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Toyota Supra to Run in NASCAR Xfinity Series
It’s the latest attempt to position Toyota as an American company against the background booms of the Trump trade wars. Toyota has 14 manufacturing plants in North America – if you count Mexico, which is also under siege. There are ten in the U.S. There are 1500 dealerships here. All told Toyota employs 37,000 people here. America? Well that require a thought process with nuance absent in the ruling party. Continue reading
Posted in marketing, new vehicle, racing
Tagged autoinformed.com, Daytona, Ken Zino, Kyle Busch, nascar, Supra, Toyota Motor North America, Xfinity Series Supra
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Racing Legend Dan Gurney Dead at 86
Gurney was also the first driver to spray champagne on the podium, inadvertently starting a tradition that is now imitated all around the world. Hoosier milk doesn’t foam, though. Continue reading
Posted in milestones, people, performance
Tagged autoinformed.com, Brabham, Daniel Sexton Gurney, Evi Gurney, ford gt, formula one, indycar, Joachim Bonnier, Ken Zino, Lotus, nascar
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Quit NASCAR After 2017 Season
Medical issues could be the reason. Earnhardt, 42, returned to racing this year after a concussion sidelined him from NASCAR’s top series for half of the 2016 season. Through his rehabilitation process, Earnhardt has become a vocal advocate for research of sports-related brain injuries, which likely means he will never have a job affiliated with the NFL. (See AutoInformed on NASCAR Expands Concussion Protocol to SCAT3) Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports, Ken Zino, nascar
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Harvick in a Chevy Decaled Racer takes Phoenix
Harvick won in a spec racer by a hundredth of a second, the closest finish in NASCAR Sprint Cup History. This was Harvick’s 500th consecutive series start, as one of only by 14 others throughout the history of NASCAR. The difference is now they basically driving the same cars with decals determining brand in what has become the pro-wrestling of motorosports. Continue reading
NASCAR, Mack Trucks Announce Multi-Year Decal Deal
The trucks will be equipped with a 505-horsepower, 13-liter Mack MP8 engine, a so called mDRIVE automated manual transmission and GuardDog Connect telematics system that big brother like monitors the truck’s performance, alerting customers to “potential concerns.” Continue reading
Toyota Tundra Driver Erik Jones Wins Truck Championship
Toyota Tundra driver Erik Jones captured the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver’s championship during the last NASCAR race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Jones took his first-career title by 15 points over second-place Tundra driver Tyler Reddick by winning three races this season at Iowa, Canada and Texas. Continue reading
Kyle Busch Wins First NASCAR Sprint Cup Title for Toyota
Busch earned his first-career Sprint Cup Series title by one point over second-place driver Kevin Harvick in his No. 18 Camry by finishing highest among the championship contenders in the final round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Continue reading
Jeff Gordon Sets NASCAR Record
Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS, set a record of 789 consecutive Sprint Cup Series starts this Sunday Continue reading
NASCAR Bans Racist Confederate Flag
“To do that, we are asking our fans and partners to join us in a renewed effort to create an all-inclusive, even more welcoming atmosphere for all who attend our events. This will include the request to refrain from displaying the Confederate Flag at our facilities and NASCAR events. Continue reading
Posted in AutoInformed Editorial, litigation, news analysis, racing
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, confederate flag, Ken Zino, nascar, racism
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White Dominated NASCAR Nixes the Stars and the Bars
While most Republicans are floundering over their long-held and overt promotion racism and vocal support of the Confederate flag – aka stars and the bars – one large organization deeply rooted in the south – NASCAR – has once again affirmed its commitment to an inclusive environment at its events. Continue reading
Posted in AutoInformed Editorial, news analysis, racing
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, nascar, republican racism
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NASCAR Suspends Kurt Busch for Abusing Girl Friend
It was the latest example of professional sports crime, but given the NFL’s, the NCAA’s and local police agencies flagrant ignoring of domestic violence and other criminal actions, sanctioning bodies and so-called law enforcement agencies – under heavy media and blog scrutiny – are changing their previous look the other way attitudes. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, kurt bush, nascar
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Tony Stewart Driver Death Case to go to a Grand Jury
NASCAR, with the growing list of NFL female abuse (Ray Rice) and child abuse (Adrian Stewart, no relation to Tony) cases as a backdrop, said, “We are aware of the completed investigation and the announced next steps. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, battered women, Ken Zino, nascar, nfl, ray rice, tony stewart
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New NASCAR Rules Announced. Let the Cheating Begin
NASCAR has a disjointed TV package split among networks, and a blue-collar fan base that remains severely hurt by the ongoing effects of the Great Recession and growing income inequality, which is leaving empty seats in its stands. Worse, in the one area that NASCAR can control, the racing is hardly that. Competition is limited, passing difficult or rare, and cars strung out. Ho-hum. Continue reading
Hertz and Penske Debut Special Edition Mustang GT
The Hertz Penske GT joins a list of custom performance Hertz vehicles that started with Carroll Shelby in 1966 with the Shelby GT350H in the Hertz Rent-A-Racer program. From there, Hertz developed a 40th anniversary Shelby GT-H in 2006 and a custom Chevrolet Corvette ZHZ in 2009. The Mustang GT now is available with other cars such as the Ford Mustang GT Premium, Chevrolet Camaro SS hardtop and convertible, Corvette Convertible and Dodge Challenger R/T. Continue reading
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Tagged airport rentals, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, hertz penske gt, Ken Zino, mustang gt, nascar
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Army Drops NASCAR as Military Sports Sponsorships Are Attacked
The Army claims that about a third of recruits come from motorsports marketing and recruiting booths at the racetracks, but that assertion is under attack as dubious. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army has spent nearly $20 million in the past two years on its NASCAR sponsorship as part of its recruitment budget. The larger business issue here is just how effective are expensive racing sponsorships for any organization. AutoInformed, for the moment, will ignore the fund raising practices or sponsorships of bought and paid for politicians who should be required to wear NASCAR style uniforms when conducting public business with the logos of the special interest money feeding them prominently displayed. Continue reading