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Helmut Marko, Red Bull's Motorsport Consultant, recently talked to Italian web site 442race.com about some issues of the 2010 Formula 1 season, such as the second driver of the Toro Rosso team. Full story...

After showing great potential in the first-ever 450 Supercross race at Anaheim, Ryan Dungey (Suzuki) won the second round of the 2010 AMA Supercross Series; grabbing the hole-shot and cruising away to a wire-to-wire win in front of a packed house. Full story...

British race team Manor and John Booth will field a team in this year's new GP3 category. Full story...

Primetime Race Group has signed 19-year-old Canadian driver Kyle Marcelli to co-drive alongside team owner Joel Feinberg in the 2010 American Le Mans Series in the Le Mans Prototype Challenge class (LMPC). Full story...

Braun Racing, self-described as the largest independent Nationwide Series-only team will be advancing up to the Sprint Cup series for five races, beginning with the Daytona 500 with Reed Sorenson as driver of a Toyota Camry. Full story...

NASCAR driver and team owner Michael Waltrip competes in the Dubai 24 Hour race this weekend. Waltrip said he was interesting in doing more endurance races in the near future. Full story...

Braun Racing, self-described as the largest independent Nationwide Series-only team will be advancing up to the Sprint Cup series for five races, beginning with the Daytona 500 with Reed Sorenson as driver of a Toyota Camry. Full story...

Developed for racing series based on the international FIA GT3 regulations, the stunning 911 GT3 R succeeds the 911 GT3 Cup S and is delivered to customers ready-to-race. The starting point in developing the GT3 R was the latest 3.8-litre Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, which will compete in the 2010 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup supporting selected Formula One races. Full story...

Two NASCAR Sprint Cup tracks have changed the race distances of their races this year. Full story...

Italian race car maker Dallara has denied reports the new Spanish team Campos has fallen behind in payments. Full story...

The Superleague Formula series will visit a host of new countries and venues in 2010 as part of an expanded calendar. Full story...

Porsche never rests on its laurels, whether on the road or the race track, and 2009 was once again a year of constant activity with the launch of a number of new models and new facilities both in the UK and Germany. The good news is that 2010 is set to be another exciting year for the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer, with further announcements and new model introductions planned. Full story...

Volkswagen driver Nasser Al-Attiyah won today's stage of the famous Dakar raid to close on race leader, former World Rally driver Carlos Sainz. Full story...

After racing in Europe for the last two years, Canadian racer Philip Major will join Sam Schmidt Motorsports for the 2010 Firestone Indy Lights Championship. Full story...

Despite cold temperatures in Florida in recent days, the FAZZT Race Team completed its two-day work schedule according to their original plan at the Homestead-Miami Speedway oval. Full story...

Spain's car market has taken a pounding as the country's economy has descended into severe recession. While a scrappage scheme is now in place, concerns remain over the outlook for vehicle sales this year, writes Ivan Castano Full story...

The new FAZZT IRL team race team, the creation of IRL driver Alexandre Tagliani, Montreal businessman André Azzi and IRL veteran Jim Freudenberg tested one car at Miami-Homestead in Florida. Full story...

Auto123.com called Canadian race car driver Jacques Villeneuve to get an update on his quest to return in Formula 1 racing in 2010. Full story...

Ford was the big winner amongst the Detroit Three both in December and full-year 2009 sales. Adjusted for selling days, the blue oval booked a 23.9% year on year rise to 180,870 units. Full year sales were off 14.7% to 1,656,119. In contrast, GM was off 12.4% to 207,576 units last month and down 29.9% for the full year (2,072,237). Chrysler, though up on November, was down 10.3% year on year to 86,291 units and off 36% to 927,200 - its worst annual result in 47 years. Full story...

Ford was the big winner amongst the Detroit Three both in December and full-year 2009 sales. Adjusted for selling days, the blue oval booked a 23.9% year on year rise to 180,870 units. Full year sales were off 14.7% to 1,656,119. In contrast, GM was off 12.4% to 207,576 units last month and down 29.9% for the full year (2,072,237). Chrysler, though up on November, was down 10.3% year on year to 86,291 units and off 36% to 927,200 - its worst annual result in 47 years. Full story...