Bristol might host big football game
This Daily Press article says that Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver is exploring the possibility of a lucrative game against Tennessee in Bristol, with an eye on how it … Read More
An Inside Look at Motorsports
This Daily Press article says that Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver is exploring the possibility of a lucrative game against Tennessee in Bristol, with an eye on how it … Read More
Honda Motor Co. has long maintained that it wouldn't develop a V8 production engine. But it now says it will develop a V10. Honda will install the powerful engine in … Read More
NASCAR This Morning New Hampshire International Speedway 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET (Live) SPEEDINDY RACING LEAGUE 'IndyCar Series: The Fast Life' Scott Sharp, Tony Kanaan, AJ Foyt IV 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. … Read More
Roger Deppe, who Indianapolis Motor Speedway President and COO Joie Chitwood described as a "true part of what the Speedway is all about," died July 14 while driving to his … Read More
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES – Qualifying New England 200 New Hampshire International Speedway 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. ET (Live) SPEEDNASCAR Live! New Hampshire International Speedway 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET (Live) SPEEDNASCAR NEXTEL … Read More
The parent company of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course finished a slate of safety improvements in time for a major motorcycle event, it reported Thursday. The $450,000 project relocated two … Read More
Tony Kanaan, 2004 IRL IndyCar Series champion, will co-host this weekend's Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (Sunday at 9 p.m. ET). The featured interview of the week will be Robert … Read More
SPEED Channel, in partnership with Global Media Services, rolls out a new service for race fans July 24, when the network debuts its new interactive On-board SPEED Pass live from … Read More
Cosworth, one of the UK's best-known names in high-performance engineering, has been dropped by Mahle, the German automotive group that bought Cosworth Technology from Volkswagen's Audi division earlier this year. … Read More
Int’l Speedway Corp. (ISC) today will announce a four-year deal through ’08 that makes The Home Depot “the official home improvement retailer across all of ISC’s business units," including its … Read More
Sunoco's General Manger of Performance Products and Automotive Events, Rob Marro, confirmed today that Sunoco will be introducing a new race gas specifically designed for applications in sustained high load/high … Read More
Honda has charged it's USA racing arm, HPD, with generating revenue for the first time. With its massive new offices in southern California, and its increased staff, Honda does not … Read More
Any company with ambitions to go global has to be in China. But, how long will it be before China feels the pressure and wants to increase its market share … Read More
General Motors got out of its purchase option with FIAT by paying them $2 Billion. Now both Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp(SAIC)(a joint venture with General Motors and Volkswagen in China) … Read More
General Motors and Ford Motor are set to unveil further cuts in their North American vehicle output on Wednesday in conjunction with continued erosion in their sales and market share. … Read More
UPDATE A developer proposing an arena and entertainment complex at the shuttered Nazareth Speedway site estimates his project will generate more than $5 million a year in local government revenue. … Read More
Automotive icons General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. fell into junk-bond status Thursday for the first time in either company's history, as the nation's leading credit-rating agency said the … Read More
The first gas-electric hybrid vehicle that Toyota Motor Corp. plans to make in North America will be the top-selling Camry sedan at the company's flagship plant in Kentucky, according to … Read More
A shake-up at the top of Fox's Speed Channel is the latest TV shock for NASCAR, and Fox's decision to let Jim Liberatore go as head of the cable channel … Read More
UPDATE #6 American developers planning to build a domed indoor race circuit in Plainfield, CN have received zoning approval for the project from the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission. In … Read More
The future of MG Rover could be decided in Russia following reports that administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers have received approaches from metals mogul Oleg Deripaska and Nikolai Smolenski, owner of sports carmaker … Read More
UPDATE #2 This rumor is downgraded to 'false,' Toyota Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it would not raise its car prices to help U.S. rivals, breaking with its chairman's comments … Read More
The troubled Italian industrial company Fiat SpA is in talks with India's Tata Motors to enter into some form of joint venture, which it is hoped will save the indebted … Read More
UPDATE A fierce rivalry is brewing between the Chinese and Japanese for worldwide supremacy in the automobile market. Certainly Japan has a big lead now, but the Chinese are coming, … Read More
With labor costs 1/20th that of the USA and 1/30th that of Europe, China threatens to put North America and Europe completely out of the automobile industry. This Detroit Free … Read More