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0Video: Watch Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda drive the new NASCAR Camry 1338220860
When Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda wanted to give his company's 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Camry a shakedown run, Kyle Busch was chosen to ride shotgun. Even though Busch has won 85 races driving Toyotas in three NASCAR series, it was Toyoda who took the driver's seat for a spin around Daytona International ...
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Motorsports: Ford Racing unveils first livery of 2013 Fusion stock car 1337728800
What's a fresh face worth? A lot when you're talking about NASCAR. Because the styling is about all that links a stock car to the production vehicle it's made to mirror. And for Ford, the latest is the new Fusion. The Blue Oval automaker unveiled the race car "based" on the new Fusion back in ...
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Official: Toyota aims to put more "stock" into stock cars with 2013 NASCAR Camry 1337727600
NASCAR may have once been a form of motorsport in which only domestic automakers competed. And that's largely still the case, with one notable exception: Toyota. The Japanese automaker faced some difficulty breaking into the Good Ol' Boys racing series, but though some purists may still malign ...
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Motorsports: Penske hires Jacques Villeneuve for two NASCAR Nationwide races 1337697060
Unlike his pre-BAR Honda F1 days, Jacques Villeneuve's NASCAR career has been strewn with potholes – and by "potholes" we mean crashes, mechanical failures and lowly finishes. But there have been a few successes, with third-place finishes at Montreal in 2010 and at Road America in 2011 ...
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Motorsports: Travis Pastrana's NASCAR debut didn't quite go according to plan 1335794400
A mullet-wearing Travis Pastrana had three goals for his first NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway: to finish, to do it on the lead lap, and to do it in front of Danica Patrick. He achieved one of them, crossing the line in 22nd place – two laps down on winner ...
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Official: Ford releases photos of Focus Electric NASCAR pace car 1335383940
Last week, Ford announced that it would be creating the world's first all-electric pace car in the form of the Focus Electric hatchback. Set to lap the oval at the Richmond 400 at the end of this month, the official Focus Electric NASCAR pace car was unveiled to the public at Richmond ...
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Official: Ford Focus will be first all-electric pace car in NASCAR 1334595480
If you thought pacing a NASCAR race with a Ford Fiesta was an odd choice, prepare to be properly shocked. Ford has announced the company is once again heading out onto the nation's tri-ovals, this time with the Focus Electric. The automaker claims the battery-powered hatchback will be the world's ...
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Video: Ford straps engineers in 2013 Taurus SHO with Carl Edwards, hilarity ensues 1333409520
Ford put nine of its own engineers inside of a new car they helped create, the 2013 Ford Taurus SHO, so they could experience its capabilities for themselves. Nothing out of the ordinary there, but Ford also thoughtfully put NASCAR driver Carl Edwards in the driver's seat, and it turns out that ...
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Automotive April Fools' joke roundup [w/video] 1333408200
It's that time of year again. April Fools' came and went over the weekend, and a handful of the world's automakers joined in on a little Spring time fun. From intelligent anti-theft devices and TSA-inspired driver aids to automated NASCAR racers and high-performance hybrids, this year's raft of ...
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Motorsports: Wallhaulers let you hang NASCAR door art on your wall 1332608640
It's a well-known fact NASCAR fans will buy anything with their favorite driver's number on it. NASCAR nuts can buy driver-themed replica car hoods, used tires guaranteed to have been around a track somewhere, and even a Carl Edwards slow cooker. So hearing that Wallhaulers is selling replica ...

