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USAC - Stewart Racing With Levi Jones Looks To Continue Climbing USAC Hierarchy
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 10, 2012: When Levi Jones fires off the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing No. 20 Chevrolet Performance/Curb Records/Maxim Sprint Car on Thursday night, it won’t be just another United States Auto Club (USAC) season opener.

Kia Racing Announces New Driver Pairings for the 2012 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Season
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kia Motors America and racing partner Kinetic Motorsports will begin defense of the 2011 Street Tuner (ST) Team and Driver titles with new driver pairings ...

History-Making Announcement as Nissan Signs Up to the V8 Supercar Championship
Nissan will join the current Holden vs. Ford on-track battle in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship when the 2013 season gets underway. Having previously competed in Australia in the Australian Touring Car Championship, Nissan have had a 20-year hiatus from the pinnacle of touring-car action down-under. Today's announcement, as well as confirming Nissan's much-rumoured participation in the ...

HISTORY: Sebring 60th Anniversary - 1953 winning Cunningham
HISTORY REPEATS… Sebring Celebrates Inaugural FIA World Endurance Championship Race with 1953 Winning Cunningham In 1953 the first FIA World Championship for sports car racing made its debut at Sebring International Raceway in Florida. History repeats itself on Saturday, March 17th with the inaugural FIA World Endurance Championship race. The motorsports world anxiously awaits the debut of this ...

Local auto racing notebook: Kruseman set to begin season
Ventura's Cory Kruseman will begin his drive for a 2012 feature Sprint Car victory in the USAC/CRA series opener at Perris on Feb. 25. He will also race opening night at Ventura Raceway on March 3 in the Ventura Racing Association 360 Sprint Car series.

NHRA Goes to the Line at Pomona Celebrating the Nitro Generation
The professional straight-line drivers kicked off the 61st season of NHRA racing at Pomona on Thursday with this year's theme designated the Nitro Generation to honor the many multi-generational racers who fill the pits at NHRA events around the country. NHRA President Tom Compton said, "It's the history of NHRA racers passing their passion down from generation to generation. The Bernsteins, the ...

PHOTOS: Dream cars that collectors love
There are some cars that instantly remind us of the golden period of automobile history.

A Fan Looks Back at an Event that Made Funny Car History
The NHRA Winston drag racing schedule had 18 events for the 1993 season. The year prior saw Don Garlits retire, rookie Cruz Pedregon win the Funny Car title (first for a rookie) and Kenny Bernstein break the 300 mph record barrier.

AUSV8SS: Nissan plans four entries with Kelly Racing in 2013
Japanese manufacturer joins V8 Supercars Australia in 2013 Nissan and Kelly Racing team up for the 2013 V8 Supercars Australia challenge. The Japan company is the first one to utilize the ‘Car of the Future’ rulebook to enter the popular Australia based series that continues to grow in the International market. The announcement was made this morning in the River Room at Crown Casino in Melbourne ...