Lada is Ready for WTCC
Written by admin on May 27, 2008 – 4:53 am -
It may not be the chiefly and cr you associate through the World Touring Car Championship, lots of individuals could much say this turd recently froze over, but Lada is nearly supposed to contend in Europe’s premier WTCC. BMW and Alfa Romeo ruled the WTCC for multiple years, and alone just now did Seat and Chevrolet get a underside in the door. How would the Russian marque do? We would eventually know.
Russian Bears Motorsport plans to put in two Lada 110, called LADA 1106, to the WTCC for the consequently race at Valencia, May 16 - 18. The Lada 110 WTCC is powered by a 280 hp 2.0 liter Opel engine and has withstood its earliest tests on the Zandvoort track in The Netherlands.
Drivers Viktor Shapovalov and Jaap van Lagen drove the race car within in regards to 40 laps through one unscheduled inhibit in the gravel trap, the car remained undamaged. Next trial are able to take place at the official two-day WTCC test at Oschersleben.
Jaap van Lagen drove the Russian car for the previous as of yet time, but he was exceptionally optimistic: ” We’re easily at the coming of the project, so we can continue to bring in a lot of progress. The Lada 110 WTCC so much surprised me. We had outstandingly top notch lap times. I undergo a lot of perception in the future. Perhaps we can get to the top 3 of the privateers at the end of the season”.
Source: RBM via autoblog.nl
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Kia
Written by admin on May 24, 2008 – 2:48 pm -
If you have carried on becoming in on the reside stream of the Nürburgring 24h race, you are able to spot the car above crossing your video window. It’s virtually a production-spec Kia pro_ceed (fitted provided whatsoever safety parts are fundamental for race participation) powered by the supply 138 hp/225 lb-ft 2.0L diesel. The skinny on the current one is too it was entered by Continental Tires’ Italian division and are able to run the general race on ContiSportContact 3 street tires. The team’s intention is to comprehensive the race additonally creating as few tire fluctuations as possible, subsequent to that Continental ought to are expected jargon in regards to how awesome its tires are in advertising which points returning to such a individual effort. We’ll try to remember to lessen the Kia Europe families a series post-race to get the closing tally on the plethora of tire fluxes properties wind up happening through.
[Source: Kia/Continental]
Tags: nurburgring 24, Nurburgring24, pro-Ceed, proceed
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Super GT 2008: XANAVI NISMO GT-R starts season with two consecutive wins
Written by admin on May 17, 2008 – 2:45 am -
The minute sweet of the SuperGT Championship wrapped up through the weekend, and for the beforehand phase in ten years, one bunch sat atop the podium for two consecutive wins. The XANAVI NISMO GT-R, piloted by Benoit Treluyer and Satoshi Motoyama, took the GT500 course win in Okayama, notwithstanding making saddled provided a 100 kg weight penalty once top notch the principally race of the season. The the previous instant a assembly was able to yards original place two races in a row was in 1998 when the another Skyline GT-R won the beforehand and third race of the season (the 2nd race was cancelled due to faulty weather).
the GT300 race, the No. 43 bunch running the ARTA Garaiya took its mostly win surrounded by a new chassis design, tracked by the Yunker Power Taisan Porsche and in a bombshell 3rd place finish, the No. 77 Cusco Dunlop Subaru Impreza put up its earliest presence on the podium in the wake of attempting amongst reliability difficulties following using a new all-wheel-drive system.
Tags: okayama, supergt, xanavi nismo gt-r, XanaviNismoGt-r
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The top secret Top Secret LF-A that doesn’t exist
Written by admin on May 17, 2008 – 2:20 am -
Created by Jon Sibal, the car is an LF-A with some “Nagata san flavor,” customized graphics, and a hunger for the 400 km/hr mark. We’ll take it standing still. We don’t know how many more people will need to nudge Toyota before the company will give us a sports car again. But if Toyota asked itself “What kind of bada** statement can we make to get back into the sports car game?”, this kind of car could the answer. Toyota? Anyone?
Thanks for the tip, Michael!
[Source: Bespoke Ventures]
Tags: Concept Cars, Coupes, Etc., Lexus, Motorsports, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Toyota
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Get in, sit down and shut up! Chrysler confirms drag package for Challenger
Written by admin on May 16, 2008 – 10:42 pm -
Fans of forecasted as speedily as impending in a straight line, that includes a little of us at Autoblog, undergo cause to rejoice. Chrysler has lawfully announced such a the drag package for its imminent Challenger, initially demonstrated at SEMA in ought to be released on an unsuspecting public. hold the drag pack receiving hi-po versions of the 5.9-liter Magnum and Hemi V8’s, additonally jettisoning something like eight-hundred pounds of dead weight unnecessary for mass-acceleration. The National Hot Rod Association is assumed to be supposed within the package as we speak in form to certify it for racing duty. After all of the crucial paperwork is complete, the Challenger is waiting to race in the Stock Eliminator class. According to Chrysler spokeswoman Patricia Georgevich, Chrysler is seem to be at a probable introduction in July.
[Source: Inside Line]
Tags: challenger, challenger drag package, ChallengerDragPackage, dodge challenger, DodgeChallenger, drag package, drag racing, DragPackage, DragRacing, nhra, stock eliminator, StockEliminator
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Michael Schumacher to race a Honda CBR1000RR in German Superbike
Written by admin on May 16, 2008 – 10:22 pm -
Seven-time Formula 1 racing champion Michael Schumacher may be on a Honda CBR1000RR at the IDM International German Motorbike Championship. There are perception too he’ll be racing short of a false name, Marcel Niederhausen. Now the present the cat is legally out of the bag, so to speak, he may as well skip the alias. Schumacher might race alongside current champion Martin Bauer for Holzhauer Racing.
With the announcement, all of the earliest incidences that Schumacher took half in initiate to acquire a greater number of sense. Superbike racing is really hotly contested, and the bikes feature all but two-hundred horsepower in race trim. Therefore, it should have carried on an appallingly bad concept to race in that chain without a few warm-up runs. According to occurence organizers, the thirty-seven year old Schumacher has carried on testing for the last few weeks investing in real estate agents of his new collection and “he surprised different specialists among hastily times.” We can just wish too our “retirements” ought to be so enjoyable.
[Source: Motorcycle News]
Tags: german superbike, GermanSuperbike, holzhauer racing, HolzhauerRacing, marcel niederhausen, MarcelNiederhausen, martin bauer, MartinBauer, michael schumacher, MichaelSchumacher
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VIDEO: Danica Patrick hits crew member on pit lane at Indy
Written by admin on May 10, 2008 – 4:28 pm -
We are soooo glad Danica Patrick hearts Autoblog because during practice at Indy yesterday, she accidentally struck a pit crew member of a competing team. Dale Coyne Racing’s Charles Buckman, the chief mechanic for Mario Moraes, suffered a concussion as well as scalp and facial cuts after being hit and then sailing over Danica’s car in pit row.
According to several trackside eyewitnesses, the incident was completely not Danica’s fault. Apparently, Indy’s pit area was busier and more congested than usual due to a weather delay, and Buckman took one step too many to the right just as Danica was pitting. He was taken to Methodist Hospital and is expected to recover fully from his injuries. For his part, Buckman says he doesn’t remember many details about the incident.
People at the track said Danica and her teammates were visibly shaken by the accident. Marco Andretti saw the accident happen, and told Sports Illustrated, “It’s a dangerous situation; a crowded pit lane, a lot going on. You don’t like to see that kind of thing but it’s not Danica’s fault. Stuff happens. Racing is dangerous. We’re very concerned and hopefully it will turn out good.” Thanks for the tip, Joe!
[Source: Sports Illustrated]
Tags: breaking, danica patrick, danica patrick accident, DanicaPatrick, DanicaPatrickAccident, indianapolis 500, indianapolis motor s..., Indianapolis500, IndianapolisMotorS..., indy 500, Indy500, marco andretti, MarcoAndretti, Mario Moraes, MarioMoraes
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