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 | | The year was 1991. It started on a Tuesday, I believe. Canadian Bryan Adams was rocking on the "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" soundtrack and four singers from Philly were harmonizing on
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 | | In the dead of a Midwestern winter, those of us without the benefit of a heated workspace can only dream about getting back out to the garage and getting back to work on our project cars. But owning an old car isn't always about carefree warm-weather cruising with everything running like...
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 | | Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt covered 3,249 miles and averaged 135.4 mph to finish first in the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ford entered seven GT40s in the 1967 endurance race, but only two Shelby American entries finished....
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 | | With the Daytona 500 coming up this weekend, NASCAR is back on the radar for new and old fans alike. Longtime NASCAR writer Al Pearce has compiled a list of NASCAR rules and regulations you may not be aware of. 1. Be careful when...
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 | | After a couple of wild quarters with a mix of driver- and product-induced troubles, our long-term Mazda CX-5 settled into something a little more routine. It also welcomed a bundle of joy. At the tail end of the third...
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 | | EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: Maybe the world needs a V8-powered Audi A8, or S8, or RS 8 or whatever it would be, but this V6-powered model provides all the punch most drivers need. Case in point: Sitting stuck in...
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 | | World Rally Champion Petter Solberg has confirmed he will contest every round of this year’s FIA European Rallycross (RX) Championship. Solberg announced earlier this month that he would compete at the first round of the RX Championship in...
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 | | The Tesla Model S is settling down into its new status as a regular production car rather than just the darling of auto shows and model introductions. If you have the means, it might be time to consider putting one in your garage. So here are the basics you should know. The Model S...
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 | | Kevin Harvick won Thursday afternoon's first 60-lap, 150-mile Daytona 500 qualifying race at warm, sun-splashed Daytona International Speedway. The race established the inside row behind pole-winner Danica Patrick for Sunday afternoon's 200-lap Daytona 500.Harvick led twice for 23 of the 60 laps,...
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 | | CNN continued its pursuit of journalistic excellence this month with a puff piece investigating the effects of marijuana on driving. The test took place in Washington, one of the two greenie states -- Colorado being the other -- that voted for the right to smoke in last year's election.CNN tapped...
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 | | The 2013 Honda Accord Coupe earned top safety awards from two major U.S. organizations, continuing the brand's clean slate for the 2013 model year.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave the 2013 Accord Coupe a five-star overall vehicle score. To earn the overall five-star score...
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 | | Straight from the deepest depths of “why didn't we think of that?” comes this excellent application of American ingenuity and can-do spirit, a 1987 Chrysler Town and Country station wagon with the “motor, transmission, suspension, brakes and everything little in between”...
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 | | Gooding & Co. is heading to the 2013 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance with 72 lots ranging from coachbuilt Rolls-Royces to American muscle cars. All cars will be auctioned on Friday, March 8.European makes are well represented, with everything from a 1959 Facel Vega HK500 to a very green 1928...
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 | | Clay Greenfield easily posted the fastest time in Thursday night's final Camping World Truck Series practice session at Daytona International Speedway. After being fifth in the first session – run in the middle of the day, when it was warm and the track was slick – the Dodge driver was...
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 | | After briefly considering moving his event to Langley Speedway in Hampton, Va., NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin has decided that his annual charity Short Track Showdown should again be at Richmond International Raceway on April 25. The race features a handful of Late Model Stock Car stars against a half-...
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 | | Kyle Busch held off a last-lap, low-side bid by Kasey Kahne and won Thursday afternoon's second Daytona 500 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway. The caution-free 60-lapper was run at 193.966 miles per hour, making it the second-fastest qualifier since the races began in 1959.Busch,...
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 | | If NASCAR fans enjoyed the way racing was eight or nine years ago they are in luck.Watching the Sprint Unlimited and the Budweiser Duels confirms that the Gen 6 cars have brought back old school-racing. After winning the second of the duels Kyle Busch's crew chief, Dave Rogers, said in the media...
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 | | Despite all the yammering by TV's talking heads on Thursday, there was precious little racing for anything even remotely resembling a “transfer spot” into the Daytona 500. When the two 150-mile qualifiers began on Thursday afternoon, only three drivers were on any sort of “bubble....
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 | | With the Daytona 500 coming up this weekend, Autoweek editors Mac Morrison, Mike Larson, Wes Raynal, Dutch Mandel and Jon Wong took a few minutes to talk about the race and the upcoming NASCAR season....
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 | | Danica Patrick has already made history by becoming the first woman to ever claim the pole position on NASCAR's premier circuit. She has a chance to break more ground with a Daytona 500 win, something that's a real possibility given her good fortune to start the race.Although Patrick has taken...
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 | | Antron Brown flew home to Indiana for a doctor visit this week following his frightening accident at the NHRA Winternationals in California.The reigning NHRA world champion went for a wild ride after his engine exploded at 300 mph, sending his dragster veering sharply to the left before flipping...
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 | | When it comes to advertising in the racing world, NASCAR usually gets the nod as the series most likely to blind you with corporate branding, however, the folks at Infiniti seem to be taking a page out of the NASCAR playbook.Look at the photo above.Notice anything a little...odd?Like that the...
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 | | NASCAR has announced that two-time Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr., former Nationwide Rookie of the Year Timmy Hill and Danica Patrick, 10th in Nationwide points last year and Stenhouse's very public love interest, have registered to compete for the 2013 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year ...
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 | | The Camping World Truck Series made its first 2013 appearance at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday afternoon, when surprising second-generation rookie Jeb Burton led the first practice at 180.065 mph in a Chevrolet. The Truck Series has another session after this afternoon’s 150-mile ...
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 | | Fernando Alonso gave an enthusiastic Spanish crowd a boost by topping the times for Ferrari on the third day of the Barcelona Formula One test.Extremely cold conditions early in the morning made for a quiet start to the day, and also made the tires even more difficult to handle, but eventually...
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 | | Daytona International Speedway announced on Thursday that next year's two Daytona 500 qualifying races will be run the Thursday night of Speedweek. Since 1959, when the races began as 100-milers (they've also been 125s and now 150s), the twin races used to help set the 500 field have always been in ...
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 | | Also in this episode: VW has a top-of-the-line Golf ready for Geneva, where the German automaker will also unveil the efficient XL1 plug-in hybrid. TRANSCRIPT-- K-Pax is selling two C30s.-- Volkswagen will unveil the Golf.-- And we have news of the most efficient plug-in yet.I'm Jake, it's Thursday,...
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