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Le Mans MotoGP Pole To Pedrosa’s Repsol Honda
Posted on 19. May, 2012 by admin.
Dani Pedrosa took advantage of changing weather conditions to beat Repsol Honda teammate Casey Stoner to pole position for the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France on the Le Mans racetrack. The Spaniard dealt with damp, drying and dry conditions to take his first pole position of the season and his fourth at Le Mans, with a lap of 1:33.638. “I’m…
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Andretti Tops 227mph In Indy Fast Friday Practice
Posted on 19. May, 2012 by admin.
In six hours of Fast Friday practice for the 96th Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, speeds went up, times went down but the same guy that led the speed charts since Thursday was still quickest around the legendary 2.5-mile oval. Third generation racer Marco Andretti – who seems much more serene and confident this month than I’ve…
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Velocity Channel Working On Carroll Shelby Miniseries
Posted on 18. May, 2012 by admin.
There’s no denying that Carroll Shelby permanently etched his mark on the American landscape with big, bold strokes. Over the course of his career, Shelby worked as everything from a farmer through a Formula One driver, but he was perhaps best known as the mad genius who shoehorned a Ford V-8 into an AC Ace roadster. You can’t recap…
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Magna Touchskin Tech: Turns Your Interior Into One Big iPod
Posted on 18. May, 2012 by admin.
Once the preserve of control panels on the Starship Enterprise, touch technology is now central to some of the most popular gadgets, including smartphones and satellite-navigation systems. It’ll soon take over much of our car interiors too, says electronics firm Magna. The company has been working on what it calls Intelligent Surface Technology, a…
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Dixon Fastest In Thursday Indy Practice
Posted on 18. May, 2012 by admin.
Through Thursday, the emphasis at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been on preparing 33 IZOD IndyCar Series race cars, teams and drivers for the 96th Indianapolis 500, scheduled for May 27. On Friday, May 18 the emphasis switches to that other race – to take the Peak Pole position for the race. There was a good deal of drafting practice Thursday…
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Casey Stoner To Retire From MotoGP At End Of 2012 Season
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by admin.
Racers are sometimes like alcoholics–they rarely know when to say when. In MotoGP, Mick Doohan knew, Eddie Lawson knew, but I’m not really sure Valentino Rossi knows. It seems reigning world champion Casey Stoner doesn’t have that problem as he has confirmed today that he’ll retire from the sport at the close of the 2012 MotoGP season. Addressing…
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VW Showing GTI And Polo R WRC Street Concepts At Wörthersee
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by admin.
The annual “GTI Meeting at W
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Daily News Briefs: May 17, 2012
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by admin.
New models will come fast and furious in the 2013-16 model years, according to Bank of America/Merrill Lynch’s annual product pipeline analysis, dubbed the “Car Wars”
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Gazoo Racing Unveils Twin-Charged 2013 Scion FR-S Concept
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by admin.
The world has been clamoring for a turbocharged version of the new 2013 Scion FR-S ever since the car’s debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show back in January. Toyota’s motorsports partner Gazoo Racing has heeded those requests by building a concept based on the FR-S–or more accurately its Toyota GT 86 twin–fitted with not only a…
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Ferrari, Lamborghini And TVR Damaged In L.A. Crash: Video
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by admin.
A Lincoln Town Car crashed into a luxury vehicle workshop in Los Angeles early yesterday, damaging three customer cars in the process, one of which may belong to NBA star Kobe Bryant. Upon crashing, the driver of the Town Car, a 30-year-old male, fled the scene on foot and is still missing. A female passenger sitting in the back of the car was…
