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Tuesday 31 July 2012
Wild, Wild West Side Has Its Own Vigilante Traffic Cop
You’ve got to already be a little bit crazy to choose to drive into Midtown for work each day (as the record-breaking ridership numbers on the PATH train attest). Sitting in traffic, dodging the even crazier driver next to you — perhaps the only thing worse than driving near the Lincoln Tunnel is trying to [...]
Brad Keselowski Seizes Inaugural Nationwide Win At Indy For Penske
Opportunistic Brad Keselowski seizes inaugural Nationwide win at Indy July 28, 2012 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Taking advantage of a NASCAR penalty to Elliott Sadler, Brad Keselowski cruised to victory in Saturday’s Indy 250, the inaugural appearance for NASCAR’s Nationwide Series at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Keselowski beat Penske Racing teammate [...]
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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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Gooden Wins at Mid-Ohio
iRacer Wyatt Gooden capped another strong F2000 Championship Series weekend with podium finishes in both races at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, including his second victory of the 2012 season in Sunday’s weekend-ending event. After finishing third in a come-from-behind charge in Saturday’s opening race, Gooden took the win in Sunday’s 18-lap event around the 2.5-mile Mid-Ohio circuit with a decisive pass of championship points leader Robert La Rocca on a Lap 7 restart, leading the rest of the way to take the checkers in his Perfect Pedal/Quantum Racing Services Van Diemen in front of a 33-car field, one of largest of the 2012 season. “It’s great to score another win at my home track,” said the 23-year-old Gooden, a successful go-karter who earned a ride in the 2010 SCCA [...]
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Muller expected to return for next race
Sven Muller is expected to be fit for the next round of the F3 Euro Series, despite breaking his right arm in an accident during last weekend's British/FIA European F3 round at Spa.
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Da Costa wins GP3 Hungaroring opener
Antonio Felix da Costa led round 11 of the GP3 Series from start to finish at the Hungaroring on Saturday evening to score his second victory of the season, and the third of his career, for Carlin. There was huge drama on the opening half lap of the race, as poleman Aaro Vainio (Lotus) made a terrible start, while his title rival Mitch Evans (MW Arden) made a blinder from the second row. Despite weaving at Evans, which put him on the grass, Vainio could do nothing to stop the Kiwi coming past him, who then took the fight to leader da Costa.
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Hamilton delighted with McLaren form
Lewis Hamilton declared himself delighted with McLaren's potential at the Hungaroring after going quickest in both Friday practice sessions at the Budapest track. Hamilton said he had "absolutely no problems" as he led team-mate Jenson Button in a McLaren one-two in the morning, and was then fastest again before rain hit the afternoon session.
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Monday 30 July 2012
Reduced penalties leave Jimmie Johnson confused (Yahoo! Sports)
Wire Service, Distributed By The Sports Xchange FONTANA, Calif. -- In the aftermath of Hendrick Motorsports successful appeal of penalties imposed on the No. 48 team for a Daytona rules infraction, Jimmie Johnson made a bold assertion Friday at Auto Club Speedway.
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Brett Moffitt to Make NASCAR Nationwide Series Debut with RAB Racing at Iowa Speedway
Brett MoffittCONCORD, N.C. (July 30, 2012) – RAB Racing with Brack Maggard will partner with current NASCAR K&N Pro Series East points leader Brett Moffitt when he makes his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut this weekend at Iowa Speedway. The Grimes, Iowa native is currently in his fourth full season of NASCAR K&N Pro Series East...more»
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Brawn: F1 teams must trust FIA policing
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says rival teams have to simply trust that the FIA is policing Formula 1 in the proper way, on the back of another Red Bull technical controversy in Hungary. Just a week after an issue with Red Bull's engine maps in Hockenheim, it emerged in Hungary that the Milton Keynes-based outfit had been asked at the Canadian GP to modify a device that could have allowed the team to alter suspension settings manually - something that is against the regulations.
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Lorenzo ends Honda’s pole run in USA
Jorge Lorenzo put Yamaha back on pole position for the first time since Jerez in April with a brilliant performance in MotoGP qualifying at Laguna Seca. Championship leader Lorenzo had to dig deep and produce a record 1m20.554s lap of the California track in the closing seconds to deny Honda duo Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa.
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Today’s Headlines
Council to Introduce Package of Reforms for NYPD Crash Investigations (Transpo Nation)
In June, Not a Single Speeding Ticket in Brooklyn’s 77th or 78th Precincts (Bklyn Paper)
Sheridan Removal Would Help 1,325 Families Moving Into New Bronx Development (NYT)
Ocean Hill Seniors Catalog 82 Pedestrian Safety Hazards in Their Neighborhood (WNET)
Sidewalk-Hogging Atlantic Terminal Bollards Removed (Transpo Nation)
Cuomo’s Tappan Zee [...]
In June, Not a Single Speeding Ticket in Brooklyn’s 77th or 78th Precincts (Bklyn Paper)
Sheridan Removal Would Help 1,325 Families Moving Into New Bronx Development (NYT)
Ocean Hill Seniors Catalog 82 Pedestrian Safety Hazards in Their Neighborhood (WNET)
Sidewalk-Hogging Atlantic Terminal Bollards Removed (Transpo Nation)
Cuomo’s Tappan Zee [...]
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Lorenzo tops fog-hit Laguna practice
Jorge Lorenzo went fastest as both works Honda riders opted not to go out in what was a severely truncated final MotoGP practice session at Laguna Seca. Heavy fog not only restricted visibility but also affected track conditions, meaning the first half hour was an affective write-off.
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Sunday 29 July 2012
2013 BMW 7-series Range Priced; New ActiveHybrid 7 Much More Affordable
BMW’s biggest sedan, the 7-series, was comprehensively updated for 2013 and now we’ve got pricing info on the entire 7er lineup. The 7 enters this new model year with tweaked six- and eight-cylinder engines, a new eight-speed automatic, and a refocused ActiveHybrid 7 model. (We’ve previously laid out the changes to the ActiveHybrid 7 and [...]
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Rossi facing ‘most difficult choice’
Valentino Rossi says he is facing the "most difficult decision of my career" as he weighs up several offers ahead of the 2013 MotoGP championship. The Italian explained his dilemma was based not only on assessing the relative strengths of each team, but also its riders - specifically Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo, who he labelled the "best rider in the world." Asked about his options for next year, Rossi told Gazzetta dello Sport : "This is perhaps the most difficult decision of my career, because I have to decide where and how to end my career. The decision is up to me, it doesn't depend on others
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Official: Redesigned 2013 Kia Forte sedan makes web debut
Filed under: Budget, Sedan, Kia, Design/Style
Kia has released proper photos of the coming 2013 Forte/Cerato and hints at the details to be found under the attractive new sheetmetal. As Kia tells us, this new Forte is plainly longer, lower and wider than the current model, and its longer wheelbase will provide more interior room, although we don't know how it compares to the current model or the competition.
This isn't just a new look. The 2013 Forte has an entirely new bodyshell structure and LED lamps all around. A revised engine lineup promises "class-leading fuel economy." We should know more soon enough. For now there's a press release posted below to accompany the images released so far.
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Webber fastest in final practice
Mark Webber ended Lewis Hamilton's run of fastest times in Hungarian Grand Prix practice as he beat the McLaren driver by 0.093 seconds on Saturday morning at the Hungaroring. Hamilton denied Red Bull a one-two by squeezing in between Webber and his third-placed team-mate Sebastian Vettel. The first half of the session, when the field was still working with medium tyres, saw the Red Bulls leading the way for a spell early on, before Raikkonen went in front for Lotus and then Hamilton got in a 1m21.706s to put himself over half a second clear of the field just before the midway point.
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200-Proof LeMons Photo: Southern-Fried Volvo Engine Swap Frenzy
After 77 races since the beginning of the 24 Hours of LeMons series in 2006, we’ve captured quite a few photographs that perfectly embody the LeMons way of life in a single frame. These are pure, undiluted, 200-proof LeMons photos, and we’ll be sharing them on a regular basis. Read full story »
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Da Costa wins GP3 Hungaroring opener
Antonio Felix da Costa led round 11 of the GP3 Series from start to finish at the Hungaroring on Saturday evening to score his second victory of the season, and the third of his career, for Carlin. There was huge drama on the opening half lap of the race, as poleman Aaro Vainio (Lotus) made a terrible start, while his title rival Mitch Evans (MW Arden) made a blinder from the second row. Despite weaving at Evans, which put him on the grass, Vainio could do nothing to stop the Kiwi coming past him, who then took the fight to leader da Costa.
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Vettel downplays impact of FIA ruling
Sebastian Vettel has played down the significance of changes that his Red Bull Racing team has had to make to its engine maps, in the wake of the controversy that erupted at last weekend's German Grand Prix . The world champion's team was summoned to see the stewards to explain the characteristics of its engine maps - which FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer did not believe complied with the regulations. Although the stewards decided that Red Bull had not been in breach of the rules, a subsequently clarification of the situation by the FIA on Wednesday means the team will no longer be allowed to run the settings that it had in Hockenheim
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Saturday 28 July 2012
Shane Lewis to Make Dubai 24H Debut
Shane Lewis Dubai 24H DUBAI - December 29, 2011 American to Start 31st Career 24-Hour Race at Middle East's Premier Event Shane Lewis began his career running open wheel races that lasted 30-minutes. Today, he has become one of the...
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2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe Rendered
Presenting the 2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe! OK, we present a rendering of what we think the M-badged Gran Coupe will look like. Up to this point, only camo’d versions of the M6 GC have been seen, but BMW recently confirmed the model for U.S. sales in 2013 and so we thought we’d provide an [...]
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Kia Previews Next Forte with Cerato Renderings
Kia has revealed a couple of drawings of its 2014 Forte. The sketches detail the next generation of Cerato and K3, which are the international badges of the U.S.-market compact. This third-gen Forte looks to have taken styling cues from higher-end Kia models such as the Optima and the not-yet-confirmed-for-the-U.S. Quoris. Read full story »
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Today’s Headlines
Eights Blocks of ACP Blvd. to Get Safety Upgrade With or Without Julius Tajiddin’s OK (News)
Riders and Politicians Agree: Bike-Share Is Great, But They’d Like a Little Info on Start Date (NYT)
One in Four Staten Island Bus Riders Have Used Real-Time Transit Info (DNAinfo)
PATH Ridership Is Busting Through Records (The Record)
Metro-North Expects Ridership Records Every Year [...]
Riders and Politicians Agree: Bike-Share Is Great, But They’d Like a Little Info on Start Date (NYT)
One in Four Staten Island Bus Riders Have Used Real-Time Transit Info (DNAinfo)
PATH Ridership Is Busting Through Records (The Record)
Metro-North Expects Ridership Records Every Year [...]
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Red Bull forced to alter engine mapping
Red Bull Racing will be forced to alter the engine mapping of its Renault power units from this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix after the FIA moved to close a loophole in the regulations, as predicted by AUTOSPORT yesterday . Although Red Bull's cars were deemed legal by the race stewards in Germany last weekend , they are believed to have been operating with engine maps that had reduced torque in the mid RPM range
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Pedrosa stays on top at Laguna Seca
Dani Pedrosa one again headed title rival Jorge Lorenzo in MotoGP's second Friday practice session at Laguna Seca. The Spaniard worked his way down to a 1m21.088s at the session's half-way mark - around four tenths faster than the opening session – and was never headed thereafter
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NASCAR drivers divided on proposed Bristol changes
If Bristol Motor Speedway goes back to its rough-and-tumble roots before NASCAR returns in August, the drivers say theyll be ready for it.
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Cuomo Admin Applies Double Standard to Cars and Buses on Tappan Zee
The Cuomo administration is counting only the costs for transit and only the benefits for drivers as it pushes for a transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge. Photo: Angel Franco/Newsday
When it comes to building a new Tappan Zee Bridge for drivers, the Cuomo administration says there’s no time to waste and only a gold-plated, super-wide span will [...]
When it comes to building a new Tappan Zee Bridge for drivers, the Cuomo administration says there’s no time to waste and only a gold-plated, super-wide span will [...]
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Friday 27 July 2012
Smith’s No. 78 Chevrolet Pays Tribute to Victims of Aurora Tragedy
Rendering of Regan Smith's No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet that will pay tribute to the victims of the Aurora, Colo. tragedy during this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayDENVER, Colo. (July 27, 2012) – Regan Smith’s No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet will pay tribute to the victims of the Aurora, Colo....more»
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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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Indy Race Sponsorship Not the Only Involvement for Messina; Company Active in ARCA Rookie Award and with Military
Messina Wildlife Management(TOLEDO, Ohio) – A key company in the ARCA Racing Series’ Menards vendor program in recent years, Messina Wildlife Management is turning up the dial on its involvement with the series this weekend at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Title sponsorship of Friday night’s Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 presented by Federated Car...more»
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Related Stories:- Team Messina Rookie Challenge Close at Season’s Halfway Point
- Messina Wildlife Management to Sponsor Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway July 27
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LeMons Pacific Northworst Day 1: Alfa Romeo GTV6 Leads, 3-Series and Mustang Close Behind
Out of the crop of Pacific Northworst entrants we saw during yesterday’s inspections, our guesses for the most likely cars to do well today centered on a Thunderbird Turbo Coupe and a Nissan Maxima. We were wrong again; those cars nuked their engines, and now we’ve got an example of Alfa Romeo’s V6-powered Alfetta fastback [...]
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Red Bull forced to alter engine mapping
Red Bull Racing will be forced to alter the engine mapping of its Renault power units from this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix after the FIA moved to close a loophole in the regulations, as predicted by AUTOSPORT yesterday . Although Red Bull's cars were deemed legal by the race stewards in Germany last weekend , they are believed to have been operating with engine maps that had reduced torque in the mid RPM range
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2013 Mercedes-Benz GL-class Driven: The Grandiose Lifestyle’s Great Enabler
The steering in the all-new 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL three-row, seven-seat SUV feels light to the touch and loose on center. This shortcoming is not attributable to any flaw in the electrically assisted rack-and-pinion gear or lapse on the part of the engineers who fret over chassis tuning. Instead, blame 50 clinic participants—Southern Californians owning either [...]
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VW Jetta Gets Turbo Four in 2013, Passat a Few Months Later
The Volkswagen Jetta’s long-awaited changeover from the current inline-five-cylinder engine to a turbo four will happen in 2013 for the 2014 model year, the company’s U.S. product czar Rainer Michel told us this week. Soon after, Michel says, the engine will land in a 2014.5 model-year Passat. This confirms the timing we heard earlier from [...]
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Bus Lane Rehab and Utica Ave SBS Win Federal Transit Grants
The bus lanes on Fordham Road, some of the first in the city to be painted red, have been worn away. A federal grant would help repair city bus lanes and apply a longer-lasting paint job. Image: WNYC
New York City was awarded nearly $50 million in federal grants to improve its bus service, the Federal [...]
New York City was awarded nearly $50 million in federal grants to improve its bus service, the Federal [...]
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Thursday 26 July 2012
Whitmarsh defends Hamilton’s move
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has defended Lewis Hamilton after he was accused of pulling a "stupid" move when unlapping himself during the German Grand Prix . Hamilton lost time early in the race with a puncture, but emerged from the pits behind Vettel, who was chasing Fernando Alonso for the lead and decided to unlap himself on the Red Bull driver. "Racing drivers race," said Whitmarsh
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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’S Jimmie Johnson And Dale Earnhardt Jr. Rest Before Indy
FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rest before Indy by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com The long NASCAR Sprint Cup season starts in cool temperatures of normally warm winters common to Daytona Beach, Florida and ends nine months later in Homestead, Florida as temperatures drop again going into fall. Along the way NSCS drivers [...]
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Mike Conway signs with AJ Foyt Racing for the 2012 Indy Car season
AJ Foyt Racing Mike Conway London, UK - Tuesday 20th December 2011 Long Beach Grand Prix winner Mike Conway has signed with AJ Foyt Racing to drive the No. 14 ABC Supply Honda in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series....
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Today’s Headlines
Council to Introduce Package of Reforms for NYPD Crash Investigations (Transpo Nation)
In June, Not a Single Speeding Ticket in Brooklyn’s 77th or 78th Precincts (Bklyn Paper)
Sheridan Removal Would Help 1,325 Families Moving Into New Bronx Development (NYT)
Ocean Hill Seniors Catalog 82 Pedestrian Safety Hazards in Their Neighborhood (WNET)
Sidewalk-Hogging Atlantic Terminal Bollards Removed (Transpo Nation)
Cuomo’s Tappan Zee [...]
In June, Not a Single Speeding Ticket in Brooklyn’s 77th or 78th Precincts (Bklyn Paper)
Sheridan Removal Would Help 1,325 Families Moving Into New Bronx Development (NYT)
Ocean Hill Seniors Catalog 82 Pedestrian Safety Hazards in Their Neighborhood (WNET)
Sidewalk-Hogging Atlantic Terminal Bollards Removed (Transpo Nation)
Cuomo’s Tappan Zee [...]
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Maybe What We Need Is Ghost Cars
Ghost bikes — white-painted, road-side memorials to cyclists who died in traffic — not only honor those who have lost their lives on the roads, but also remind drivers of their responsibilities toward more vulnerable people on the street.
Would roadside memorials for fallen drivers -- ghost cars -- help keep motorists vigilant? Photo: Baltimore Spokes
But [...]
Would roadside memorials for fallen drivers -- ghost cars -- help keep motorists vigilant? Photo: Baltimore Spokes
But [...]
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McLaren: F1 fight too close to call
McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale believes there is now nothing to choose between his outfit and its main title rivals Red Bull and Ferrari. After struggling in recent races, a significant upgrade package produced marked improvements at Hockenheim, with Jenson Button able to challenge for victory. On the back of that "significant step", Neale believes McLaren has closed the gap to the two teams ahead of it in the constructors' championship, and in the process delivered Button and Lewis Hamilton with a car capable of challenging for victory in Hungary.
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Wednesday 25 July 2012
iRacers Well-Prepared for Brickyard Grand Prix
Track-time will be at a premium when the GRAND-AM Rolex Series races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time in Friday’s Brickyard Grand Prix. Specifically, the one day event will limit drivers and teams to an hour’s worth of practice and a single 15 minute qualifying session before the green flag waves at 4:10 pm (CST). While most competitors took advantage of a two day test earlier this month to familiarize themselves with the track, they will still be on the steep end of the learning curve in GRAND-AM’s debut on the Brickyard’s road course. However, several drivers will have an ace up their sleeve when they arrive in Indianapolis. iRacing.com members like Alex Gurney, John Pew, Tim Bell and Jordan Taylor have been logging online lap after [...]
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How State DOTs Got Congress to Grant Their Wish List
Bike and pedestrian funding got slashed. Federal assistance for transit operations was rejected. Even the performance measures – arguably the high point of the recently passed federal transportation bill – are too weak to be very meaningful. For Americans who want federal policy to support safe streets, sustainable transportation, and livable neighborhoods, there were few [...]
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McLaren: Vettel penalty inevitable
McLaren sporting director Sam Michael believes that Sebastian Vettel would not have been able to complete the pass on Jenson Button without going off the track, meaning that a post-race penalty was inevitable . Vettel overtook Button around the outside at the hairpin on the penultimate lap of the German Grand Prix to take second place, but used asphalt run-off beyond the track limits to do so.
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2014 Mazda 6 Revealed in Photos, Will Debut in Moscow Next Month
When a photo of the 2014 Mazda 6 leaked on a Russian car-enthusiast website, it raised a few eyebrows. Not because the car looked any different from what we expected, but rather because it came from a Russian site. That all makes a little more sense now, because Mazda has announced that the 6 will [...]
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First-Year Team Approaches Inaugural Event with Winning Car and Driver (Kyle Busch)
Kyle Busch - Photo Credit: Jerry Markland / Getty Images for NASCARMOORESVILLE, N.C. (July 24, 2012) - This week the NASCAR Nationwide Series makes its inaugural visit to the famed Indianapolis (Ind.) Motor Speedway (IMS), and the No. 54 Monster Energy Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) team is prepared for an exciting run with their owner-driver...more»
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2014 Mazda 6 Front End Leaked, Looks a Little Pissed About It
Good news for impatient Zoom-Zoom enthusiasts: Although the 2014 Mazda 6 won’t debut until the Paris show in September, a photo that ostensibly depicts Mazda’s next mid-size competitor was posted to autowp.ru, a Russian car-enthusiast/photo-sharing website. The image then appeared over at Carscoop. Read full story »
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Smart and Brabus Celebrate a Decade of Miniscule Performance Bliss
Smart and Brabus are celebrating ten years of successful collaborations with the cleverly named 10th Anniversary Fortwo. To date, the union has produced more than 50,000 specially tuned Smart vehicles. Read full story »
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Niederhauser wins delayed GP3 race
Patric Niederhauser won the ninth round of the GP3 Series at Hockenheim for Jenzer Motorsport on Saturday afternoon, following a lengthy red flag and safety car period for rain. After a downpour just before the start, the race began on time behind the safety car, with the field on a mixture of slick and wet tyres
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Tuesday 24 July 2012
Honda to introduce new engine, chassis
The Honda factory MotoGP team will bring a new chassis and engine to this weekend's United States Grand Prix. On the back of the recent Mugello test, to which it brought a new chassis originally intended for use in 2013, Honda has elected to supply Dani Pedrosa with a new engine and chassis alongside his standard bike, as the Spaniard requested
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Calado wins GP2 sprint race
James Calado won the GP2 Series sprint race at Hockenheim on Sunday morning, dominating the event from pole position for Lotus GP.
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Advocacy Campaign Manager, Bike-Walk Mississippi, Jackson, MS
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Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:
Advocacy Campaign Manager, Bike-Walk Mississippi, Jackson, MS
The Advocacy Campaign Manager will serve as the primary liaison for [...]
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Why Congress Can’t Kill the Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Let’s say you worked for a city that was trying to revitalize a piece of land with a bunch of dilapidated buildings on it. You want to build some residences and some retail space, and you want to make better connections to the street grid. Congratulations – HUD and U.S. DOT both have money to [...]
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Evans wins crash-marred GP3 race
Mitch Evans won round 10 of the GP3 Series at Hockenheim in Germany on Sunday morning, but the event was interrupted - and pretty much ruined - by two big accidents that required medical attention for Vicky Piria and Fabiano Machado. Lotus's Daniel Abt was the early leader, a rocket-like start taking him past poleman Evans (MW Arden), who spent the run to the first corner squeezing Tamas Pal Kiss towards the pitwall to retain second place. The race was soon interrupted by a lengthy safety car after a lap one crash that involved Piria
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Saving Lives, More Comfortably: Adjustable HANS Head and Neck Support Introduced
The company that first brought racers the HANS device—“head and neck support”—a relatively simple safety gizmo that reduces neck and skull injuries during impacts, has introduced an updated version of the classic called the HANS Adjustable. As its name implies, the HANS Adjustable works exactly like the regular HANS device, but is adjustable to a [...]
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Report: NHTSA probing Jeep Grand Cherokee, Ram 1500 models over safety concerns
Filed under: SUV, Truck, Government/Legal, Safety, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened up investigations into more than 335,000 Chrysler Group vehicles, following reports of fires in Jeep Grand Cherokee models and rear wheel failures in the Dodge Ram 1500. According to documents posted to the NHTSA website, 106,803 Grand Cherokees and 230,000 2009-2010 Ram 1500s are being investigated.
There have been two reports of fires in the Grand Cherokee since May, and a third complaint regarding the JGC losing power steering fluid, resulting in a loss of power steering.
One of the owners whose vehicle caught fire says that he saw power steering fluid in his driveway prior to the incident. NHSTA suspects that the power steering fluid may be leaking onto hot surfaces in the engine compartment.
Additionally, NHSTA is opening up an investigation in the 2009-2010 Dodge Ram, following 12 complaints of rear differential failure, causing rear wheel lock-up.
In the 12 incidents, the common thread appears to be a loosening of the rear differential pinion nut. The majority of these complaints allege that situation resulted in the drive shaft locking up. One report claims that the driveshaft detached and punctured the fuel tank.
This report follows a successful sales month for the Grand Cherokee. June was the best month in sales for the all-road Jeep since 2005, and sales are up 38 percent for the first six months of 2012. Among Chrysler vehicles, the 75,117 units of the Grand Cherokee sold are second only to to the Ram, which sold 138,581 units in the first half of 2012.
NHTSA probing Jeep Grand Cherokee, Ram 1500 models over safety concerns originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Monday 23 July 2012
2012 Kia Sportage SX AWD Long-Term Test Intro: Let’s Try This Again
When last we checked in on our long-term 2011 Kia Sportage SX, it was nearing the halfway point of its 40,000-mile stay with us, and preparing to do battle with a Michigan winter. It did not win that battle, and so this is not that vehicle. (more…)
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Rock Solid Dale Earnhardt Stays ‘Perfect,’ Back To No. 2 In Points
Dale Earnhardt Jr. remained perfect in New Hampshire with his 19th consecutive lead-lap finish, a record to start a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Junior’s fourth-place finish was his eighth top five, the most he’s posted since 2008 when he had 10 for the entire season. Earnhardt also moved up a position in the standings [...]
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MORE THAN 1000 FANS CELEBRATE MATT HAGAN'S 2011 FUNNY CAR CHAMPIONSHIP IN HIS HOMETOWN
MATT HAGAN 2011 FUNNY CAR CHAMPION CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (Dec. 19, 2011) More than 1000 fans and friends celebrated Matt Hagan's 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car championship at the special event hosted by Shelor Motor Mile in...
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Hulkenberg disappointed by race slump
Nico Hulkenberg conceded he was hoping for a better result in the German Grand Prix, even though he said he did not expect to be able to hold on to fourth. The Force India driver started from the second row of the grid after a strong qualifying showing in the wet, but his pace in the dry did not allow him to fight to retain the position. Hulkenberg dropped to ninth place in the end, scoring two points for his team, but said after his promising Saturday he was hoping for a better result
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Bob Osborne Out, Chad Norris In, As Carl Edwards 99 Cup Crew Chief
Chad Norris Named Crew Chief of No.99 Fastenal Sprint Cup Team CONCORD, N.C. (July 17, 2012) – Bob Osborne is transitioning away from his role as crew chief of the No. 99 Fastenal Sprint Cup team at Roush Fenway Racing, team owner Jack Roush announced today. Roush Fenway veteran Chad Norris will be the crew [...]
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2012 NNS STP 300 Starting Lineup
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., driver of the #6 Rancher's Reserve/Dominick's/Cargill Ford on track at Chicagoland - Photo Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images for NASCARAfter a rare Sunday morning qualifying session for the 2012 NNS STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway, it was Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., with a lap speed of 176.916 mph, capturing the Coors Light Pole Award....more»
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Carella's 2011 World Title Turns a New Page in F1 H2O Series!
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Castroneves fends off Sato for win
Helio Castroneves denied Takuma Sato a maiden IndyCar victory in a close-fought battle around the Edmonton airport circuit. Castroneves and Sato had made the lead contest their own in the final stint, but the Brazilian was forced to work hard to keep Sato behind him. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan driver was the quickest driver on the circuit towards the end of the race and closed down a gap of more than three seconds to get close enough to have a couple of lunges at his Penske rival
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Sunday 22 July 2012
ELMS cancels remaining rounds
The remaining scheduled rounds of the 2012 European Le Mans Series have been cancelled, with the American Le Mans Series' Petit Le Mans finale counting for points for ELMS teams instead.
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Evans wins crash-marred GP3 race
Mitch Evans won round 10 of the GP3 Series at Hockenheim in Germany on Sunday morning, but the event was interrupted - and pretty much ruined - by two big accidents that required medical attention for Vicky Piria and Fabiano Machado. Lotus's Daniel Abt was the early leader, a rocket-like start taking him past poleman Evans (MW Arden), who spent the run to the first corner squeezing Tamas Pal Kiss towards the pitwall to retain second place. The race was soon interrupted by a lengthy safety car after a lap one crash that involved Piria
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Exclusive: Cadillac sets sights on No. 1
Filed under: Sedan, SUV, Marketing/Advertising, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury
Don Butler, Cadillac's vice president of marketing, says Cadillac will to return as the No. 1 luxury brand in the United States, some day.
"It's my goal that we're the No. 1 luxury brand in the U.S.," Butler said. "I'm not going to say when we hope to achieve that, yet, but there's no reason to aim for anything less."
Cadillac certainly has reason to think it's moving up. The all-new 2013 ATS arrives next month to directly compete with the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C300. The larger Cadillac XTS launched last month, and next year, the third generation CTS arrives and new Escalade will also roll into dealerships.
"We've gone nearly three years without new product," Butler said. "Now we're bringing in some great vehicles."
Currently, Cadillac would need to add more than 100,000 units to take the top spot from Mercedes-Benz, which sold 261,573 units in 2011. Cadillac sold 152,389 vehicles in 2011. And that's just to top Mercedes. Lexus, which lost its top spot last year, has vowed to recapture it and Audi recently said it plans on becoming the No. 1 luxury brand in the world.
Cadillac sales are currently down 18.6 percent for the year, according to Autodata Corp. though that number will likely change dramatically when the ATS hits showrooms. Luxury vehicle sales are up 12.8 percent and luxury car sales are up 16.8 percent.
Butler readily admits that Cadillac has a lot of work to do to get back on top. The brand's name used to be synonymous with luxury; it was the Cadillac of luxury brands. But it hasn't been that for decades.
"We used to be up on a pedestal," he said. "Now, we're not."
Cadillac sets sights on No. 1 originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Alonso grabs pole at wet Hockenheim
Fernando Alonso secured his second straight pole position as German Grand Prix qualifying at Hockenheim became a last-minute scramble on a wet track.
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Di Resta: Valenica form not a one-off
Paul di Resta believes that Force India is capable of repeating the form it showed in the European Grand Prix as it fights with Sauber and Williams in the constructors' championship. The team's VJM05 was a top 10 contender all weekend around the streets of Valencia, with di Resta and team-mate Nico Hulkenberg both making Q3 and scoring points
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Abt grabs maiden GP3 pole at home
Daniel Abt will start the ninth round of the GP3 Series at Hockenheim from pole position. The German scored his first-ever GP3 pole with two laps good enough for the top spot in his Lotus-run machine, his eventual 1m31.961s coming on his last lap of the session, which coincided with a couple of yellow flags around the circuit. That lap was 0.23 seconds ahead of championship leader Mitch Evans (MW Arden), who ditched his final effort, despite setting the fastest sector one time, due to encountering a spinning Carmen Jorda at the Spitzkehre hairpin on his final lap.
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Saturday 21 July 2012
Big Daddy Customs turns Tata Safari into Land Rover Evoque
Filed under: Aftermarket, SUV, Land Rover, India
India's Big Daddy Customs has made a Moon Rover. What's that? It's a Tata Safari SUV (pictured at right) made to look like a Range Rover Evoque, but only really from the front, at a low angle, ideally in low light and assuming you'd never seen a real Evoque or the donor vehicle before. To get an idea of dimensions, the Evoque is a couple inches wider than a Safari, but the Safari is nearly a foot longer and more than a foot taller.Having said that, given what Big Daddy started with, it's not entirely dreadful. The Evoque's signatures have been reasonably approximated, and the "custom white paint job" is part of the package. Nothing's been changed inside, but according to the company's Facebook page. "Apart from glass house area, everything else has been modified in the body shell."
So it's good to know that at least they take their work seriously. We think.
Big Daddy Customs turns Tata Safari into Land Rover Evoque originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Developer of NJ Mega-Mall-Amusement-Park Should Pay for Transit Service
Northeast New Jersey is about to set a dubious new standard for megaprojects. “American Dream Meadowlands” is a $3.8 billion, five-story, entertainment and retail complex with 3,000,000 square feet of leasable space, an amusement park, an indoor ski slope and a “skydiving simulator.”
American Dream Meadowlands -- a colossal retail and entertainment project under construction in [...]
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Rock Solid Dale Earnhardt Stays ‘Perfect,’ Back To No. 2 In Points
Dale Earnhardt Jr. remained perfect in New Hampshire with his 19th consecutive lead-lap finish, a record to start a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Junior’s fourth-place finish was his eighth top five, the most he’s posted since 2008 when he had 10 for the entire season. Earnhardt also moved up a position in the standings [...]
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2012 Firestone Indy Lights Edmonton 100 Starting Lineup
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Di Resta: Driver market still open
Paul di Resta believes that the Formula 1 driver market is still wide open as the season approaches its summer break. Mark Webber's recent deal to stay on at Red Bull has prompted speculation that there will not be many changes in the top teams for 2013, which would in turn lead to many drivers further down the grid staying put
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Down With Crown In Sight
Round 11 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond returned the States with a visit to 4km, 12 turn Road Atlanta. A long back straight made it difficult to develop a setup which would be fast through the turns and fast on the back straight, but a lot of people traded straight line speed to keep corner speeds high. Richard Hamstead missed another week of online racing, basically handing Madison Down the series championship. Not one to back into a title, Down would all but secure the race win when he qualified on pole in the dying minutes of the session, besting Justin Ruggier’s time with a 1:21.696. Ruggier would start second with a 1:21.799 while team mate Scott McLaughlin would start third on his return to the [...]
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Ascanelli set to leave Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso's technical director Giorgio Ascanelli is set to part company with the team. Ascanelli, who joined Toro Rosso in 2007 and oversaw its maiden race victory with Sebastian Vettel at Monza a year later, is not at the German Grand Prix and is officially "on holiday". But sources indicate that he is unlikely to return to action with the team.
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