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International Speedway Corporation today approved funding to redevelop the frontstretch of Daytona International Speedway.
The multi-year project will break ground on July 5, 2013, and is targeted for completion in January 2016, in time for the 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona and the 58th Daytona 500.
“We are truly creating history with this unprecedented endeavor,” said ISC’s Chief [...]

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Record-Smashing Capps Lead Field To Eliminations
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Spencer Massey (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) will lead their respective categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Toyota SuperNationals in Englishtown, N.J.
Capps, who has raced to four consecutive finals and one victory since new crew chief [...]

Sat, 2/06/12 – 19:18 | Comments Off
Dixon On Pole At Belle Isle
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Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing won the pole for Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at the Belle Isle street course in Detroit.
Second was Will Power of Team Penske.
Dixon recorded a lap of 1 minute, 10.3162 seconds – a qualifying record for the 2.07-mile, 14-turn street circuit layout – in the final 30 seconds of [...]

Sat, 2/06/12 – 15:32 | Comments Off
Logano Wins NNS Race In Dover
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Joey Logano passed rookie Ryan Truex for the lead with six laps to go and went on to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.
Truex had a lead of just under a second when he came up on two lapped cars running side by side. By the time he got [...]

Sat, 2/06/12 – 15:14 | Comments Off
Toyota Hybrid Has Speed, Will Travel 24 Hours?
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LE MANS, France – There was thunder as the new Toyota TS 030 Hybrid broke cover at Le Mans for the first time. In place of traditional Toyota red seen previously, the Japanese company’s LMP1 class hybrid carried a blue paint scheme for its first “Vingt-Quatres Heures du Mans.”
The new panels, [...]

Sat, 2/06/12 – 13:00 | Comments Off
Martin Wins Cup Pole In Dover
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Mark Martin won the pole on Saturday for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway.
Martin, driving a Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, posted a fast lap at 158.297 mph.
The pole for the FedEx 400 was the 54th of Martin’s Cup career.
He said the run did not come without excitement.
“I would never try that again.” [...]

Sat, 2/06/12 – 12:21 | Comments Off
Truex On NNS Pole
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Ryan Truex won the pole on Saturday morning for Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway.
Truex, who underwent surgery on his appendix last week, posted a lap at 154.746 mph at the Monster Mile.
Second fastest in qualifying for the 5-Hour Energy 200 was Joey Logano. His lap speed was 154.453 mph. Third [...]

Sat, 2/06/12 – 10:46 | Comments Off
Motown Is A Smash Hit With IndyCar Drivers
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By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Street-course ace Will Power topped the combined practice time/speed chart Friday for the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, where the Raceway at Belle Isle Park left at least one IZOD IndyCar Series driver breathless.
“I have no more air left in my lungs. That is good fun,” Simon Pagenaud said [...]

Sat, 2/06/12 – 8:07 | Comments Off
Records Shredded At E-Town
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Spencer Massey and Ron Capps raced to the quickest runs in NHRA history in their respective categories to lead qualifying Friday at the Toyota NHRA SuperNationals at historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were qualifying leaders at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.
Both [...]

Fri, 1/06/12 – 20:52 | Comments Off
Fogarty puts GAINSCO On Pole In Detroit
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Jon Fogarty made the most of the first dry track conditions of the day Friday, padding his GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series record by earning the top starting spot for Saturday’s Chevrolet GRAND-AM Detroit 200 at Belle Isle and the TOTAL Pole Award.
Fogarty, the Rolex Series’ all-time leader in poles, notched his first top qualifying [...]

Fri, 1/06/12 – 20:31 | Comments Off
Bodine, Rain Win Camping World Race At Dover
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Todd Bodine won the rain-shortened Lucas Oil 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Dover International Raceway on Friday afternoon.
The victory at the Dover mile was the first of the season for Bodine and the the first since he won at Kentucky in 2010.
Parker Kligerman finished second and Kevin Harvick, who dominated until the rains [...]

Fri, 1/06/12 – 18:09 | Comments Off