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Monday, February 28, 2011
Indy wants guest drivers for Vegas
IndyCar has confirmed that Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host its season finale - and announced a $5 million bonus for any driver from outside the IndyCar Series who can come in and win the race. In another innovation, fans buying a ticket for any other IndyCar Series race this year can get a free ticket for the Las Vegas finale. It had been expected all winter that Las Vegas would be the venue for IndyCar's final 2011 round on Sunday 16 October, marking the championship's return to the track, which it last visited in 2000.
Ford Says It Isn?t Planning an Explorer SHO, Quashing Rumors
Despite a typist’s trip-up on Ford’s consumer site earlier today, whereby an Explorer SHO was listed among other EcoBoosted models, the company confirms that it is not working on a high-performance variant of its latest crossover.
The Explorer is currently sold with a 3.5-liter V-6 making 290 hp and 255 lb-ft, and the company is preparing [...]
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2012 Infiniti M35h Hybrid Priced at $54,575
Infiniti has announced that its first-ever hybrid model, the M35h, will start at $54,575 when it goes on sale at dealers in mid-March. This seats the 360-hp M35h squarely between the $47,925 M37 and the $59,325 M56.
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2011 Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible ISR Edition ? Auto Shows
The most powerful Bentley ever, this convertible celebrates an ice-speed record. Makes sense, right?
Four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen recently set an insane ice-speed record of 205.48 mph on the frozen Baltic Sea off the Finnish coast. The car, a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible, was driven on standard tires, and Bentley officials hasten to claim [...]
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Kyle Busch Leads Final 107 Laps of Phoenix Truck Race
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (February 25, 2010) AVONDALE, Ariz. ? Win the race off pit road. Win the race. After taking the lead under caution on Lap 44 of Friday night?s Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway, Kyle Busch led the final 107 to post his second win at the [...]
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NYC Asks Banks For Ideas on Parking Privatization
Is a public-private partnership the path to high-tech parking sensors like this one? Or will a deal handcuff the city's parking policy? Photo: Matthew Roth
New York City is moving forward with possible plans to privatize its on-street parking to some degree. An RFP released last week by the city’s Economic Development Corporation asks investment banks [...]
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Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/02/25/nyc-asks-banks-for-ideas-on-parking-privatization/
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Mustang Challenge Off and Running
The Champion Motorsports 2011 Mustang Challenge is off to an excellent start, having just completed the third of twelve online races on some of the most famous road course circuits from around the world.� The Mustangs are proving to be one of the most popular series yet run at Champion, with some very close and exciting racing throughout the field. The first race of the season kicked off at Watkins Glen and saw Champion Motorsports newcomer Wayne Funston win an exciting race.� Devin Obrien would qualify on pole for the event with Funston starting alongside on the front row. Obrien got a great start and led the first six laps of the race, but Funston was in close pursuit and looking for the opportunity to make the move. It would [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/mustang-challenge-off-and-running/
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Jeff Gordon Ends 66-Race NASCAR Drought at Phoenix International Raceway
Track excavation begins will Gordon?s pull of the lever Jeff Gordon douses new crew chief Alan Gustafson with champagne after ending his 66-race winless streak with his SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500 victory. - Photo Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR(PHOENIX, Ariz.) ? While fans at Phoenix International Raceway said goodbye to the track?s old...more»
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Elliott Sadler Rebounds From One Lap Down to Finish 12th at Phoenix
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iRacer Profile: Steven van Helsdingen
A member of iRacing.com since last May, Steven van Helsdingen likes his mixed class racing, witness the fact that he gets a lot of virtual seat time in the inRacingNews Challenge and the iRacing Grand Touring Cup, along with iRacing Street Stocks (Fixed).� A resident of Bossum, the Netherlands, van Helsdingen is currently fifth in Division Two SpecRacer Ford — and 19th overall — in the iRN Challenge standings. Q: � �� How long have you been sim racing? A:���� I started sim racing 1996 with the titles “NASCAR Racing” by Papyrus and “Grand Prix 2″ at age 11.�� This got me hooked so I bought all the NASCAR simulations by Papyrus as they were coming out. After “NASCAR 2003″ I didn?t find the time or the interest. I started [...]
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Without A Trace - Friendly Skies
Flight attendant Linda Schmidt goes missing after leaving her apartment, supposedly heading to the airport to catch a late flight. Evidence found in her abandoned car suggests she may have fallen victim to a serial killer, but all is not as it seems.
Source: http://thetvlibrary.com/without-a-trace/season/1/episode/14
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Local MP says Melbourne should drop GP
A member of Australia's parliament has called for the country's F1 grand prix to be dropped once the current contract comes to an end. Michael Danby, whose Melbourne Ports electorate includes the Albert Park circuit where the race is held, said locals are tired of the event, and that the rising costs are not justified anymore. "The grand prix may have been a good deal in 1996, when it cost the government only $1.7 million; but, with falling crowd numbers and taxpayers footing a $50 million-a-year bill, the government should cut its losses and walk away," he told parliament according to Reuters.
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AUTOSPORT launches new polls
AUTOSPORT magazine has launched a new weekly poll on the AUTOSPORT.com forums.
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Sandt Racking-Up Tour Modified Wins
The same driver, same state with a different track produced a similar story in the third week of online racing competition in the NASCAR iRacing Tour Modified series in 2011. Untamed Motorsports driver Robert Sandt poured the pressure on his fellow sim racers by capturing seven wins at the Richmond International Raceway and would be relentless as the tour headed to South Boston Speedway. Sandt, the fast qualifier for the week led the eighty-nine other drivers in the win column at ?SoBo? as he put down five victories at the tight oval. Those five field toppers in eight starts would be good enough for the overall win for Week Three in 2011 Season One as he scored 162 points for the effort. Ohio?s Shawn Colley made one start on the [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/sandt-racking-up-tour-modified-wins/
Purdy Prepares for the iWCSRR
In just a few days time, the 2011 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing will get underway, when 50 of the globe’s greatest sim-racers take to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the first of eighteen rounds in the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31 F1 car. Although the ultimate online road racing championship sees a whole host of new faces looking to etch their name on the iRacing roll of honour, there are plenty of returning ‘legends’ with their own eyes on success in 2011. One such returnee to the championship is Canada’s Shawn Purdy.� A resident of Montreal, Purdy finished the 2010 series in an overall fourth position following a season-long battle with his Orion Racing team-mate, Ilka Haapala, who pipped him to third spot by a handful of points. Like the other [...]
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Lucas beats Top Fuel teammate at Winternationals (PA SportsTicker)
Morgan Lucas defeated Shawn Langdon in a matchup of former high school classmates in the Top Fuel final Sunday at the season-opening NHRA Winternationals.
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Q and A: Key on Sauber?s progress
James Key was credited with turning Sauber's form around when he joined the Swiss outfit as technical director early last year, and began a restructuring process that saw the team go from scoring a mere one point in the first eight grands prix of 2010 to ending the team with 44 and eighth in the championship. This season Sauber has what is likely to be Formula 1's least experienced driver line-up in Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez, and a C30 chassis that has looked quietly promising in testing. Key gave AUTOSPORT the latest on how things are progressing at Sauber
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Phoenix Starting Lineup ? Carl Edwards on the Pole
1 99 Carl Edwards SUBWAY Ford 2 22 Kurt Busch Shell / Pennzoil Dodge 3 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 4 18 Kyle Busch Combos Toyota 5 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 6 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 7 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 8 1 Jamie [...]
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Ford Racing, 2011 NSCS SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500 Race Recaps
Ford RacingTREVOR BAYNE ? No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion (Finished 40th) ? ?I don?t know what happened.� We were battling with the 13 car a little bit and I don?t know if it was the 38 car behind us or who, but something happened.� Either I came up or he poked his nose in there...more»
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FIA fully supports Bahrain decision
Formula 1's ruling body, the FIA, says it fully supports Bahrain's decision to withdraw the opening race of the 2011 season. Following days of uncertainty, the Bahrain International Circuit announced on Monday it was withdrawing the race as the country needed to focus on calming the unrest that has made the headlines in recent days. The season will now start in Australian on March 27
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Trevor Bayne Becomes Youngest Winner in Daytona 500 History
Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Reutimann, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Daytona Int'l Speedway, NASCAR Crashes, Sprint Cup, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- For all the talk of a new track surface, a different style of racing and promises of the "wildest" Daytona 500 ever, Sunday's much-anticipated NASCAR season-opener still ended up like so many of those that have preceded it -- decided in the final laps.
Making his first-ever Daytona 500 start, 20-year-old rookie Trevor Bayne held off Carl Edwards, David Gilliland and Bobby Labonte to earn the venerable Wood Brothers Racing team its fifth Daytona 500 victory and first since NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee David Pearson's win in 1976.
"Am I dreaming? Is this real? I don't even know where to go,'' a stunned Bayne exclaimed to his team on the radio as he crossed the finish line and drove his No. 21 Motorcraft Ford to victory circle, where he was too young to even drink the traditional celebratory champagne.
The race lived up to its billing, easily setting records for caution flags (16) and lead changes (74 among 22 drivers), but in the end it was a a great show of poise heading to the checkered flag that made Bayne the youngest winner of NASCAR's most prestigious trophy - one day after he celebrated his 20th birthday.
A five-car accident at the front of the field with four laps remaining in the 200-lap regulation period set up the first of two green-white-checkered overtime periods and all but eliminated several of the strongest cars, including Ryan Newman, Regan Smith and Clint Bowyer, who exchanged the lead in the closing 15 laps.
Robby Gordon's spin on the first restart sent cars scrambling, and fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 Chevrolet was collected in the melee, setting up the final two-lap shootout among Bayne and the veterans.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
TechArt Readies Heinous-Looking 553-hp Porsche Cayenne Turbo for Geneva
Color us impressed: The fine-driving 2011 Porsche Cayenne Turbo hit 60 mph in four seconds flat in our recent test, a feat enabled in part by 500 horses’ worth of fury from its twin-turbo V-8. Apparently this wasn’t good enough for TechArt, which has fiddled with the big Porsche’s engine management to whip up 553 [...]
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Stewart heads formidable Yamaha wing in ?11 AMA-SX
Yamaha Racing Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. Wed, 29 Dec 2010 Less than three weeks remain to the start of the seventeen-round 2011 Monster Energy AMA-Supercross and FIM Supercross World Championship in Los Angeles and Yamaha can look to perhaps their...
Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2010/12/stewart_heads_formidable.php
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Sandt Racking-Up Tour Modified Wins
The same driver, same state with a different track produced a similar story in the third week of online racing competition in the NASCAR iRacing Tour Modified series in 2011. Untamed Motorsports driver Robert Sandt poured the pressure on his fellow sim racers by capturing seven wins at the Richmond International Raceway and would be relentless as the tour headed to South Boston Speedway. Sandt, the fast qualifier for the week led the eighty-nine other drivers in the win column at ?SoBo? as he put down five victories at the tight oval. Those five field toppers in eight starts would be good enough for the overall win for Week Three in 2011 Season One as he scored 162 points for the effort. Ohio?s Shawn Colley made one start on the [...]
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News Bites: New Qualifying, Johnson done?, Phoenix Repave
New Qualifying Rules Begin This Weekend Starting this weekend in Phoenix, if bad weather cancels qualifying, the final starting lineup will be determined by practice speeds. The same rule book procedures will be used to determine eligibility to start a race. If weather cancels practice sessions, then the starting lineup will be set by points, [...]
Source: http://finallapradio.com/2011/02/23/news-bites-new-qualifying-johnson-done-phoenix-repave/
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Lots of Daytona 500 Winners
This past weekend produced a multitude of Daytona 500 winners.� Trevor Bayne won the opening round of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on Sunday, of course, but Saturday saw 37 different iRacers take checkered flags in the iRacing.com Daytona 500, Round Two of the 2011 World Tour of iRacing.com. In reality, however, there were more than 1800 winners in the iRacing.com Daytona 500 as every sim racer who registered for either one of Saturday?s sessions earned $5 in iRacing.com credits.� Gabriel Solis of Texas won the top-rated split, coming home just .084s ahead of an even closer battle for second between Salvatore Rossi (NY), Michael Conti (NJ) and David Rattler (PA).� That was hardly Saturday?s only close finish.� No fewer than a dozen splits were decided by less than [...]
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Parr: Innovation will revive Williams
Williams chairman Adam Parr is confident that 'intelligence and imagination', rather than extra finance, can get his team back to the front in Formula 1 - and is optimistic that the radical FW33 will be a big step in that direction.
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Rolls-Royce 102EX Concept ? Auto Shows
How do you make a Rolls-Royce Phantom quieter? Take out the internal-combustion engine.
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Future Supercross and Motocross stars will battle for points and purse at 2011 AMA Racing Pro/Am events
American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) PICKERINGTON, Ohio Dec. 22, 2010 The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce the 2010 AMA Racing Pro/Am motocross schedule. These events are where dreams begin for amateur racers, and where they earn the credentials...
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2012 Maserati GranTurismo Convertible Sport Official Photos and Info ? Auto Shows
Maserati puts its most powerful V-8 into its heaviest car.
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Williams hopeful of strong season
Williams has a very competitive car and will enjoy a strong season if it manages to develop it quickly, according to technical director Sam Michael. "I think that all the testing that we have been doing show that we have a very competitive car in the FW33 and as long as we develop it quickly, which is what we are doing, I think we'll have a good year," said Michael on Thursday during the launch of Williams's livery for the 2011 season.
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Ferrari FF Shows Off its AWD in Snowy New Pictures [UPDATED WITH VIDEO]
Ferrari FF: the perfect vehicle for your next Alpine ski vacation. Maranello has released these pictures of its four-wheel-drive four-seater hitting a well-groomed snow-covered road, the first camo-free shots Ferrari has released of the car in motion?well, sort of. We like this thing more every time we see it.
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News Bites: Cassill is King, Sadler to Rebound, Patrick is Home
King of the Cassill ? For Now After finishing second at Daytona, Landon Cassill is the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings leader heading to Phoenix, having ?checked? the series? box as far as earning 2011 driver championship points. But he?ll hand that lead to another driver after Saturday?s race. The talented 21-year-old doesn?t have a full-time [...]
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Team AirAsia Joins Forces With FXPM.com
Team AirAsia Hingham, UK 6th January 2011 New GP2 entrant Team AirAsia is proud to announce FXPM.com has joined as a team partner and will race with the team throughout the Asian and Main GP2 series in 2011....
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BMW Announces New M Performance Exhaust System for M3 (You?ll Want to Download the Ringtone)
While the BMW M3 sounds good, it could always sound better. Enter this new M Performance exhaust system, which BMW is offering as a dealer accessory. The setup is crafted from Inconel and will fit coupe, sedan, and convertible M3s; it includes perforated inner pipes and polished titanium tips, the latter laser-engraved with the M [...]
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Casey?s General Store Fan Walk presented by Mello Yello to set new standard for fan experience at Iowa Speedway
NEWTON, IOWA (Feb. 24, 2011) — Thanks to title sponsorship from Casey?s General Store, Iowa Speedway?s popular Fan Walk is set to become a longer and more exciting journey. The Casey?s General Store Fan Walk presented by Mello Yello spans the entire length of Pit Road ? and for the first time will extend to...more»
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Local MP says Melbourne should drop GP
A member of Australia's parliament has called for the country's F1 grand prix to be dropped once the current contract comes to an end. Michael Danby, whose Melbourne Ports electorate includes the Albert Park circuit where the race is held, said locals are tired of the event, and that the rising costs are not justified anymore. "The grand prix may have been a good deal in 1996, when it cost the government only $1.7 million; but, with falling crowd numbers and taxpayers footing a $50 million-a-year bill, the government should cut its losses and walk away," he told parliament according to Reuters.
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2011 NNS Bashas? Supermarkets 200 Race Results
2011 Kyle Busch - Photo Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCARFrom pole to victory lane, Kyle Busch dominated the NNS Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway. Busch, who led every single lap, captured his first series win of the 2011 season, his 44th series career win, his fourth series win at Phoenix...more»
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NYC Asks Banks For Ideas on Parking Privatization
Is a public-private partnership the path to high-tech parking sensors like this one? Or will a deal handcuff the city's parking policy? Photo: Matthew Roth
New York City is moving forward with possible plans to privatize its on-street parking to some degree. An RFP released last week by the city’s Economic Development Corporation asks investment banks [...]
New York City is moving forward with possible plans to privatize its on-street parking to some degree. An RFP released last week by the city’s Economic Development Corporation asks investment banks [...]
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/02/25/nyc-asks-banks-for-ideas-on-parking-privatization/
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Wood Lays Claim to Thompson
Week Three of the iRacing Street Stock Series made a stop at the Thompson International Speedway, a 5/8-mile paved oval located in Thompson, Connecticut. AJ Wood (Plains Club) was the top championship point earner for Week Three.� Wood’s lone online race was enough to put him on top of the standings for the week.� Nick Ottinger (Carolina Club) and Billy Roberts (Ohio Club) round-out the top three in Division One as well as overall points for the week. As well as claiming top point honors for the week, Wood also won the highest Strength of Field event of the week.� The 2502 SoF allowed Wood to earn 156 points which propelled him to the top of the standings for Week Three.� Michael Wu (Virginias Club) and Fred Moreau (Eastern Canada [...]
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
What Does the Future Hold for New York?s Transit Infrastructure?
The shadow of the cancelled ARC project, which would have augmented these century-old tracks into Penn Station, hung over last night's discussion of transit infrastructure. Photo: NJ Transit via Second Avenue Sagas
Last night, the Museum of the City of New York hosted a panel discussion about the future of large-scale transportation projects in the region. [...]
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Kyle Busch Leads Every Lap To Victory In Bashas? Supermarkets 200 At Phoenix International Raceway
“Busch trails Mark Martin by four with 44 all-time wins in NASCAR Nationwide Series” Kyle Busch celebrates leading every lap and winning the Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. He was the first driver to accomplish the feat since Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2003 at Daytona. (Photo Credit: Chris Graythen / Getty Images)(PHOENIX, Ariz.)...more»
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Big Penalties for Broken Spoiler on Michael Waltrip's Winning Daytona Truck
Filed under: Elliott Sadler, Michael Waltrip, Daytona Int'l Speedway, Camping World Truck Series, SPEED TV, NASCAR
When MIchael Waltrip crossed the finish line a winner in the Camping World truck series race at Daytona International Speedway Friday night with only half a spoiler to retard his progress, you knew NASCAR wouldn't stand for that, at least to a degree.
Despite the broken spoiler (above), it was an emotional, stirring victory for Waltrip, coming as it did 10 years to the day of his first Daytona 500 victory in 2001 in the race that took the life of his car owner and friend, Dale Earnhardt.
In the announcing booth after the truck race, Michael's brother, Darrell, confidently predicted that the victory would stand, but NASCAR would fine the team for the broken piece.
Darrell Waltrip's prediction was spot on, as NASCAR levied hefty penalties for the spoiler, which "did not meet specifications in post-race inspection," the sanctioning body announced Wednesday.
"As a result, crew chief Doug Howe has been fined $25,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31. Owner Billy Ballew has been penalized with the loss of 25 championship owner points," NASCAR's statement said.
$170,000 Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition Headed to Geneva
Since introducing its high-end Autobiography Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models, Land Rover hasn’t been shy about expanding the lineup. Joining the Range Rover Sport Autobiography, as well as the Range Rover Autobiography and Range Rover Autobiography Black edition, the company has now revealed the range-topper to top all others. �The new Autobiography Ultimate [...]
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Virgin continues Manor GP3 prize test
Virgin Racing will again offer a Formula 1 test to the most successful driver from the affiliated Manor Racing GP3 squad's line-up this year, the teams have confirmed. As part of a talent development system that will also see Virgin Racing back new karting category Formula KGP, the top scoring driver from Manor's three-car GP3 team will drive for Virgin in the winter young driver F1 sessions. Last year this prize saw Indonesian teenager Rio Haryanto get his first taste of F1 with Virgin in the Abu Dhabi tests, having taken fifth in the GP3 standings for Manor.
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iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing Broadcast Tonight
The world?s elite online road racers kick-off the 2011 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing tonight.� The race will be broadcast live on iRacing.com and will feature defending iWCSRR champion Greger Huttu and 2010 series runner-up Richard Towler along with a host of newcomers including 2010 iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing champion and rookie of the year Luca Masier racing their Williams-Toyota FW31s at majestic Spa-Francorchamps. Catch all the action on www.iRacing.com tonight at 5:00 pm ET (22:00 GMT).
Perez to thrill home crowd on Sunday
Mexican Formula 1 rookie Sergio Perez is to return to his home city of Guadalajara this weekend. The 21 year-old Sauber driver will be demonstrating last season's C29 car on the city's 1.5-kilometer street circuit, with action taking place outside City Hall and the Cathedral. Guadalajara, in the northwestern state of Jalisco, is home to 1.5 million people.
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BMW Announces New M Performance Exhaust System for M3 (You?ll Want to Download the Ringtone)
While the BMW M3 sounds good, it could always sound better. Enter this new M Performance exhaust system, which BMW is offering as a dealer accessory. The setup is crafted from Inconel and will fit coupe, sedan, and convertible M3s; it includes perforated inner pipes and polished titanium tips, the latter laser-engraved with the M [...]
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Speed Tops King at Richmond
For the second consecutive week, the drivers of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) battled on a short track as the competitors rolled their trucks onto the Richmond International Speedway. As was the case at Bristol Motor Speedway, many big names in the sim racing world topped the charts after seven days of side-by-side paint swappin? competition at Richmond with a familiar name to race fans bringing home the overall win. Former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race winner Scott Speed scored 213 points in his only start on Saturday night ? more than any of his 850 peers who raced during the past week in the NiCCS. Speed?s victory on Wednesday took place in a 3406 Strength of Field (SoF) race. The [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/speed-tops-king-at-richmond/
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How Hard Will the Senate Fight Back Against House Spending Cuts?
Members of Congress worked all day Friday, until 4:42 Saturday morning, to finish voting on hundreds of amendments and, finally, the final HR 1 bill to set spending levels for the rest of 2011.
John Boehner and House Republicans voted to strip funding from several programs, including critical sources of financial support for transit.
In the end, [...]
John Boehner and House Republicans voted to strip funding from several programs, including critical sources of financial support for transit.
In the end, [...]
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AL-ANABI RACING NAMES BRIAN HUSEN DEL WORSHAM?S TOP FUEL CREW CHIEF
AL-ANABI RACING BROWNSBURG, Ind. Jan. 6, 2011 Rod Centorbi, Ronnie Thompson Fill Assistant Crew Chief Roles Brian Husen has been named the crew chief of Del Worsham?s Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel dragster, it was announced today. Rod Centorbi will remain...
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Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel Headed to Geneva, Will Stay in Europe
Jeep?s stand at the Geneva auto show includes a Grand Cherokee fitted with a 3.0-liter turbo-diesel V-6 engine. (Sweet!) The engine won’t, however, be offered here. (Bummer!)
The diesel is rated for 237 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque, although a version with 188 hp and 324 lb-ft will be available in certain Continental countries to [...]
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What Does the Future Hold for New York?s Transit Infrastructure?
The shadow of the cancelled ARC project, which would have augmented these century-old tracks into Penn Station, hung over last night's discussion of transit infrastructure. Photo: NJ Transit via Second Avenue Sagas
Last night, the Museum of the City of New York hosted a panel discussion about the future of large-scale transportation projects in the region. [...]
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Ecclestone aims to slot Bahrain in
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says he will try his best to get the Bahrain Grand Prix back on the calendar this year following the withdrawal of the event. Bahrain finally confirmed earlier this week that the season opener would not take place as scheduled due to the unrest going on in the country
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Treasury aims to sell GM shares early
Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, GM
According to The Detroit News, the United States Treasury Department is planning on quickly eliminating its shares of General Motors stock rather than trying to maximize the government's return on its investment. The news comes from Austan Goolsbee, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, who said that the government is interested in quickly shedding its 33 percent stake in the automaker due to the fact that it never wanted to be a shareholder in the automaker to begin with. The Detroit News reports that if the Treasury Department decided to sell its stake in GM at its current trading price, the government would lose something on the order of $10 billion.That's out of the $49.5 billion bailout that GM received from the government.
GM shares are currently trading at their lowest levels since the company went public, thanks largely to an overall market dip. The drop came even with GM reporting its first profit since 2004.
The Detroit News reports that so far, the federal government has reclaimed $23.1 billion of its investment in GM, and that in order to recuperate the $26.4 billion, GM stock would need to trade at $53 per share. The company is trading at $33.02 at the time of this writing.
[Source: The Detroit News]
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Winning Waltrip Truck Penalized 25 Championship Points
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2011) ? NASCAR has issued penalties and fines to the No. 15 team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, as a result of rule infractions found during post-race inspection Feb. 18 at Daytona International Speedway. The No. 15 truck driven by Michael Waltrip was found to be [...]
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2011 Audi Q7 TDI Quattro ? Long-Term Road Test Update
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Rossi downbeat on Ducati?s pace
Valentino Rossi says Ducati is lacking pace following the Sepang test, the Italian admitting he is not too optimistic the chassis issues can be solved. Ducati concluded the second of Malaysia's tests today with somewhat sub-standard results
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Remembers His Father in His Own Way
Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona Int'l Speedway, Richard Childress Racing, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The white No. 3 decals are no bigger than a fist and sit just above and behind the driver's side window of all the Richard Childress Racing team's Chevrolets. Crew members wore black baseball caps with the same No. 3 logo and driver Tony Stewart strolled through the Daytona International Speedway garage Friday afternoon clutching one of the prized caps himself.
Friday marked exactly 10 years since the driver of the Richard Childress Racing No. 3, seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, was killed in Turn 4 of this track after crashing on the last lap of the Daytona 500. The speedway will remember the NASCAR icon with a moment of silence and fans will hold up three fingers on the third lap of Sunday's Daytona 500.
But for such an overwhelming event, it has been a subdued, subtle and suiting anniversary.
For the past week, Earnhardt's competitors, teammates and friends have shared emotional stories about that fateful Sunday afternoon. But the one person you won't see participate in any contrived memorial this weekend is Earnhardt's son, Dale Jr. No hat, no decal. None necessary.
"I'd personally rather just watch it and stand on the sidelines,'' Earnhardt said of the various tributes and memorials planned for the weekend.
"It's more fun for me hearing how other people reflect, hearing other people's stories. I know how I feel in my heart and I don't feel a real need to discuss that a lot.
"I want to do what's right and honor him, but I don't need to do it in front of a bunch of people. I feel like he carries his own weight and he doesn't need me being a part of the celebration or whatever you want to call it. I don't want to take away from it in any way.''
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