(at about 13:00 into the film) The film that Markus Kane (Sean Bean) is watching before he switches over to the news about the car chase is the original film, Death Race 2000 (1975).
The corporation in the film is Weyland Industries, the same name of the company from the Alien franchise.
Jason Statham left the Death Race franchise so he could star in The Expendables (2010)
At roughly 1:17:00 into the film, Luke Goss character refers to someone as 'The enemy of my enemy'. In Blade 2, his character says something similar, asking Blade 'What am I to you? Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or my enemy?'.