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In case you didn't spend 12 hours sitting in front of the laptop watching the ESPN3 stream-cast of the 12 hours of Sebring, you can catch a 90 minute recap of the race today on ABC. Since this is not a live broadcast, it is uncertain about what ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/_KnnSFd-ELo" height="1" width="1"/

Historic victory for de Chaunac led team in 2011 opener ORECA Sebring 2011-03-20Hugues de Chaunac 090917-1Peugeot won again at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida on Saturday, this time the Team ORECA Matmut taking victory in America’s greatest sports car race and ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/z1WD4lJa_-A" height="1" width="1"/

Bruton Smith weighed in on how NASCAR is parsing out price money in a story from NASCAR.com: "I would like to take half of the money from the points fund and give it to the winners of the races. I'd like to see a $300,000 to $400,000 difference between ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/VyWkRwDqECc" height="1" width="1"/

Will Power at Sonoma 2010 // Photo: Michee Ursino// 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) INDYCAR is in Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park this week for an open test in preparation for 2011.   And while it is early in the week, and only a test, two things are ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/bV93KF7Yipw" height="1" width="1"/

httpv://www.youtube.com/v/mjCuMyc59Bw?fs=1hl=en_US Fans Can Select Favorite Wounded Warrior Project- and Victory Junction-Designed Paint Schemes MEMPHIS, Tenn. (March 11, 2011) – For nearly a week beginning March 11, fans of Goody's and BC Powders can help choose a race car paint scheme designed by wounded hero from Wounded Warrior ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/4HzBPKBZgsk" height="1" width="1"/

Michael Schumacher put up the quick time in Barcelona testing today,  as the the Mercedes crew tried out some new trick parts on their car before heading out to Melbourne.  Nico Rossberg also took the Mercedes for a spin and was third quickest. McLaren had a dismal ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/zeyRlX6OqAQ" height="1" width="1"/

After much hand-wringing and worry, it turns out that "everything's gonna be alright". Firestone is staying with INDYCAR through 2013.  Firestone seems to have successful in their negotiating tactic to get more actually dollars for the sale of their race tires to race teams. From VERSUS.com: "Bernard said he and ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/st9_PBgnAm8" height="1" width="1"/

(DANBURY, CT, Thursday, March 10, 2010)HPD ARX-01eHighcroft Racing has unveiled its new Honda Performance Development ARX-01e LMP1 machine - the new car which the back-to-back American Le Mans Series champions will take into battle at next week's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. HPD's latest entry into the overall LMP1 ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/6R1PRBUYQ-o" height="1" width="1"/

Yesterday INDYCAR announced several rule changes for the 2011:  Side by side restarts at all tracks, later green flag starts, and a "lucky dog" rule.  The fan reaction to the last one, the luck dog, was tepid at best. I actually am in support of these rules, but a lot of ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/V1KHC2fv2R4" height="1" width="1"/

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="110" caption="Sebastian to Coyne? / Image by Getty Images via @daylifeof "][/caption] There's some nice bits of INDYCAR news floating around the web this week, so here is the latest edition of short-shifts. The definition of "full field" was redefined this week by Randy Bernard, as INDYCAR ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/RBxI2XTSGhc" height="1" width="1"/

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="149" caption="Image by Bristol Motor Speedway Dragway via Flickr"][/caption] I was traveling on Sunday and managed to watch the "tape" of the race thanks to our good friends at DirecTV and their fantastic DVR. It didn't take long to figure ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/U0oQzDzer2w" height="1" width="1"/

Today's Nationwide series race started out with a snore but ended in a bang as Mark Martin won one for the old guys, stealing a win on the last lap of the race. Martin took advantage of the misfortune of Brad Keselowski who had a lock ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/-qAEcHcVsV0" height="1" width="1"/

Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas once again piloted their Chip Ganassi Riley/BMW to a victory in the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car series today at the Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead. Hot off the win at the Rolex 24, the Ganassi boys are the team to beat in ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/ArLuC1wWYmU" height="1" width="1"/

In today's Indy Car "rock block" of stories, the top headline is news that Ana Beatriz has signed with Dreyer and Reinbolt for 2011. And if this is a trade for Milka Dunno to keep three ladies in Indy Car, this is a big trade up. Beatriz is ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/ylyvrJP8CIY" height="1" width="1"/

Just a couple of days after Bernie Ecclestone floated the idea of creating artificial wet races with sprinkler systems at F1 tracks, Pirelli honcho Paul Hembery has come out in support of the idea. He expressed his opinion to Autosport.com saying:"I thought Bernie Ecclestone's comments were quite interesting. ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/-6OfwOVpGK0" height="1" width="1"/

Houston, Texas - Tuesday, July 20 - Hot on the heels of its dominant GT victory in the Utah Grand Prix, Risi Competizione now heads to Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, for the second round of the five-race ALMS summer odyssey. Its central aims will be to not only ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/tkUIBovfceo" height="1" width="1"/

The IZOD Indy Car Series heads north of the border this weekend for the Honda Indy Toronto, a tight and super-fast street course that separates the men from the boys. And this weekend, Justin Wilson has been "the man", posting either the first or second fastest time in all ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/loRAs5y3KSE" height="1" width="1"/

Jorge Lorenzo squeaked out another pole position in MotoGP qualifying today, just besting Casey Stoner at qualifying for the MotoGP German Grand Prix. Lorenzo's time of 1:21.82 was only .02 seconds faster than Stoner, and just .13 seconds quicker than fellow countryman, Dani Pedrosa. Strangely, Lorenzo's leaky motorcycle was nearly ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/-EU-L37zGFM" height="1" width="1"/

Jorge Lorenzo will start from pole postion for the MotoGP British Grand Prix after setting the best time in today's qualifying at Silverstone. Lorenzo has rocketed to two wins this year, and is poised to take control of the MotoGP championship if he can win from pole again this ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/fSron78KJL8" height="1" width="1"/

LM24 2010 has been tough on a couple of favorites, and the latest major player to fall out of the race is the #82 Risi Competitzione Ferrari. The Risi squad was aiming for their third GT2 win, and looked to again have the right car to do it. ...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fastmachinescom/~4/KBVjEw7t7WQ" height="1" width="1"/