotive has been forced to lay off the majority of its staff, according to reports from the US

Vehicle production in Brazil rose 3% in March although sales were still behind compared to the same month a year ago despite an extension to government tax breaks on new cars and trucks through the end of the year.

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New app compatibility will soon allow BMW and MINI drivers share their location with contacts and on social networks

If you've been jonesing to take a spin in Morgan's magical three-wheeler, you're not alone. Our friends over at Hooniverse.

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Official pictures of the new Renault Twin-Z Concept, which previews the look of the next Twingo

General Motors is warning owners of almost 800,000 2010-12 vehicles that they may need oil changes more frequently than their onboard oil monitoring systems are telling them.

Lexus plans to show a production-ready compact SUV to rival the

NXP Semiconductors and Cohda Wireless have signed a 'CAR 2 CAR' Communication Consortium Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).