iRacer Profile: Ashley Miller

Ashley Miller has racing in his blood.  The great nephew of legendary Modified racer Junior Miller, Ashley has been a member of iRacing simsince 2009 and would love to transfer his sim racing skills to real world racing.  Those skills are formidable.  After finishing eighth in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series Division One standings in 2011 Season 2, Miller has amassed a dozen wins in 32 starts this season and headed into the final week of the 21011 Season 3 atop the NiCCS standings. The Lexington, NC resident is not just about Silverados, however.  He?s started a couple of NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series races this season, winning a 2432 SoF race and more than holding his own against the likes of “high-ranked guys” Josh Berry, Kevin King, Richie [...]

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2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Dates Announced For 30th Anniversary Season

2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Dates Announced For 30th Anniversary Season Inaugural Brickyard Race, Montreal Return, Star Power Highlight Milestone Year DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 19, 2011) ? Highlighted by an inaugural visit to one of the most historic race tracks in motorsports, a return trip to Montreal and plenty of driver star power, NASCAR announced [...]

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Report: Mercedes-Benz working on straight-six engines

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Mercedes-Benz is mulling a range of new engine configurations, according to CAR Magazine, including a new straight six. The news comes courtesy of an unnamed engineer who also said that the German automaker is currently planning a range of smaller-displacement, forced-induction V8 engines, as well as a larger selection of four-cylinder options.

The company's larger vehicles will subsist on straight-six power moving forward, if the report turns out to be accurate. Buyers will conceivably be able to choose between single- and twin-turbocharged configurations depending on their power demands.

The report doesn't mention exactly when we can expect to see these new engines in production vehicles, and with no specifics on application, displacement, fuel economy or horsepower, we have to imagine that the program is in its infancy at this point.

Mercedes-Benz working on straight-six engines originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Maiden Euro Series win for Rosenqvist

Felix Rosenqvist finally claimed his maiden F3 Euro Series victory with a commanding performance in race two at Hockenheim. Starting seventh on the reversed grid, the Swede took advantage of Daniel Juncadella's stall and a slow start by his Mucke Motorsport team-mate Nigel Melker to climb to third by the first corner. He then passed Daniel Abt under braking for the hairpin two turns later and closed in on leader Carlos Munoz, whom he overtook on lap three.

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Dancing with the Cars

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Nissan Announces New Hybrid Powertrain With 2.5-Liter Supercharged Four and Lithium-Ion Battery

Nissan may be generating electric buzz with the new Leaf, but when it comes to hybrids, the company has never been a leader. After all, the discontinued Altima Hybrid didn?t even use a Nissan-designed system, but hybrid technology borrowed from Toyota. Without that car?which was actually only sold in 10 states with California?s strict emissions standards?the [...]

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