Posts Tagged ‘Chevrolet’

Corvette DP Turns First Laps

Spirit of Daytona driver Antonio Garcia had the honor of turning the first laps for Chevrolet in the brand new Corvette Daytona Prototype Wednesday morning in GRAND-AM Rolex Series testing at Daytona International Speedway. Garcia — a factory Chevrolet driver — took to the track midway through the morning’s first session and shook down the [...]

Chevy Builds Hot Wheels Camaro

Chevrolet has rolled out a wild concept car at this week’s 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, one that’s bound to get the hearts racing for children and grown men alike all over the world. Chevrolet, with a little help from Hot Wheels, has created a life-size Hot Wheels Camaro Concept, [...]

KV Racing partners with Chevrolet for 2012

KV Racing Technology announced on Tuesday that the team will be powered by the new Chevrolet IndyCar V-6 racing engine for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. KV Racing Technology was founded in January 2003 and joined the IndyCar Series in 2008. The Indianapolis based team is owned by successful venture capitalist and former JDS [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number By Roger Kuznia Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 10, 2010) 7: Consecutive Sprint Cup races won by Chevrolets at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jimmie Johnson has won three of the last four, Tony Stewart has two victories, and Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick have one each.

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 9, 2010) 0: Victories for Ford in Cup races at Chicagoland Speedway. It is the only active Sprint Cup Series track on which Ford has yet to win a race. Chevrolet has won seven of the nine races, with Dodge and Toyota picking up [...]

Are pony cars coming to Cup series?

Are pony cars coming to Cup series? By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (June 12, 2010) BROOKLYN, Mich.—It’s not inconceivable that by 2013 NASCAR’s top division may feature the same sorts of performance cars that currently are being integrated into the Nationwide Series. Jamie Allison, Ford’s director of North American Motorsports, is already [...]

Saturday Sprint Cup notebook

Notebook: Despite new engine, Fords off pace at Pocono By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (June 5, 2010) LONG POND, Pa. —Engine builder Doug Yates cautioned that the new FR9 engine under the hoods of four cars at Pocono Raceway this weekend isn’t a magic cure-all for all that ails the Ford teams. [...]

Talladega By The Numbers

  1 — Active drivers who have won a Cup championship who have not won a plate race: Kurt Busch. Busch has finished third four times at Talladega and has five top-10s in eight races there driving the No. 2 car. But he’s crashed out of two of the past four races at ‘Dega. Still, [...]