Infineon Raceway SONOMA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) Colin Monahan has been named Marketing Coordinator at Infineon Raceway, raceway officials announced....

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2013 NASCAR Hall Of Fame Class Announced Baker, Owens, Thomas, Wallace And Wood Comprise List Of New Inductees DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 23, 2012) ? NASCAR announced today the 2013 class of inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The five-person class, which will be officially inducted in a ceremony on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 [...]

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Williams engineering chief Mark Gillan says the outfit will not be happy until its regularly racing at the front of Formula 1 - despite its success in the Spanish Grand Prix. Pastor Maldonado helped end an eight-year victory drought for Williams in Barcelona, and he is one of the contenders for more success in Monaco this weekend. But even though that Spanish triumph has highlighted the rate of progress that Williams has made since its worst ever season in F1 last year, Gillan insists there is no feeling that the team has accomplished its targets yet.

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Milwaukee IndyFest LogoRacing and Much More, June 15 and 16 The on-track schedule is now complete for the Milwaukee IndyFest, Friday, June 15 and Saturday, June 16 at the historic Milwaukee Mile. The IZOD IndyCar Series will headline the action with a 225-lap race Saturday afternoon. They will be joined by the Firestone Indy Lights...more» Related Stories:

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On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car?s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Most of you guessed that this week?s sound came from the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, which was close-ish. In fact, the V-8 rumble came out of that car?s primary competitor, the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro [...]

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No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Impala (Credit: Getty Images For NASCAR)KASEY KAHNE QUICK FACTS No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Charlotte Motor Speedway History 300 May 26, 2012 No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet News and Notes Kahne is no stranger to Charlotte Motor Speedway’s victory lane… In 18 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at Charlotte Motor...more» Related Stories:

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Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner has praised Williams' response to its garage fire in Spain, and how the team has acted in helping rival teams learn lessons from what happened. Williams is still unsure of what caused fuel to ignite in its garage after the Spanish GP, but has openly briefed other teams on what factors it believes contributed and what action it is taking to ensure that there is no repeat in the future

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Petter Solberg posted the fastest time at qualifying for this week's Acropolis Rally, with the Ford man just 0.098 seconds faster than his team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala. Defending World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb was third quickest for Citroen, seven tenths of a second slower than the Norwegian's benchmark. Russian Fiesta driver Evgeny Novikov was fourth fastest with Loeb's team-mate Mikko Hirvonen fifth.

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Matte. Mirrored chrome. Gold-plated.

You can now add diamonds to the growing list of ostentatious and extravagant finishes being applied to cars these days. Longtime Porsche tuner Gemballa has announced a new automotive finish that literally uses diamonds to create its million-dollar sparkle.

The German-based company claims its new diamond finish is the first of its kind to ever use the actual gem rather than other reflective ingredients like metal pigments, glass fragments or crystals. The trick was grinding the diamonds down to a size small enough that they could be applied like paint, which Gemballa says also helps increase the refractive qualities of its shine.

There's no mention of price or other specifics like how many precious stones are sacrificed per gallon of twinkle juice, but you can imagine as well as we can what kind of premium it will command. With any luck, Justin Bieber can't afford it.

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