Ron Capps
Brownsburg, Ind - There was only one track in Ron Capps' storied 26-year career where a national event victory had eluded him, but the Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) veteran Funny Car driver finally checked the historic Indianapolis dragstrip off that list by driving his HEMI®-powered Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to the winner’s circle at the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by Pennzoil.
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Just one week after the race weekend at Jerez de la Frontera (ESP), the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team is now competing with the BMW S 1000 RR at Portimão, Portugal. The ‘Autódromo Internacional do Algarve’ is hosting the third round of the 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK). In Saturday's race, Tom Sykes (GBR) and Eugene Laverty (IRL) both reached the top ten, finishing in eighth and tenth positions.
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Kyle Wyman (KATO Fastening/KWR Ducati Team) put in a total of 17 laps over the two Friday practice sessions for the fourth round of the 2020 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex, ending the day fifth overall behind the fastest man and series leader, Cameron Beaubier.
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The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team has continued the 2019/20 season with another top-ten result. At the seventh race of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Berlin, André Lotterer crossed the line in ninth place in the #36 Porsche 99X Electric.
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Vaughn Gittin, Jr., left, and Joey Logano, after driving the one-of-a-kind Mustang Mach-E 1400 prototype at Ford’s Romeo Proving Grounds in Michigan. The Mustang Mach-E 1400 will appear Saturday and Sunday during NBC's televised coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series races at Michigan International Speedway.
Logano and Gittin were on-track to make a short film to showcase the Mustang Mach-E 1400 – developed in collaboration with Gittin’s RTR Vehicles – that will appear for the first time Saturday and Sunday during NBC's televised coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series races at Michigan International Speedway.
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Speedway, IN (August 3, 2020) - It was an all Hyundai podium again this weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, with Bryan Herta Autosport earning their second consecutive race win since returning to competition earlier this month. Hyundai now leads the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (IMPC) Manufacturers championship by five points over Audi.
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Roger Griffiths
While the race track was quiet for several months due to the COVID-19 shutdown, that didn’t prevent the County of Monterey and the new management team for the Laguna Seca Recreation Area from embarking on a number of improvements to enhance the guest experience. Over the initial six months, the Laguna Seca Recreation Area, which includes scenic campgrounds, biking, and hiking trails, hospitality venues, and the iconic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca racing circuit, has remained a hub of activity.
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Helio Castroneves found traction with his Acura ARX-05 where others could not, as he and his Acura Team Penske co-driver Ricky Taylor prevailed in monsoon-like conditions in the final hour to win Sunday's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Road America.
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Munich. The legendary BMW Junior Team is revived for 2020. In 1977, the Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW Motorsport GmbH at that time, Jochen Neerpasch, came up with the idea of providing professional development for the three talented racers Eddie Cheever, Marc Surer and Manfred Winkelhock, paving the way for them to make it to the elite classes of racing. More than 40 years later, the new generation of Dan Harper, Max Hesse, and Neil Verhagen is following in their footsteps. As the new BMW Junior Team, they are racing at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife.
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Mopar and Dodge//SRT brands continue to show their support of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) by adding the Dodge name as title sponsor to the upcoming Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event at Lucas Oil Raceway. This is the third consecutive Indianapolis-based race weekend since the return to racing action after a four-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the fifth race of the 2020 season.
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Automobili Lamborghini presents the Essenza SCV12, the track-only hypercar in a limited edition of 40 units, developed by Lamborghini Squadra Corse and designed by Lamborghini Centro Stile. The direct descendant of cars such as the Miura Jota and Diablo GTR, the Essenza SCV12 is fitted with the most powerful V12 naturally aspirated engine ever developed by Lamborghini, combined with aerodynamics inspired by racing prototypes and new technical solutions designed for the ultimate driving experience.
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The 2020 INFINITI Engineering Academy candidates commence the second rotation of the unique automotive-to-motorsport placements with INFINITI and Renault DP World F1® Team, as the current edition of the INFINITI Engineering Academy reaches its mid-point.
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L-R - Mike Flewitt - McLaren Automotive CEO, Mike Jones - Gulf Oil International Ltd CEO, Zak Brown - McLaren Racing CEO, Lando Norris, McLaren Racing driver
McLaren and Gulf Oil International Ltd have today announced a multi-year strategic partnership that will see Gulf, one of the most iconic brands in the world, partner with world-famous luxury supercar company McLaren Automotive and the McLaren Racing team.
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The Petersen Automotive Museum announced today its complete schedule of events and list of judges for Petersen Car Week Presented by Michelin, which will take place from August 12-16, 2020. The week-long event will feature over 25 hours of original content.
Viewers can tune in daily to watch original content from manufacturers, enthusiasts, automotive lifestyle events, and auction houses. Videos will be broken apart into hour-long episodes that will premiere on the Petersen’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/petersenmuseum).
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The Road America 120
July 31- August 2, 2020
Round: 3 of the 10 race in the 2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge
Racetrack: Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI4.0-mile road course, features 14 turns
Race: Saturday, August 1, 2020, at 4:45 pm ET (1:45 PM PST ) (2 Hours)
TV: LIVE on NBC Gold Track Pass
Live timing and scoring from each session available at www.IMSA.com
Live radio commentary for every session at www.IMSA.com
SEBRING, Fla. (July 20, 2020) – Jack Hawksworth and Aaron Telitz scored their second consecutive GTD win in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday evening. The driver duo of the AIM VASSER SULLIVAN (AVS) No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 led 39 laps (of 75) in the newly-scheduled sprint race at the historic 17-turn, 3.74-mile Florida road course en route to their second straight victory after winning at Daytona International Speedway two weeks ago.
Read MoreAs Jeff Zwart prepares to tackle Pikes Peak with Porsche’s new 935, the legendary filmmaker reveals how the Colorado Hillclimb – and the Porsche cars he’s taken there – captured his heart.
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The GT Daytona (GTD) No. 74 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 with co-drivers Gar Robinson and Lawson Aschenbach return to Sebring this weekend as the most recent GTD race winners on the legendary circuit. In their first race with Riley Motorsports, the No. 74 Mercedes-AMG GT3 co-drivers led a team and Mercedes-AMG Motorsport customer racing win sweep of last November's Michelin IMSA SportsCar Encore four-hour race at Sebring.
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1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype 5R002, The First R-Model Built (Lot F140) sold at $3,850,000
Headlined by the offering of the John Atzbach Shelby collection, the 2020 Indy auction was not only a historic event for Mecum, but it also added to the history books for the Ford Mustang, as 5R002—the 1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype (Lot F140) from the Atzbach stables—became the world’s most valuable Mustang ever sold. Demanding a final sale price of $3.85 million, the car exists as the first Shelby R-Model competition car built and the first Shelby Mustang to win a race, easily qualifying it as the most historically significant Shelby Mustang in the world; its record-setting sale in Indy marked yet another first-place finish for The Ken Miles “Flying Mustang” as it eclipsed the world-record sale price of the original McQueen “Bullitt” Mustang sold by Mecum just six months ago.
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