Johnson starts Sprint Cup championship race far back on the grid:
The compelling storyline on most NASCAR weekends would be if two “second-tier” drivers qualified on the front row for that weekend’s Sprint Cup race.
Read moreThe compelling storyline on most NASCAR weekends would be if two “second-tier” drivers qualified on the front row for that weekend’s Sprint Cup race.
Read moreThe NHRA’s Top Fuel and Funny Car classes will keep their race distances at 1,000 feet to start the 2009 season, the NHRA said Friday, as the sanctioning body continues to look for ways to reduce engine output.
Read moreA French banker named Edward de Cazalet special-ordered this Maserati Ghibli SS, and in the early 1970s, the Ghibli was just the sort of car sporting bankers aspired to own.
Read moreRM Auctions, Hershey, Pa.
Read moreWe’re waiting for the man from General Motors before we can unload, but truck driver Jerry Fulton has opened one of the side doors on his rig. In the shadows inside, we catch a glimpse of yesterday’s future.
Read moreHere’s an update on some other long-term testers in the AutoWeek fleet.
Read moreBring up the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX with anyone here on the AutoWeek staff, and most will think about its screaming acceleration, great handling and telepathic steering response–but tin-can packaging.
Read moreSENIOR EDITOR (NEWS) BOB GRITZINGER: Call this the Chevy conundrum.
Read moreAs it did with the Arnage, Bentley will add a more potent T variant to the Azure range, with a debut at the Los Angeles auto show this month.
Read moreIf Carl Edwards takes the pole this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his racing-spec Ford Fusion will be the one to follow another Blue Oval offering–the 2010 Fusion hybrid to be unveiled days later at the Los Angeles auto show.
Read moreFormer CART and Formula One driver Cristiano da Matta is on the verge of racing full-time in Grand-Am next season.
Read moreF1 veteran Rubens Barrichello might have raced in his last Grand Prix.
Read moreTwo-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will remain with Renault F1 in 2009. Alonso, who switched from McLaren-Mercedes this year on a one-year contract, agreed to a new two-year deal, keeping him with the team through 2010.
Read moreWRC co-driver Patrick Pivato, given a 50 percent chance of survival following an accident during the Rally Japan, is on the road to recovery.
Read moreWith the French Grand Prix out and no confirmation yet that the Canadian Grand Prix will be rescued by public funding for a new promoter, Bernie Ecclestone has shortened the 2009 Formula One schedule.
Read moreToyota’s return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a hybrid-powered prototype appears to be closer. Toyota, which last raced at Le Mans in 1999, admitted that it continues to develop its hybrid technology for racing.
Read moreAs expected, the Force India F1 Team terminated its engine supply contract with Ferrari one year early and signed a five-year deal with McLaren-Mercedes that will see the team’s cars use a McLaren-Mercedes powertrain–including engine,…
Read moreAustralian Craig Gore sent mixed signals, but it appears that his Team Australia IndyCar Series sponsorship package is in jeopardy.
Read moreRay Evernham, who left Hendrick Motorsports in 2000 to bring Dodge back into NASCAR and start his own team, soon will leave his post.
Read moreIn light of the controversial steward decision that cost Lewis Hamilton a potentially title-deciding win in the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, the FIA World Motor Sport Council will implement changes for 2009 in the hopes of avoiding questionable…
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