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We were previously told that the global subcompact, sub-Sonic Chevrolet Spark would be sold in the U.S., but then GM reportedly changed its mind. Now, using that most official of PR channels, Twitter, a GM representative has reconfirmed the Spark’s arrival here, stating ?Spark minicar will give Chevrolet A-B-C-D-E segment coverage for first time in [...]

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Gerino Gerini Peter Gethin Piercarlo Ghinzani Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson Gimax

ROUSH FENWAY RACING RE-SIGNS CARL EDWARDS TO MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT CONCORD, N.C. (August 4, 2011) ? Roush Fenway Racing, the world?s largest motorsports organization, announced that it has re-signed driver Carl Edwards to a multi-year agreement starting in 2012. ?Carl Edwards has achieved a level of success on and off track that would put him at [...]

Source: http://thefinallap.com/2011/08/04/carl-edwards-re-signs-multi-year-deal-with-roush-fenway-racing/

Brian Henton Johnny Herbert Al Herman Hans Herrmann François Hesnault Hans Heyer

In a brilliant defense of his home track, Justin Kirby picked up his fifth win of the Red Sox Racing Leagues 2011 Season Two F1 schedule.  His victory at the ?It?s Cool to be Cheesy 22? moved Kirby into second place in the overall championship point race.    Road America is one of the favorite tracks on the RSR schedule.  With 14 corners and a technically challenging four mile layout, the circuit provides ample opportunity for drivers to assess their competition before making pass attempts.  The pit road entrance and exit at Road America is one of the easiest to negotiate on the F1 schedule.  Unfortunately for them, the break drivers get during pitting is the only rest available on the course.       Elevation changes at many of the corners mean braking [...]

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/kirby-wins-at-road-america/

Piercarlo Ghinzani Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson Gimax Richie Ginther Yves Giraud Cabantous

Nine Racing Dillon Welch Brownsburg, Indiana (August 1, 2011) Carmel, Indiana native Dillon Welch had a busy couple of days with two back-to-back USAC Mopar National Midget Series pavement events on Thursday and Friday nights the last week of July....

Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/08/rain_stops_dillon_welch_f.php

Piercarlo Ghinzani Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson Gimax Richie Ginther Yves Giraud Cabantous

The Japanese MotoGP race will go ahead as planned in October, the sport's ruling body confirmed on Tuesday. The MotoGP bodies had commissioned the ARPA agency to carry out an investigation into the radiation levels at the Motegi circuit amid fears from some riders that it would be dangerous to race there following thee nuclear power station crisis. In the preliminary report, ARPA had already said the risks to health were "negligible" and that the event should go ahead as planned

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/fim-confirms-japanese-gp-will-go-ahead/

Hans Heyer Damon Hill Graham Hill Phil Hill Peter Hirt David Hobbs

Penske Racing“Due to Brad Keselowski’s accident while testing at Road Atlanta yesterday, he will not participate in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race this weekend at Iowa Speedway. Parker Kligerman will practice the No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger on Friday, while Sam Hornish Jr. will qualify and race the car on Saturday. Penske Racing will...more»

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Al Keller Joe Kelly Dave Kennedy Loris Kessel Bruce Kessler Nicolas Kiesa

Officially, Audi still refuses to confirm that the A6 hybrid will be offered in the U.S. The fact that the hybrid will be built exclusively as a sedan was a strong indicator of U.S. availability, a hint underscored by an Audi marketing executive’s admission that “hybrid and station wagon markets are mutually exclusive.” Now, we [...]

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Jim Hall Duncan Hamilton Lewis Hamilton David Hampshire Sam Hanks Walt Hansgen

Given the superlative nature and awesome speed of Bugatti?s already-legendary, 250-plus-mph Veyron supercar, interest in the manufacturer’s follow-up is intense. The company had previously gone on record as saying that its next model wouldn’t be a supercar, but details were scant?until now. In a recent article from the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, Bugatti [...]

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Yvan Muller withstood a charging drive from Rob Huff to take his third consecutive World Touring Car victory and close to within eight points of the Briton in the drivers' standings. Starting from pole, Muller was followed by Huff as the field made its way cleanly through Turn 1, and the pair had opened a gap of more than three seconds by the end of the first lap as the field squabbled behind them.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/muller-denies-flying-huff-in-race-one/

Phil Hill Peter Hirt David Hobbs Gary Hocking Ingo Hoffmann Bill Holland

Raise your hand, please, if you picked Paul Menard to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

Source: http://www.nascarracinglive.com/nascar/race-heats-up-for-2-wild-card-spots-in-the-chase.html

Innes Ireland Eddie Irvine Chris Irwin Jean Pierre Jabouille Jimmy Jackson Joe James

Alexander Sims has been excluded from the first GP3 race at the Hungaroring, handing the championship lead to race winner Valtteri Bottas. Bottas initially moved up to second in the points with his victory, while Sims retained the lead in the standings by coming home fourth. However, the Briton's Status Grand Prix car was excluded from the race following scrutineering on Saturday evening, where it failed the rear floor height check.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/sims-excluded-bottas-leads-series/

Divina Galica Nanni Galli Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Fred Gamble Howden Ganley Frank Gardner

Topping off Maserati’s topless lineup with the delightful Sport. It was a peaceful and elegant scene, the bright sunlight glinting off the top-down Maserati GranTurismo convertibles parked on the Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia in Trieste. Passersby admired the gorgeous cars, one of Pininfarina?s masterpieces. Then a legion of uprated 4.7-liter V-8s ignited with a snarl, and [...]

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Taki Inoue Innes Ireland Eddie Irvine Chris Irwin Jean Pierre Jabouille Jimmy Jackson

Mark Webber's new contract at Red Bull Racing is expected to be sorted before the end of the summer break, with team boss Christian Horner seeing no reason why it should be his last deal in F1. The Australian is due to visit Red Bull's Austrian headquarters early this week to speak to the energy drink's chiefs about his future plans - with it being widely expected that he will be rewarded with another year's extension

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/red-bull-set-to-sort-webbers-contract/

Bruce Johnstone Alan Jones Tom Jones Juan Jover Oswald Karch Narain Karthikeyan

Adrian Sutil was a delighted man after securing eighth place on the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the second time in succession the German has qualified there. "I'm very pleased with my qualifying and it feels great to be starting from eighth for the second race in a row," said the Force India driver, who scored his best result of the season in last weekend's German Grand Prix with a sixth place finish. "This morning in final practice things did not look so good because I was struggling with a general lack of grip.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/sutil-delighted-with-eighth-place-start/

Carel Godin de Beaufort Christian Goethals Paul Goldsmith José Froilán González Oscar González Aldo Gordini

Formula 1 teams are set to ask Bernie Ecclestone to rethink his plans for the 2012 calendar amid fears that the end of season run of races will prove a logistical nightmare. As AUTOSPORT exclusively revealed earlier this weekend, Ecclestone has undertaken a major reshuffle of the original schedule that was published by the FIA in June. As well as Bahrain moving to the tail end of the season and Turkey being dropped, the United States Grand Prix in Austin is set to become the penultimate round of the season as part of a back-to-back with Brazil

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/teams-want-rethink-on-revised-calendar/

Charles Robert Hamilton V Kevin Michael Harvick Virgil Ernest Irvan III Kenny Dale Irwin Jr Dale Arnold Jarrett Jimmie Kenneth Johnson

Team BMW Motorrad France 99 FIM Endurance World Championship Munich / Stephanskirchen, 3rd August 2011 Fourth place at the Suzuka 8-Hour race catapulted Team BMW Motorrad France 99 to the top of the FIM Endurance World Championship standings. The BMW...

Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/08/first_world_championship.php

William Ashton Lewis Jr Sterling Burton Marlin Mark Anthony Martin Jeremy Allan Mayfield James Christopher McMurray Casey James Mears

On Monday we presented this week?s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. This week?s shifter left many of you scratching your heads, and no one was able to determine the car it belongs to. Worry not, Backfires members, because this week?s shifter was a [...]

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Sterling Burton Marlin Mark Anthony Martin Jeremy Allan Mayfield James Christopher McMurray Casey James Mears Juan Pablo Montoya

Jenson Button broke back into the Castrol EDGE Rankings top eight courtesy of his perfectly judged victory in changeable weather conditions in Hungary. A run of bad luck - including consecutive retirements at Silverstone and the Nurburgring ? had dropped Button to a two-year low of ninth in the Rankings, but Hungary proved the perfect tonic as Button once again showcased his ability to win in the trickiest of conditions in what was his 200th grand prix start. The win not only reinvigorated Button's challenge in the 2011 championship, but moved him back to eighth ahead of NASCAR's Carl Edwards.

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Loris Kessel Bruce Kessler Nicolas Kiesa Leo Kinnunen Danny Kladis Hans Klenk

Ferrari thinks that if it can further improve its form in Q3 then it has the package needed to fight for victory over the remainder of the season. Although Fernando Alonso has been the highest scoring driver in the last four races, the team feels that its chances in the races are being hurt by the fact that Red Bull Racing and McLaren are able to extract more performance in the final dash for grid positions.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/ferrari-targets-q3-improvement/

Terrence Lee Labonte Randy Joseph Lajoie Kevin Paul Lepage William Ashton Lewis Jr Sterling Burton Marlin Mark Anthony Martin