As Clara Heyworth’s Killer Walks, Judge Questions Prosecutors in Her Case

As expected, criminal charges against the driver who fatally struck Brooklyn pedestrian Clara Heyworth have been dropped. Unexpected was a critique of the case from the bench, as a judge today lambasted prosecutors for abandoning efforts to bring a suspected DWI killer to justice.
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SRF Challenge Draws Big Numbers for Week 1

The numbers are in, and it looks like the new SpecRacer Ford Challenge series may have set some attendance records in its inaugural week, drawing in some VERY strong numbers. How strong? In terms of attendance numbers among the non-Rookie series, the D-Class SpecRacer Ford Challenge was the #2 series for Week 1 of Season 3, 2012, weighing-in with 724 different drivers participating throughout the course of the week, which puts it right behind the Skip Barber series, which featured 937 different drivers participating for Week 1. In terms of overall participation numbers for Week 1, including the Rookie-class series, the SpecRacer Ford Challenge still weighted-in at #3, coming in behind the Rookie-class Mazda Cup (fixed) series with 2,323 different Rookie and D-Class drivers participating, and then the aforementioned Skip [...]

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TA: Most City Pedestrians and Cyclists Killed by Drivers Who Broke the Law

Crash data analyzed by Transportation Alternatives revealed that most city pedestrians and cyclists killed during a 14-year span died because drivers broke an enforceable traffic law.
A new report from Transportation Alternatives finds that, while NYPD fails to rein in or punish reckless driving, the majority of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities are caused by illegal behavior [...]

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Brett Moffitt Scores Two Top-Tens in One Weekend at Iowa Speedway

Brett MoffittGrimes, Iowa – Hattori Racing Enterprises (HRE) driver Brett Moffitt scored another top-five finish in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East-West combination Pork Be Inspired! 150 at Iowa Speedway on Friday, August 3rd, and immediately followed it with a 9th place finish in his Nationwide Series debut on Saturday, August 4th, driving for RAB...more»

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Name That Shifter, No. 88: 1993 Toyota Supra Turbo

On Monday we presented this week’s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. We admit to not furnishing you with the most intense of challenges this time, so it came as no surprise that the first commenter to post a guess also was the first [...]

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Official: Audi Cam is like YouTube for UK service bays

Filed under: Etc., Technology, Audi, UK

Audi UK has introduced the Audi Cam, a new - and for owners, hopefully more informative and reliable - way to interact with service advisors and technicians. After a car is dropped off, technicians will use a Flip-like camera to videotape and provide audio commentary for any issues diagnosed. Each problem gets its own clip to keep file sizes small, then the video is uploaded to a private, PIN-coded page just for the owner.

The owner can then watch the video (or videos) with each repair ranked from 'For Info' to 'Urgent' and attached with out-the-door pricing. The owner can agree to or decline selected repairs or follow up with a phone call from the same page. There's even a profile section in case you'd like to get to know Buford, the gent who'll be getting grubby working on your car.

This is on top of the Audi Cam introduced to the UK two years ago, which hooked up technicians with two-way radios and cameras that streamed video while they worked, so that customers in the waiting room could speak to and watch the repairs being made in real time. This goes beyond the lobby, and we look forward to seeing how this shapes up in practice. For now, there's a press release below with more details.

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Official: 2013 Buick Verano Turbo priced from $29,990*

Filed under: Car Buying, Sedan, Buick, GM

The 2013 Buick Verano Turbo goes on sale this fall and General Motors has just announced that the boosted sedan will be priced from $29,990 (*including $885 for destination).

That base price gets you niceties like IntelliLink, a Bose audio system, heated leather seats, and a whole host of safety features including a rearview camera, blind spot alert and cross-traffic alert. A six-speed manual transmission is available as a no-cost option (hurrah!), and the only other available upgrades are a sunroof and navigation.

For comparison's sake, a similarly equipped Verano with the naturally aspirated 2.4-liter engine costs $26,850, including destination.

Under the hood of the Verano Turbo is GM's 2.0-liter forced-induction four that we've sampled in the larger Regal, good for 250 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque. The EPA just recently released fuel economy figures for the Verano Turbo, and the baby Buick is estimated to achieve 20/31 miles per gallon (city/highway).

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Rossi denies his mind is made up

Valentino Rossi denies he has decided to call time on his Ducati career, saying the lure of winning on three different manufacturers still appeals to him. The Italian has become the central figure in the 2012 silly season, with offers from both the works Ducati and Yamaha squads. Despite his admission at Laguna Seca that he was struggling for motivation with the Desmosedici, he said that he is still yet to make a decision - insisting that competitive machinery, rather than money, will be the key factor in his decision.

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iRacing Satisfies Need for Speed With New Street Stock Series

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Porsche Contemplating Offering Its Wagon-Like Panamera As a Station Wagon

Porsche is considering further expanding its portfolio. One of the sports-car maker’s ideas is a station wagon version of its Panamera sedan, which will be called a “shooting brake,” despite its excessive number of doors. Read full story »

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Pickett’s Luhr takes ALMS pole

American Le Mans Series LMP1 leaders Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf continued their spectacular recent run by claiming pole position for this weekend's Mid-Ohio round.

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Foyt to run Austin in 2013 Indy 500

Former Hendrick Motorsports development driver Chase Austin will drive a second AJ Foyt Racing entry at next year's Indianapolis 500. Austin, who became the first African American driver to start a NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series oval race at Memphis in 2007, has since made several lower-division NASCAR starts, and ran selected Indy Lights rounds with Willy T Ribbs/Brooks Associates Racing in 2011, and this year with Juncos. "What can I say

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Earnhardt: Wins needed for title push

Dale Earnhardt Jr is convinced he needs to win more races if he is to fight for this year's NASCAR Sprint Cup title, despite having claimed the points lead following a fourth place at Indianapolis. The Hendrick Motorsports driver rose to the top of the drivers' standings for the first time since 2004 in what has been one of his best, and most consistent, seasons at Cup level.

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Jeep Mighty FC Concept Driven: Through—and Over—the Past, Ruggedly

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Lotus sure of stronger second half of ’12

Lotus can build upon its excellent recent form and become an even stronger outfit across the final nine grands prix of 2012. That is the view of trackside operations director Alan Permane, who is optimistic the team's 'desperate' desire to win can be achieved in the season run-in.

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Dixon claims another Mid-Ohio win

Scott Dixon extended his recent streak of success at Mid-Ohio to four wins from the past six years with victory for Ganassi in this weekend's IndyCar race. Dixon, who previously won at the track in 2007, 2009 and last year, took the lead from Will Power during the final pitstops and controlled the race from that point on, eventually crossing the finish line almost 3.5 seconds ahead of Penske driver Power

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Drivers, Start Your Engines!

The opening round of the 2012 Season 3 for the IZOD Indycar Oval Series took place on Kentucky Speedway’s 1.5 mile oval.  20 sim-racers took the green flag for the Monday Night Strength of Field race. P1 Racing’s John Paquin returned to the series after his team took a sabbatical in Season 2.  And he returned in fine style taking the evening’s event, leading 90 of the 120 laps. Even though the numbers would indicate that Paquin dominated the online race, he had to battle his way back to the lead after a yellow flag came out during green flag pit stops. “There was a comical story about the caution that put me back in 13th,” Paquin explained.  “It was my teammate and friend Danno Brookins that caused it, taking [...]

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Granny Grump: Pocono, Iowa, Coulter, Curly Sadler, Jeffie, Tragedy And A Little Other Stuff

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Redemption For Elliott Sadler At Iowa Nationwide Series Race

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Wilson tops second Mid-Ohio practice

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Hamilton fastest in Malaysian GP practice (PA SportsTicker)

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Double DRS to be banned for 2013

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2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 Adds Black-Trimmed Alpine and Vapor Special Editions

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Report: Ghost Coupe to be fastest Rolls-Royce ever

Filed under: Coupe, Rolls-Royce, Luxury

Autocar has snapped spy shots of a Rolls-Royce Ghost Coupe, and judging from proportions the car will be so long in front and raked in back that it would make Dick Tracy whistle. We'll get the true story on that at next year's Geneva Motor Show, which is when Autocar says it's due to be revealed, but what's less in question is this: with a 6.6-liter, 600-horsepower V12 and a tauter ride it will be the fastest Rolls-Royce ever.

Weight is estimated to drop by 200 kg compared to its sedan sibling, and its roofline to drop by up to nearly three inches. If the horsepower numbers are correct the shorter and lighter Ghost coupe, with a 69-hp bump over the sedan, will assuredly deliver the "considerably brisker" acceleration promised. Helping matters will be the lowered chassis, larger tires, "mildly sports-orientated" brakes and a suspension tuned to be more aggressive but delivering just as much waftability.

Although it's being called the Ghost Coupe for now, insiders have suggested to the magazine that that it will get its own, bespoke, name, with pricing above the standard sedan but below the extended-wheelbase sedan.

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2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 Adds Black-Trimmed Alpine and Vapor Special Editions

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Hamilton: Trophies significant in talks

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Pirelli: Tyre war not good for Formula 1

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Pickett’s Luhr takes ALMS pole

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Deuces Wild: Allmendinger released from Penske, Hornish in No. 22, but for how long?

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2012 Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres Starting Lineup

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Triple Eight unveils new car, sponsor

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Chicago LeMons Racers: American Irony Deadline Is This Saturday

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Montgomery County Legalizes Two-Family Houses (But Not Really)

American zoning policies serve as a massive subsidy to sprawl, but the actual market-distorting regulations and their costs can be hard to tease out.
This lovely two family home in New Hampshire would be almost impossible to get approval for if it were in Montgomery County, Maryland. Photo: Flickr user ilovebutter
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Lotus trusts FIA handling tech rows well

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NASCAR approves 2013 car redesigns

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Porsche Contemplating Offering Its Wagon-Like Panamera As a Station Wagon

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Spied: 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class, Including Interior

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Red Bull predicts ‘full-on’ title battle

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2012 NCWTS Pocono Mountains 125 Starting Lineup

Nelson Piquet Jr., driver of the #30 AutoTrac Chevrolet, celebrates with the Keystone Light Pole Award after qualifying for the pole position for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Pocono Mountains 125 at Pocono Raceway on August 4, 2012 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)Nelson Piquet, Jr., with a qualifying lap...more»

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In The Hunt with RCR: The Brickyard

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Lowndes grabs Queensland pole

Craig Lowndes bounced back from morning practice engine problems to beat his Triple Eight Holden team-mate Jamie Whincup to pole position for the first V8 Supercars race at Queensland Raceway. Lowndes' 1m09.2218s pipped championship leader Whincup by 0.1577 seconds at the end of the session. The Ford Performance Racing cars battled for third, with Mark Winterbottom ultimately heading his team-mate Will Davison.

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Kodewa unveils first photo of LMP2 car

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Honda completes first proper Civic test

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Three Years of Labor Day Racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway Helps Reveal Who to Watch in 2012 AdvoCare 500

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200-Proof LeMons Photo: Southern-Fried Volvo Engine Swap Frenzy

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GLOBAL iPRINT NAMED OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF NHRA

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Report: AM General to offer civilian Humvee kit car

Filed under: SUV, Hummer, Military, Diesel, Off-Road

For anyone feeling nostalgic about the passing of the Hummer brand, or the actual wartime vehicle that inspired it, now is your chance to own a version of the original HMMWV, albeit without an engine.

After a 12-year hiatus from the civilian vehicle market, AM General is reportedly set to offer a kit-car of the C-Series Humvee. The kit will conform to U.S. government regulations and has been made possible by a deal with General Motors.

The kit costs $59,000 - and you still need an engine. A likely favorite would be a Duramax Diesel V8 and Allison transmission combination, as was found on the H1 Alpha. AM General estimates that an owner could buy the kit Humvee and outfit a powerplant and transmission for $75,000. Not bad, considering that H1 Alpha has an MSRP of $140,000 in 2005.

How is this possible? If you recall, GM was trying to unload the Hummer brand to Chinese-based Sichuan-Tengzhong, among other suitors. As we all know, a deal never happened and the brand rumbled off into the sunset. The deal with AM General worked so that the military Humvee producer could offer a vehicle to the public as long as it was fundamentally different from the H1. By offering a kit car, they apparently end-around much of the legal confines.

But that also means are other setbacks. The final product will not look like the civilian Hummer H1, and it will not have niceties like interior trim, power locks, door mounted mirrors, or even hard doors. It will simply be a four-seat, soft-top, soft door vehicle. AM General will offer 'add-on' factory options such as the Central Tire Inflation System, rocker protection, and potentially two-piece beadlock wheels.

As the story over at Hummer Guy puts it, "just remember - its a Humvee, not a Hummer."

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BK Racing to Assist in Search for Missing Iowa Girls

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Pirelli: Tyre war not good for Formula 1

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Hungary Sunday quotes: Marussia

Charles Pic - 20th: "I am very happy to end the first half of my first season in this way and to be achieving the targets I set for myself.

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To Promote Their Veteran Initiative @TMone Once Again Enlists Tommy Baldwin Racing

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Hamilton wary of Lotus’s long-run pace

Lewis Hamilton hopes the upgrade package McLaren introduced at the German Grand Prix will help the team cope with the long-run pace of Lotus and Red Bull. While the Briton's own race at Hockenheim was spoiled by a puncture, the team showed impressive race pace in the form of Jenson Button's charge to second.

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Phoenix Audi wins Spa 24 Hours

Audi completed a unique hat-trick by adding victory at the Spa 24 Hours to its triumphs in this year's twice-around-the-clock endurance classics at Le Mans and the Nurburgring.

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Video: You can catch more flies with a Mercedes-Benz

Filed under: Sedan, Etc., Europe, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Design/Style

The intersection of automobiles and art is always an interesting locale, and one french sculptor has spiced things up a bit with a Mercedes-Benz covered in flies. The premise sounds a bit shaky to be sure, but artist Natacha Mercier says the concept was inspired by something she witnessed back in 2007. While standing on a side street, she saw a BMW owner drive up, park and get out of the car. Clad all in white and with plenty of gold chains around his neck, the driver then proceeded to spit-polish a spot on his chrome wheels. According to Mercier, the girls around him (including herself) were "dropping like flies" while he strutted around like a peacock.

Mercier decided to turn the situation on its ear with this project. Mercier coated an old Merc in fly paper, parked it a greenhouse and released 100,000 flies. When the body was fully coated in insects, the artist, her brother and two friends piled in to drive around the streets of Toulouse, France. The mixed media artist is no stranger to working on auto-related subjects - she previously dressed up a Mercedes in a wedding gown and is now working on a new piece involving an Opel Corsa.

Check out the bizarre scene in the videos below.

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You can catch more flies with a Mercedes-Benz originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Auctions: George Clooney auctioning off his Tesla Roadster for charity

Filed under: Convertible, Auctions, Celebrities, Tesla, Electric

Gooding & Company's Pebble Beach auction set for next month just got a little more interesting, with George Clooney's very own Tesla Roadster added to the docket. Finished in Obsidian Black Metallic paint, Clooney's Tesla is number eight of the original "Signature 100" built in 2008 and comes with the premium two-tone leather interior.

Clooney isn't selling the electric roadster to get some extra cash, though. The Academy Award-winning actor is well known for his philanthropic exploits, and the full proceeds from the auction will be given to one of his charities, the Satellite Sentinel Project. Co-founded by Clooney and human rights activist John Prendergast, the non-profit organization aims to prevent a return to civil war between Northern and Southern Sudan.

"We admire and respect Mr. Clooney's talent and dedication to making a difference in our international community, and hope his fantastic car will attract great support for the Satellite Sentinel Project and recognition of the lives his work saves every day," said company president David Gooding.

The auction house estimates the value of the Tesla Roadster at $100,000 to $125,000. Scroll down to read the official announcement from Gooding & Company.

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Official: Porsche 918 Spyder prototype looks delicious in Martini livery

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Porsche, Electric

As much as Gulf Racing livery may be synonymous with the Porsche 917, Martini racing is an equally famous Porsche sponsor of years gone by. The livery has adorned both 911 and 917, and now, its graced upon the all-new 918 hybrid supercar.

We had seen spy shots of the 918 in classic race guise at the Nürburgring, but here are the first official photos from Porsche. With permission from Martini owner Bacardi & Company of Switzerland, the German automaker has grafted the iconic livery onto its high-performance green machine.

Martini has been involved with auto racing since as far back as 1968, sponsoring a Formula Two race at the Hockenheimring, and their first support of Porsche came in 1969, entering two 907s in several races. It was a Martini-liveried 917LH that won the 1971 Le Mans 24 Hours, but it was not until 1973 that Martini became a factory partner of Porsche. That partnership lasted until 1978, and during that time, Martini-shod cars won the Targa Florio in '73, the Sports Car World Championship in '76, and Le Mans in '76 and '77.

The red, white and two-shades-of-blue could be found on almost every racing Porsche of the 70s, including the 908, 917, 935, 936 and 911 RS and RSR models.

Hopefully Porsche brings the 918, in standard or RSR form, to the motorsport world. If so, though, it's probably unlikely that the plug-in hybrid supercar will wear a livery as tied to the brand's heritage as a company that makes vermouth.

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