Mercedes looks for DRS wing fix

Mercedes GP believes tweaking its rear wing design to make airflow over it more stable will be key to resolving the problems it is having with the Drag Reduction System (DRS). Both Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher have been hampered in the last two events with DRS issues - where the wing does not return to its ideal downforce-producing performance for corners after it has been opened up on a straight

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Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 83: 2011 Dodge Durango R/T

On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car?s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Almost everyone who commented figured out that this week?s sound came from a V-8, with some commenters even specifying a Hemi, but only Whiplash132 connected  the two with the 2011 Dodge Durango R/T. Like that [...]

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Carl Edwards Pilots Mustang to its First NASCAR-sanctioned Race Win

Ford RacingMustang added another series victory to its 47-year racing resume with today?s first NASCAR-sanctioned race win as Carl Edwards took home the checkered flag in the O?Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas. JAMIE ALLISON, Director Ford Motorsports – “A historic moment today by Mustang … We are all...more»

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Images of BMW?s M5 Concept Leak Ahead of Super Sedan?s Shanghai Debut

BMW was planning to debut its next-gen M5 under a sheer veil of concept-car status at the Shanghai auto show later this month, and official pics of the car would have been released to the public some time in the next week or two. But through the magical realism of the information age, images of [...]

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Q & A With iWCSRR Racer Luke McLean

With true Aussie grit, Luke McLean found his way onto the roll-call of iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing winners following a hard-fought victory at his ‘home’ circuit Phillip Island. Despite a disappointing fifteenth place finish in his last race at Zandvoort, the Team Redline sim-racer occupies fifth in the championship standings, barely 50 points off current series leader Klaus Kivekäs. As preparations for this weekend’s race at the Barber Motorsports Park got under-way, inRacingNews grabbed McLean, arguably Australia’s number one sim-racer, for an insight into his online career, and his path along iRacing’s pinnacle road racing championship. Q:  Tell us a little about yourself… How did you get started in sim-racing? What do friends and family think of it? Do you have any real life track experience? A:  One [...]

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Silicon Valley Firm Pinnacle Working on Classically Insane Opposed-Piston Engine

That?s right, your prayers have been answered: Someone in Silicon Valley is finally developing an opposed-piston, sleeve-valve, variable-cycle engine for passenger-car use. Yeah, OK, we weren’t praying for that, either. But it’s here, or at least claimed to be coming. In the grand tradition of Things Being Hyped That Might Not Actually Exist, it has [...]

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Can You Charge Me Now? Smartphone App Locates EV Charging Stations and More

Sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are still a tiny proportion of the U.S. market, but as the price of gas rises and automakers plan introduction after introduction of such vehicles, the demand for away-from-home charging will explode. The ChargePoint network?which, for today, is the largest network of EV charging stations in the country?has [...]

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Justin Allgaier, No. 31 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet Impala Texas Motor Speedway Preview

2011 NNS Justin Allgaier - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCARJUSTIN ALLGAIER QUICK FACTS No. 31 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Texas Motor Speedway April 8, 2011 No. 31 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet News and Notes · Justin Allgaier heads to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) third in points… Allgaier held onto...more»

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Toyota NASCAR Tidbits ? April 4-10, 2011

Toyota MotorsportsMARTINSVILLE RACE REWIND: Toyota driver Kyle Busch earned a pair of top-five finishes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) races last weekend at Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway. Busch finished third in the NSCS race, enabling him to take the lead in the series point standings. He also...more»

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