Porsche’s racing laboratory, the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, with 24 Hours of Le Mans champions Timo Bernhard/Mike Rockenfeller (both Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) aboard, was the 18th best finisher in a starting field of 41 cars.
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Tanner Foust wins the second round of the 2010 RallyCar U.S. Rallycross Championship after the A Main final event at the New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) in Millville, NJ. Foust drove his Rockstar Ford Fiesta in rainy conditions to place a time of 5 minutes and 47.6 seconds in the A Main, 6.37 seconds over Subaru Rally Team USA driver Dave Mirra and 16.2 seconds over the UK’s Liam Doran.
The All-wheel Drive class A Main had to be re-started after Liam Doran crashed his Citroen C4 into a tirewall near Turn 1 on the second lap due to a tire puncture. Liam’s crash caused track officials to … Details
Porsche is to seriously evaluate a return to Formula 1, its new chairman Matthias Mueller revealed at the Paris Motor Show on Friday.
Mueller told Autocar he expected his company’s motorsport activities – which encompasses Porsche and Audi through its tie-up with the Volkswagen Group – to include both top-level sports cars and F1 in the near future. He made it clear that he expected either Porsche or Audi to have an LMP1 car in the future, while the other brand would then enter F1.
Audi has  … Details
One would think that nothing much surprises Ricky Carmichael anymore. After all, he is nicknamed GOAT, as in Greatest of All Time.Â
But the 15-time American Motorcyclist Association champion was taken aback when team owner Steve Turner called to let him know he could be making his Nationwide Series debut at Kansas Speedway this weekend.
Turner, who owns the team for which Carmichael and James Buescher drive in the Truck Series, was completing the purchase of the Braun Racing Nationwide team last week and needed a driver for the No. 10 Toyota … Details