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Jimmie Johnson Brings Home Hendrick’s No. 200 NASCAR Sprint Cup Win
Posted on 13. May, 2012 by admin.
How appropriate the driver named “Five Time” should give Hendrick Motorsports its 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win? Yes, Jimmie Johnson won the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, admittedly the “track too tough to tame.” This was no “gimme” for Johnson, who took his No. 48 Lowes Chevrolet to the stripe by 0.78-seconds over Denny…
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Indy Rookie Tests Complete, Boost Levels Changed For 500 Qualifying
Posted on 10. May, 2012 by admin.
Rookie Orientation Program took place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, May 10 with eight drivers on the 2.5-mile oval working up to speed in order to make the field of 33 on May 27. Of those eight, six passed their three-phase rookie tests, earning the right to qualify for the 96th Indianapolis 500. In all, drivers completed 502 laps…
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Porsche Sending Classics To The 2012 Mille Miglia, Too
Posted on 10. May, 2012 by admin.
Just last week, BMW announced that it would send a selection of cars from the BMW Classics collection to participate in the 2012 Mille Miglia. The vintage car rally is scheduled from May 16 through May 20, and the route will run from Brescia to Rome and back again. Not to be outdone by BMW, Porsche is also sending a fleet of vintage cars…
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McLaren Likely To Embrace High Nose F1 Design
Posted on 10. May, 2012 by admin.
Compared to cars like the 2012 Red Bull RB8 and the 2012 Ferrari F2012, the current McLaren MP4-27 pictured above uses an oddly-conventional nose design. That may be costing the team seconds on the racetrack, so it’s recently tested a high-nose design at Mugello. As Autosport tells us, the testing was successful enough that the new nose…
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Ferrari Apologies For Burning Rubber On Ancient Chinese Wall
Posted on 10. May, 2012 by admin.
What was meant to be a promotional effort for Ferrari in China has turned out to be a public relations disaster. The stunt saw a Ferrari 458 Italia lifted by crane to the top of a 600-year old city wall in Nanjing, the former capital of China. A dealer for the brand then proceeded to do donuts with the car on top of the wall, leaving burnt tire…
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SAFEisFAST.com Names New Online Racing Mentors
Posted on 09. May, 2012 by admin.
Every racing driver needs a mentor to help make it to the top. Preparing for a career in racing requires more than exceptional skills behind the wheel – talent is the simply the beginning step towards making it in this highly competitive field. Now aspiring drivers have the opportunity to get the kind of information through a website that has…
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Cadillac Pulls Out The Stops To Launch CUE
Posted on 09. May, 2012 by admin.
The user interfaces of modern infotainment systems can be difficult for the average consumer to understand and embrace. Ford learned this lesson the hard way when it launched the MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch infotainment systems to a flood of criticism and negative feedback. Cadillac doesn’t want to make the same mistake with the launch…
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Steve Zink’s Audi A6 Allroad Pickup Project: Phase 1
Posted on 08. May, 2012 by admin.
The idea of turning a car, wagon, or other non-pickup vehicle into a truck of some sort isn’t a new one, but it never ceases to amaze when done properly. This project, turning an Audi A6 Allroad into a shop truck, looks to be off to a good start. The Alltruck, as we’ll call it, began construction in March, and Stephen Zink, owner of Zink’s Garage…
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Win A Ford – Or A Lot Of Rockstar – In "Drive Like A Champion"
Posted on 08. May, 2012 by admin.
Ford and Rockstar Energy Drink’s “Drive Like a Champion” sweepstakes doesn’t require driving a Ford like a champion, or drinking Rockstar. Discuss. Now that it’s confirmed the hot 2013 Ford Focus ST starts under $25,000, there’s only one way to make it even more tantalizing. Handing over the keys for free would do nicely. You’re…
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NASCAR’s Champions Week Returns To Las Vegas
Posted on 07. May, 2012 by admin.
Las Vegas has turned out to be the perfect venue for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week. For the fourth consecutive season, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards will take place at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, November 30, culminating a week-long celebration for the 2012 series champion and NASCAR’s legion of fans. NASCAR and the city of Las…
