Monday, May 20, 2013

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and Staff Celebrate Bike to Work Day

Queens Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and his staff biked to work today. From left to right, Aycan Kaptaner, Matthew Wallace, Council Member Van Bramer, Jason Banrey, and Andres Villa. Photo: Jimmy Van Bramer/Twitter
Via Twitter, here’s Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and crew gearing up for Bike to Work Day in Queens this morning.
Don’t forget [...]

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Elko Speedway suits Kaeding in rain shortened Feature Event

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Munoz keeps Andretti on top at Indy

Andretti Autosport continued to set the pace at the end of the sixth day of practice for the Indianapolis 500, with Carlos Munoz leading team-mates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti for a 1-2-3 Andretti sweep of the timesheets. Munoz set the fastest time so far this week with his 225.163mph lap, which came during a late flurry of activity following a restart with 20 minutes of running left. "The fastest lap was an unbelievable tow," Munoz said

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Landon Cassill to run special Red, ?Brite?, and Blue Flex Seal scheme at Charlotte Motor Speedway

GAFFNEY, S.C. (May 16, 2013) ? Swift Response LLC, makers of Flex Seal and Flex Seal Brite, are pleased to announce the running of the No. 4 Red “Brite” and Blue Flex Seal Chevy driven by Landon Cassill, at the History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25th. The special paint scheme was created...more»

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24 Hours of LeMons New England: Winners!

The last time LeMons racing came to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Hurricane Sandy forced the LeMons perpetrators to drive their rental Kia to North Carolina immediately after the checkered flag. This time, the weather was a bit better, but we still had to endure a blizzard of thrown rods and a hail of engine-block bits. [...]

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Two Metals Enter, One Leaves: The Miracle of Friction Stir Welding

The typical images of welding?a robotic arm burping sparks or a masked Jesse James hovering over a glowing metal puddle?don?t apply to friction stir welding (FSW). The metal-joining technique was developed in 1991 by The Welding Institute, an industrial research center near Cambridge, England. In the mid-1990s, two Scandinavian aluminum-extrusion companies became the first to [...]

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Owner-driver Ed Carpenter steals Indy 500 pole from Andretti, Penske

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