Le Mans Week 2008 began with a series of events that transformed this quaint town in France to a world class venue, honoring the 76th running of the race. One event of Le Mans Week is the “Technical Scrutineering,” where fans can get up close and personal with their favorite race cars. Also on hand [...]
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New forum sponsor (NorCal & SoCal regions), Valley Motorwerks are proud sponsors of the Spec30 Racing Series. Here is VMWERKS President, Walter Ford, recalling the recent opening race. The season opener at Infineon Raceway was a raging success. The series has already grown from the 2 cars last year to 6 competitors on Saturday (March [...]
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Danny McKeever’s FAST LANE Racing School has teamed up with Toyota for the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in April, which is part of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. FAST LANE Racing School will be in charge of preparing the mix of celebrities for the race event with a four-day high performance course where they [...]
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It’s been said that “the show must go on,” and now it appears, so will the Champ Car World Series, or CART, in 2004. Paul Gentilozzi and Kevin Kalkhoven, the men behind Open Wheel Racing Series, or OWRS, have taken over CART and are working out a schedule that will include about 16 races this [...]
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Time. Finite and irreplaceable, it may be one of the most important elements in our universe. Timing is critical to almost every aspect of life, but nowhere is time and timing so precious as it is in motor sports. Race victories are determined by the thousandths of seconds; drivers strain to run consistent lap times; [...]
Continue reading: A Weekend Behind Pit Wall: Team Fernandez & Laguna Seca
So, you’re a race fan. You watch all kinds of racing on TV. You surf the web reading numerous forums about racing. You talk racing with your buddies 24-7. You frequent the local short track and even take a road trip to a big race once or twice a year. And every Sunday, while watching [...]
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Porsche added another Daytona title to its list as the Racer’s Group #66 Porsche GT3 dominated the field to capture the overall victory at the 41st Rolex 24 at Daytona this year. In what was one of the better 24 Hours of Daytona races, the #66 Porsche GT3, piloted by Kevin Buckler, Michael Schrom, Timo [...]
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