After nine long years of waiting it’s finally here. The new Chevrolet Corvette. The long awaited revamp of the American classic made it’s stage debut at the North American International Auto Show. The seventh generation Vette sports some radical new design styles and ideas moving forward. As you can see from the picture, the body [...]
The 90th annual Pikes Peak event was supposed to take place July 8th but was postponed due to the Colorado wildfires. Since it’s cancellation organizers have been scrambling trying to find acceptable dates that would allow the event to take place as soon as possible, without interfering with other events slated for the Pikes Peak [...]
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Some very good news for you endurance race fans. The American Le Mans Series is adding a new race to their schedule in 2013, this time in Austin, Texas. The last time ALMS had an event in the Lone Star State was 2007 in Houston. The event will be held at the Circuit of the [...]
The 96th running of the Indy 500 is almost upon us and it looks like a Chevrolet Corvette will lead them out for the 11th time. Guy Fieri will get the honors as the celebrity behind the wheel this year. Jeff Belskus, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation president and CEO was quoted as saying: “Corvette embodies [...]
To say that today is a sad day for the automotive world is an understatement. Carroll Shelby, one of the true pioneers of everything automotive that we have come to love and cherish, has passed away at the age of 89. Born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas, Shelby’s love of cars manifested itself early [...]
It’s that time again folks! Season 5 episode 5 of Motorz is now online for your viewing pleasure. Episode 5 of season 5 picks up where Chris and Olivia left off last time with their junkyard engine rebuild project on a Chevy 350. This episode covers the top end engine build up with heads from [...]
This could be some good news for race fans and the city of Baltimore. A while back we reported that Baltimore had cancelled its 2012 Grand Prix race due to contract conflicts between the city and previous organizers. Well, it appears that things could be on the mend! A new promotor has been found and [...]
To show it’s appreciation for the 30th anniversary of the Corvettes at Carlisle owners meet, Chevrolet is going to debut it’s Carlisle Blue Grand Sport concept car at SEMA this year. The changes include Silver Torque 2 wheels, dual mode exhaust setup, magnetic ride suspension (Hello CTS-V!), and much more. It will all be wrapped [...]
This past weekend at Road America during the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Race a testament to the safety advances in racing were put on display. Günter Shaldach’s Chevrolet Camaro came into turn 1 too hot, apparently due to mechanical issues, clipped the rear end of Joe Foster’s Mazda RX-8 and as both slid through [...]
In cahoots with some of the industry’s top automotive designers Raybestos is building a 1964 Pontiac GTO-R from the ground up. Featuring 700hp under the hood it is certainly no slouch and you can enter to win this classic piece of iron beginning June 15th, 2011. We’ll remind you when the contest opens, but until [...]
With all the buzz in the industry over the part year it was figured that the North American International Auto Show, or Detroit Auto Show, would be a stunner this year. Mazda, Nissan, and Infiniti were still absent from the show, and it seemed that most of the oomph came from foreign auto makers. Even [...]
