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Saturday
Loeb takes control in France
Sebastien Loeb began to pull away from the field as day one of his home World Rally Championship round came to an end.
Solberg puzzled by dramatic crash
Petter Solberg cannot understand how the dramatic accident that ruled him out of Rallye de France happened. Solberg crashed out of the event on Saturday morning's opening stage, sliding off the road after braking from a very fast section to a medium-speed left-hander.
2012 Chase Prospects: Jeff Gordon is in, now can he win?
After winning at Pocono in August, Jeff Gordon finished 21st and 28th the next two weeks. Not exactly the best way to follow up a Wild Card contending win.
But over the final three weeks of the NASCAR regular season, Gordon closed with a flourish with finishes of third, second and second, flipping the narrative of his season from "can he make the Chase?" to now "can he win the Chase?"
The answer to the latter, of course, is yes. Gordon has had capable cars all season long. But it also comes with the caveat that this is Jeff Gordon's 2012. Anything can, and has, happened.
There was the blown engine at Daytona, the cut tire with Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Bristol, a crash at Talladega after starting on the pole, troubles at Darlington. Yeah, you get the drift.
But all of those issues came in the first 11 races of the season, after which Gordon stood 23rd in the Sprint Cup points standings. Since then, Gordon finished on the lead lap all but once, and that was at Michigan during the great Hendrick engine epidemic of 2012.
Best Chase Track: Gordon was king at Martinsville before Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin challenged his throne, and is still pretty damn good there, with seven wins and 31 top 10s in 39 starts. From the first race of 2003 to the first race of 2010, Gordon didn't finish outside of the top 10.
Worst Chase Track: It's either Talladega or Texas. Gordon's Talladega stats are skewed by wrecks that cancel out his six wins in 39 starts. At Texas, Gordon has one win, and has finished sixth and fourth his last two trips there after three straight finishes outside the top 10.
NB's Prediction: 7th. You can look at Gordon's season one of two ways. Either the NASCAR karmic gods continue to owe him for his horrendous luck at the start of the season, or his good summer stretch has balanced out that awful first 11 races and he's starting the Chase at neutral. Gordon has a fantastic chance of getting to victory lane over the next 10 races, but all it takes is just one race with a bad break to take a driver out of title contention too.
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2012 NSCS Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 Q&A with Team Chevy Driver Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon high fives fans - Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCARJEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway and discussed strategy for this weekend?s race, his sponsor signing on through 2014, his visit in Texas with his children?s charity earlier this week and...more»
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Private Bus Routes and Silicon Valley?s Outmoded Office Model
The image to the right is a transit frequency map, with a twist. Instead of city bus routes, this one shows the private bus routes traveled daily by Silicon Valley employees on their way from San Francisco to their respective corporate headquarters some 40 miles away.
This map shows the private bus routes of major Silicon [...]
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Friday
Fantasy NASCAR Preview: Bristol - Food City 500
Get ready for some good old fashioned beating and banging on Sunday afternoon because the Sprint Cup Series is heading to Bristol! Just as a heads up,�Brian Vickers is in the #55 Toyota this weekend, so nobody’s fantasy rosters are safe. Just kidding–I expect “The Sheriff” to be on best behavior in all of his [...]
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Audi R8 LMS ultra to fight for World Champion's title in 2012
AUDI Motorsport Ingolstadt, December 20, 2011 - GT1 World Championship to be held with GT3 cars in 2012 - Team WRT from Belgium is set on battling for championship - Two new Audi R8 LMS ultra cars on the grid...
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Schumacher calls time on F1 career
Michael Schumacher will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2012 season, the 43-year-old German announced on Thursday at Suzuka. Following last week's announcement that the seven-time world champion will be replaced by Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes , Schumacher called a press conference along with the team in Japan to call time on a career that has spanned 21 years and more than 300 races. Speaking of his decision, Schumacher said: "We did not achieve our targets but I can be happy about overall achievements in my career.
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Bayne Carries Special Paint Scheme And Solid Stats Into Talladega
No 21 Motorcraft Quicken Loans Warriors in Pink Ford - Wood Brothers RacingTrevor Bayne and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane crew head into this weekend?s Good Sam Road Assistance 500 at Talladega Superspeedway with stats on their side and a special paint scheme on the No. 21 Ford Fusion. Bayne and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team will spend...more»
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Thursday
Denny Hamlin beats Jeff Gordon, gets second straight win
Last week at Bristol, Denny Hamlin put himself in the picture to be at the top of the Sprint Cup Series points standings when the Chase begins. Sunday night at Atlanta, thanks to Jamie McMurray's right front tire and some quick work by his pit crew, Hamlin made sure that he will be at the top of the standings after next Saturday night's race at Richmond.
After McMurray blew a right front tire with six laps to go in Sunday night's race at Atlanta, Hamlin's pit crew got him off pit road first and Hamlin held off a hard charging Jeff Gordon to win his second straight Sprint Cup Series race and his fourth in 2012, the most of any driver in the Cup Series.
Before the caution, it was Martin Truex Jr. that was cruising towards victory lane. Truex had gotten around Hamlin with 44 laps to go and darted away, at one point building a near four-second lead with approximately 20 laps to go over Gordon, who had run down Hamlin for second place. The only drama was if Truex ? who reportedly had less than a lap of gas extra in his fuel tank ? would make it to the end with fuel in the engine.
But when McMurray's tire exploded just a few cars ahead of Truex on the frontstretch, that storyline went away and was replaced by a new one: which pit crew could get four tires bolted on the fastest? The answer to that question was Hamlin's, as he beat Truex off pit road by less than a car length.
On the restart, Truex, in the outside line, spun the tires and bottled up the drivers behind him. That opened the door for Gordon, who stayed in Hamlin's tire tracks as the two drivers separated themselves from the field. Gordon was running a slightly higher line than Hamlin and thanks to a surge of momentum down the backstretch on the final lap, took a shot at the lead in turns three and four on the final lap. He pulled up to Hamlin's quarterpanel, but he had too much speed. The car didn't stick, and Gordon had to let off the throttle exiting the corner.
Was it a Chase deciding move? Potentially. Gordon was, and still is, fighting for his Chase chances. Had he strategically used his fender to move Hamlin up the track ? a possibility he brought up after the race ? he's got an all-important second win towards his Wild Card chances. Instead, Gordon is still on the outside looking in, and Hamlin is guaranteed at least a share of the points lead.
"You wish you could bottle up and take these wins and put them in the Chase," Hamlin said, "They are worth something. They're worth three points (each). And this last week we've gained six points to the field in the Chase. That's six spots, that's hard to come by here and there and these guys know more than anything what one point matters when it comes to the Chase."
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2014 Jaguar F-type Roadster V6 Priced From $69,875; V8 Starts at $92,875
Jaguar has revealed some basic pricing information for the 2014 F-type roadster, the company?s new sports car that just debuted at the Paris auto show. Just as we predicted, the new Jag?s $69,875 base price falls between that of Porsche?s $61,850 Boxster S and entry-level $94,650 911 Carrera cabriolet. Even though Jaguar released pricing for [...]
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Dorna to organise World Superbikes
MotoGP and its rival World Superbike Championship will for the first time fall under the jurisdiction of a single organiser, it was announced on Tuesday. Dorna, which already organises MotoGP, will now also take responsibility for the WSBK, taking over from Infront Motor Sports
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Video: Super tiny supercharged V8 engine enters production [w/video]
If you've ever found yourself thinking the world needs more miniature supercharged V8 engines, think no more. Conley Precision Engines has put the finishing touches on its Stinger 609; a 6.09 cubic inch, fully-functional V8 engine. The little mill has its own supercharger, dual carburetors and a functional serpentine belt and turns out a full nine horsepower. The machine revs to a lofty 10,000 rpm and sounds like the offspring of a dentist's drill and a lumpy-cam small block. In other words, it's perfect. The Stinger 609 is 14 inches long from tip to tailshaft, just under half as wide and sits 10 inches tall. It tips the scales at 11.25 pounds.
Think this is the world's greatest paperweight? We'd be inclined to agree if the machine didn't carry such an eye-widening price tag. Conley Precision Engines will politely ask for $7,000 before handing you your own scale blown V8. We're just happy to live in a world where something like this exists. Check out a quick clip of the engine in action below.
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Report: Turbo sales to accelerate by 80%, could make up 40% of global offerings
Filed under: Technology
It's an increasingly turbocharged world out there. At least according to Honeywell, one of the major automotive suppliers for turbochargers around the world. And it's easy to understand why - as fuel mileage requirements are increasing, engine sizes are decreasing. To continue offering the power levels to which modern automotive buyers have come to expect, forced induction offers a ready solution.
Just how many turbochargers are we talking? Last year, Honeywell claims that turbocharged passenger vehicles accounted for 25 percent of the global market, for a total of 20 million vehicles. By 2017, says the report, that number will swell to 36 million new vehicles, which would be about 40 percent of global sales.
In other words, it's time to get used to seeing those exhaust-driven snail-shaped spools under the hood of new cars.
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Wednesday
As Chase begins, Tony Stewart has his hands full with Harvick ? Delana Harvick
Just before the first race of the 10-race 2012 Chase for the Cup began, Tony Stewart was busy sizing up the competition:
That's none other than Delana Harvick, wife of fellow Chase driver Kevin Harvick. "And for the record," she later tweeted, "if uncle tony wins today it's not my fault!!! #sneakyassgraber"
Could be worse, Delana. He could've thrown a helmet at you.
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Join us for the latest Yahoo! Sports NASCAR chat, Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET
Join us for the latest Yahoo! Sports live NASCAR chat, Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET! Time to talk Chase, everybody! Be here!
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Ducati duo rue qualifying accidents
Ducati's Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden reckon their crashes in Aragon qualifying cost them chances of showing better pace.
Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 152: 2013 Honda Accord Coupe V6
On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car?s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Only a couple of you figured out that this week?s sound came from a 2013 Honda Accord V6 coupe with the six-speed manual. The two-door is the only Accord variant to offer a manual with [...]
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Lewis scores first Euro F3 win
Michael Lewis took his maiden Formula 3 Euro Series win in the reversed-grid race at Valencia on Saturday. The 21-year-old American started from pole, outdragged his Prema team-mate Sven Muller down to the first corner and was never headed
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Tuesday
First-lap crash halts GT1 finale
The last-ever race in the FIA GT1 World Championship at Donington Park has been halted after just one lap due to a big crash on the exit of the first corner. Vita4One BMW driver Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof was pushed wide at Redgate on the opening lap, and got into a tankslapper as he rejoined from the damp grass. He collected the Sunred Ford GT of Laurent Groppi, and both spun into the barriers.
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Report: Volkswagen drops "GTi" lawsuit against Suzuki
Filed under: Government/Legal, Suzuki, Volkswagen
Way back in 2004, Volkswagen took umbrage with Suzuki being granted permission to use the nameplate "SWIFT GTi" for a performance variant of its small-car offering (2012 equivalent seen here). Now, eight years and surely some very steep legal bills later, VW has finally dropped its claim against Suzuki.
The General Court of the European Union stated, back in March of this year, that Suzuki's GTi registration could not be confused with VW's "Golf GTI." Volkswagen had appealed that ruling, though has now reportedly called off the dogs. In fact, Germany's Die Welt reports that the appeal has been dead for several weeks now.
This news comes amongst continued arbitration acrimony between the two automakers, all revolving around VW's forced divestiture of nearly 20-percent stake it purchased in Suzuki some two years ago.
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Rosenqvist makes amends with win
Felix Rosenqvist made amends for his Saturday errors by winning the third and final Formula 3 Euro Series race of the weekend at Valencia.
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2013 Audi S3 Photos and Info: Lighter, Stronger, Techier [2012 Paris Auto Show]
The new Audi A3 was the first production model spun from the VW Group’s MQB architecture, and so it makes sense that Audi will be the first brand to release a high-performance variant. This new S3 makes its debut at the 2012 Paris auto show, and is powered by an EA888 turbocharged four-cylinder engine that [...]
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Hayden unhurt in Aragon crash
Nicky Hayden has been given full medical clearance after his Aragon Grand Prix accident and will be fit to compete in the next MotoGP round in Japan. The American flew over the Aragon track's perimeter wall after his Ducati slid head-on into the barriers on lap two
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Monday
Sergio Marchionne calls VW execs 'reprehensible,' singles out Piech
Filed under: Europe, Volkswagen, Fiat
Fiat chairman Sergio Marchionne said Friday he will keep his title of President of the European Automotive Manufacturers Association [ACEA], a day after he excoriated Volkswagen executives for calling for his resignation and suggesting in public that Fiat would not survive the economic recession in Europe without a government rescue.The ACEA CEOs met at the Paris Motor Show, as they do every year, Friday morning after Marchionne, meeting with reporters Thursday, dared VW executives to call for his resignation in the meeting, in compliance with the lobbying group's governance. Marchionne called "reprehensible" recent actions by VW executives, including supervisory board chairman Ferdinand Piech (right) and CEO Martin Winterkorn (left) for calling for his resignation from ACEA through the VW press office.
Indeed, Stephan Gruehsem, VW's chief spokesman, said in July that Marchionne was not qualified to head the ACEA and threatened that VW would quit the organization after a New York Times article said that Marchionne blamed VW's pricing strategy for creating a "bloodbath" in Europe.
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Early Season Struggles Threaten Kahne?s Hendrick Debut
What do you do when your season ends before it really starts?
That’s what Kasey Kahne might be asking himself after a difficult start to the 2012 Sprint Cup season that sees him a mediocre 27th in points, worst among the four Hendrick Motorsports drivers in his first year with the team. Last week’s 14th place [...]
That’s what Kasey Kahne might be asking himself after a difficult start to the 2012 Sprint Cup season that sees him a mediocre 27th in points, worst among the four Hendrick Motorsports drivers in his first year with the team. Last week’s 14th place [...]
GLOBAL iPRINT NAMED OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF NHRA
NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. Jan. 4, 2012 Global iPrint, a premier printing and distribution company, has signed a three-year agreement to become the "Official Print Sponsor" of NHRA....
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Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo Wagon Photos and Info: Finally, the Panamera Hits the StairMaster [2012 Paris Auto Show]
?It all started with the Mercedes CLS back in 2005,? the commentator on Barrett-Jackson Auction 2060 will lecture to his co-host on the five-dimensional direct feed to your brain. The early 2000s, the audience learns, were a time of unprecedented automotive body styles and powertrain variants. ?Then Porsche wanted a fastback car, so it built [...]
Sunday
Blue-Economy Special: 2014 VW Golf BlueMotion Concept Debuts [2012 Paris Auto Show]
In recent times, the fuel-stingiest Golf in Volkswagen?s global lineup has been the diesel BlueMotion model. Now, with a new Golf on the way, it?s time for a new BlueMotion, a name we think is pitch-perfect for an efficient, potentially money-saving model entering the sagging European marketplace. READ MORE ?? Read full story »
2012 Chase Prospects: From zero (wins) to hero for Martin Truex Jr.?
At times, it's looked like Martin Truex Jr. has been poised to grab his first win for Michael Waltrip Racing. But, alas, it hasn't been meant to be, whether it was at Kansas when the handling on his car disappeared when the sun came out or at Atlanta, when Jamie McMurray blew a tire with just four laps to go, erasing Truex's large lead.
And while he's 0-fer this season, those strong performances are the main reason he's in this year's Chase for the first time since he signed on with MWR. In 26 races, he has 14 top 10s.
The last two weekends, Truex has lamented his team's bad luck that's prevented them from reaching victory lane. But let's be honest; that luck will have to change rather quickly if Truex is to be a strong contender in the Chase. Will it?
Best Chase track: If you take away a crash at Talladega, Truex's lowest finish at a Chase track in 2012 is 12th. We'll go with Dover, the site of his only Sprint Cup Series win and where he finished seventh in June.
Worst Chase track: By average finish, it's Talladega and Kansas. But Talladega is a crapshoot and Kansas is a completely new track. Next up on the list would be Martinsville, but Truex finished fifth there earlier this season.
NB's prediction: 11th. Much like Brad Keselowski last year, given the improvement at Michael Waltrip Racing, using past history may not be the best guide to how Truex will perform in the Chase. But that said, the recent history doesn't have any wins either. Truex has been running well enough to win, however, and if that luck turns, he's the perfect candidate to be this year's Tony Stewart.
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Spengler sure he?ll still gain on Paffett
Bruno Spengler is confident that he can continue to close the gap to Gary Paffett in the race for the DTM title at Valencia, despite qualifying 12th . The Schnitzer BMW driver lies 11 points behind Paffett with just Sunday's race in Spain and the Hockenheim season finale to come. With Paffett only qualifying 16th and his HWA Mercedes team-mate Jamie Green - also in title contention - 18th on the grid, a strong qualifying performance would have given Spengler a chance to significantly reduce his points deficit
California LeMons Racers: Chuckwalla Entry Deadline Is This Saturday!
The 24 Hours of LeMons Traveling Circus makes its first-ever stop at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway in California’s High Desert on the weekend of December 8 and 9, when the 6th annual Arse Freeze-a-Palooza race takes place. This one promises to be one of the best West Coast LeMons events of the 2012 season, but your [...]
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