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No American Le Mans Series title. No Le Mans 24 Hours victory. Corvette Racing missed its twin targets in 2010, the first year it has failed to hit either since 2001. There was a solitary win in the ALMS and five more series podiums in its first full season in the GT class (formerly, GT2 class), results that for most teams would have added up to a decent season. But as Mark Kent, General Motors racing director, says: “Corvette Racing isn’t a normal team.”

The man under whose purview the Chevrolet Corvette program falls is   …  More

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Motocross, rally and extreme sports superstar Travis Pastrana recently made his NASCAR debut, taking the wheel in Irwindale, California in a NASCAR K&N Pro Series race. In his debut, the fountain-leaping X-Games champ finished a none-too-shabby sixth place overall.

His second race was Thursday, February 24th at   …  More

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Two-time Motocross champion Travis Pastrana will make seven Nationwide Series starts in 2011… 

Doing stunts like jumping out of airplanes without a parachute or ramp-to-ramp jumps is pretty cool, but I also think I really will like this NASCAR thing.

I logged my first official laps behind the wheel in the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway last month, and our performance was so much more than I ever could have dreamed of. Our next test comes Thursday in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Phoenix. Our sixth-place finish in my NASCAR debut at Irwindale set the bar pretty high for our No. 99 Boost Mobile Toyota team, but  …  More

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RENNtech’s SEMA award winning GLK 350 Hybrid Pikes Peak Project car, featuring 3M’s newest line of Scotchprint textured automotive vinyl wrap. Our project cars exterior has been completely restyled and wrapped in a stunning combination of textured brushed steel (1080-BR201) and black carbon fiber (1080 CF-12) vinyl.

The GLK 350 Pikes Peak Project vehicle will go on a second round of automotive trade show tours during the spring of 2011. Upon completion of its tour schedule, RENNtechs project vehicle will become a part of the permanent collection at the Mercedes-Benz Classic Vehicle Museum located in Irvine, CA

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