Toyota will shortly confirm Sebastien Buemi as the lead driver for the Japanese marque’s second Le Mans entry for 2012. That is the claim of the Swiss website 20min.ch. Earlier, it emerged that the former Toro Rosso driver – who has been signed by Red Bull Racing as its official reserve driver for this season [...]
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ORECA enters into Toyota partnership
Victorious at the 12 Hours of Sebring at the beginning of the season, Hugues de Chaunac’s team has been selected by TMG to partner its Le Mans programme. After announcing its participation in several races of the 2012 World Endurance Championship, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has partnered with [...]
NASCAR By The Numbers
July 9th, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive 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 [...]
Michigan notebook
June 13th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in Camping World Truck Series - News/Rumors, NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive Notebook: Earnhardt happy with 7th-place run By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (June 13, 2010) BROOKLYN, Mich.—Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t get a victory at the site of his last NASCAR Sprint Cup win in 2008, but his seventh-place finish in Sunday’s Cup race at Michigan International Speedway was enough to lift his spirits. [...]
Are pony cars coming to Cup series?
June 13th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive 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 [...]
Nuts And Bolts
Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Report – Briatore Set For FOM Role Alongside Ecclestone: Flavio Briatore’s visit to the Monaco paddock earlier this month was reportedly part of a plan for the Italian to return to F1. Due to the crashgate scandal, the ousted former Renault boss is currently banned from [...]
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, [...]
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No Comments »Stefan GP Signs Agreement With Toyota
Stefan GP announced Friday that it has come to a “basic agreement” with Toyota and that they “will receive technical support from TMG (Toyota Motorsport GmbH)”. Toyota elected to withdraw from the sport at the end of last year, but its Cologne headquarters had already penned a design for the 2010 season. Stefan GP acquired [...]
