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- NBC Sports adds Rick Allen to NASCAR booth4 December 2013, 10:03 pm
LAS VEGAS (AP) — NBC Sports Group has named Rick Allen lead race announcer for its coverage of NASCAR....
- 2014 calendar has F1 and NASCAR in Texas same day4 December 2013, 9:18 pm
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Formula One and NASCAR will be racing deep in the heart of Texas on the same day next year.... - South Korea, Mexico, New Jersey ditched from F1 programme4 December 2013, 5:03 pm
Paris (AFP) - Three Grands Prix have been removed form the provisional Formula One calendar for 2014 at the International Automobile Federation's AGM on Wednesday.... - New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea off 2014 calendar4 December 2013, 3:39 pm
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Races in New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea were dropped from Formula One's official 2014 calendar on Wednesday, with the season remaining at 19 races instead of a record 22. All three grands prix had been listed provisionally, with asterisks against them, on a previous calendar published in September by the sport's governing International Automobile Federation (FIA). None appeared however on the final version issued on Wednesday after a meeting of th... - Motor racing-New Jersey, Mexico and S.Korea off 2014 calendar4 December 2013, 3:08 pm
* Provisonally listed trio dropped * Austria back on calendar * Russia to make F1 debut * Abu Dhabi to host season-ender (Adds Ecclestone quotes) By Alan Baldwin LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Races in New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea were dropped from Formula One's official 2014 calendar on Wednesday, with the season remaining at 19 races instead of a record 22. All three grands prix had been listed provisionally, with asterisks against them, on a previous calendar published in September by the sp... - Stewart picked for 'NASCAR '14' video game cover3 December 2013, 5:17 pm
Tony Stewart smoked the field in a fan vote and will grace the cover of the "NASCAR '14" video game. Stewart's fan base seemed to rally around the injured driver, who missed the final months ...... - Hulkenberg joins Force India for 20143 December 2013, 3:44 pm
German Nico Hulkenberg will drive for Force India next season, the British-based Formula One team said on Tuesday. Hulkenberg, 26, drove for Force India in 2012 having been a test driver there the previous year. "I am happy to come back to Sahara Force India. The team is aiming high for next year and I believe that the experience I have gained over the years will help us achieve those goals," Hulkenberg, who finished 10th this season with Sauber, said in a statement.... - Motor racing -Hulkenberg joins Force India for 20143 December 2013, 3:37 pm
(Adds details, quotes) LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - German Nico Hulkenberg will drive for Force India next season, the British-based Formula One team said on Tuesday. Hulkenberg, 26, drove for Force India in 2012 having been a test driver there the previous year. "I am happy to come back to Sahara Force India. The team is aiming high for next year and I believe that the experience I have gained over the years will help us achieve those goals," Hulkenberg, who finished 10th this season with Sauber, ... - Motor racing-Lauda expects Brawn to return to F12 December 2013, 6:04 pm
* Brawn in no rush to decide * Lauda sad about departure (Adds Brawn quotes) By Alan Baldwin LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Niki Lauda says he expects to see departing Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn back in Formula One eventually, even if the Briton is in no hurry to decide his next move. Brawn, one of the most experienced and successful figures in the sport, and Mercedes announced last week that he would be leaving at the end of the year, handing over to executive directors Toto Wolff and Paddy ... - Newey preparing for 2014 with trepidation2 December 2013, 2:31 pm
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Red Bull technical head Adrian Newey says he is preparing for next year's Formula One regulation changes with some trepidation. "I think from our perspective it is somewhere between mild panic and crisis management," Newey joked on stage at Sunday's Autosport Awards where Red Bull won the international racing car of the year for the fourth year in a row. We have got the aerodynamic changes too." Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel won both ch...
Automotive News
Breaking News Feed- Tesla's plan to sell in Ohio dodges bullet4 December 2013, 10:38 pm
Tesla's business model appears safe in Ohio -- for now. The state's House Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee didn't vote on a licensing amendment Tuesday that Tesla Motors Inc.... - Average new-vehicle mileage up 24.8 mpg4 December 2013, 10:00 pm
The average fuel economy of new U.S. trucks, cars, SUVs and vans sold in November rose in 0.1 mpg from October, to 24.8 mpg, according to a monthly report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.... - GM to invest $24 million to convert landfill gas to electricity at 2 plants4 December 2013, 8:52 pm
General Motors said that it will invest $24 million in equipment that will allow two assembly plants to generate electricity from landfill gas.... - Saleen planning to develop EV, show models early in 20144 December 2013, 8:34 pm
Saleen Automotive, a venture of sports car tuner Steve Saleen, is developing an electric car, the company announced this week.... - GM gets investment from Hayman Capital as U.S. exits, report says4 December 2013, 6:46 pm
Investment company Hayman Capital Management has taken a stake in General Motors, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The automaker is poised to appreciate as the federal government winds down its ownership stake, the hedge fund said.... - General Motors said to plan sale of stake in Ally, report says4 December 2013, 6:28 pm
GM is planning to sell its stake in Ally Financial, the auto lender majority owned by American taxpayers, a person with knowledge of the transaction told Bloomberg.... - AutoNation new-vehicle sales rise 13%4 December 2013, 6:04 pm
AutoNation said today that its U.S. new-vehicle retail sales rose 13 percent in November from the year-ago period, to 25,454 units.... - Customer cash hurts residuals more than finance, lease incentives, NADA finds4 December 2013, 3:20 pm
Cash incentives may help sell new vehicles, but those incentives can have a sizable impact on used-car prices, says the latest NADA Used Car Guide... - Ford redesigns Camaro-chasing Mustang to woo global buyers4 December 2013, 12:20 pm
Almost 50 years after Ford's first Mustang introduced Americans to the fast and affordable pony car, the automaker is counting on a new design it unveils on four continents tomorrow to spur global sales.... - How PSA and France ran out of gas4 December 2013, 11:34 am
PSA has spent years watching rivals find great success outside of Europe. Now both PSA and France must find a way -- if there is one -- to compete globally. In PSA's case, the company's future is at stake....
