McLaren ‘did its best’ to keep Hamilton

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh is happy that McLaren did its best to try and convince Lewis Hamilton to stay at the team. After weeks of discussion between McLaren and Hamilton's management team, XIX Entertainment, it was confirmed on Friday that the former world champion will be moving to Mercedes next season

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Williamson to make BTCC debut

Aaron Williamson will make his British Touring Car Championship debut at the Brands Hatch season finale with Tony Gilham Racing. Williamson, 20, will drive the team's S2000-spec Honda Civic that has been raced by team owner Gilham, Robb Holland and Howard Fuller so far this year.

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Which Counties Have the Biggest Oil Addiction Problem? We Still Don’t Know.

Gasoline consumption by county. Graphic: NRDC
Have you ever thought to yourself, “What I really need is a map showing what U.S. counties use the most gasoline, so that I can target my sustainability efforts there?” Funny, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club were thinking the same thing. What they came up with gets [...]

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SRT Motorsports (Dodge) NASCAR Nationwide Series Dover International Speedway Post Race Notes & Quotes

Street and Racing Technology (SRT) Motorsports LogoSaturday, Sept. 29, 2012 OneMain Financial 200 Dover International Speedway NASCAR Nationwide Series Post-Race Quotes Dodge PR http://twitter.com/teamdodge www.drivesrt.com Sam Hornish Jr. (No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger) Finished 18TH SOME BAD RACING FATE ENDED WHAT LOOKED TO BE A GREAT DAY FOR YOU: “It never happens when...more»

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Cab Driver Hits Woman, 64, on South Street in Manhattan; Victim in Critical Condition (DNA)
Suspected Drunk Driver Plows Into S.I. Home at 4 A.M.; Injures Woman and Daughter (Post, News, DNA)
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In Wake of Traffic Fatality Spike, Officials Tout Safer Delancey Street

This morning, elected officials and community leaders unveiled a slate of pedestrian safety improvements to Delancey Street, long ranked as one of the city’s most dangerous places to walk.
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Video: Red Bull releases re-edit of F1 car in Lincoln Tunnel with only engine sounds

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Just like any vacation, Red Bull Racing had plenty of fun last month when it did a little sightseeing in New York City and New Jersey. First, the team stopped and got a photo op with the New York skyline while playing The Star-Spangled Banner and then it took to the streets of New Jersey driving along the proposed route of the 2014 Grand Prix of America (you know, if it actually happens). Every good trip must come to an end though, so the team heads to the Lincoln Tunnel for the final video of Red Bull's trip, which is just as fun to watch as it is to listen to.

Red Bull Racing teased us with this video last month, but now we finally get to see its RB7 Formula One racer tearing through the tunnel connecting New Jersey and Manhattan. The 1.5-mile long tubes usually see daily traffic of well over 100,000 vehicles, and we're sure there's never been such a powerful car (or so little traffic) commuting underneath the Hudson River. The best part is that the car's engine provides the only soundtrack.

Check out the video below to see and hear what it's like to let a Formula One car loose in the Lincoln Tunnel.

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An Ohio Sprawl Leader Begins to Recognize Its Mistakes

Dublin, a wealthy suburb of Columbus, Ohio, was a regional pioneer in job sprawl in the 1990s. Built on former corn fields, this city of 42,000 had barely 5,000 residents in 1980. The suburb was an early and prolific builder of suburban-style office parks, and it was extremely successful at luring big employers. Companies like Wendy’s [...]

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Report: Hennessey releases renderings, details of new Viper-based Venom 700R, 1000 Twin Turbo

Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, SRT

Hennessey Performance is known for taking fast cars and making them even faster. Just imagining what the Texas-based tuner can do with the 2013 SRT Viper is pretty exciting, and it seems like we won't have to wait much longer as Hennessey has released renderings and specs for the new Venom 700R and the Venom 1000 Twin Turbo. After purchasing a 2013 Viper or a Viper GTS (for $97,395 and $120,395, respectively), those looking to add a little venom to their snake can have the car shipped to Texas for the upgrades; Hennessey has not released pricing for either of its new Venom Viper models.

Stepping up from the base 640 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque that the SRT Viper delivers, the Venom 700R gets freer-flowing intake and exhaust, helping to increase the 8.4-liter V10's output up to 725 horses and 695 lb.-ft. of twist. This is done with reworked cylinder heads and exhaust system as well as a retuned engine computer; all with a three-year/36,000-mile warranty. On the 700R, Hennessey claims a 0-60 time of 3.1 second, a quarter-mile time of 10.7 seconds at 134 miles per hour, and a top speed of 216 mph.

If that isn't enough power and speed for you, Hennessey can dig even deeper into the engine and toss on a couple of turbochargers to create the Venom 1000 Twin Turbo. Hennessey says this engine will be rated at 1,120 hp and 1,092 lb.-ft. of torque which can get this car to 60 mph in just 2.7 seconds and through the quarter mile in 9.7 seconds at 152 mph. To accommodate such massive output, almost everything about the Viper's engine has to be upgraded except for the block and crankshaft.

It isn't clear if these stated performance and engine specs are preliminary numbers or actual tested numbers, but they're impressive nonetheless. Options for both cars range from aero upgrades to must-have racing equipment like a rollbar and five-point harnesses.

Check out all of the detailed changes being made to the Hennessey Venom cars in the press release posted below.

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Australia wants GP fee reduced

Melbourne officials want to keep the Australian Grand Prix beyond its current deal, but have admitted they are not comfortable with the current financial terms. Tourism Minister Louise Asher said on Wednesday the government had subsidised this year's event by $56 million despite an increase in the number of tickets sold. Melbourne has a contract to host the grand prix until 2015, but has been under presser from F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to turn it into a night event .

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2012 NSCS AAA 400 Q&A with Toyota Racing Driver Denny Hamlin

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2013 Ford F-150 King Ranch: Refreshed Luxo-Truck Debuts in Texas

Texas is the biggest truck market in the U.S., so it only seems appropriate that Ford roll out one of its 10 updated 2013 F-150 trucks in the Lone Star state. Given that Texas also is home to King Ranch, one of the largest ranches in the world, that new debut might as well be [...]

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Lorenzo thought pole was Crutchlow’s

MotoGP championship leader Jorge Lorenzo admitted he thought Cal Crutchlow would be unbeatable in Aragon qualifying.

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2012 NCWTS Smith’s 350 Starting Lineup

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2012 NSCS AAA 400 Q&A with Toyota Racing Driver Martin Truex Jr.

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Hamilton takes pole position for F1 Malaysian GP (PA SportsTicker)

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Audi quickest in final Bahrain practice

Audi led the way in the final free practice session for Bahrain's World Endurance Championship round on Friday morning. The Le Mans-winning had shared the honours with Interlagos victor Toyota in Thursday's two sessions , but practice three delivered a one-two for Audi's pair of e-tron hybrids. The #2 Allan McNish/Tom Kristensen car led the way on a 1m47.639s, 0.3 seconds ahead of championship leaders Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer in the #1

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2014 Subaru Forester Leaked in Japanese Brochure

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Russian round on 2013 WTCC calendar

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Rossi cautious on Ducati’s progress

Valentino Rossi believes the next four races will give a more representative view of Ducati's level of competitiveness, starting with Aragon this weekend. The seven-time world champion scored his best result on the Italian bike at Misano last time out, when he finished second . But he added that more time was needed to see the true extent of progress Ducati has made since introducing a new chassis and swingarm

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Colin Monahan Named Marketing Coordinator at Infineon Raceway

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SPR Sweeps Milwaukee Mile

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NSCS Pole Report: Jeff Gordon wins pole at NHMS

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Binder Dominates at Milwaukee

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ARK Performance Tunes the Hyundai Genesis Coupe R-Spec for the 2012 SEMA Show

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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Chase Competition Heats Up For All In Fall At Loudon

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Singapore Sunday quotes: Caterham

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2013 Cadillac XTS Livery, Hearse, and Limo: Kick—Or Lie—Back and Enjoy the Ride

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Official: Mini Countryman JCW priced from $35,550

Filed under: Performance, Crossover, Mini

Got a hankerin' for a Mini crossover that boasts all-terrain traction while simultaneously wears the badge of race-bred performance? Well, the Mini Countryman John Cooper Works is just that sweet spot in the company's Venn diagram of "huggable performance" and "all-wheel drive." The company has just announced pricing for its spectacularly named John Cooper Works Countryman Cooper S ALL4 (phew!), and the cost of entry starts at rather dear $35,550. Though Mini doesn't specify if if destination charges are included (usually $700 for other models), it is general practice for the brand to include it in its pricing.

For that $35.5K, you get a turbocharged 1.6-liter four with 208-horsepower and 198 pound-feet of torque, 18-inch alloys, sports seats, a lower and firmer sport suspension, and of course the All4 all-wheel-drive system. Fun fact: This is the first-ever AWD model ever to wear JCW livery.

While Mini does not list options prices for the JCW Countryman, they are sure to be plentiful. For the sake of comparison, the JCW Clubman stars at $33,000, and when fitted with features like racing stripes, customized mirrors, heated Recaro front seats, Bluetooth, navigation, sport suspension, and other goodies, the price can jump upwards of $5,000, and that's before adding a typical Mini assortment of cheeky accessories and plug-in doodads. Check out the press release and see what else comes with the new JCW Countryman below.

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Yang Ou: 2012 ISOWC Indy 500 Champion

So, the sun sets on the second ISOWC Indianapolis 500, and just as at the conclusion of the Month of May, Yang Ou enjoyed the unique opportunity of drinking the virtual milk and kissing the digital yard of bricks. Starting all the way back in 28th position, Yang made his way methodically through the field, before dominating over the last 100 laps. Yang’s was a last minute appearance, stepping-in to replace long-term competitor John Paquin, who should have been racing in his final IndyCar race, but was suffering from illness on the day. Yang paid tribute to Paquin in his post race interview, drawing memory on their battles and lauding the Indiana resident as one of the best to ever step into a virtual IndyCar. Of course, the driver change [...]

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Pizzonia awaits medical clearance

Antonio Pizzonia is waiting for medical clearance to race in the Auto GP World Series final at Sonoma on Sunday after his crash with Adrian Quaife-Hobbs on Saturday . The former grand prix driver required eight stitches and sustained a "tiny" fracture in his hand when he collided with leader Quaife-Hobbs on the opening lap of race one.

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Webber confident of strong result

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24 Hours of LeMons South: Winners!

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Paris: Jaguar F-Type heralds return of first new sports car for Leaping Cat in 50 years [UPDATE]

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"We're not worshipping the ashes of our ancestors here."

Jaguar finally has its much anticipated - and much leaked - new sports car. Revealed at the Musée Rodin Museumin Paris ahead of the Paris Motor Show, the rakish convertible picks up the long-dormant mantle of the legendary E-Type, but it isn't a retro-retread. Autoblog was invited to England earlier this month for a hush-hush preview of the F-Type, where Jaguar Vehicle Line Director Ian Hoben assured us that "We're not worshipping the ashes of our ancestors here." While Jag has offered the larger XK grand tourer for years, it hasn't really fielded a new sports car in 50 years. And as Hoben points out, "For us not to be there [the segment] seems as wrong as Ferrari or Porsche not building sports cars."

The new all-aluminum F-Type is a strict two-seat affair, none of the leather-wrapped and seatbelt-equipped parcel shelves of the XK here. Available in three trims, F-Type, F-Type S and F-Type V8 S, the baby Jag will offer one of three powertrains, a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 with 340 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque, a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 (380 hp / 339 lb-ft.), or a supercharged 5.0-liter V8 (495 hp / 460 lb-ft). The sole transmission at launch will be ZF's ubiquitous eight-speed automatic, with paddles and a more conventional gearshift lever in favor of the rotary selector of recent fame. Jag won't confirm it, but we suspect a manual transmission will be made available in a year's time, possibly on a harder-core R model. In its top specification, Jag promises a 0-60 dash of 4.2 seconds and a limited top speed of 186 mph. The mid-level V6 S does the deed in 4.8 seconds and taps out at 171 mph, while the 'base' F-Type still runs to 60 in 5.1 seconds and hits a 161-mph vMax. While we have yet to drive them, we have heard the new cars fire up and under power, as the Brits say, they sound "right cracking."

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Video: Watch lightning strike a hapless Toyota Landcruiser

Filed under: SUV, Videos, Toyota, Russia

When we thought we'd make it to the end of the month before we saw another video from the roads of Russia, we were wrong. Just after the video of the truck driver dismounting from the windshield of his cab, we have of a bolt of lightning saying hello to a Toyota Landcruiser.

It's brief but spectacular, and sadly, nothing like what happened in Back to the Future follows. You can watch it happen in slo-mo in the dashcam video below.

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Gibbs hails Hamlin influence

Team owner Joe Gibbs has hailed the role Denny Hamlin played in galvanising his team en route to securing his outfit's 100th NASCAR victory. After running out of fuel and losing a top five finish on the final lap at Chicagoland , Hamlin then had to contend with a team error when his tyres were set to the wrong pressure in qualifying at Loudon, leaving him a lowly 32nd . Gibbs said Hamlin's ability to handle both setbacks without accusation was a major factor in the team's subsequent resurgence in the race.

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Giovanardi nearly made BTCC return

Fabrizio Giovanardi has revealed that he was close to making a last-minute British Touring Car Championship return at Rockingham last weekend. The 45-year-old Italian agreed to replace Matt Neal at Honda had the reigning champion been declared unfit to race due to a hand injury sustained in a road accident

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Hamlin overcomes qualifying run to earn fifth win

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2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427 Convertible Tested: Pretty Much a Droptop Z06

Whatever you do, don’t call the Chevrolet Corvette 427 convertible a Z06 convertible. Never mind that beneath its carbon-fiber Z06 hood and between what look like the Z06’s carbon-fiber fenders sits the Z06’s dry-sump 7.0-liter V-8 spinning the Z06’s six-speed manual—the only transmission available, just as in the Z06—and directing power to the Z06’s rear [...]

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Kristensen: E-tron saves title hopes

Tom Kristensen reckons Audi's decision to switch him and Allan McNish to a second e-tron from this weekend's Bahrain World Endurance Championship race blows the title fight wide open. Audi's Le Mans winner Marcel Fassler, Benoit Treluyer and Andre Lotterer, who have used the e-tron for most of the year, lead Kristensen and McNish by 7.5 points in the WEC standings with three rounds to go. The Dane and the Scot drove the e-tron at Spa and Le Mans, but switched to the non-hybrid Ultra for Silverstone and Interlagos.

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Kubang! Kubang! Maserati SUV Definitely Not Going to be Called Kubang!

When the production version of the long-gestating Maserati SUV finally appears, it will do so without the curious Kubang nameplate affixed first to a 2003 concept and then again to a show car that debuted in 2011. According to Robert Allan, Maserati director of product planning, that  moniker was intended from the start to apply [...]

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Tony Eury Jr. Out At JR Motorsports As Danica Patrick’s Crew Chief

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 17, 2012) – The following is a statement from Dale Earnhardt Jr., founder and owner of JR Motorsports, regarding the departure of crew chief Tony Eury Jr.: “Unfortunately Tony Jr. is no longer with the company. I had hoped he would be here for a long time, but as we’ve discussed the [...]

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Hamilton takes pole position for F1 Malaysian GP (PA SportsTicker)

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Lexus LF-CC Concept: Take a Good Look, It Previews the Next IS [2012 Paris Auto Show]

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Ram Promaster, Promaster City Trademark Applications Fit for Fiat-Based Vans

The vans are coming! The vans are coming! Chrysler’s Fiat-based, Ram-branded haulers are set to launch next year, and based on recent trademark filings, we believe they’ll be called the Ram Promaster and Ram Promaster City. Not sure whether to run with a fishing-pole joke or a urology gag? We weren’t either. The City no [...]

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LeMons Thunderhill Day One: BMW 5 Series Leads, Soccer Mom Minivan Dominating Class C

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MATT ARTIN JOINS NHRA AS DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS

NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) NHRA announced today that Matt Artin, an eight-year veteran in media planning, advertising and promotions, has joined the world's largest motorsports sanctioning body as director of advertising and promotions....

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League of American Bicyclists Introduces “Diamond” Bike-Friendly Status

For nearly a decade, the League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Communities program has been challenging cities to greater heights. Nearly 50 communities have been recognized as either “bronze,” “silver,” “gold” or “platinum” bike-friendly communities, based on criteria like infrastructure, education and safety statistics.
Portland will set its sights higher, following the LAB's new "diamond" challenge. [...]

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Video: GM is building a better crash-test dummy

Filed under: Etc., Safety, Technology

Anyone can be an ordinary dummy, whereas being a good crash-test dummy takes work. A few things you probably didn't know: the official name for a crash-test dummy is "anthropomorphic test device" (ATD), General Motors "has a long history" designing ATDs, and the process is so specialized that there's even a Rear Impact Dummy Task Group.

GM is working with five other OEMs on the dummies that help ensure humans stay as safe as possible in car crashes. The latest advance is the second generation of the Biofidelic Rear Impact Dummy, or BioRID II, designed by engineers at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. It has a backbone with 24 simulated vertebrae (the same number we have in our real vertebral columns) to recreate natural seating positions and back and neck movement in rear collisions. The challenge now is to make sure that the BioRID II can "deliver repeatable, reproducible test results" from which the next advances in safety can be engineered.

That's where GM comes in. One of its award-winning engineers produced a rear-impact sled just for the purpose. To find out more about the secret life of ATDs, you'll want to check out the video and press release below.

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2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427 Convertible Tested: Pretty Much a Droptop Z06

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Raikkonen fears Lotus will struggle

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Ford Adds 305-hp, 3.7-Liter V6 to the Police Interceptor Sedan’s Engine Roster

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Gordon Will Lead the Field to Green in SYLVANIA 300 at New Hampshire; Earns Fourth Career Pole at NHMS

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Report: Chrysler trademarks 8 Mile, ProMaster

Filed under: Minivan/Van, Marketing/Advertising, Work, Chrysler, Jeep, Fiat, Ram

Chrysler has been busy at the trademark office. Allpar.com reports the manufacturer has laid claim to a stack of new names, including Detroit Motor Works, Wrangler Freedom Edition, 8 Mile, Crossroad and Chrysler 100, as well as Ram ProMaster and the Ram ProMaster City. The automaker has made no secret of the fact that it wants to build a new small car, and that the machine will almost certainly ride under the Chrysler 100 banner. Dealers reportedly got a closer look at the vehicle at a recent gathering in Las Vegas.

Likewise, the two ProMaster names are little surprise, as Fiat intends to give the Ford Transit and Transit connect some competition with its own European-style Ducato vans. Now it looks as if those will come with ProMaster badges.

But, names like Detroit Motor Works, 8 Mile and Crossroad all leave the door open for some speculation. Allpar.com also reports Chrysler has laid claim to Active Air, which it speculates may be applied to the company's variable valve timing systems.

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