Tag: Chevrolet

• Johnson back on winning form

  February 22nd, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
  

  Order was restored in NASCAR as defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson bounced back from failing to finish the Daytona 500 to score the 48th win of his career in Sunday’s 500-mile race at the California Speedway.

  Johnson was the man to beat in California, leading 101 of the race’s… Read more

  Sections: Grand-Am, IRL, NASCAR

  Tags: Chevrolet, Daytona, Earnhardt-Ganassi, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, Mark Martin, NASCAR, Richard Childress, Toyota

• FIA GT1 sounds sweet

  February 9th, 2010 | Ed Foster | 3 Comments
  

  Touring cars are great to watch for a number of reasons. Mostly notably the racing is extremely close and you’ll see cars passing each other in places that you never thought possible. Another draw, for me anyway, has always been that you can clearly see that they carry some DNA… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Events, Sportscars

  Tags: Aston Martin, Chevrolet, Corvette, DBR9, FIA, Ford, GT 40, GT-R, Lamborghini, Maserati, MC12, Murcielago, Nissan, Stephane Ratel

• Martin makes his mark at Daytona

  February 8th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
  

  NASCAR’s season kicked off on Saturday with qualifying for this Sunday’s Daytona 500, followed by the Budweiser Shootout 75-lap non-points-scoring sprint race under the lights. Qualifying was swept by Hendrick Motorsports as veteran Mark Martin took pole and team-mate Dale Earnhardt Jr qualified on the outside front row. Thursday’s pair… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Grand-Am, IRL, NASCAR, Other reports

  Tags: Alan Gustafson, Bobby Gerhart, Chevrolet, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Daytona, Hendrick Motorsports, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Mark Martin, Nelson Piquet Jr., Richard Childress, Richard Petty, Rick Hendrick

• Rolex 24 Hours preview

  January 25th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
  

  Last year’s season-opening Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona featured a tremendous battle through the final three hours between Juan Pablo Montoya and David Donohue. Donohue scored the biggest win of his career as the 42-year-old overcame Montoya’s unrelenting efforts, using his Riley-Porsche’s superior power to take the lead from Montoya… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Events, Sportscars

  Tags: Alex Gurney, Bob Stalling, Brumos, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi, Dario Franchitti, David Donohue, Daytona, Jimmie Johnson, Jimmy Vasser, Jon Fogarty, Juan Pablo Montoya, Juston Wilson, Mario Franchitti, Memo Rojas, Pontiac, Riley-Porsche, Scott Dixon, Scott Pruett

• Parnelli Jones’s radical ideas

  May 2nd, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 7 Comments
  

  Parnelli Jones is one of the living legends of American racing, up there in the pantheon with Mario Andretti, AJ Foyt and Dan Gurney. Jones dominated three of the seven Indy 500s he started and won the race in 1963, beating Jim Clark. He looked to be a clear winner… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Historic Racing, IRL, NASCAR, Personalities, Sportscars

  Tags: AJ Foyt, Al Unser, Can-Am, Chevrolet, Cosworth, Dan Gurney, Ford, Honda, Indy 500, Jim Clark, Joe Leonard, John Barnard, Lotus, Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, Parnelli Jones, Tony George, Toyota

• Busch and Toyota are NASCAR’s hottest combination

  March 14th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
  

  Kyle Busch (above) has threatened to win every NASCAR Sprint Cup race run this year and at the high-banked Atlanta Motor Speedway last weekend the 22-year old finally put it all together to score a dominant victory. After three years with Rick Hendrick’s Chevrolet team, Busch was dropped by Hendrick… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, NASCAR, Other reports, Personalities

  Tags: AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, Dario Franchitti, Joe Gibbs, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kyle Busch, Patrick Carpentier, Rick Hendrick, Sam Hornish, Sprint Cup, Tony Stewart, Toyota

• At Daytona, it’s all about the show

  February 15th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
  

  NASCAR is where the show and entertainment is king and the sanctioning body is in complete control of the entire production. As such, NASCAR could not have hoped for a better kick-off to its season at Daytona last weekend prior to Sunday’s 50th running of the Daytona 500. To the… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, NASCAR, Other reports

  Tags: Chevrolet, Daytona, Daytona 500, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Rick Hendrick, Tony Stewart, Toyota, Track