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Roberto Guerrero Maurício Gugelmin Dan Gurney Hubert Hahne Mike Hailwood
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Mike & Molly - Peggy Shaves Her Legs
Mike fears his mother is telling unflattering stories about him while at lunch with Molly.
Check out Jeep?s New Wrangler Pickup in Action
For those who pooh-pooh four-wheeling, we suggest you send your high horse off to the glue factory and give off-roading a go?it?s simply some of the most fun one can have between a horizontal state and 15 mph. That said, there?s something mildly preposterous about saying, ?I?m gonna drive over this thing! Watch!? Of course, [...]
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Paul Hawkins Mike Hawthorn Boy Hayje Willi Heeks Nick Heidfeld
BMW Opening Design Studio in Shanghai to Keep A Finger on the Pulse of China
The BMW Group’s in-house design consulting firm, DesignworksUSA, will be opening a new studio in Shanghai later this year?supplementing the feeds from existing studios in Los Angeles, Munich, and Singapore with some Chinese design flair. DesignworksUSA may be a subsidiary of an automotive company in BMW, but it dabbles in industrial and product design for [...]
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Jerry Hoyt Nico Hülkenberg Denny Hulme James Hunt Jim Hurtubise
Wickens takes Spa FR3.5 pole
Robert Wickens claimed his second Formula Renault 3.5 pole position of the season in an incident-packed qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps this morning. A late red flag produced a congested final two laps of action, as drivers rushed to make their final set of new tyres count. Wickens set his fastest time of 2m02.855s just 30 seconds before the chequered flag.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/wickens-takes-spa-fr3-5-pole/
Eddie Irvine Chris Irwin Jean Pierre Jabouille Jimmy Jackson Joe James
Decade of Delays: A Timeline of Alfa Romeo?s U.S. Relaunch
Fiat recently announced that the relaunch of the storied, sporting Alfa Romeo marque in the U.S. would be delayed?again?until roughly 2013. This postponement was attributed to Fiat?s CEO, Sergio Marchionne, expressing dissatisfaction with the design of the upcoming Alfa Romeo models, including a new mid-size sedan. Whether you?re an Alfista or not, though, you probably [...]
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Scott Russell Riggs Hiroshi Fushida Beppe Gabbiani Bertrand Gachot Patrick Gaillard
FIM says Jerez marshals acted well
MotoGP's ruling body, FIM, has declared the behaviour of the Spanish GP marshals "safe and appropriate" following a review of their actions after complaints from Casey Stoner.
Paul Hawkins Mike Hawthorn Boy Hayje Willi Heeks Nick Heidfeld
The Final Lap #154 Podcast ? Richmond Preview/Brad Keselowski
SHOW #154 – We recap the Truck/NNS Nashville race weekend, preview the coming Richmond weekend, talk with Brad Keselowski, and The NASCAR Foundation’s Sandy Marshall. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop THE NASCAR FOUNDATION LISTEN HERE (About 49 mins) Download audio file (tfl_podcast_154_11.mp3) SUBSCRIBE HERE DOWNLOAD HERE SUBSCRIBE FROM iTUNES: Take us with you! [...]
Dale Arnold Jarrett Jimmie Kenneth Johnson Kasey Kenneth Kahne Matthew Roy Kenseth Alan Dennis Kulwicki
Moving Beyond the Automobile: Parking Reform
In the tenth and final video in Streetfilms’ “Moving Beyond the Automobile” series,�we are talking about parking reform.�From doing away with mandatory parking minimums, to charging the right price for curbside parking, to converting on-street parking spots into parklets and bike corrals, cities are latching on to exciting new ideas to�make more room [...]
Source: http://www.streetfilms.org/mba-parking-reform/
Max Jean Stefan Johansson Eddie Johnson Leslie Johnson Bruce Johnstone
Pirelli promises not to get complacent
Pirelli insists it cannot sit back and think that it has done enough with its tyres to guarantee exciting races in 2011, despite the first three events of the year having been deemed a success.
Paco Godia Carel Godin de Beaufort Christian Goethals Paul Goldsmith José Froilán González
The Final Lap #154 Podcast ? Richmond Preview/Brad Keselowski
SHOW #154 – We recap the Truck/NNS Nashville race weekend, preview the coming Richmond weekend, talk with Brad Keselowski, and The NASCAR Foundation’s Sandy Marshall. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop THE NASCAR FOUNDATION LISTEN HERE (About 49 mins) Download audio file (tfl_podcast_154_11.mp3) SUBSCRIBE HERE DOWNLOAD HERE SUBSCRIBE FROM iTUNES: Take us with you! [...]
Mike Hailwood Mika Häkkinen Bruce Halford Jim Hall Duncan Hamilton
Alonso convinced Ferrari can catch up
Fernando Alonso says he still has absolute faith in Ferrari's ability to turn its poor start to 2011 around given its history of mid-season improvement. Despite looking strong in testing, Ferrari has yet to take a podium finish after three rounds of this season's championship, and Alonso is already 42 points behind leader Sebastian Vettel in the standings, with Ferrari's second driver Felipe Massa a further two points behind Alonso
Randy Joseph Lajoie Kevin Paul Lepage William Ashton Lewis Jr Sterling Burton Marlin Mark Anthony Martin
BMW Opening Design Studio in Shanghai to Keep A Finger on the Pulse of China
The BMW Group’s in-house design consulting firm, DesignworksUSA, will be opening a new studio in Shanghai later this year?supplementing the feeds from existing studios in Los Angeles, Munich, and Singapore with some Chinese design flair. DesignworksUSA may be a subsidiary of an automotive company in BMW, but it dabbles in industrial and product design for [...]
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Friday, April 29, 2011
CUP: Montoya Will Start First At Richmond
Chevrolet driver has won two poles this season?
Source: http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-montoya-on-pole-at-richmond-international-raceway-nascar/
Bill Holland Jackie Holmes Bill Homeier Kazuyoshi Hoshino Jerry Hoyt
2011 NNS BUBBA burger 250 Final Practice Session Speeds
Denny Hamlin - Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCARIt was Denny Hamlin with a lap speed of 123.740 mph, showing the fastest way around Richmond International Raceway during the only practice session being held for the NNS BUBBA burger 250. Hamlin (who won the 4th Annual Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown Thursday night at...more»
Peter Gethin Piercarlo Ghinzani Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson Gimax
Audi fastest in morning test session
The new Audi R18 TDI topped the times in the first session of the Le Mans Test Day. Romain Dumas ended the first four-hour period on a 3m27.900s lap, which was just over half a second quicker than team-mate Benoit Treluyer. The three Audis blocked out the top three positions, with the first Peugeot 908 HDi on a 3m30.516s in the hands of Anthony Davidson
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/audi-fastest-in-morning-test-session/
Nanni Galli Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Fred Gamble Howden Ganley Frank Gardner
Cup Preview: Bowyer comes into Richmond on quite a roll (NASCAR.com)
Cup Preview: Bowyer comes into Richmond on quite a roll
Jean Pierre Jarier Max Jean Stefan Johansson Eddie Johnson Leslie Johnson
Nasr and Foresti take Oulton poles
Felipe Nasr and Lucas Foresti locked out the front row and the two pole positions in qualifying for the second round of British Formula 3 at Oulton Park. Late improvements from the two Brazilians denied T-Sport's Menasheh Idafar what would have been a sensational double pole position result from a hectic qualifying session. Carlin's Kevin Magnussen had just set the fastest time of the session when he crashed heavily at Cascades 10 minutes into the 30-minute session and brought out the red flags
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/nasr-and-foresti-take-oulton-poles/
Jean Pierre Jarier Max Jean Stefan Johansson Eddie Johnson Leslie Johnson
2012 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 / ZR1 ? Car News
Grippier tires and?finally!?grippier seats mark the C6?s last full year of production. Regular (and even irregular) readers already know this, so for those who are unfamiliar with this institution, an introduction: Hi, we?re Car and Driver, and we hate the seats in the Corvette. Today, Chevy?s plastic fantastic isn?t so much a sports car as [...]
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Oscar González Aldo Gordini Horace Gould Jean Marc Gounon Emmanuel de Graffenried
Driver Eric McClure, family safe after tornado
NASCAR Nationwide series driver Eric McClure says he and his family are safe after a tornado brought ``probably the scariest few seconds of our lives.
Source: http://www.nascarracinglive.com/nascar/driver-eric-mcclure-family-safe-after-tornado-ap.html
Randy Joseph Lajoie Kevin Paul Lepage William Ashton Lewis Jr Sterling Burton Marlin Mark Anthony Martin
Rally Cross to be held outside on streets of LA for X Games 17
Filed under: Motorsports, Racing
X Games 16 SuperRally - Click above for high-res image gallery
RallyCross and the X Games were made for one another, and X Games 17 will feature one of the coolest tracks ever. The games, which will run from July 28 through July 31, will include a first-ever rally street circuit in downtown Los Angeles.
Three-time rally gold medalist and Top Gear U.S. host Tanner Foust sounds pretty excited about the development, and we can't blame him. "Being in the car, ripping through streets, cranking the handbrake through intersections while door-to-door and jumping next to buildings is going to be truly epic! I can't wait!"
We're guessing ESPN can't wait either, as the shots from the competition will likely be awe-inspiring. And the sports news network will have the event very well covered, with 25 hours of high definition coverage and another 18 hours of 3D coverage.
And, of course, the X Games wouldn't be the X Games without dirt bikes, so you can expect plenty of Enduro X coverage. There will also be eight new Moto X competitions, which will take place inside The STAPLES Center. Sounds like a good time. Hit the jump to read over the ESPN press release, and check out our high-res image galleries below for some of the rally action from last year.
Photos copyright (C)2011 Drew Phillips / AOL
[Source: Motor World Hype]
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The Final Lap #154 Podcast ? Richmond Preview/Brad Keselowski
SHOW #154 – We recap the Truck/NNS Nashville race weekend, preview the coming Richmond weekend, talk with Brad Keselowski, and The NASCAR Foundation’s Sandy Marshall. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop THE NASCAR FOUNDATION LISTEN HERE (About 49 mins) Download audio file (tfl_podcast_154_11.mp3) SUBSCRIBE HERE DOWNLOAD HERE SUBSCRIBE FROM iTUNES: Take us with you! [...]
Jimmy Jackson Joe James John James Jean Pierre Jarier Max Jean
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Charlotte Motor Speedway Applauds N.C. Senate Ruling To Establish Stock Car Racing as the Official State Sport
Charlotte Motor SpeedwayCONCORD, N.C. (April 28, 2011) – The North Carolina Senate voted yesterday to establish stock car racing as the “official state sport” by a margin of 46-3 and as the largest motorsports facility in the state, Charlotte Motor Speedway is celebrating the Senate’s ruling. “North Carolina is truly the world capital of motorsports...more»
Walt Hansgen Mike Harris Cuth Harrison Brian Hart Gene Hartley
Trevor Bayne in hospital, insect bite examined
Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne has been hospitalized for symptoms that could be related to an insect bite this month.
Source: http://www.nascarracinglive.com/nascar/trevor-bayne-in-hospital-insect-bite-examined-ap.html
Christian Goethals Paul Goldsmith José Froilán González Oscar González Aldo Gordini
Hyundai quarterly profit up 46% to $1.75B
Filed under: Hyundai, Earnings/Financials
Hyundai has had a big year, and the results are showing in the form of healthy profits. According to BusinessWeek, the Korean automaker earned $1.75 billion in the first quarter, up 46 percent versus the first quarter of 2010. Overall revenue was up 21 percent to $17 billion.
Sales volume was higher as well, as the 922,000 units sold globally represented a nine percent increase. Much of that increase occurred in plants in the U.S. and China, where output climbed by 14 percent. A richer model mix also buoyed Hyundai's profits, as pricing per model rose by an impressive 14 percent in overseas markets and 2.5 percent in its Korean home market.
Hyundai's impressive quarterly performance helped rally stocks in Korea, and the automaker saw a 7.5 percent gain on the day. For the year, Hyundai's share price has risen a meteoric 44 percent.
[Source: BusinessWeek | Image: Zach Bowman/AOL]
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2011 Lexus CT 200h
Filed under: Hybrid, Hatchback, Lexus, Reviews, Luxury
Lexus Hatches A New Take On Responsible Performance
2011 Lexus CT 200h - Click above for high-res image gallery
Armchair quarterbacks have been quick to charge Toyota with losing its engineering nerve, labeling it a brand content to churn out safe, middle-of-the-road milquetoast offerings for every segment in which it competes. Admittedly, this isn't the same company that once marketed a supercharged, mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive minivan shaped like a suppository, nor is it the same company that sold homologated rally specials alongside its workaday iron. But to say that there are no bold spirits in Toyota City just ain't so - just look at the bonkers LFA supercar, for goodness' sake.
But you needn't have a millionaire's bankbook to see that the Japanese automaker still has cheek to spare - just check out the 2011 Lexus CT 200h. Not only is Toyota's premium marque dipping its toes into America's compact luxury market - a segment that nobody but Mini has figured out how to make big dollars on - it's doing so with a hybrid, an expensive powertrain configuration that, Prius aside, only sells in marginal volumes.
Admittedly, Lexus has made no bones about the fact that it's squarely targeting Europe with the CT (a market where hatchbacks consistently do big business and "small premium" is not an oxymoron), but make no mistake, this is a brave bet. Lexus says it's gunning for 1,000 units a month - a small number in the grand scheme of things - but it's expecting the moon when compared to competitors like the Audi A3, BMW 1 Series and Volvo C30, which typically sell in the hundreds per month. Yet this bold bet is showing early signs of paying off. Thanks in part to heavy advanced marketing, Lexus cleared its decks of over twice that many units in March - 2,199 - the CT's first month on sale.
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All-wheel drive finds favor with Lincoln buyers
Filed under: Car Buying, Lincoln
Audi may be the king when it comes to premium vehicles fitted with all-wheel drive. Lincoln, however, must be taking notes because its customers prefer their luxified-Fords with the four-wheel motion as well. Every model in the automaker's current lineup is available with all-wheel drive, and lots of folks are checking that particular box on the order form.
It seems 2011 will go down as Lincoln's assault on four powered wheels. So far this year, 72 percent of MKT customers have opted for AWD while 62 percent of those purchasing the MKX have done the same. Of course, as you move into the automaker's sedans these numbers begin to fall, which is to be expected. Still, 46 percent of MKS shoppers choose the all-wheel-drive version and a quarter of MKZ sedans purchased are prepped for bad-weather driving.
Let's not forget the Navigator (yep, they still make it), which gets all-wheel drive 62 percent of the time.
Lincoln is enjoying this shift in consumer desire, as all-wheel-drive vehicles command anywhere from $1,850 to $6,890 extra when compared to their non-AWD counterparts. Full press release from Lincoln after the jump.
[Source: Lincoln]
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All-wheel drive finds favor with Lincoln buyers originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Pressure is on as sponsors come up for renewal (NASCAR.com)
Pressure is on as sponsors come up for renewal
Cadillac to Get Another Three-Row SUV, Keep Escalade
Cadillac’s SUV line is a huge success story. Whether or not we like it, buyers are snatching up the new SRX, and the Escalade remains one of the country?s most recognizable automotive status symbols. It?s not surprising, then, that the company is looking to expand its SUV family. Jim Vurpillat, Cadillac?s global marketing chief, tells [...]
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Brad Keselowski Ruby Tuesday Dodge Carl Edwards Copart Ford Denny Hamlin
Summer decision on Kubica?s return
The doctor overseeing Robert Kubica's recovery says it will be mid-summer before it is clear if and when the Pole will be ready to return to racing. Kubica will finally leave the Santa Corona hospital - where he has been since his horrific rally crash in early February - in just over a week
Kerry Dale Earnhardt Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr Carl Michael Edwards III William Clyde Elliott
BMW?s New Three-, Four-, and Six-Cylinder Engine Family Detailed, Magicked Into Being By Laser-Wielding Sentient Robots
Sweeping changes are afoot at Bavarian Motor Works, as the automaker confirms plans to bring three-cylinder diesel and gasoline engines to market as part of a new, modular engine family. The base engine in the family?its heart, if you will?is a four-cylinder, from which an inline-six will be derived; that engine in turn forms the [...]
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John James Jean Pierre Jarier Max Jean Stefan Johansson Eddie Johnson
Ecclestone willing to give Bahrain time
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone is willing to give Bahrain Grand Prix organisers more time to decide whether or not they can hold their race this year, ahead of this weekend's deadline laid down by the FIA.
Divina Galica Nanni Galli Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Fred Gamble Howden Ganley
Herbert and Blundell for Nurburgring
Ex-Formula 1 stars Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell will take part in the Nurburgring 24 Hours later this year. The British pair will share a works-run, four-wheel drive Volkswagen Golf24 (pictured) with Audi DTM driver Edoardo Mortara and sportscar racer Franck Mailleux in the legendary race on June 25-26.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/herbert-and-blundell-for-nurburgring/
Nasr and Foresti take Oulton poles
Felipe Nasr and Lucas Foresti locked out the front row and the two pole positions in qualifying for the second round of British Formula 3 at Oulton Park. Late improvements from the two Brazilians denied T-Sport's Menasheh Idafar what would have been a sensational double pole position result from a hectic qualifying session. Carlin's Kevin Magnussen had just set the fastest time of the session when he crashed heavily at Cascades 10 minutes into the 30-minute session and brought out the red flags
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/nasr-and-foresti-take-oulton-poles/
Yves Giraud Cabantous Ignazio Giunti Timo Glock Helm Glöckler Paco Godia
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Across the Pond
The inRacingNews Challenge took its penultimate round across the pond, spending this past week on the International layout of the famed Silverstone Circuit. Week 11 of 12 marked the online racing series’ third and final visit to the track, after the Pontiac Solstices and SpecRacer Fords took on the National layout in Week Four and Southern layout in Week Eight. With only one week left in the championship, it?s safe to say that most of the divisional championships are pretty well set, while season-long favorites Chris Hughson (Solstice) and Gabriel Tobar (Ford) should go home with the championships in their respective classes. Both celebrated with class-pacing weeks ? Tobar scoring 169 points after leading all 14 laps of his lone race victory and Hughson taking home a magnificent 209 by [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/across-the-pond/
Christian Klien Karl Kling Ernst Klodwig Kamui Kobayashi Helmuth Koinigg
Ten Things NBBL Doesn?t Want You to Know
#3: Before NBBL was lobbying City Hall to remove the Prospect Park West bike lane, Marty Markowitz and Iris Weinshall were lobbying DOT to not even build the PPW bike lane (PDF). #4: NBBL has a U.S. Senator on their side.
If opponents of an effective street safety project repeat dishonest distortions about it often enough, [...]
If opponents of an effective street safety project repeat dishonest distortions about it often enough, [...]
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/04/26/ten-things-nbbl-doesnt-want-you-to-know/
Bruce Kessler Nicolas Kiesa Leo Kinnunen Danny Kladis Hans Klenk
2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Debuts @ 2011 New York Auto Show
Watch the Video: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe – Video
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Ruby Tuesday Dodge Carl Edwards Copart Ford Denny Hamlin Z Line Toyota
Volkswagen?s Next Goals for the U.S.: a Three-Row SUV and a Subcompact
Several years go, Volkswagen’s execs decided it was no longer acceptable to be a bit player in the U.S. market. The new Jetta and Passat, and the Passat’s factory in Tennessee, show how the company is pursuing massive growth here: cheap, boring-as-ice-cubes cars. The new Jetta is coming off of a tremendous sales month, and [...]
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Mazda Still On Track to Bring Diesel Four-Cylinder to the U.S. in 2012
Just as Mazda took the wraps off of the face-lifted Mazda 3 with its new SKYACTIV four-cylinder gasoline engine, the company quietly reconfirmed that it will bring a diesel engine to the U.S. market in 18 months. The diesel is a member of the same family as the gas mill, and will probably arrive here [...]
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Ukyo Katayama Ken Kavanagh Rupert Keegan Eddie Keizan Al Keller
2012 Nissan Versa Sedan ? Auto Shows
Nissan?s new subcompact is all-new and positively less distinctive?thank goodness. Nissan?s biggest news at the New York auto show is small in scale, but important in terms of a market segment that?s likely to expand in direct proportion to escalating fuel prices. Meet the 2012 Versa sedan, the second generation of Nissan?s four-door subcompact. While [...]
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Ignazio Giunti Timo Glock Helm Glöckler Paco Godia Carel Godin de Beaufort
Vintage Class A
For the first time this season, the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series went road course racing, in wine country, USA, aka Sonoma.� The ten turn, 1.99 mile Cup configuration of Infinion Raceway challenged online racers in ways they never thought possible, and brought new names to the front. Michael Conti led 50 of the 55 laps en route to winning the top split of the week, setting fast time in the process. Conti is known more as an oval racer, but showed his capabilities on road as he took the dominating win by 55 seconds over Neil Pearson. Kenny Humpe was on the grid, and as always a favorite to win, but was unable to connect and failed to complete a lap. PJ Stergios, Marcus Lindsey and Brad Wright were [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/vintage-class-a/
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?Salute to Military Fathers? to Honor America?s Heroes on Father?s Day at MIS
VFW Foundation, NSK Corporation present unique online contest for military fathers ?Salute to Military Fathers? to Honor America?s Heroes on Father?s Day at Michigan International SpeedwayBROOKLYN, Mich. (April 26, 2011) ? Across the country, millions of fathers are honored each June with cookouts, cards and family time. Yet there are thousands of families whose patriarch...more»
Walt Hansgen Mike Harris Cuth Harrison Brian Hart Gene Hartley
Video: 400+ Cyclists Per Hour on the Manhattan Bridge
New York Post columnist Steve Cuozzo, proponent of birther-style conspiracy theories about the growth of cycling in New York, might want to check out this YouTube clip that NYC DOT posted earlier this week, along with other information on how it conducts bike counts. It’s a time-lapse video of cyclists on the Brooklyn approach to [...]
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/04/22/video-400-cyclists-per-hour-on-the-manhattan-bridge/
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Video: 400+ Cyclists Per Hour on the Manhattan Bridge
New York Post columnist Steve Cuozzo, proponent of birther-style conspiracy theories about the growth of cycling in New York, might want to check out this YouTube clip that NYC DOT posted earlier this week, along with other information on how it conducts bike counts. It’s a time-lapse video of cyclists on the Brooklyn approach to [...]
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/04/22/video-400-cyclists-per-hour-on-the-manhattan-bridge/
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Video: Today Now! interviews 5-Year-Old Screenwriter Of "Fast Five"
Filed under: Etc., Videos, Humor
Today Now! Fast Five screewriter interview - Click above to view video after the jump
With the debut of Fast Five just around the corner, The Onion sat down with its lead screenwriter, five-year-old Chris Morgan to get his take on the film. According to Morgan, the story brief for the movie was simple enough: "I wanted the cars to drive fast, and some of them to explode," he said.
It may seem like a childishly simple way to conceptualize a movie, but the same idea has held strong through a franchise that has irrevocably left its skidmarks on American pop culture. Morgan says he enjoyed almost total creative freedom on the latest Fast and the Furious project, and the final screen play was little altered from the original.
To get Morgan's full take on Fast Five and his impressions of the final product, check out the video after the jump.
[Source: The Onion]
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The Continental: AMG and Opel Hot Rods, GM Interior Design, and Some Welcome Deregulation
Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. AMG head Ola K�llenius told me last week in New York that the upcoming AMG version [...]
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Spy Shots: 2013 Ford Flex caught sporting first major update
Filed under: Spy Photos, Etc., Crossover, Ford
2013 Ford Flex spy shots - Click above for high-res image gallery
The engineers and designers at Ford are hard at work on the next take for one of its largest crossovers. Our spy photographers have managed to snap a few photos of the 2013 Ford Flex ahead of its debut later this year, and from the looks of things, the vehicle will borrow more than a few styling cues from its platform-mate, the 2011 Explorer. Expect to see a more corporate face, complete with a new grille, angular headlights and a revised front fascia among other tweaks. Projector fog lights seem to have made their way to the option sheet for the first time and new wheels should also be available.
Out back, the 2013 Flex looks like it will make use of a restyled tail gate as well. So far, it's unclear exactly what sort of interior upgrades the three-row CUV will receive, though we'd feel comfortable in guessing that MyFord Touch will likely make an appearance in the cabin for the first time. In addition, Ford may pull some fuel economy tricks from the ether as well.
[Source: Brenda Priddy & Company]
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Helm Glöckler Paco Godia Carel Godin de Beaufort Christian Goethals Paul Goldsmith
Peugeot expects ultra-close Le Mans
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Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/peugeot-expects-ultra-close-le-mans/
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Alfa Romeo Zagato classics consigned to join their modern counterparts at Villa d'Este
Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Alfa Romeo, Racing
1964 Alfa Romeo TZ Coupe (above) and 1962 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ "Coda Tronca" (below right)
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The more things change - or so the saying goes - the more they stay the same. Half a century after the originals graced the open roads and the auto shows of the early 1960s, two classic coachbuilt Alfa Romeos have been reborn in modern style. We're talking about the Alfa Romeo TZ and the Coda Tronca - the former now heading into its fourth iteration in the form of the TZ3 Stradale, and the latter just recently remade as the Spada Codatronca Monza. And now their progenitors are set to cross the auction block.
Regarded in the same light by Alfa aficionados as the 250 GTO is by the Ferrari faithful, the original TZ (so named for its tubular space frame and Zagato coachwork) made a remarkable 1-2-3-4 class finish upon its race debut at Monza in 1963, complimented the same year by class wins at Sebring, Le Mans and the Nürburgring as well as an outright win at the Alpine Rally the following season. Only 112 examples were made, and this particular model - chassis #750006 - was prepared by Autodelta (the same Alfa tuner still operating in the UK) and fully restored to its original 1964 Le Mans condition after single-family ownership of 23 years.
Likewise bodied by Zagato, this 1962 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ "Coda Tronca" (chassis #0184) is one of only 30 such examples made out of 200 total SZs. Its Kamm-tailed body gave it its name, a shape which its original designer Ercole Spada reprised for his eponymous modern Corvette-powered special and which led to the development of the aforementioned TZ.
Both of these historic examples feature DOHC four-cylinder engines (1.6 liters and 150 horsepower for the TZ, and 1.3 liters and 135 hp for the Coda Tronca) mated to five-speed manual transmissions. They're set to join the Bertone prototypes and the Art Deco classics at RM's forthcoming auction at Villa d'Este, where the TZ is expected to fetch €475,000-€575,000 ($690k-835k) and the Coda Tronca €260,000-€300,000 ($377k-435k). With their modern successors destined for the garages of the extremely fortunate, we could hardly imagine better stablemates to join them. Have a closer look at each in the galleries below and delve further into their histories in the backgrounders after the jump.
[Source: RM Auctions | Images: Dirk De Jager, Simon Clay/RM]
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Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/peugeot-expects-ultra-close-le-mans/
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Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/vintage-class-a/
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Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/across-the-pond/
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Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/indycar-news/indycar/conway-charges-to-first-indy-win/
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