Johnson claims fifth NASCAR title

Jimmie Johnson clinched a record-stretching fifth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup title with a second-place finish behind Carl Edwards in the season finale at Homestead. Johnson had entered the decider trailing Denny Hamlin in the points, but a tough race for the Joe Gibbs Toyota driver saw Hamlin tangle with Greg Biffle early on and then pit with a deflating tyre. He could only finish 14th

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GRAND-AM Hits the (online) Road (America)

The virtually-epic (or is it epic virtual?) Road America played host to Round Three of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the online racing series open to PC owners with a subscription to the iRacing.com motorsport simulation service. The GRAND-AM sanctioned 12 week championship pays visits to highly accurate reproductions of circuits on the [...]

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Name That Shifter, No. 1: Lamborghini Diablo

On Monday, we posted a photo of a shifter and asked you to identify it. Many of you correctly identified it as coming from a Lamborghini Diablo. Well done.
The image comes from our August 1991 test of the V-12 beast, then the fastest production car available. With the aid of that gated shifter, we managed [...]


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2011 Chrysler 200 ? First Drive Review

Chrysler 200 puts a better face on the Sebring.
Considering that the Chrysler 200 was just a bunch of sketches a year ago, it turned out pretty well. Then again, in replacing the sad-sack Sebring, the 200 had extraordinarily small shoes to fill.
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Denny Hamlin Leads Title Contenders in Final NASCAR Practice

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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- After struggling in opening practice Friday and qualifying a disappointing 37th for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale, championship leader Denny Hamlin showed some signs of progress, posting a top-five speed in Saturday's final practice session -- best among the three drivers in contention for the title.

Hamlin's lap of 169.284 mph in the No. 11 FedEx Toyota was fourth best in Happy Hour -- as the final practice is called -- well off Kasey Kahne's pole-winning mark of nearly 177 mph, but ahead of his closest championship rivals. Four-time defending series champ Jimmie Johnson, who trails Hamlin by 15 points in the title hunt, was 22nd fastest in final practice, while Kevin Harvick, who is 46 points behind Hamlin, was 29th fastest.

"I feel pretty good about my car,'' said Hamlin, who made a beeline from the garage to his team transporter after practice. "I feel like we have a better car than the 48 (Johnson). I feel like the 29 (Harvick) is maybe a hair better than us, but we are always a little bit slower in practice than what we are in the race.

"I'm confident that we're going to have a good day tomorrow. We've just got to make sure we stay on the right strategy.''

Harvick, whose Richard Childress Racing teammate Jeff Burton was fastest on the day, was similarly satisfied with his team's preparation -- so much so that he parked his No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevy before the session ended.

"I'm excited,'' said Harvick. "It should be a fun day tomorrow.''

 

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Q and A: Mortara on Macau double

Formula 3 Euro Series champion Edoardo Mortara made history last weekend when he won the Macau Grand Prix for a second time - making him the first man to complete a double win in the famous street race since it became an F3 event. But despite his success, Mortara does not see himself getting a Formula 1 opportunity in the near future and expects to be in the DTM next year, as he told AUTOSPORT. Q

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