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Although the C7 Corvette may have gotten snubbed at this year's Super Bowl, it looks like the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will be front and centre for some of the brightest lights in automotive racing. These spy shots show Chevrolet engineers testing a Stingray coupe with safety lights added ...

91-year-old Carolyn Gaugh has a need for speed that transcends senior citizen stereotypes. Never mind 'slow and steady wins the race' - Gaugh is all about flat-out, adrenaline-pumping terminal velocity. Last summer she donned a fire suit and helmet before clipping up her five-point harness in an ...

Chevrolet handed over the keys to 33 Hot Wheels Camaro Convertible Indianapolis 500 festival cars this week. Race directors get the luxury of driving the droptops around Indianapolis in an ongoing tradition with roots all the way back to the 1960s. The stunt is supposed to remind area residents ...

It was on this day in 1911 that the very first Indianapolis 500 race was held. Driver Ray Harroun took his Marmon Wasp (pictured above) to victory. The now iconic race took place on the equally famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The track was originally proposed several years earlier as a test ...

Mike Conway can't seem to catch a break. He seems to have bad luck following him. Back in the 2010 Indy 500, Conway had an unfortunate crash on the very last lap that set him airborne and left him injured. Fast forward two years to the 2012 Indy 500 and Conway tragically made an encore ...

The Gumball 3000 kicked off last Friday and has made a massive impression wherever this automotive spectacle roams. The Times Square launch was epic with tens of thousands of wild fans in attendance. Tourists, pedestrians, police, soldiers and even homeless people were all present digital camera ...

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives TV persona Guy Fieri is making more news with garages these days than kitchens. The Food Network host, who recently had his Lamborghini Gallardo stolen and then recovered in a teen's storage container, has been selected to drive the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 pace car ...

When McLaren was bringing its new MP4-12C to the United States, there were fears that Americans wouldn't recognize the name. After all, the team from Woking is known principally for competing in Formula One, which has had a spotty presence in the North America at best. Those fears proved to be ...

Today Chevrolet announced that a 2013 Corvette ZR1 will pace this year's Indianapolis 500, marking the 23rd time that a Chevy has paced the race and the 11th time the Corvette has performed the duty. With 638 horsepower from its supercharged 6.2-litre V8, the Corvette ZR1 will be the most ...

Jim Nabors wasn't born or raised in Indiana, and he doesn't live there. Yet that hasn't prevented him from becoming one of the US state's favourite sons. Singing "Back Home Again In Indiana" before the vast majority of Indianapolis 500 races over the past 40 years will do that for a guy. But this ...