2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray confirmed as Indy 500 pace car
May 2, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet Just a couple days ago, we saw spy shots of a C7 Corvette testing for what we assumed was pace car duty for the Indianapolis 500, and now General Motors has confirmed that the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will, in fact, lead the field to the green flag for the 97th running of the Indy 500. Not only will this be the 17th consecutive year a GM vehicle has paced the race and the 12th straight time a Chevy has handled pace car duty, but it will also mark the 12th time a Corvette has held this distinction.
Toyota may return to F1 under Lexus banner
April 3, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports , Lexus , Toyota A new report in from the website Club Lexus claims to have insider knowledge about a return to Formula One racing by Toyota , this time under the auspices of the Lexus brand.
Chevy offering Camaro rolling chassis for drag racers
March 26, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Chevrolet, Racing There sure has been plenty of drag racing machinery to report about lately from the Chevrolet COPO Camaro to the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet, but General Motors has another quarter-mile racer up its sleeve with a new rolling chassis version of the Camaro.
Chevy might’ve pulled out of NASCAR if it weren’t for new Gen 6 car
February 20, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Chevrolet, GM, Racing We’ve been on the fence with NASCAR for some time now. On one hand, it’s some of the closest racing anywhere in motorsports, with actual passing and door-handle-to-door-handle action as a matter of course
Scion FR-S Named Official Race Vehicle for 2013 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race
February 10, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
CHICAGO, Feb. 7, 2013-Toyota Motorsports and Scion announced today that the Scion FR-S sports coupe will be the official vehicle of the 2013 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. This first Pro/Celebrity race-ready vehicle is making its debut here at the Chicago Auto Show.
Watch this time-lapse build of the Chevy SS for NASCAR
February 8, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports, Chevrolet, Racing There’s only about a week left until we get our first look at the production version of the 2014 Chevrolet SS sedan, but Chevrolet NASCAR teams have been looking at the race version of the car all winter. Autoweek has posted a really neat time-lapse video showing just a portion of what it takes to build one of NASCAR’s new Gen6 stock cars.
Chevy exec confirms SS production model reveal at Daytona on Feb 16
February 6, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Performance, Chevrolet The 2014 Chevrolet SS will make its racing debut for the 2013 Daytona 500, but the production version of the car will get its official unveiling on February 16 in Daytona, a week before The Great American Race. According to a report by Automotive News, the reveal has been confirmed by Jim Campbell, Chevy’s US vice president of performance and motorsports. With the departure of the Dodge Charger, the new Chevrolet racecar will be the only competitor to feature a V8, rear-wheel-drive layout in both street and NASCAR form.
Watching Kyle Busch’s NASCAR racer get its game face on is a wrapper’s delight
January 3, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports , Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Toyota , Racing The start of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season is just six weeks away, and the contenders are beginning to get dressed up for the battle
How the SS will become Chevy’s four-door Corvette halo car
November 30, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Performance, Chevrolet “This is not a return of the Pontiac G8.” Yesterday on a stage on the Encore Theater at The Wynn Resort in Las Vegas, Chevrolet revealed its NASCAR SS, the race car that will contest next year’s Sprint Cup series. A lot of people are talking about this car, and doing so well beyond the NASCAR fraternity – we were told that 30 minutes after it began the car became the number one trending topic on Twitter. The car looks great, Jeff Gordon showed up for some banter, everyone who was there applauded, the assembled drivers said the the right things
2013 NASCAR Chevrolet SS revealed
November 29, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Chevrolet, Racing As a throwback Las Vegas magician might say while whipping the sheet of his latest trick, “Alakazam!” The 2013 NASCAR Chevrolet SS race car has just been unveiled in Vegas and these are the first images. It will campaign in the top-tier Sprint Cup series next year, replacing the Impala nameplate that has done 12 years in stock car racing over two stints, the most recent from 2007 to the end of this year’s season. There are more hopes resting on the bulging wheel arches of the NASCAR SS than race wins
