Amaron Batteries Launches Online Contest for Designers and Motorsport Enthu
2009-06-09 12:36:00 Amara Raja the company which owns the Amaron Battery brand has announced the launch of an online contest for the brand. The contest is to promote the Amaron Pro Racing Team and wants participants to design of the team outfits, Pit stop, Rotax Karts & Cars for the racing team. The winners will travel for any of the Rotax or Formula racing series in India and spend a day with Amaron Racing Team at the race tracks. The campaign which I suspect is called Funk my Ride (not quite sure if it is the official name for the campaign) is launched with a microsite at http://amaron.in/funkmyride, the contest officially began on the 8th of June. Besides the microsite users can also connect with the Amaron Team and the contest in general through the likes of FACEBOOK/ ORKUT and sport-specific sites like team-bhp.com, isport. According to their release, to participate in the contest however, everyone needs to go sign up at the microsite mentioned above and take the following steps: 1. Regist...
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RJN Motorsport - 370Z team at 24 hours of the Nurburgring 2009
2009-05-25 11:42:00 Here's the team running the 370Z at the 24 hours of the Nurburgring 2009: http://www.rjnmotorsport.com/&n-bsp;of Oxfordshire U.K. The team formerly ran a 350Z. Because class rules limit the engine to 3.5 liters, the 370Z will be running an older 3.5 liter engine. You can see some more details of the car in the official team photo below, including aero mods front and rear, exhaust system, and air ducts in the rear side windows (probably rear brakes and very likely diff cooling). Unfortunately, no further technical details are available on the team site. However, AutoZeitung provides an interesting gallery: http://www.autozeitung.de/nissa-n-special/erster-test-des-nissa-n-370z-rennwagens. We've saved two of the images here for the sake of posterity. It would be helpful if this team were to provide some more details so that 370Z fans can better prepare their own cars. Not details of their suspension setup - that would clearly be confidential, but details sho...
Ultimate Motorsport Close To Deal With Toro?s
2008-06-10 16:45:00 Ultimate Motorsport, the F3 team have claimed today they are close to agreement with Scuderia Toro Rosso’s owner Dietrich Mateschitz and Red Bull about buying his 50% sharehold within the team. Toro Rosso is for sale if an offer that is right comes along according to Dietrich Mateschitz whose half is actually for sale. Gerhard Berger who owns the ...
TRD Aurion Pro-Factory Xtreme (Pro-FX) drag car
2008-06-06 09:28:00 After all three reviews of the TRD Aurion and days of heated discussions here at CarAdvice, the supercharged Aurion remains one of those cars that we have agreed to disagree on. But there is no disagreement about this: The TRD Aurion Pro-Factory Xtreme (Pro-FX) drag car was finally unveiled today at Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway and ...
Ford Falcon V8 Supercar set to roll
2008-06-04 05:48:00 Ford fans will get their first look at the all new FG Falcon based V8 Supercar racer this weekend when the car goes on show at Melbourne?s Sandown Raceway. Ford has announced that the car, code named FG01, will be rolled out of the Ford Performance Racing workshops in Broadmeadows for the Midas 400 race weekend ...
ASM Motorsport at the Corallo rally - Sardinia
2008-06-04 00:00:00 ASM Motorsport will be present in a new edition of the Rally del Corallo, to be held on the island of Sardinia -Italy- from six to eight of June. After the Arctic Rally in Finland, Corallo will be the second international event this season for the Spanish team. On this occasion, ASM Motorsport will participate with two Ford Escort. One of the units will be a MK1 RS, with specifications of Group IV, piloted by Claudio Aldecoa and Alex Romani, while the second unit, an MK2 RS 2000, with specifications of Group 2, will be piloted by Ferran Font and Josep Moreno. The Rally of Corallo represents the fourth event in the European Championship FIA Historic Rally, plus rate for the Mediterranean Trophy in regularly. As a novelty, stresses that this is a mixed formula rally, tarmac-gravel, having to play two stages, both the pilots involved in speed and regular rally. The rally will have its hub in the city of L'Alguero, starting the competition on Friday at noon, to finish on Saturday aft...
Subaru take second in Greece rally debut
2008-06-03 07:00:00 The all-new 2008 Subaru Impreza WRC has finished in second place for its competitive debut at the Acropolis Rally. Subaru World Rally Team principal David Richards said the outcome was proof that the decision to race the car before it was completely ready was the right one. Read more… Petter ...
Ferrari powers up A1GP
2008-05-29 18:34:00 Not content with being a major force in Formula One racing Ferrari will soon be the source of all power in A1GP as well. The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, as it is rather grandly titled, has revealed the first image of its brand new ?Powered by Ferrari? car for use in season four, which begins ...
Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 at Nurburgring
2008-05-26 16:15:00 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 takes first in class at the infamous Nurburgring -By Anthony Crawford Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer Dr Ulrich Bez, likes to go racing, particularly in Aston Martin?s these days. He?s a gifted engineer and firmly believes the best place to test his brand of cars is on a race track. But this guy ...
Kia Pro_Cee?d in Nurburgring 24-hour
2008-05-26 14:22:00 Kia has also unveiled plans to take part in the Nurburgring 24-hour race with a race-spec Kia Pro_Cee’d. Surely its no Scirocco GT24, but the Korean manufacture is keen to try its hand around the world-famous circuit - in a diesel no less. Read more… Presumably following Audi’s success at ...
Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 unveiled
2008-05-23 16:55:00 Volkswagen has finally revealed the official details surrounding its race-prepped Scirocco GT24 that will participate in the Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race in two days. This incredible machine features a highly-modified version of the car’s standard 2.0-litre TFSI engine pumping out 242kW and maximum torque of 340Nm at 2,100rpm. Read more… ...
2008 Subaru Impreza WRC
2008-05-22 11:37:00 Subaru has unveiled its new generation 2008 Impreza World Rally Car in time for its competitive debut at this month?s Acropolis Rally in Greece. This is the first time Subaru World Rally Team (SWRT) will use a hatchback design, sporting a far more subdued livery compared with the Subaru WRC Concept. Read more… ...
Video: Haltech Nissan GT-R dragstrip
2008-05-20 13:02:00 The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX is well known as the fastest accelerating car in its price bracket - even more so with a few after market additions. It is certainly interesting then to see how the new Nissan GT-R - sporting only an Australian-developed Haltech ECU - performs against a highly tuned version of its local ...
2008 Nürburgring 24 hour endurance race
2008-05-18 14:26:00 Although not as prestigious and famous as the Le Mans 24hr race, next week’s 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour endurance race is a better example of amateur race drivers taking racing to the next level. With 220 cars starting in 3 groups, this is not your typical race, cars range from factory backed supercars to everyday Toyota ...
Forza Motorsport 2 Free Download
2008-05-17 04:44:00 Forza Motorsport 2 is a racing game developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game is available for Xbox 360 exclusively. It is the sequel to the Forza Motorsport marking the expansion of the Forza Motorsport racing games franchise. Forza Motorsport 2 was released on 24 May, 2007 in Japan; 29 May, 2007 in North America; 8 June, 2007 in Europe and 14 June, 2007 in Australia. Forza Motorsport 2 is available in single player mode as well as multiplayer mode. You can play either online multiplayer or through system-link. Forza Motorsport 2 features over 300 cars divided into six production classes and four race classes. Graphics and aerodynamics of the cars can be visually customizable. Forza Motorsport 2 runs at the speed of 60 frames per second while replays at 30 frames per second. No point to point race is featured in this version of the series. The game focuses on circuit race only. The physique is refurbished from the Forza Motorsport. There are mu...
Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corse
2008-05-16 10:05:00 Fiat’s performance devision has released the first details of its new 147kW Fiat 500 race car. Developed by a team of Abarth engineers and designers, the ?500 Abarth Assetto Corse? will campaign on race tracks across Europe in 2009. Read more… The Abarth version sports a full racing kit with ...
WSBK: Monza: Paul Bird Motorsport weekend summary
2008-05-13 00:00:00 TOP TEN FOR LAVILLA AT MONZA DESPITE HANDICAP Vent Axia VK Honda rider Gregorio Lavilla overcame a couple of problems to post a pair of points scoring results in round five of the World Superbike Championship held at Monza in Italy yesterday. The Paul Bird Motorsport rider squeezed into Superpole in sixteenth position and was hoping for a pair of ...
Honda Civic Type R Rally Debut
2008-05-12 15:00:00 Honda Australia has made a strong debut in the Rally of Canberra, finishing in 5th place overall on Day 1 with a specially prepared Civic Type-R. Unfortunately it was the close-ratio six-speed gearbox in the Civic which let the team down, forcing its retirement on Day 2 of the rally. Read more… ...
Toyota develops virtual crash dummies
2008-05-09 06:10:00 While GM is going low-tech with its crash testing, Toyota has developed a computer simulation system to improve safety in high-speed racecars in conjunction with the FIA Institute. Total Human Model Safety (THUMS) is a virtual representation of the human body which can be used to accurately simulate the injuries sustained in real-world accidents. Read more… ...
VW Scirocco 24-hour Nurburgring entry
2008-05-06 12:04:00 To show off the performance credentials of its brand new Scirocco, Volkswagen has begun preparing a special race version coupe for the 24-hour Nurburgring race. The car is powered by the same 224kW 2.0 TFSI engine as used in last year’s class winning Golf GTi hatch entry and features a DSG gearbox with steering wheel mounted ...
2008 Winton Historic (32nd) Victoria
2008-05-01 14:27:00 Bugatti Bonanza for Winton Historic Following our drive of the breath taking Bugatti Veyron earlier this year comes news on some slightly more mature Bugattis racing in this year?s Winton Historic to be held May 24-25 at Winton Motor Raceway, Winton, Victoria. This year?s event also celebrates some key milestones in both motoring and motor racing history ...
Toyota enters Aussie Super Series
2008-05-01 09:27:00 Toyota Australia has announced it will compete in the Aussie Racing Cars Super Series with the TRD Aurion, making it the first manufacturer to directly support the series. The TRD Aurion entry will be far from standard, using a scaled-down body shell of the new TRD Aurion and a 1.2-litre engine - and no that’s not ...
WSR: Monza: RC Motorsport weekend summary
2008-04-30 00:00:00 Weekend “Good and bad!” Surely we will remember this first race at Monza as one of the most challenging of our lives. Since last Tuesday Garcia’s car suffered huge electronic problems that prevented us to develop our private testing at Le Castellet, and in Monza on Thursday and Friday . Just before qualify, we have finally managed to identify that a ...
Kim Kardashian at the House Of Hype
2008-04-29 09:48:00 Kim Kardashian gives us the lowdown on her pimped out “Kim’s a Princess” Range Rover whick was hooked up by Platinum Motorsport. ©Clinton H.Wallace/Photomundo International Camera: Clinton H.Wallace Edited by Claudia Lari Location: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Kim Kardashian at the House Of Hype", url: "http://www.messvideo.com/2008/-04/29/kim-kardashian-at-the-hou-se-of-hype/" });
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Limited Edition Suzuki Swift RE2
2008-04-28 11:24:00 To celebrate the brands recent domination of the 2007 Junior World Rally Championship, Suzuki has released a limited edition Swift RE2. The rally-inspired limited edition RE2 version comes complete with more than $3000 of extra features for a recommended retail price of just $16,990. Read more… The RE2 combines a ...
WSBK: Assen: Paul Bird Motorsport weekend summary
2008-04-28 00:00:00 SOLID POINTS AT ASSEN FOR LAVILLA Paul Bird Motorsport rider Gregorio Lavilla moved inside the top ten of the World Superbike Championship following a pair of great results in rounds seven and eight held at Assen in Holland today. Riding the Vent Axia and Kick Energy drink-backed Honda Fireblade, the 34 year old Spaniard posted fifteenth fastest time during the ...
WSBK: Valencia: Paul Bird Motorsport weekend summary
2008-04-24 00:00:00 BEST YET FOR LAVILLA AT VALENCIA Paul Bird Motorsport rider Gregorio Lavilla got to ride his 2008 Vent Axia VK Honda Fireblade in anger for the first time this weekend at the World Superbike Championship round in Valencia and set an immediate season best of seventh in race one. The Spanish rider followed that up with eleventh in race two, ...
FIA-GT3: Silverstone: Muhlner Motorsport weekend summary
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Muhlner Motorsport ran two Porsche in the FIA European GT3 Championship Season opener at Silverstone Francorchamps / Silverstone. The Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium based Muhlner Motorsport Team ran two Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S in the opening round of the FIA European GT3 Championship at Silverstone. The UK based Canadian Mark Thomas, who will contest three of the six championship rounds with Muhlner ...
Forza Motorsport 2 Is A Classic
2008-04-19 03:42:00 Microsoft has announced that they will be making Forza Motorsport 2 a classic game for the 360, giving racing fans another reason why they should pay more attention to this game. The game was developed by Turn 10 Studios as a sequel to Forza Motorsport for the Xbox 360. The classic edition for the ...
FIA-GT3: Silverstone: Muehlner Motorsport finalizes driver line-up
2008-04-19 00:00:00 After a lot of negotiations with race drivers out of all European countries the Spa-Francorchamps based Muhlner Motorsport Team signed Jochen Krumbach to share one of the all new Porsche Cup S cars (# 39) with Mark J. Thomas. So Muhlner Motorsport will start this weekend in Silverstone with these driver line ups in the FIA GT3 season 2008: Car 39 ...
BMW MOTORRAD MOTORSPORT RETURNS TO LE MANS WITH TWO FACTORY TEAMS AND A NEW
2008-04-18 02:01:00 The BMW Motorrad Motorsport team is making final preparations to compete in the 2008 FIM Qtel Endurance World Championship. The first event in this year’s six-round championship will take place April 19 and 20 at Le Mans, France. BMW Motorrad team members are looking forward to returning to the historic Bugatti circuit for the ‘24 Hours ...
Targa Tasmania off to a flying start
2008-04-17 04:56:00 An unusual rivalry has manifested following the completion of Day One in the Targa Tasmania. Very much a family affair, fueled by the bitter rivalry between the two manufacturers, competition between the Mazda3 MPS and TRD Aurion entries is heating up. Read more… Mazda drivers Rick Bates and Alister McRae ...
FIA-GT3: Tom Cloet joins Muhlner Motorsport
2008-04-13 12:00:00 Tom Cloet joins Tim Bergmeister at the wheel of a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Mühlner Motorsport ! The least one can say and write is that Tom Cloet was not in a rush to make a decision regarding his 2008 sporting programme. Silver medallist in the Citation Cup of the FIA GT championship last ...
2008 Mazda3 MPS Targa Tasmania
2008-04-09 08:12:00 Mazda Australia has today unveiled its brand new Mazda3 MPS rally car ahead of its race debut at Targa Tasmania next week. Mazda will have two of its specially prepped rally cars competing, driven by Rick Bates and Alister McRae. Read more… Competing in the 2WD Showroom competition, the near ...
WSR: P1 Motorsport launch notes
2008-04-06 17:14:00 P1 MOTORSPORT LAUNCHES 2008 WORLD SERIES CAMPAIGN British racing team P1 Motorsport today launched it’s 2008 campaign for the World Series by Renault 3.5 Championship, with drivers Giedo van der Garde and Pippa Mann. The team invited sponsors, guests and media to P1’s workshop in Norfolk, where they presented the brand new cars, new livery and innovative, designer team kit. On ...
News of the World claims Mosley is a - Motorsport.com
2008-04-06 14:18:00 Auto Racing DailyNews of the World claims Mosley is aMotorsport.com, Florida&n-bsp;- 2 hours agoBy Gareth Fair - Motorsport.com The Mosley sex scandal deepened today as British tabloid newspaper The News of the World struck back at comments made by ...Mosley sues News of the World ITV.comDamage to FIA image 'clearly public', Mosley told. Yahoo! EurosportMosley sex scandal 'may cost F1' BBC Sportall 896 news articles
van Merksteijn Motorsport ready to debut at Barcelona
2008-04-04 11:30:00 This weekend, Van Merksteijn Motorsport by Equipe Verschuur will be making its debut in the Le Mans Series. Ex-Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen and team owner Peter van Merksteijn will be racing the team?s Porsche RS Spyder in the season opener at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona. The 215 lap race will start on ...
GRANDAM: Homestead: Stevenson Motorsport race report
2008-04-03 14:27:00 Stevenson Pontiac GXP-R Homestead Race Report Bad Bushing Belts Pontiac Off Track The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 GAINSCO Grand Prix at Homestead Speedway marked two significant milestones for the #57 Stevenson Motorsports - BryanMark Financial Pontiac GXP-R that competes in the GT class. One will be remembered for the positive results in ...
GRANDAM: Homestead: SAMAX Motorsport race report
2008-04-01 11:39:00 Zogaib and Dalziel take top ten at Homestead Homestead, FL –(March 30, 2008)– Henri Zogaib and Ryan Dalziel scored a tenth place Daytona Prototype class result with the No. 2 Cigarette Racing/The Miami Garage Samax Motorsport BMW after an eventful GAINSCO Grand Prix at Homestead Miami Speedway on Saturday. The Homestead race marked the debut outing for the Dinan-prepared BMW powerplant ...
Motorsport Men Killed In Plane Crash
2008-03-31 16:58:00 Former BTCC World Champion David Leslie and Apex Motorsport Owner Richard Lloyd have been killed in a plane crash. Their Cessna private jet made a may-day call moments after take-off from Biggin Hill Airport, Nr. London. The pilot complained of engine vibrations, as he turned in an attempt to reland at Biggin Hill. However, the plane dropped out ...
Forza Motorsport 2 Downloadable Content Pack
2008-03-25 10:58:00 March the 19th : A new content pack is now available for Forza Motorsport 2.For only 400 MS points you can download 13 of the most desirable road cars ever created, including the Audi S5, Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, BMW E92 M3 and Porsche GT2. For drivers who prefer muddy conditions the new Peugeot 207 Super 2000 is nothing short of a rally dream. And, of course, no Forza download pack would be complete without some classic performance rides such as the ’89 Ferrari F40 and ’71 BMW 3.0 CSL.Every one of the new cars can be tuned, painted and, most importantly, raced. Thanks to Forza 2’s damage and wear physics as well as advanced tire and suspension models that respond to heat and pressure changes, the game continues to offer the most realistic racing simulator on the market. The latest batch of new cars can be raced on all of the game’s 47+ ribbons across 14 tracks, including licensed circuits such as:MugelloSuzukaRoad AmericaSebring. And for those of you wanting to expres...
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WSR: Borja Garcia comes back with RC Motorsport
2008-03-23 16:28:00 Borja Garcia Returns to RC Motorsport for Assault on World Series Title Borja Garcia will return to World Series by Renault this season, having signed with RC Motorsport, with whom he was crowned Vice-Champion in 2006. “We are delighted to have Borja back with us as we are well aware of what he is ...
GRANDAM: Homestead: SAMAX Motorsport pair Zogaib, Dalziel
2008-03-23 16:28:00 Zogaib and Dalziel pair up for SAMAX Motorsport Florida-based team ready for ‘home race’ with two Florida drivers on board and new BMW powerplant Pompano Beach, FL –(March 22, 2008)–Henri Zogaib and Ryan Dalziel will team up for SAMAX Motorsport for round two of the Rolex Sports Car Series season and the GAINSCO Grand Prix at Homestead Miami Speedway March 27-29. The ...
F1 goes Home to BBC
2008-03-20 12:59:00 The BBC have announced a 5 year deal to show the Formula 1 show on the BBC. The deal that starts next year, and give the fans what their crying out for, F1 without the bad timed adverts. The Beeb also get the right’s for online broadcasting and keep their radio licence as well, so all ...
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Forza Motorsport 2: March pack offers new cars
2008-03-18 11:37:00 Way back in December we had the opportunity to get our hands on a downloadable car pack, and in this pack was great cars such as a 2008 Audi R8, 2006 Ferrari FXX and the awesome 2008 Koenigsegg CCGT. Well great news Forza Motorsport 2, as there is to be a new cap pack on the ...
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Nissan GT-R reign begins at Super GT
2008-03-17 06:25:00 So it begins. The Nissan GT-R has taken out first and second place in its Super GT debut in Japan in front of more than 32,000 spectators. Of the five GT-R derivatives competing in the Super GT opening race at Suzuka, three dominated the field in qualifying for a clean first, second and third starting position ...
Prodrive develops Active Toe Control
2008-03-14 05:59:00 Prodrive is a relative unknown outside the world of motorsport, however it has had a strong influence behind the scenes, developing technologies used by some of the world’s best handling cars. Closer to home, Prodrive manufacture up to 3,000 vehicles a year in Australia through a joint venture with Ford Performance Vehicles. Read more… ...
Lotus Exige GT3 in Melbourne
2008-03-13 15:21:00 The car which can keep up with Porsche GT3 Cup cars, Lamborghini Gallardos and Aston Martin race cars, the Lotus Exige GT3, has received a power boost and is ready for an assault on the supercars at the 2008 GT Championship (prior to the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix this weekend). The best and easiest way ...
Aussie assault on Dakar
2008-03-13 14:48:00 The Dakar rally has been running since the early 80s and although it’s widely known in Europe and Africa, Australians have never really fell in love with the event like we have with Formula 1 and the WRC. Trying to change that is a two-car entry by an Australian team chasing the greatest prize in offroad ... |
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