Down Shift Magazine

The Australian V8 Supercars, Australia’s most popular motor sport, features 650-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive machines from Ford, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz AMG and General Motors’ Australian arm, Holden, which will run wheel-to-wheel in the series’ first race in the United States.

Alongside its astonishing performance and pedigree, the design of the Icona Vulcano is an evolution of the very advanced form language which was first introduced on the Icona Fuselage concept in 2011 by Samuel Chuffart, Icona’s design director. The aim of the design approach is to express the amazing capabilities of this extremely powerful car, while maintaining harmonious and generous shapes: bringing together the Beauty and the Beast.

The seventh-generation 2014 Corvette Stingray has been tagged to serve as the official pace car for this year’s Indianapolis 500. This is the 12th time the Corvette has served as the iconic race’s official pace car.

CORE autosport is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in a new 30,000 square-foot, state of the art facility. The team headquarters is located next to the composite manufacturing company Bennett founded in 1992: Composite Resources. The Rock Hill location allows the team to tap into the wealth of motorsports resources available in the Charlotte area.

The Long Beach Grand Prix is the longest running major “street” race held on the North American continent. It started in 1975 as a Formula 5000 race on the streets of downtown, and became a Formula One event the following year. From 1984 to 2008 it was a CART Indycar/Champ Car event. Other popular events during the Grand Prix week include a Firestone Indy Lights race, an American Le Mans Series race, and the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.

Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas combined to lead 94 of the 120 circuits on the 2.54-mile circuit in the No. 01 TELMEX BMW Riley. It was their second victory of the season and extended their lead in the Daytona Prototype standings to seven points over Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty.