The inaugural season of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) is winding down, but the excitement is building for off-road fans with the debut of the series on NBC Sports this Sunday.
LOORRS is the evolution of the long-standing support of short-course racing by Forrest Lucas and Lucas Oil Products. Steeped in the Midwest tradition of …Â Details
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A new bid to break the world Land Speed Record gathered momentum with the announcement of the specifications for the planned Bloodhound SSC project, based in Bristol, England. The car has gone through 10 design evolutions since October 2008 and the final design has now been agreed. Bloodhound SSC’s first attempts at the record, which currently stands at 763mph, will take place on the Hakskeen Pan in Northern Cape Province of South Africa in 2011.
The car is powered by an EJ200 Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine and a rocket engine sitting below it. Bloodhound SSC produces the equivalent of … Details & Pictures
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Sweden’s iconic Saab automotive brand is again facing an uncertain future with the news that Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg Group AB has terminated its agreement to buy the company from General Motors. The sale had been a key part of GM’s plan to recover from bankruptcy by unloading some of its brands.
“We’re obviously very disappointed with the decision to pull out of the Saab purchase,” GM CEO Fritz Henderson said today in a statement announcing Koenigsegg’s decision. “Given the sudden … Details
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An introduction to Force India owner Vijay Mallya several years back was the first link in a chain that will culminate in a Formula 1 test next week for newly crowned Firestone Indy Lights Champion J.R. Hildebrand.
Hildebrand, 21, from Sausalito, Calif., will be joined in the rookies-only test in Jerez, Spain, by Scotsman Paul di Resta, whose cousin, Dario Franchitti, won the 2009 IndyCar Series Championship. The pair will split time in the Mercedes-Benz-powered Force India VJM02
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