Kyle Busch wasn’t able to run the table at the Auto Club Speedway last weekend, but he delivered a clear message by running third in the Sprint Cup race and winning the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series races: He’s going to win often in all three of NASCAR’s national series this year, just like he did in 2008.
Busch became the first driver in NASCAR history to win two national events on the same day Saturday. He led 95 of 100 laps in the trucks and won by nine seconds. A few hours later, he led 143 of …Â More info
Worldwide Auctioneers announced today that one of the most sought after Corvette Race cars in existence will join its Houston line up this May, when an acclaimed 1957 Chevrolet Corvette COPO Race Car goes under the hammer.Â
Of the 23 ‘Air-Box’ examples known to exist, this is one of only 6 factory COPO Airbox Corvettes acquired by known racing drivers… More info
Perhaps diesel drag racing’s most recognizable racer, the ruby red Banks Sidewinder Chevy S-10 will be “back in the saddle” and riding the range once again at the 2nd Annual Desert Diesel Nationals at Speedworld Dragstrip in Wittman, Arizona on March 7.
This record-setting, record-breaking (its own record each time!) pickup truck is credited with the first-ever runs into the sevens of any diesel-powered, truck-bodied machine as well as validating Banks? ground-breaking “CleanTune” philosophy on every run down the racetrack.
Powered by a Banks-built 6.6L GM Duramax V-8 Diesel that snarls out over …Â More info
Toyota has run out of space for its unsold cars. So it is putting them on a boat.
The Japanese auto giant told Lloyd’s List that it has chartered a 2,500-car capacity ship that will simply sit at a dock in Malmo, Sweden.
“We have space for 12,500 cars in Malmo, which acts as a distribution center for all the Nordic countries,†Toyota spokesman Etienne Plas told Lloyd’s… More info