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FIA GT Silverstone: new faces on track, old faces on the winner's stand

The 2009 FIA GT season began this weekend, with plenty of new faces showing up in the starting grid. Matech is hoping that its new Ford GT will be a contender in GT1, as does Nissan with its GT-R, and in the GT3 category the Audi R8 LMS, Alpina B6 GT3, and Ferrari 430 Scuderia all made their FIA competition debut. It was the old faces, however, that eventually came out on top. In GT1, the tried-and-true Saleen S7R run by K plus K Motorsports crossed the finish line first, just ahead of the Vitaphone Team Maserati MC12 and a Corvette C6R. In ... Read more →

Matech clinches FIA GT3 title with Ford GT, developing GT1 contender Drew Phillips

A big part of us dearly wanted the Blue Oval to have a factory race program for the Ford GT. Visions of four straight Le Mans victories danced in our heads, and we're sure Corvette Racing would ...

Cessna crash kills two ex-Touring Car drivers Jonathon Ramsey

Five people died Sunday, March 30th in a private plane crash in Farnborough, Kent in the UK. Aboard the plane were Apex Motorsport team boss Richard Lloyd, and former British Touring Car Championship ...

Porsche unveils GT3 Cup S racer Alex Nunez

Click image for hi-res gallery Endurance racing fans have a new Porsche to look for on the circuit this year. The automaker has unveiled the GT3 Cup S racing car, which can be used in FIA GT3 events. ...

Matech Ford GT wins its first race in FIA GT3 John Neff

click above image for 45 more desktop wallpaper-size pics No doubt followers of FIA GT3 racing were surprised at how well the Ford GTs from Matech ran in the first two races at Silverstone earlier ...

Ford wants Mustangs to race in Europe, will face the Ford GT 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view high-res photos of the FR500C and FR500GT for your desktop As we've said in the past, the Mustang is Ford's ace in the hole. The current model is a bonafide smash hit, being recognized and revered the world over. So it makes perfect sense that if fans in other parts of the ...

Jaguar XKR GT3 by Apex Motorsport 3 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge Apex Motorsport is developing a race version of Jaguar's new XKR for the FIA GT3 European Championship. The new-for-2006 race series has seven races on the calendar for next year, six of which will earn entrants points toward the championship. Apex is nearing completion of the roll ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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