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43 Fiestas sweepstakes kicks off with excellent NASCAR vs. Rally footage
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Videos , Hatchback , Ford , Racing Ken Block takes on AJ Allmendinger – Click above to watch video after the jump Ford has officially lit a fire under its 43 Fiestas campaign . As you may recall, the promotion aims to hand out a raft of prizes, from 43 LCD flat-screen TVs to airfare, lodging and tickets to the Ford NASCAR 400 Sprint Cup race for 43 lucky grand-prize winners. Of those souls, one will be awarded a special Ford Fiesta , but should AJ Allmendinger happen to walk away with the checkers, everyone in the grand-prize lot will receive a new Fiesta to call their very own.
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43 Fiestas sweepstakes kicks off with excellent NASCAR vs. Rally footage
Europe’s Coolest Vintage Races
Posted by: | CommentsEurope’s Coolest Vintage Races If you want to see great vintage racing, and awesome cars on display, head to one of these great events in Europe. France’s Le Mans Classic Le Mans Classic is a spectacular gathering of vintage race cars that takes place every other summer. We witnessed the fifth running of the event this July. For those of us too young to have witnessed the original great battles at Le Mans from 1923-1979, Le Mans Classic is like a second chance prom
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Europe’s Coolest Vintage Races
Video: Japanese trailer for Ayrton Senna documentary
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Videos , Racing Ayrton Senna biopic trailer – Click above to watch video after the jump Ayrton Senna da Silva was born on March 21, 1960. To our knowledge, he won his first competition when he cut his umbilical cord before his doctor could. In reality, he began his karting career at age 13. He jumped to single-seat race cars in 1981 before finally reaching the holy land of Formula One in 1984
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Video: Japanese trailer for Ayrton Senna documentary
2010 Belgian Grand Prix packs in the action [SPOILERS]
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Europe 2010 Belgian Grand Prix – Click above for high-res image gallery After the nearly month-long break that followed the Hungarian Grand Prix , F1 fans around the world have patiently awaited the return to business as usual on the grand prix circuit. And by business as usual, we mean nail-biting, wheel-to-wheel action and bitter rivalries. With that much pent-up anticipation, it would take some spectacle to make up for the hiatus. Fortunately, this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix – held at the legendary Spa Francorchamps circuit – provided exactly that
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2010 Belgian Grand Prix packs in the action [SPOILERS]
Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart drives into retirement with big sell-off
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Auctions Ivan “Ironman” Stewart has retired, and the legendary off-road racer didn’t play around when it came to getting out of the game. This weekend, 650 items from his 37-year racing career are being auctioned off, including the entire Pro Truck business he’s been running for the last ten years. Items up for bid range from pieces of racing history like the restored Funco SS1 buggy (above) that ran the 1976 Baja 1000, to racing miscellany like antique fire sprinklers and five antique folding seats .
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Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart drives into retirement with big sell-off
Identity Crisis: 2011 Honda CR-Z
Posted by: | CommentsIdentity Crisis: 2011 Honda CR-Z The show car’s cool styling got noticed, but so did the hybrid badge. So we can’t help but wonder: is the 2011 Honda CR-Z just another hybrid for fuel-economy dorks or a hot hatch for cool dudes? Honda’s CRX is something of a legend, one of those cars about which everyone seems to have memories. Fond memories at that, usually involving an ultracool college-age dude who drove the wheels off one.
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Identity Crisis: 2011 Honda CR-Z