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Here is the entry list for the 2013 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix held this weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville, Ontario, east of Toronto.

The American Le Mans field is made of 32 cars divided into four different categories: P1 (Le Mans LMP1 prototypes, the fastest machines), P2 (smaller and less powerful than their P1 counterparts), PC (LMP Challenge class features ORECA FLM09 prototypes), GT (production-based, moderately modified two-wheel drive race cars) and GTC (featuring three specifications of Porsche's 911 GT3 Cup car).

Enty list*

P1
Car No. / Drivers / Car Type / Engine / Tire / Fuel
6 Klaus Graf - Lucas Luhr   Muscle Milk  Pickett Racing  HPD ARX-03c  HPD Michelin  E-10
16 Tony Burgess - Chris McMurry   Dyson Racing Team  Lola B12/60  Mazda  Michelin  Isobutanol
0 Andy Meyrick - Katherine Legge  DeltaWing Racing Cars  LM12 Elan  Bridgestone  E-10

P2
01 Scott Sharp - Guy Cosmo  Extreme Speed Motorsports  HPD ARX-03b  HPD  Michelin  E-10
02 Ed Brown - Johannes van Overbeek   Extreme Speed Motorsports  HPD ARX-03b  HPD  Michelin  E-10
551 Scott Tucker - Marino Franchitti  Level 5 Motorsports  HPD ARX-03b  HPD  Michelin  E-10
552 Scott Tucker - Mike Conway  Level 5 Motorsports HPD  ARX-03b  HPD  Michelin  E-10

GT
3 Jan Magnussen - Antonio Garcia   Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1  Chevrolet  Michelin  E-85
4 Oliver Gavin - Tommy Milner  Chevrolet  Corvette C6 ZR1  Chevrolet  Michelin  E-85
17 Wolf Henzler - Bryan Sellers  Porsche 911 GT3 RSR  Porsche  Falken  E-85
23 Bill Sweedler - Townsend Bell   Ferrari F458 Italia  Yokohama  E-85
48 Bryce Miller - Marco Holzer  Porsche 911 GT3 RSR  Porsche  Michelin  E-85
55 Bill Auberlen - Maxime Martin  BMW Z4 GTE  BMW  Michelin  E-85
56 Dirk Müller - John Edwards   BMW Z4 GTE  BMW  Michelin  E-85
91 Dominik Farnbacher - Marc Goossens   SRT Viper GTS-R  Viper V-10  Michelin  E-85
93 Jonathan Bomarito - Kuno Wittmer   SRT Viper GTS-R  Viper V-10  Michelin  E-85
06 Patrick Long - Tom Kimber-Smith  Porsche 911 GT3 RSR  Porsche  Michelin  E-85

PC
7 Tomy Drissi - Rusty Mitchell  ORECA FLM09  ORECA  Continental  E-10
8 Kyle Marcelli - Chris Cumming  ORECA FLM09  ORECA  Continental  E-10
9 Bruno Junqueira - Duncan Ende   ORECA FLM09  ORECA  Continental  E-10
18 Tristan Nunez - Charlie Shears   ORECA FLM09  ORECA  Continental  E-10
52 Mike Guasch - TBA  ORECA FLM09  ORECA  Continental  E-10
81 Mirco Schultis - Renger van der Zande  ORECA FLM09  ORECA  Continental  E-10
05 Jonathan Bennett - Colin Braun  ORECA FLM09  ORECA  Continental  E-10

GTC
11 Mike Hedlund - Jan Heylen  Porsche 911 GT3 Cup  Porsche  Yokohama  E-10
22 Cooper MacNeil - Jeroen Bleekemolen  Porsche 911 GT3 Cup  Porsche  Yokohama  E-10
27 Patrick Dempsey - Andy Lally  Porsche 911 GT3 Cup  Porsche  Yokohama  E-10
30 Henrique Cisneros - Sean Edwards  Porsche 911 GT3 Cup  Porsche  Yokohama  E-10
44 Seth Neiman - Dion von Moltke  Porsche 911 GT3 Cup  Porsche  Yokohama  E-10
45 Nelson Canache Jr. - Spencer Pumpelly  Porsche 911 GT3 Cup  Porsche  Yokohama  E-10
66 Ben Keating -  Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche Yokohama E-10
68 TBA - TBD  Porsche 911 GT3 Cup  Porsche  Yokohama  E-10

*Subject to changes

From GMM

Pirelli will share tire data from this week's Silverstone test with Mercedes, even though the Brackley based team is banned from running.

Lotus poked fun at Mercedes' absence as the Silverstone session kicked off on Wednesday, showing a 'WhereIsRoscoe' Twitter hashtag on the livery of its F1 car.

Roscoe is Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton's bulldog, who accompanies the 2008 world champion to European tests and races.

Photo: Lotus F1 Team

But even though Mercedes is banned as a result of the 'test-gate' scandal, Pirelli has revealed it still must share information about the new Hungary-spec tires with the team.

"Our policy requires that we give all teams the same feedback. Everyone gets the same information," motor sport boss Paul Hembery is quoted by Germany's T-Online.

The impact of Mercedes' absence has also been lessened by a clarification from the FIA and Pirelli about what race drivers can test this week at Silverstone.

As a result, Red Bull dropped Mark Webber from its driver lineup at the last minute, and Lotus sidelined Kimi Raikkonen.

Photo: WRi2

Lotus said the clarification had made clear that "race drivers would be unable to test anything other than tires".

Paul Hembery is quoted by Speed Week: "We have a clear programme, and the teams have to do what we tell them. Mercedes already has a lot of data in terms of the shape of the 2012 tire, and they - like all the teams - will receive an analysis of the test, as is normal."

From GMM

F1 race director Charlie Whiting has this week inspected progress at the site of the inaugural 2014 Russian grand prix.

Organisers of the race confirmed the FIA safety delegate was happy after visiting the site of the circuit in Sochi, where the city will also host the winter Olympics.

"I am impressed with the configuration of the track," Charlie Whiting is quoted as saying.

"The scale of the project is also very impressive."

Charlie Whiting in Sochi. (Photo: Formula Sochi)

Tesla Motors rose the most in seven weeks after a Dougherty and Company analyst more than doubled her price target for the electric-car maker, a day after Goldman Sachs Group said the shares may fall.

2013 Mini Cooper S Paceman All4

The Paceman is another oddball car from Mini that blurs the lines between segments.

I find myself oddly attracted to the Paceman. In theory, I should hate this car, because not only is it part of the near-heretical brand extension that is the Countryman crossover, it is also the oxymoronic coupe SUV. And yet I love the overall form factor and the design details. Thanks to the daringly sloped roofline, rearward visibility isn't great, yet the cabin is still surprisingly light and airy even so.

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Toyota Division is expanding its "Let's Go Places" advertising theme with experiential marketing events at family-friendly music, art and food festivals across America this summer.

More EU countries could join France in blocking registrations of new Daimler vehicles using a banned refrigerant after European governments agreed to take action against the carmaker.

In a rain-soaked race at Silverstone Circuit for the British Grand Prix,

Production of Infiniti's electric car has been delayed in hopes of implementing more sophisticated technology into the vehicle, an executive said earlier this month.

Mike Cairns, chief engineer for

2014 GMC Sierra 1500 First Drive

More of the same.

Full-size pickup trucks are, by far, General Motors' most important products. The 2014 GMC Sierra and its twin, the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, will net the automaker approximately $10,000 in profit per sale. Given the enormous profits on the line and the loyalty of truck buyers, it's easy to see why GM hasn't deviated from its proven pickup truck formula this time around.

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We'll be the first to admit it: It feels pretty good to hop behind the wheel of a tail-happy car, find a nice, open bit of tarmac and give it just enough gas to get those rear tires sliding. Responsibly, of course.

A delegation from Beijing Automotive Group, or BAIC traveled to Fisker's facilities in California over the weekend, China Daily is reporting is reporting.

Penske Automotive Group raised its quarterly dividend 7 percent for the second straight quarter this year, to 16 cents per share from 15 cents, the company said today. The dividend is payable on Sept. 3 to shareholders of record on Aug. 12.

A proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against Ford Motor, alleging that the MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch infotainment systems are defective.

At last, it's possible to collect all the major hero cars from the 1998 John Frankenheimer cult classic

Ford has sued one of its Japanese suppliers following a criminal case in which the parts maker admitted to being part of a conspiracy to fix prices of key wiring components. Fujikura, of Tokyo, in April 2012 agreed to plead guilty in U.S.

Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who opposed the agency's single-director structure lost a big battle yesterday as the U.S. Senate confirmed Richard Cordray as the CFPB's first permanent director.

Volkswagen is bringing back the yellow-and-black

The bankrupt arm of Swedish automaker Saab Automobile AB in the United States has gained court approval of a plan to liquidate and pay back creditors, effectively ending its bankruptcy.