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Danica Patrick remains unaffected by the swirl of speculation that trails her everywhere, saying she has no timetable for making a decision about her racing future.

Patrick reiterated Thursday at Daytona International Speedway that she’s in no hurry to chose between IndyCar and NASCAR.

“These things, as I’ve said from the beginning of the year, are   …  More

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Porsche will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours with its own LMP1 prototype, the 16-time overall winner announcing on Thursday a completely new car for the 2014 edition of the historic race.

As the event’s most successful manufacturer, the company has not been represented in a works capacity in the top class at Le Mans since 1998 when Porsche claimed the last of its 16 outright victories   …  More

Porsche returns to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype. The first outing of the completely new developed race car is planned for the year 2014. With 16 overall victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans. More information on http://www.porsche.com/motorsport

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The thing about track tests of heinously powerful, thunderously rapid, not to mention near-priceless racing cars such as the Sumo Power GT1 Nissan GT-R you see here is that the opportunities for the hapless journalist to make a fool of himself are, in my experience, just about endless.

For starters, you rarely get very much time to familiarize yourself with the car’s controls, or its pure speed across the ground. More often than not, it’s a case of, “Don’t do this, try not to do that and if this happens, just stop and we’ll come and get you    …  More

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An experimental Honda Insight rally car has been banned by Formula 1000 organizers for being too fast on the tarmac. The last-gen Honda Insight fielded by the UK’s OakTec Racing was kicked out of competition after it amassed a 19-point lead after just three events.

Organizers of the Formula 1000 tarmac series were concerned that the gasoline-electric Honda wielded an unfair advantage, having landed two first-place finishes and one second-place. The team’s been mum on the car’s powertrain — involving   …  Pictures and more

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