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Fall NASCAR Weekend kicked off Sept. 12 in Las Vegas with Burnout Blvd on the Las Vegas Strip. Throughout the weekend, fans will have the opportunity to see all of their favorite drivers and experience the one-of-a-kind Neon Garage featuring live music and entertainment all weekend long. The event weekend includes the South Point 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, the Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race, and the World of Westgate 200 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race.
Ford Performance reveals the all-new Mustang Dark Horse R, offering the most demanding track enthusiasts a turn-key race car ready to compete in the all-new Mustang Challenge spec racing series, just for Mustang Dark Horse R and sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).The Mustang Dark Horse R powered by a new, fourth-generation 5.0-liter Coyote V8 is the third Dark Horse-based racing derivative to be unveiled this summer, joining its place alongside the Mustang GT3 and Mustang GT4.With the Ford Mustang Dark Horse joining the herd as the most track-capable 5.0-liter V8 street-legal Mustang ever, Dark Horse R is a natural extension of the capabilities found in every Dark Horse.Dark Horse R is designed for track use only, but also shares several components with the road-going version. These include a Flat Rock Assembly Plant-provided body, 500+ horsepower 5.0-liter V8 engine, Tremec 3160 manual transmission, Torsen limited slip differential with 3.73 final drive ratio, aero and Brembo rear brake calipers/rotors. It’s also upgraded with a wide array of track-focused equipment.
Chevy Silverado ZR2 and Colorado ZR2 clinched Best In The Desert class championships with respective wins at the Cal City Desert Challenge.It was the second consecutive championship for the Silverado ZR2 and the fourth straight championship for the Colorado ZR2, with both fielded by Chad Hall Racing.Chad Hall Racing has been competing with a pre-production version of the Silverado ZR2 since 2019, helping Chevrolet test and validate the off-road technologies that went into the upcoming 2022 production model.
Esports (aka electronic sports) have emerged as something of a social phenomenon and sim racing – the branch devoted to motorsport games – is enjoying exceptional growth. Alpine in actively involved in this sport which is far less ‘virtual’ than some may imagine. With the 2021 F1 eSports Series Pro-Championship due to get under way shortly, Alpine eSports Team’s Team Principal Richard Arnaud talks about how his squad has been preparing for the season with a programme that is not unlike that followed by actual single-seater drivers all the way up to Formula 1.
"Stellantis Spotlight" is a weekly recap of some of the major stories at Stellantis. The top stories for the week ending August 27, 2021, include Chrysler Pacifica and Jeep Wrangler three-peat on the top 10 list for Autotrader’s Best Vehicles for Dog Lovers, Ram Truck releases offerings for the most advanced Ram ProMaster ever, Tuscadero joins the Jeep Wrangler exterior color palette for the first time and Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) pilot Matt Hagan takes his second victory of the 2021 NHRA Camping World Series season.
More than two years in the making, Toyota and TRD (Toyota Racing Development) today unveiled the manufacturer’s Next Gen car that will take to the track in 2022 – the Toyota TRD Camry – in the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS).Toyota has been working alongside NASCAR, as well as the other OEMs, on the development of the Next Gen vehicles for competition. The components of the Next Gen race cars are an unprecedented move for the sport, but one that looks to continue to evolve safety enhancements of the race cars and promote on-track competition.Toyota, TRD (Toyota Racing Development, U.S.A.) and Calty Design have worked together to ensure as many body styling characteristics as possible are incorporated into the Toyota TRD Camry Next Gen so it resembles its production counterpart as closely as possible. From the grill to the spoiler and everywhere in between, the Next Gen TRD Camry race car has the most body styling attributes to its production counterpart than ever before in a NCS Camry. This is a practice that Toyota and TRD have employed since the development of the 2013 Camry in NCS competition.