Carella's 2011 World Title Turns a New Page in F1 H2O Series!

F1 H2O / F1 Powerboat News ABU DHABI - January 2, 2012 Italian Alex Carella of the Qatar Team used both his driving skills and youthful exuberance to overtake his wily veteran teammate Jay Price of the USA with a...

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What We Can Learn From the New Wave of Municipal Bankruptcies

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Stockton, California; Jefferson County, Alabama: They’re the first wave in a new era of municipal bankruptcy.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's capital, filed for bankruptcy in 2011. Photo: Reuters
When public insolvency becomes a trend, clearly something has gone fundamentally wrong.
Patrick Kennedy at Network blog Walkable Dallas Fort Worth says the problem isn’t contained to the housing bust [...]

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Webber tops first day of final F1 test

Mark Webber put Red Bull on top of the timesheets on the opening day of Formula 1's final pre-season test at Barcelona on Thursday. The Australian's 1m22.693s lap time was set on soft-compound Pirelli tyres with just seven minutes of running remaining and put him 1.655s clear of Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes. After the late-morning rain left drivers with a wet track to tackle, rain tyres were the weapons of choice during the early afternoon running, with Webber recording a series of 1m44s laps

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Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 173

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Lowe to leave McLaren for Mercedes

Paddy Lowe will move to Mercedes after his current contract with McLaren comes to an end later this year. Although Mercedes declined to comment on the situation, sources have revealed that a deal has been agreed in principle for him to switch camps ahead of the 2014 campaign.

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Double R confirms Euro F3 switch

Double R Racing has confirmed its Formula 3 European Championship entry in the wake of British F3's truncation to just four events. Anthony Hieatt's team had signed Antonio Giovinazzi and Sean Gelael for the British series before Christmas. AUTOSPORT revealed in January that a move to the European championship was highly likely, thanks to the recent decision to reduce British F3 to a mini-series.

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Curb-Jumping Drivers Kill Women in Manhattan and Brooklyn; No Charges

Luck, not law enforcement, is practically all that protects NYC pedestrians from reckless drivers. Photo: Post
Two pedestrians have been killed by curb-jumping drivers since Friday in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
On Friday evening at approximately 5:40, Martha Atwater was struck by the driver of a Honda truck after she stepped out of Bagel Cafe at the corner [...]

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Kyle Busch 2013 NNS Dollar General 200 Race Preview

Kyle Busch Source: Sam Greenwood / Getty Images North America)MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 26, 2013) ? Kyle Busch enters this week?s Dollar General 200 fueled by AmeriGas NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) event with a solid performance record at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway (PIR). Busch?s statistics show seven wins and six poles across all three of NASCAR?s...more»

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Tests show F1 now even closer ? Lotus

Formula 1's fight at the front appears to be even closer in 2013 than it was last season, according to Lotus technical director James Allison. After a 2012 campaign that produced seven different winners from the first seven races - and a title fight that went all the way to the final round in Brazil ? Allison says early indications from testing point to things being tighter still this season. AUTOSPORT analysis: What we learned from test two "What is absolutely clear from the first couple of tests is that it is close at the front," said Allison at a FOTA Fans Forum event in Barcelona on Wednesday

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Venturini retains Trident GP3 seat

Giovanni Venturini will remain with Trident for the 2013 GP3 season. The 21-year-old Italian stepped across from Formula Renault 3.5 to join the squad for the second half of 2012, taking podium finishes at Hockenheim and Monza.

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Bringing Auto Safety Standards Into the 21st Century

The U.S. auto industry presents a striking paradox. On the one hand, manufacturers design and engineer for passenger safety, incorporating features such as airbags designed to protect passengers even in the face of serious human error.� On the other, manufacturers almost entirely disregard the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and other motorists who foreseeably�will be struck [...]

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Chinese team joins 2014 Formula E championship

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Virginia?s Transpo Future: Charge Drivers Less to Build More Roads

Congratulations are owed to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. He’s scored a victory on his transportation funding plan, cementing his legacy (though infuriating conservatives, including his hand-picked successor). His achievement is being called the first bipartisan initiative to pass in Virginia in decades. And what does this great deed accomplish? Secure revenue to fuel a new [...]

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Race Recap: Jimmie Johnson Holds Off Dale Earnhardt Jr. For NASCAR?s Daytona 500 Victory

Feb. 24, 2013 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson sped away from the field after a restart with six laps left in Sunday’s Daytona 500 and held off a charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the 55th running of the Great American Race at Daytona International Speedway. The victory [...]

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Scott Speed Brings No.95 DISH Ford to 24th-Place Finish at the Daytona 500

2013 Scott Speed - Photo Credit: Nick Laham/Getty ImagesCONCORD, N.C. (February 26, 2013) - Scott Speed was happy to lead two laps in last Sunday’s Daytona 500, finishing on the lead lap without a single scratch on his No. 95 DISH Ford Fusion. However, he and Leavine Family Racing (LFR) wanted more than a 23rd-place...more»

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Ecclestone wants long Melbourne deal

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone insists he is willing to extend Melbourne's grand prix contract for the long term. Melbourne's future as a grand prix venue has come under increasing doubt, with Ecclestone hinting at the start of the 2012 season that the race could be dropped and that F1 could walk away from Australia when the current contract expires in 2015

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Michelin Clio Cup Kits Promise Big Bang For the Buck (Or the Pound, As It Were)

Well up on our list of cars we don?t get here but would love to drive is Renault’s Clio, specifically the current Renaultsport 200 version with its 197-hp, 1.6-liter turbo four and oh-so-French interior. And if we lived in the U.K., we’d be tempted to buy one of the older Renaultsport 197 or 200s and [...]

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$1 million bonus offered in NASCAR's All-Star race

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Get to Know: Brad Newman

One of the awards iRacing offers is the 10,000 lap award, which goes to iRacers who� complete 10,000 laps in official competition. The driver I interviewed this week earned the award in September of last year and it?s a no brainer why.� Just look at how many starts he has made so far: 842 oval races and 100+ road races. Overall, he?s completed a combined total of 46,581 laps since joining the iRacing service in August of 2010. Some iRacers love him, some iRacers hate him . . . the subject of this week?s installment of ?Get to Know? is North Carolina?s Brad Newman. A resident of Winston-Salem, Newman won his first oval race in the Legends car at Lanier National Speedway, and since then, he has won a grand [...]

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Dovizioso reassured by Ducati gains

Andrea Dovizioso believes Ducati's deficit to the MotoGP frontrunners has been brought back to 'acceptable' levels following improvements at the second Sepang winter test. All four Ducatis lagged behind Honda and Yamaha at the opening test, prompting Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden to call for major changes

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Elliott Sadler 2013 NNS Dollar General 200 Race Preview

Elliott Sadler (OneMain Financial) - Photo Credit: Jerry Markland/Getty ImagesElliott Sadler No. 11 OneMain Financial Toyota Phoenix International Raceway Event Preview HEADING OUT WEST: Elliott Sadler heads to Phoenix International Raceway in the No. 11 OneMain Financial Toyota looking to earn Joe Gibbs Racing’s first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of 2013. The OneMain Financial driver...more»

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Harvick wins first Daytona duel

Kevin Harvick won the first of the 150-mile 'Duel' qualifying races at Daytona on Thursday afternoon, setting one half of the grid for Sunday's showpiece 500-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup opener.

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The Ford EcoSport is Just Like a Fiesta, Only Tougher [2013 Geneva Auto Show]

Maneuvering through city traffic may seem like navigating a jungle, or at least it seems that way to car designers and marketing experts. Isn’t it fitting, then, to have harmless subcompacts resemble miniaturized off-roaders? Ford has decided it is, and the brand has now launched its Fiesta-based EcoSport in Europe. Powered by either a 123-hp, [...]

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2013 NNS DRIVE4COPD 300 Starting Lineup

No 6 Cargill Ford Mustang (Trevor Bayne) - Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty ImagesTrevor Bayne, with a qualifying lap speed of 177.162 mph, captured the 2013 NNS DRIVE4COPD 300 Coors Light Pole Award at Daytona International Speedway. This was Bayne’s sixth series career pole and his first series pole at Daytona International Speedway. Starting on the...more»

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Luthi to sit out opening two rounds

Tom Luthi will miss the first two races of the Moto2 season following his accident in testing earlier this month. The Swiss rider suffered multiple fractures of his arm and shoulder when he was collected by Ratthapark Wilairot's bike in a crash at Valencia. Luthi underwent surgery last week and will start his rehabilitation soon, but his team said on Wednesday he will not return to action until the third round of the season at Jerez.

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Sato tops Sebring test for Foyt

Takuma Sato was quickest on his debut for AJ Foyt Racing in the Sebring IndyCar test on Tuesday. Ex-Formula 1 driver Sato joined American motorsport legend Foyt's team from Rahal Letterman Lanigan over the winter.

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New LMP1 rules to benefit privateers

The FIA believes that it can create a set of regulations that will appeal to privateers wanting to challenge for overall victories at Le Mans and in the World Endurance Championship. AUTOSPORT recently reported that the sport's governing body was working with Le Mans organiser the ACO to come up with a set of regulations for 2014 that will encourage privateer teams to enter the top class of prototype racing.

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Renault eager to supply fewer teams

Renault is eager to reduce the number of customer teams it supplies in Formula 1, dismissing talk that it could provide engines to half the grid. Amid uncertainty about the engine plans for a number of teams for the switch to V6 turbo engines in 2014, Renault said on Monday that it was keen not to spread its supply too thinly.

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2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel V-6 First Drive: Like Diesel? You?ll Dig this GC

If Jeep’s Grand Cherokee didn’t have enough iterations?including gas V-6 or V-8, rear- or four-wheel drive, fire-breathing SRT, etc.?the model?s 2014 refresh brings with it a 3.0-liter turbo-diesel V-6. The update also includes new exterior lighting, re-sculpted front and rear styling, and an updated interior. READ MORE ??

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Midwest Govs Go All Out to Raise More Money for Highways

We’ve been watching how governors around the country are getting extra “creative” as they try to keep their transportation budgets solvent. Yesterday we witnessed an excise tax on bicycles floated in Washington State.
Scott Walker has plans to spend more than $6 billion on highways in Wisconsin in the next two years, and he's going to [...]

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Michael Annett Released from Halifax Health Medical Center

Michael Annett - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty ImagesCONCORD, N.C. (February 24, 2013) - Richard Petty Motorsports NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Michael Annett has been released from the Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., today. Annett was transported to the hospital after complaining of pain in his chest and sternum during an accident in...more»

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Official: Ford confirms launch of new Tourneo vans and Ecosport in Europe for Geneva

Filed under: Minivan/Van, Wagon, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Crossover, Ford

We've already seen plenty of what the Geneva Motor Show will have in store for us in less than two weeks, but most of the confirmed debuts that were announced so far have generally been luxury or performance cars. Ford, on the other hand, will be showing off a couple of its new family-friendly models for European buyers to enjoy.

On the larger side of things, the full range of Tourneo vans (shown above) will be on display, including the introduction of the new Tourneo Courier model, but Ford will also be showing off the all-new EcoSport crossover, which is based on the automaker's Global B platform and will be positioned beneath the Kuga, better known here as the Escape. The subcompact EcoSport was originally unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show last April.

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Vettel quickest on second morning

Sebastian Vettel put Red Bull firmly in control of the second morning of Formula 1's first pre-season test at Barcelona. The reigning world champion ended more than half a second clear of the chasing pack, having improved his own benchmark several times over the course of the morning's running.

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IndyCar Dallara gets safety updates

IndyCar and Dallara have made updates to the DW12 chassis for the 2013 season with the aim of improving safety and durability. New structural pieces will be installed on the sides of the monocoque at the drivers' shoulder height in an effort to further limit the chance of the car rotating in the event of a side impact

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Wurz says new Toyota a step forward

The 2013 Toyota TS030 HYBRID is already a step forward from last year's car. Alex Wurz, who has so far driven the latest version of the petrol-electric LMP1 coupe along with Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi, believes that the revised car is an improvement on its predecessor both in terms of outright performance and driveability.

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Jimmie Johnson holds off Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win Daytona 500

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STEVE KINSER & DONNY SCHATZ

Tony Stewart Racing Seeking Ultimate Bragging Rights for 2012 As Outlaws Close Campaign at Charlotte's World Finals INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 30, 2012) - The achievement most competitors strive for is to be named champion at season's end. It's a goal not...

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LJC Reviews "R U Faster Than A Redneck?"

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Zandvoort Masters hopes for new date

The Masters of Formula 3 at Zandvoort is closing in on a new date of July 7 for this year's event. Organisers were forced to look for a new fixture after the F3 European Championship date at the Norisring was switched to July 13/14, clashing with the category's Dutch blue-riband event.

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Hamilton takes pole position for F1 Malaysian GP (PA SportsTicker)

By CHRIS LINES AP Auto Racing Writer

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Sorensen: All of Daytona is a stage and Danica is its star

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De Jong to race in selected events

GP2 racer Daniel de Jong will make a handful of starts in Auto GP this year, racing a third car for MP Motorsport. De Jong finished fifth in Auto GP last year with the Dutch team, and also made eight starts in GP2 for Rapax. The 20-year-old has moved across full-time to GP2 with MP, which has taken over Coloni's entry in the series for 2013.

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V8 opens enduros to guest drivers

The V8 Supercars series has relaxed its co-driver rules and created a new Endurance Cup covering the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600.

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Earnhardt to start Duel from back

Dale Earnhardt Jr will move to the back of the field for the start of his Daytona 500 Duel on Thursday after an engine failure in Wednesday's practice session. The Hendrick Chevrolet driver had secured sixth on the grid for his Duel, which will decide the starting order for Sunday's main race. "I'm sure there is some logical explanation as to what happened," Earnhardt said, "but we'll just put a new one in and start at the back of the qualifier and race up through there." Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski suffered a less serious delay when a fuel pump problem on his Penske Ford sidelined him for some of first practice.

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Luthi to sit out opening two rounds

Tom Luthi will miss the first two races of the Moto2 season following his accident in testing earlier this month. The Swiss rider suffered multiple fractures of his arm and shoulder when he was collected by Ratthapark Wilairot's bike in a crash at Valencia. Luthi underwent surgery last week and will start his rehabilitation soon, but his team said on Wednesday he will not return to action until the third round of the season at Jerez.

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2013 NNS DRIVE4COPD 300 First Practice Session Speeds

Sam Hornish Jr (Alliance) in Car - Photo Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty ImagesThe 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series teams took to the high banking Daytona International Speedway Thursday morning to get their season underway, and with a lap speed of 191.836 mph, it was Sam Hornish Jr., who was the fastest during the first DRIVE4COPD 300...more»

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West Side and Sunset Park Community Boards Advance Bike Lanes and Plazas

A capital reconstruction of this pedestrian plaza on Ninth Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets got a positive vote from Community Board 4's transportation committee last night. Photo: Google Maps
Last night, two community boards in Sunset Park and Manhattan’s West Side�voted to support bike lanes, bike parking and permanent pedestrian plazas. As a result, Sunset [...]

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Bayne claims pole for Nationwide race at Daytona

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Solberg commits to full RX season

Petter Solberg has confirmed he will contest the full European Rallycross Championship in a Citroen DS3 Supercar run by his own team. The 2003 World Rally champion announced last month that he would focus on rallycross this season, but had initially only committed to the opening round at Lydden Hill as well as the Norwegian and Swedish events

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Quaife-Hobbs backs Manor MP to shine

Auto GP champion Adrian Quaife-Hobbs does not expect Manor MP Motorsport's status as a rookie GP2 team to hold it back this year.

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Danica Patrick, No. 34 Go Daddy Chevrolet Camaro Daytona International Speedway Preview

Danica Patrick - Photo Credit: Jerry Markland / Getty Images for NASCARDanica Patrick No. 34 Go Daddy Chevrolet Camaro Daytona International Speedway | DRIVE4COPD 300 February 23, 2013 Hitting The High Banks… The 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season opens at Daytona International Speedway this Saturday, February 23. Danica Patrick, who embarks on her first...more»

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2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Daytona Starting Lineup ? Bayne On Pole

1 6 Trevor Bayne Cargill Ford 50.801 177.162 2 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Alliance Truck Parts Ford 50.885 176.869 3 77 Parker Kligerman Bandit Chippers Toyota 50.905 176.800 4 60 Travis Pastrana Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 50.952 176.637 5 3 Austin Dillon AdvoCare Chevrolet 51.020 176.401 6 11 Elliott Sadler OneMain Toyota 51.030 176.367 7 54 [...]

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2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG: Launch Timing and First Official ?Photo?

The hot-rod AMG version of Mercedes-Benz’s new CLA-class compact sedan, the CLA45 AMG, still has yet to be officially unveiled, but we have the first image of the production car. Well, it’s not quite the real car?it’s a computer-generated likeness of the CLA45 AMG from the upcoming PlayStation 4 video game�Driveclub. The real deal makes [...]

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Williams launches the FW35 in Spain

Williams became the final team to unveil its 2013 Formula 1 car when the FW35 was launched ahead of the second winter test on Tuesday morning. The team had used a modified version of its 2012 design for the opening test at Jerez earlier in February, having decided to continue with the development work of the new car that is making its debut at Barcelona today. The FW35 retains Renault power and features aggressive undercuts on its sidepods.

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Video: NASCAR Brand Campaign ? Daytona 1979: Donnie Allison And Cale Yarborough Fight!

Perhaps one of the most infamous Daytona 500 moments of all-time: an on track altercation between Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough. Bumping and banging ends with both drivers in each other’s face.

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Rinspeed microMAX Concept: The Ride-Sharing Pod of Tomorrow We Were Promised in 1976 [2013 Geneva Auto Show]

For Rinspeed founder and CEO Frank M. Rinderknecht, weird is normal. A dreamer and visionary by his own admission, he?s just as effective at ignoring the envelope as he is pushing it. �So when the Swiss builder and tuner introduced the funky microMAX concept vehicle in advance of the Geneva auto show, it was just [...]

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MOUNTAIN VIEW RACING TEAM REPORT NHRA Nationals

The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Another final round for Nobile in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (October 29) - still one week shy of his 21st birthday, Mountain View Racing Pro Stock driver Vincent Nobile has never...

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Bottas welcomes pitstop practice

Valtteri Bottas believes that his rain-disrupted final morning of running in the Barcelona test allowed him to improve his pitstop skills. The Finn has not raced in GP2 or Formula Renault 3.5, so has little experience of making in-race pitstops ahead of his grand prix debut in Australia next month. But with Williams always planning to conduct extensive pit-stop practices today after sending its full race team to the final day of the test and still able to work on that despite the bad weather, Bottas has been able to improve that aspect of his game

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Cassidy to test with Manor at Estoril

Double Toyota Racing Series champion Nick Cassidy will test with the Manor GP3 squad on Friday at Estoril. The 18-year-old from New Zealand beat a field including European Formula 3 racers Alex Lynn, Lucas Auer and Felix Serralles to second his second straight TRS crown earlier this month.

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Official: Toyota Camry lineup gets interior and tech updates one year in

Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Toyota

When it debuted last year, the Toyota Camry came in for some criticism over its interior, most centered on material choices - both in quality (not enough) and variety (too much). Thus, Toyota has responded after just one model year, updating both materials and features on its gas-powered and hybrid family sedans for 2013.

The LE version appeared to get the lion's share of the improvements. Specifically, the LE is getting "soft-touch" door materials as well as armrests that match the rest of the interior color (instead of being black). The LE model also gets Toyota's six-inch display screen that helps folks get a better gander at the car's energy usage and fuel economy, among other things. Other changes include adding cross-traffic alert for models equipped with blind spot monitoring

Toyota introduced its latest version of the Camry and Camry Hybrid in the fall of 2011 as a 2012 model. Sales have been solid, and in particular, the Camry Hybrid has improved its fortunes, bumping its US sales almost fivefold to more than 45,000 units. So far in 2013, the latter has carried over much of that momentum, boosting January 2013 sales from a year earlier by 81 percent to 3,826 units.

Looking for more details? Toyota happily goes into a ton of detail on the interior improvements in the press release below.

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A look at drivers competing in 2013 Daytona 500

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Video: NASCAR Brand Campaign ? Daytona 500: My First Time

A major moment in every fan, driver and crew member’s life. One they never forget, no matter how many come after. Their first Daytona 500. Carl Edwards, Brian Vickers and Marcos Ambrose

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F1: Alonso Gives Ferrari A Boost With Barcelona Pace

Fernando Alonso leads Day Three in Barcelona...

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Official: Toyota Camry lineup gets interior and tech updates one year in

Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Toyota

When it debuted last year, the Toyota Camry came in for some criticism over its interior, most centered on material choices - both in quality (not enough) and variety (too much). Thus, Toyota has responded after just one model year, updating both materials and features on its gas-powered and hybrid family sedans for 2013.

The LE version appeared to get the lion's share of the improvements. Specifically, the LE is getting "soft-touch" door materials as well as armrests that match the rest of the interior color (instead of being black). The LE model also gets Toyota's six-inch display screen that helps folks get a better gander at the car's energy usage and fuel economy, among other things. Other changes include adding cross-traffic alert for models equipped with blind spot monitoring

Toyota introduced its latest version of the Camry and Camry Hybrid in the fall of 2011 as a 2012 model. Sales have been solid, and in particular, the Camry Hybrid has improved its fortunes, bumping its US sales almost fivefold to more than 45,000 units. So far in 2013, the latter has carried over much of that momentum, boosting January 2013 sales from a year earlier by 81 percent to 3,826 units.

Looking for more details? Toyota happily goes into a ton of detail on the interior improvements in the press release below.

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AMA SBK: Can Anyone Step Up?

Josh Hayes is the undisputed king of AMA Pro Superbike. Is there anyone even capable of ending his reign in 2013?

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Patrick secures Daytona 500 pole

Danica Patrick became the first female driver ever to take a NASCAR Sprint Cup pole position as she outpaced her rivals in qualifying for the Daytona 500. Having been rapid in January testing and fastest in Saturday practice , Patrick's pace came as no surprise. The IndyCar race-winner is starting her first full season at Cup level with Stewart-Haas Racing.

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Video: Driver uses "powermove" to stop tailgating... now

Filed under: Etc., Safety, Videos

They say that wearing a pink tie is a power move, but so is stopping your car in the middle of an entrance ramp and giving a tailgater a good, old-fashioned stare down. If all that's true, that makes the unidentified man in this video Mr. Powermove.

Although we can't tell exactly what happened before the dashcam started recording, the well-dressed driver apparently felt he was being followed too closely, so he stopped his car in the roadway, calmly got out and gave our dashcam-wielding driver a stare that will probably help him or her avoid tailgating in the future. Now there are plenty of methods get someone to stop tailgating you, but this could be one of the gutsiest moves we've even seen.

We wouldn't exactly recommend pulling this move (unless you plan on getting run over or provoking a fight), but you can see what transpires in the video below.

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Force India confirms Sutil test drive

Adrian Sutil will drive for Force India at this week's Barcelona Formula 1 test, as he vies with Jules Bianchi for the second race seat. The 30-year-old German had a seat-fitting with the Silverstone-based squad last week, although Force India insisted at the time that it was only a 'possibility' that he would form part of the line-up in Spain . On Monday, the team announced that Sutil will get behind the wheel of the VJM06 on Thursday, the third day of the test.

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Motter and Saldana Finish 16th In Wild Final Night Feature in Volusia

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2013 World Tour of iRacing: Daytona 500

Round Three of the 2013 World Tour of iRacing ? the Daytona 500 ? is slated for Friday, February 22 at 9 PM Eastern (02:00 GMT Saturday, February 23) and Saturday, February 23 at 2 PM Eastern (19:00 GMT). The open set-up event features the Class A Chevrolet Impala for 200 laps of the Daytona International Speedway (daytime). Practice and qualifying begin on Tuesday, February 18 and will be open all week prior to the online race, with qualifying sessions consisting of two green flag laps starting every hour at 45 minutes past the hour minutes. Race splits will be set by iRating, order on the grid will be based on qualifying time. There will be 43 cars per split with full course cautions, and the top split will be [...]

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Michael Waltrip Racing hires Christmas Abbott as full-time crew member

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Luthi to sit out opening two rounds

Tom Luthi will miss the first two races of the Moto2 season following his accident in testing earlier this month. The Swiss rider suffered multiple fractures of his arm and shoulder when he was collected by Ratthapark Wilairot's bike in a crash at Valencia. Luthi underwent surgery last week and will start his rehabilitation soon, but his team said on Wednesday he will not return to action until the third round of the season at Jerez.

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Search Is on for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Carlos Carlo, 65, in Queens

Left, Carlos Carlo, 65, of Rochdale, Queens, was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Right, Carlo's granddaughter and daughter, Samantha and Melissa Martin. Right photo: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS
Police are looking for the driver of a dark sedan who fled the scene after striking and killing Carlos Carlo, 65, as he tried to cross Rockaway Boulevard at [...]

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The Most Wanted List, Part II: More of the Greatest Enemies to the C/D Way of Life

Personal transportation is at the vanguard of freedom. Cars aren?t just p�ractical tools, but manifestations of ?liberty, which, for lack of a better definition, is the ability to go wherever we want, whenever we want, in air-conditioned comfort, and while listening to Perry Como (if we feel like it). Last month, we listed five enemies [...]

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Tracy Hines Finishes Third and Eighth at New Smyrna to Open USAC Midget Season

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iRacer Profile: Lee Ball

It?s common for sim-racers to sing iRacing?s benefits in making the transition from online racing to real world motorsports.� In Lee Ball?s case, you could almost say the process has worked in reverse.� The McLeansville, NC resident already had plenty of real racing miles under his belt when he joined iRacing in 2012.� So you could say he put the racing know-how and savvy he learned in karts, Limited Late Models and Late Models to use once he added iRacing to his resume. Then again, sim-racing has been a part of Ball?s repertoire from an early age ? seven to be exact — when he contracted the virtual bug via NASCAR 96 . . . In any case, he sure proved to be a quick study on iRacing, winning the [...]

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Sato tops Sebring test for Foyt

Takuma Sato was quickest on his debut for AJ Foyt Racing in the Sebring IndyCar test on Tuesday. Ex-Formula 1 driver Sato joined American motorsport legend Foyt's team from Rahal Letterman Lanigan over the winter.

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2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray Commercial: Catch It if You Can [The Ad Section]

Award-winning ad man-cum-auto journalist Don Klein knows a good (or bad) car commercial when he sees one; the Ad Section is his space to tell you what he thinks of the latest spots. The ad?s rating is depicted via the shift pattern at the bottom, but everyone has an opinion when it comes to advertising, [...]

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Chris Quinn: ?I Don?t Anticipate Congestion Pricing Coming Back Around?

Dana Rubinstein reports that City Council speaker and current mayoral front-runner Christine Quinn is bearish on congestion pricing’s political prospects:
“I don’t anticipate congestion pricing coming back around,” City Council Speaker Christine Quinn told an audience at New York Law School today, when asked about its near-term future. “It didn’t do well and I don’t expect [...]

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MATT ARTIN JOINS NHRA AS DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS

NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) NHRA announced today that Matt Artin, an eight-year veteran in media planning, advertising and promotions, has joined the world's largest motorsports sanctioning body as director of advertising and promotions....

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Wolff: No room for failure

Toto Wolff accepts that he has no margin for failure in his new role as Mercedes motorsport boss. Wolff, who joined in January, has already had to deal with reports that Mercedes was planning to remove team principal Ross Brawn in favour of a new structure led by himself and McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe.

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MATT ARTIN JOINS NHRA AS DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS

NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) NHRA announced today that Matt Artin, an eight-year veteran in media planning, advertising and promotions, has joined the world's largest motorsports sanctioning body as director of advertising and promotions....

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DW: Danica Sure Likes Daytona

Danica Patrick is just a natural at Daytona International Speedway...

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Access AMA Live Timing & Scoring and official race results for 2013 AMA Supercross at www.amasupercross.com

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Fans seeking live timing and scoring of the 2013 AMA Supercross season will find it just a click away at www.amasupercross.com. In addition to live, lap-by-lap updates that keep fans plugged into the action, the site includes...

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Ducati pleased with Jerez private test

Ducati carried out a three-day private test at Jerez from Friday to Sunday with Pramac's Andrea Iannone and factory test rider Michele Pirro.

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Kevin Harvick takes Budweiser car to Victory Lane in Sprint Unlimited

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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR?S Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch Talk Daytona Racing Emotions

by Dwight Drum at�Racetake.com It?s no secret that NASCAR drivers are humans first. Not every driver has iron insides to approach each new drop of the green flag without feelings. Some get genuine butterflies; some welcome the jitters as a necessary part of the fast task at hand. Some are unmoved by emotions even as [...]

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Lots of unknowns remain after debut of Gen-6 car

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Legge to legally contest Dragon exit

Katherine Legge is planning legal action following yesterday's announcement that she will be replaced at Dragon Racing by Sebastian Saavedra for the 2013 IndyCar season. The Briton, who returned to open-wheelers with Dragon last season after three-year stint in the DTM, said in a statement that she signed a two-year sponsorship deal with TrueCar that she then took to Dragon for the 2012 season.

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Hamilton takes pole position for F1 Malaysian GP (PA SportsTicker)

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Nine Racing To Feature Three Cars At Chili Bowl Midget Nationals

Nine Racing Inc. Brownsburg, Indiana January 4, 2012 Nine Racing, Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of three excellent drivers for the 26th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Presented by General Tire midget event that will take place...

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Danica Patrick takes Daytona 500 pole, makes history

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Kopecky?s programme set to increase

Jan Kopecky is set to add the next round of the European Rally Championship, the Canaries Rally, to his 2013 programme. The Skoda driver won the opening round of the season, the Janner Rally, in January and lies second in the championship, behind Jari Ketomaa. But he does not have a full-time programme in place for the remainder of 2013 , his participation in Rally Zlin his only other ERC entry for the year.

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Report: Chinese patent filing may mean Lamborghini Urus closer to production

Filed under: Performance, SUV, Lamborghini, Design/Style

The Urus SUV still hasn't received the official green light for production, but that hasn't stopped Lamborghini from protecting its performance crossover in the land of stolen vehicle designs. These patent drawings submitted in China show what appear to be the Urus in the same concept form that we first saw last year at the Beijing Motor Show.

Last we heard, the Volkswagen Group had put development of the Urus on hold even though, more recently, the Bentley EXP 9 F (aka, the Falcon) has reportedly been given the nod. Although the existence of these patent images don't necessarily mean the Urus is going into production, they are at least another excuse to debate the SUV's stealth-bomber-style lines.

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Mark Martin?s Plans for His Twitter Hacker: NASCAR Fan View (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Mark Martin has revealed his plans to get revenge on the person who hacked his Twitter account and changed the name to Epic Swag. Although Mark Martin has been able to recover his account, he plans to use Epic Swag as his name on the No.

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Report: New Die Hard movie wrecked 132 cars in $11 million chase scene [w/video]

Filed under: Performance, SUV, Etc., Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Celebrities, Luxury, TV/Movies

It would seem the act of dying hard brings with it lots of wanton destruction of the four-wheeled kind. According to John Moore, director of A Good Day To Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis, There were 132 (cars) that could never be used again. Another 518 required a lot of work. And damn right there were some good cars there... That's the fun of it."

Please join us in one great big collective sigh. Done? Okay, let's continue.

"With Die Hard it's about how audacious the action is," says Moore. "So you have to drive over a Lamborghini. An actual one. And yes it hurts me. I'm a car fanatic." Yeah. Sounds like it hurt really bad... though not as bad as the final tally after all the carnage had been counted: "Someone showed me the numbers on the car chase and soup to nuts, you put it all together it was like an $11 million sequence."

Interestingly enough, that $11 million tally didn't include a "several" Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUVs. According to Moore, the German automaker provided G wagons at no cost for filming, and, of course, all of them were wrecked. Proof of such can be seen by watching the video, provided by Mercedes itself, below.

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Today?s Headlines

More on Bloomberg’s Final State of the City: NYT, Post,�WNYC
The Times’ Car Blog�and TransNat Detail the Mayor’s Electric Vehicle Parking Plan
NY1-Marist Poll Shows Christine Quinn Still Not as Popular as Bike Lanes (CapNY)
Touting Car Theft Numbers, DA Richard Brown Has Nothing to Say About Traffic Deaths (Gazette)
Livery Cab Owners Sue to Stop Hail Apps (WSJ)
CUNY [...]

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Piquet gets full-time Nationwide deal

Nelson Piquet Jr will continue his progress through the NASCAR ranks in 2013 after sealing a full-time Nationwide Series deal.

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Gordon: New car demands more skill

Three-time Daytona 500 winner Jeff Gordon believes the new-for-2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup technical package will demand more driver skill in close racing.

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McCarl beats the cold to win Night 2 at Volusia Speedway

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Best speculative Ferrari Enzo successor rendering yet

Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Ferrari, Design/Style

While so many supposed Ferrari fanatics are just sitting on their collective hands and waiting for the Italian supercar maker to finally reveal its F150 (or whatever it'll be called) Enzo follow-up, designer Josiah LaColla has gotten busy with his Wacom tablet and set to work. The results, though quite possibly no closer to the actual F150 as any of the other renderings we've seen thus far, are lovely to behold.

Well, actually, "lovely" probably isn't the perfect descriptor - anything less than a little bit brutal wouldn't be a proper successor to the Enzo, nor would it fit the parameters laid out by the test mules we've seen so far. Accurate within the best of LaColla's ability to guess and imagine is probably a better way of looking at these designs, which show a car that has enough venting to keep the bowls of Hell cool (should Hell ever hit the autostrada at 150+ miles per hour).

We've recapitulated the designer's own words in press release form, below, so as to give you a good idea of his intentions with the design. Read, view and tell us what you think the renderings, in comments.

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Fontana Tough to Watch but NASCAR Drivers Love to Race: Fan Opinion (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

NASCAR Sprint Cup returns to the West Coast to race the two-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana March 25. Fontana is a double-edged sword for NASCAR. The track is a favorite for drivers because it is smooth, wide and racy but for fans it is a long, drawn out race that usually ends...

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Quinn Says She Still Supports Congestion Pricing

After some pressing from Capital political reporter Azi Paybarah, Christine Quinn followed up her evasive and pessimistic statements about congestion pricing this morning with a firmer but still pessimistic statement about her position:
“I supported congestion pricing. I support congestion pricing. I do not see it coming back in Albany but my support for congestion pricing [...]

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McCarl beats the cold to win Night 2 at Volusia Speedway

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F1 constructor rules ?should be eased?

Caterham team principal Cyril Abiteboul believes Formula 1 must consider easing the criteria that teams have to meet in order to qualify as a constructor. The designated 'listed parts' that teams must produce themselves to qualify as a constructor have, for the first time, been published in the public domain in this year's Sporting Regulations . The list exists to prevent full-blown customer cars from being used, but Abiteboul believes parts that are not significant performance differentiators should not be on the list

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Advance Pierre And Richard Childress Racing Renew Multi-Team Partnership

“Fast Fixin’, Steak-EZE brands to sponsor NNS programs with Harvick and Scott” Richard Childress Racing LogoWELCOME, N.C. (February 13, 2013) – Richard Childress Racing and AdvancePierre Foods have reached agreement on a partnership program that will see multiple brands from the Cincinnati-based company serving as primary sponsors of multiple race teams in the NASCAR Nationwide...more»

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Today?s Headlines

State of the City: Bloomberg Wants Electric Charging Stations at 20% of New Parking Spaces (TransNat)
67-Year-Old Man Killed Crossing Woodhaven Boulevard (DNA)
Driver Hits Teenage Boy on Bklyn’s�Park Ave, Victim in Critical Condition�(Patch, Post, Gothamist, NYT)
Prosecutors: “No Evidence” Driver Who Pinned 90-Year-Old on Sidewalk�Was Driving Recklessly (News)
11 Injured When SUV Driver Slams Into Idling Bus in [...]

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Ogier in a class of his own in Sweden

Sebastien Ogier goes into leg two of Rally Sweden in a class of his own at the front of the field. Five fastest times from Friday's seven stages placed the Volkswagen driver 31.4 seconds ahead of nearest rival Sebastien Loeb by the time the evening superspecial in Karlstad was complete

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BTCC test for Clio Cup champion

A British Touring Car test drive will be awarded to the 2013 Renault Clio Cup champion. A number of drivers from the BTCC-support package have graduated to touring cars in recent years

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Mercedes-Benz AMG?s Turbo Four: Downsizing We Can Get Behind

With the launch of the A45 AMG and the upcoming reveal of the CLA45 AMG, Mercedes-Benz AMG is charging hard into the compact-performance segment. Back home in Germany, the AMG pair meet two established competitors: the outgoing Audi RS3 Sportback, producing 340 horsepower from a turbocharged 2.5-liter straight-five, and the BMW M135i, with a turbocharged [...]

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NASCAR Royal Purple 300 Schedule for March 24, 2012 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

The NASCAR Royal Purple 300 race is scheduled for Mar. 24, 2012, at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. Qualifications will be at 1:30 p.m. EST with the actual race planned for 5 p.m. EST on Mar. 24. In 2011, Kyle Busch won the Royal Purple 300 while Carl Edwards was the pole...

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Harvick dodges crash and sets pace

Kevin Harvick dodged a multi-car accident to set the fastest time in NASCAR's first practice session of the year at Daytona. The Sprint Cup season officially began on Friday evening with two sessions for the drivers involved in Saturday night's Sprint Unlimited non-championship race. Within minutes of the green flag, contact between Matt Kenseth's Joe Gibbs Toyota and Kurt Busch's Furniture Row Chevrolet triggered a five-car pile-up.

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Tom Higgins' Scuffs: Daytona's Clash is born

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Luhr joins Jota for Le Mans 24 Hours

Former GT1 world champion Lucas Luhr has joined Jota Sport for the Le Mans 24 Hours. The 33-year-old German will partner Oliver Turvey and Simon Dolan in the team's LMP2 Zytek-Nissan.

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SEB, WEB AND SEB RED BULL RACING'S 2012 DRIVER LINE-UP

Red Bull Racing Thursday 5 January 2012 Red Bull Racing is pleased to confirm that S�bastien Buemi will continue his relationship with Red Bull as Red Bull Racing's test and reserve driver for 2012. The 23-year-old joins Sebastian Vettel and...

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2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Eras Mesh During 2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Baker, Owens, Thomas, Wallace and Wood Officially Enshrined DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 8, 2013)�? Five legends of stock car auto racing were enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., tonight during the Induction Ceremony held in the Crown Ballroom of the Charlotte [...]

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2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray Commercial: Catch It if You Can [The Ad Section]

Award-winning ad man-cum-auto journalist Don Klein knows a good (or bad) car commercial when he sees one; the Ad Section is his space to tell you what he thinks of the latest spots. The ad?s rating is depicted via the shift pattern at the bottom, but everyone has an opinion when it comes to advertising, [...]

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Loyet All About Focus in Second Season

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Marquez surprised by his pace

Marc Marquez admits he was surprised by his rapid pace in last week's MotoGP test at Sepang. On the first day of what was only his third premier class test, the 2012 Moto2 champion lapped within five hundredths of a second of last year's championship protagonists Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.

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MacDowall stays on at Bamboo

Leading Independent World Touring Car Championship team Bamboo Engineering will retain Alex MacDowall for a second season. British Touring car graduate MacDowall scored two Yokohama Drivers' Trophy victories during his maiden season in the WTCC last year, on his way to 11th in the overall drivers' standings. "Coming into the WTCC from the BTCC obviously meant I had experience of touring cars, but the World Championship is a whole different level," said MacDowall, who finished fifth in the Yokohama points

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2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster First Drive: No Roof, All of the Performance

?Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.? John 2:10. Lamborghini?s Aventador Roadster, arguably the best varietal ever bottled by the Sant?Agata Bolognese winery, is the perfect way to celebrate 2012 sales up by 30 percent, a [...]

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Ford Considers Challenges of New (Actually Compact) F-100/Ranger Pickup Truck

When Ford ended production of the Ranger in December 2011, America lost its last truly compact pickup?an anachronism, untouched by the decade-long trend of ballooning trucks. While the Toyota Tacoma, the Chevy Colorado, and the Nissan Frontier grew in mass and capability, the overall size of the compact-truck segment shriveled. But Ford thinks it may [...]

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Kraig Kinser Ready for the 2013 Season

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NASCAR Fan Picks: Top Five Drivers in the Auto Club 400 at Fontana, California (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

NASCAR heads to Fontana, California this weekend with Sprint Cup drivers racing in the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday, March 25 at 2:30 p.m. EST. Who will capture the checkered flag? Here is a look at the five drivers who have the best chance at a victory.

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Ogier pulling away in Rally Sweden

Sebastien Ogier is pulling away in the Rally Sweden lead after the first loop of Friday morning stages. Initially the Volkswagen driver was in a tight battle with team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala and Sebastien Loeb's Citroen. Just one second covered the trio at the end of Lesjofors, the morning's opener.

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Ford Considers Challenges of New (Actually Compact) F-100/Ranger Pickup Truck

When Ford ended production of the Ranger in December 2011, America lost its last truly compact pickup?an anachronism, untouched by the decade-long trend of ballooning trucks. While the Toyota Tacoma, the Chevy Colorado, and the Nissan Frontier grew in mass and capability, the overall size of the compact-truck segment shriveled. But Ford thinks it may [...]

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2014 Audi S3 Sportback: Audi-Speak for Hot Five-Door [2013 Geneva Auto Show]

Audi?s A3 lineup continues to expand?at least overseas?and the latest sibling to arrive is this S3 Sportback, which is how Audi says hot five-door. The spicier S3 with two additional doors joins the S3 three-door, as well as the regular-grade A3 and A3 Sportback, in Audi?s European lineup. More A3 variations are on their way, [...]

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NASCAR champ Keselowski opens season as spectator

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RAB Racing Reinstates John Wes Townley: NASCAR Fan Reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

On March 23, RAB Racing announced that driver John Wes Townley has been reinstated and will be able to compete at the Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 on March 31. Townley was officially placed on probation by NASCAR on March 22 because of a previous DUI arrest.

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CUP: Automakers Help NASCAR Find G Spot

The new G-6 cars are the result of unprecedented collaboration among the automakers and NASCAR?

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