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Five-time overall Rolex 24 At Daytona winner Hurley Haywood will be racing in North America’s premier endurance race after all in 2011. 

Haywood will come out of retirement to race for the 39th time in the Rolex 24 next month, co-driving the No. 59 Brumos Porsche 911 GT3 Rolex Cup entry. While Haywood announced his retirement following the 2010 Rolex 24, the return of Brumos Racing to the GT class prompted his return to competition  …  Details

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Faster Than 200 MPH – Six of the flat-out fastest automobiles available in North America right now.

Whether you’re behind the wheel of an outrageous sports car this holiday season or, like most of us, find yourself sprinting to find the shortest check-out aisle, chances are good you’ll come to appreciate the importance of having the quickest top speed. Like little kids drawn to a toy store’s display window, car enthusiasts of all ages are always drawn to the sparkling sheet metal and snarling engines of the world’s fastest cars. 

For this first round of flat-out speed demons, we’ve drawn up a list of the six fastest cars sold in North America. The rules are few  …  Details & Pictures

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mclaren-20121McLaren has confirmed that it plans to bring its name back to sports cars racing, with the news that it will supply its MP4-12C car for competition in the GT3 category. The company said it will start supplying a limited number of cars to European-based privateers for them to race from 2012.

McLaren won the Le Mans 24 Hours 15 years ago with its “F1 GTR”, its last sports car machine. Together with CRS Racing, the team from Woking has begun the development of the race-going version of its new road-going 12C supercar (BELOW), hoping to turn it into a race-winning car in GT3   …  Details & Pictures

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The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2011 will be held August 19-21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The list of race groups for the Monterey Motorsports Reunion have been announced, highlighted by the return of booming Can-Am race cars. Entry request forms are now being accepted.

“We are keeping the event fresh with new race groups such as Can-Am,” said Gill Campbell, CEO/general manager for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca   …  Details

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