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... Grand Prix) in southern Germany this past Saturday night for what we can only describe as the racing equivalent of a flash mob. The group reportedly coordinated over the interwebs, showed up at night after the track was closed and staged an impromptu race around the circuit. That is, until 50 cops showed up to bust the illegal race. Officials say they'll all be fined...
Was I dreaming, or did I see THA Chief Secretary Orville London turning the sod on TV for the construction of a $100 million project which called for a goat-racingtrack and other such related amenities in Tobago?
75 years of racing car carriers for Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows A family reunion featuring three generations of vehicles from a period of 75 years "The Blue Wonder" of 1955: The fastest truck in the world 1934: The new Silver Arrows are now transported on trucks Current Actros generation serves as the racing car carrier for Formula 1 and DTM To be used in 2010 for the Mercedes...
We all tend to see the fancy high performance race cars, but we usually never see or think about how these cars make it to all the races around the world. Surely some of transportation is done by ships and maybe once in awhile by planes, but mostly this job is for bigger trucks. This year [...]
Five hundred dogs at the Dairyland Greyhound track need to find new homes by the end of the year or they could be euthanized. The Kenosha News wrote a story about the soon-to-be homeless dogs here . The track is home to about 900 greyhounds, but the top 30 percent will move on to other racetracks. The rest will be put for adoption, according to the article. A Michigan TV...
Due to a change in the rules of Japan’s Super GT racing series, plans for a front-engined replacement for the Honda NSX supercar could be revived. Honda ’s front-engined, rear-drive supercar project became a casualty at the end of 2008 as Honda suffered under the economic crisis.
The father of a 17-year-old filed suit against a boy who he says punched his son in the face, allegedly causing excessive dental damage. In his lawsuit filed Nov. 12 in St. Clair County Circuit Court, Joseph P. Granda claims his son, Hayden J. Granda, was at the Enduro RaceTrack in Belleville with defendant Larry Davis on Oct. 4, 2008, when Davis intentionally struck Granda in the face...
Filed under: Performance , Videos , Dodge Dodge Viper ACR laps Laguna Seca - Click above to watch the video after the jump Pushing a performance monster like the Viper ACR around a racetrack at ten tenths takes some pretty massive cojones. But few tracks require the testicular fortitude of Laguna Seca. The iconic circuit in Northern California is packed full of decreasing radius...
November 24, 2009 6:00 AM Macworld recently posted a review of Mad Skills Motocross . Inspired by classic games of the past the sidescrolling motocross title features a realistic physics engine, 40 racing tracks, a variety of tricks to perform, the ability to play against the computer or friends, and an in-game editor. Macworld gave the game a score of 4.5 out of 5. From the review:...
Based on rival street racing crews. Run a crew and hire street racers to be the active friendly racer known as a wingman. Each racer has a racing skill scout, blocker, drafter-fixer, mechanic, and fabricator). Each skill has different properties from finding hidden alleys/back streets (shortcuts) to reducing police attention. In career mode, players have to race...
Mercedes-Benz has a long history in grand prix racing. In the inter-war period, it competed with the famous Silver Arrows. After the war, the German automaker returned briefly, only to withdraw again after just one year. It wouldn't be until decades later that they'd come back to the scene, supplying engines first to the Sauber team (later acquired by arch-rival BMW) and then to McLaren, the...
LINDEN -- For the past year, Jorge Lopez has been working around New Jerseyrace tracks, cleaning stalls and walking horses. It was that job that put the 22-year-old Long Branch resident into the back of a crowded horse trailer...
Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Dodge , Ferrari 2008 Dodge Viper ACR - Click above for high-res image gallery After setting a new lap record at Laguna Seca the other day, Dodge announced some minor revisions to the all-conquering Viper ACR for the 2010 model year. The snake that swallowed the famed 11-turn racetrack whole will be treated to some revised gearing and aerodynamics,...
The first race for the Steeda Q650R Mustang turned out pretty good for Steeda Autosports president Dario Orlando who drove the Steeda Q650R to a first place finish. The first race for the Q650R was part of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) South Atlantic Road Race of Champions at the Palm Beach International Raceway. The 2.034 mile...
It’s hard to believe but the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR (American Club Racer) has been on sale for almost two years now, during which time it has managed to set new records at a number of high profile race tracks around the world including the Nurburgring and Laguna Seca circuits. For anyone living under a rock for the past two years, the Dodge...
