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Good health, good times, good friends and a kick-ass family. What more can a girl ask for? Actually there is something; more of all that in 2011. Thanks for reading along, sharing your wisdom with me and giving me words of encouragement. Wishing you all the love in the world in the New Year. Enjoy! [...]
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: : HotRides McLaren Developing MP4-12C GT3 Racer Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . A Road Trip Five Years In The Making : Part Five : Option Four post from The Truth About Cars on 31 December 2010 01:16:07 PM . The Truth About Cars A little over an hour into our long-planned three-day West Virginia road trip , en route to rendezvous with my best friend and his father , my old man had entered a blind downhill hairpin too quickly , hit the brakes mid-turn , sideswiped a tree , and totaled his Mazda RX-8. In the past I ve wondered what leads people Read The Full Article : http : www.thetruthaboutcars.com 2010 12
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: HotRides Review : 2011 Kia Sportage EX Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Ridelust Recap : Dustins Favorite Cars of 2010 post from RideLust on 31 December 2010 01:00:23 PM . RideLust 2010 was a good year . The venerable Lancia Stratos came back from the grave . Jaguar built a car with two jet engines in it . The Mustang shaved its mullet and proved itself as a more-than-capable sports tourer . Chevy’s long-awaited Volt turned out to be pretty good . And Cadillac made the most bitchin’ station wagon ever . But Read The Full Article : http : www.ridelust.com ridelust-recap-dustins-favorite-cars-of-2010 Add to del.icio.us Digg
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HotRides A Road Trip Five Years In The Making : Part Five : Option Four Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . When 86 Horsepower Was More Than Enough For a Sports Car post from The Truth About Cars on 31 December 2010 11:16:07 AM . The Truth About Cars OK , we’ll admit that the 75 Fiat 124 Spider was ridiculously underpowered with just 86 horsepower out of its Twin Cam engine , but compare that to the 62.5 horsepower of the 75 MGB , a car so miserable that its manufacturer couldn’t afford to round the power figure down a half-horse . This car scaled in at Read The Full Article : http : www.thetruthaboutcars.com 2010 12
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, HotRides A Road Trip Five Years In The Making : Part Five : Option Four Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Former Car Czar Pays 10 Million , Does Not Go To Jail post from The Truth About Cars on 31 December 2010 04:16:56 AM . The Truth About Cars Former Obama administration car czar” and leader of the Presidential Task Force on Autos , Steven Rattner , wrote a 10 million check yesterday to NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo , and Cuomo dropped his charges . Rattner will remain a free man . The only thing he s not allowed is to appear before any state-pension funds for the next five years . video details and more Read The Full
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: , . HotRides McLaren Developing MP4-12C GT3 Racer Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . PSA 3 : Honda Owners , Watch Your Email . Very Carefully post from The Truth About Cars on 31 December 2010 03:16:40 AM . The Truth About Cars It looks like Gawker can find solace in the reassuring fact that they are not the only ones who ended up with a purloined database , containing the privates private details of all their customers . Intimate customer data of Honda has also been robbed and plundered . See , it happens to the best of them . According to Read The Full Article : http : www.thetruthaboutcars.com 2010 12
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The 2010 Formula 1 season had 19 thrilling rounds. One driver started from pole 10 times, from 2nd , 4 times, from 3rd, 3 times, from 4th,once and in Italy he started from p6. Statistics can be manipulated to mislead an audience, but in this case, it was abundantly clear that on F1’s qualifying day, [...]
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HotRides When 86 Horsepower Was More Than Enough For a Sports Car Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Season-Ending 24 Hours of LeMons Underway In Florida post from The Truth About Cars on 31 December 2010 02:16:34 AM . The Truth About Cars The midnight-to-midnight 2010 season-ender is underway at Palm Beach International Raceway Since Glenn Beck and friends got all bent out of shape over the original Cuba Del Norte” name , the LeMons Supreme Court decided to dress accordingly . We’ve got four former overall winners here , including West Coast champions Eyesore Racing and the Gulf-dominating Race Hard Read The Full Article : http
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HotRides Whats your Automotive New Years resolution Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . McLaren Developing MP4-12C GT3 Racer post from James Spotting on 31 December 2010 02:00:54 AM . James Spotting With McLaren s new MP4-12C an unbridled success , the British marque is looking to build on its motor racing roots and has begun development work to turn the supercar into a limited run of GT3 racecars . The project is nominally to honor the 15th anniversary of the McLaren F1 GTR s famous win at the grueling Le Mans 24 Hours race on its debut . The new run of GT3s aim to be available in time for 2012 GT3 championships , and McLaren is
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The management and staff of INDYCAR wish you new year filled with victories and fulfillment.
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The Shelby American Story By Art Evans & David Friedman photography Published by Photo Data Research 800 South Pacific Coast Highway Redondo Beach, California 90277 USA This is the author’s second book on Carroll Shelby. The first Shelby, the Race Driver, focused on his life up to 1960. The Shelby American Story is a chronological [...]
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Bertrand Baguette was faced with learning a new country, a new car and new racetracks in his rookie season.
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: skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , December 29, 2010 Hoops for Thailand Hey everybody , know you’re probably a Wee bit tired of the Nonstop Holiday Shopping spree N relentless commercials , eh Especially now that Christmas is over . Yet this is a pretty cool thing that Ariel’s doing , as she’s planning to go to Thailand as part of the Sparks Circus and provide her multiple Hooping , Clowning , Acting and other skills for the Disadvantaged Children of Burma . But of course , like everything in life it takes money to accomplish this feat , and Ariel’s no different in this quest to bring free entertainment to Thailand for which she’s seeking donations for her upcoming . trip For more information please check out her website and then click upon the Sparks Circus Outreach page . As I
Updated: 2010-12-29 00:00:00
The 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500 will be honored on a United States Postal Service commemorative stamp.
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Random Bits TIME magazine’s person of the year is 26 year old Mark Zuckerberg. Honestly I didn’t know the fellow until I saw his freckled face bellowing from the cover of the magazine. People in internet land know him as the creator of their recently acquired, most vital organ, Facebook. And thanks to his unique [...]
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A podium finish in the season opener and a "team effort" in the finale, Vitor Meira finds up-and-down in between.
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Marco Andretti says "... if we do everything right, there's no reason we can't contend week in and week out."
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Wishing you all a beautiful day with your friends and family. Thanks for the gift of your friendship throughout the year. Merry Christmas!
Updated: 2010-12-24 18:41:03
The Gilles Villeneuve Photo Gallery includes images from the 1977 Watkins Glen Can-Am, Trois-Rivières Formula Atlantic and Formula 1 with Ferrari. 1977 Watkins Glen Can-Am Driving the Dallara-Wolf Can-Am car 1977 Trois-Rivières Formula Atlantic On pre-grid awaiting practice Leading Formula Atlantic Field Image size 6in x 10in March 77B Image size 6in x 10in 1978 [...]
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: . skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , December 24, 2010 Happy Holidazes . Just a very short note . As I’m afraid I won’t get my letter to Santa on time this year , eh To let Y’all know I’ll be taking a brief hiatus from ze Blogosphere a Whale deserved Holiday break Therefore , I’ve gone on a wild winter’s Mr . Toad’s Sleigh ride to Grand Ma-Mah’s house N Younders NO Posts til next year . Thanks for reading my scribbling’s everyone Happy Holidays Y’all , Arrivaderchi Tomaso Posted by Tomaso at 8:37 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels : Blog News 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Links About Attractions Blog News Books Commenting F1 Team Links Ferrari F1 Force India F1 Hispania F1
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: skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , December 24, 2010 Merry Kringle T was the day before Christmas , when through all of the . paddocks Not a motor was idling , not even a single Cosworth Lump” could be . heard The garages were swept and tidied with care , In hopes that Roger Penske soon would be there The mechanics were nestled all snug in their beds.While visions of Championship bonuses danced in their heads . Not to mention HULIO And Princess” in her negligee , or was that her swim suit Along with Paul Tracy in his crash bucket , had just settled down for a quick tryst in the . sack When out on the lawn there arose such a racket , ol PT sprang from the bed to see what TAG , Suitcase Servia , Whiney Bags and Bad Bobby D’ were groaning . about Away to the window Tracy flew like a
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: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , December 23, 2010 Paris Jump Starts Small Bore ScooterLand Paris Hilton photo by Bauer Griffin Otay , this was just too good to pass up especially since I haven’t scribbled bout that Blonde Strumpet Paris since way back in 07. . Gray Bar du Hilton So in case you haven’t heard the word Damsel-in-Distress Or is Dat Hot Pink Paris Hilton has decided to cash-in and become a Co-owner of the SuperMartXé VIP team , as fortunately the Moto 125cc GP squad’s Scooter Piloto’s Sergio Gadea and Maverick Viñales won’t haveda wear the exact tight fitting Hot Pink uni Paris was during the Press Conference . Paris Hilton Buys Into Motorcycle Racing Team Posted by Tomaso at 11:00 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels :
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: : skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , December 23, 2010 F1 : 2010 Abu Dhabi GP Season Finale recap Sebastian Vettel , Weltmesister Those were the words played over the television world feed uttered by Red Bull Racing Engineer Rocky Rocquelin As in Vettel’s race engineer . Upon proclaiming Sebastian as the 2010 World Champion the youngest World Champion in the sport’s history at 23-years and 134-days young . Taking the record away from Lewis Hamilton , who’d previously usurped Fernando Alonso . As I still cannot believe that Master Zebb Vettel did IT Having done BLOWN UP Whilst leading the inaugural Korean GP , Vettel seemed a distant long-shot to Mwah , needing to win the final two races have some help . As I , along with many were critical towards Red Bull’s decision to let
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E.J. Viso says KV Racing Technology's performance this season was much stronger than the result sheets show.
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Race car drivers compete for myriad reasons, but they are all driven by the desire to win. It is this blind hunger for success which drives them to push that much harder and demand from their at times, uncooperative machines, performance the race car did not dream possible. Andre Anderson, however, has an advantage. He [...]
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: . skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , December 22, 2010 Bia Throws Down at Brazilian Kart-fest . Just spotted this whilst perusing BloggerLand yesterday . Over at Johnnie Parson’s” NOT IndyCar Blogsite although I did have to Goggle-it” just to make sure it wasn’t another of JP’s Fast Juan’s , since occasionally he likes to pull a Flyer , 8221 Err Fake Field-goal Yeah , that’s the ticket Hya But Ana Bia” Figueirido Beatriz did really win the second day’s 2010 Felipe Massa Charity Go Kart race by passing somebody known here at No Fenders as Rubino Check it out in Barriers Still Being Broken Hopefully this’ll give BIA some more traction towards landing a Fulltime Gig in the Big Carz Indy Cars for 2011 Hmm I think there’s a seat still open at Dale Coyne , eh Speedway Sirens flock to
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: : skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , December 22, 2010 F1 : Inaugural Korean Grand Prix recap As I previously mentioned way back yonder , on 10 26 I bothered staying up into the Wee DARK hours O Sunday morning in order to attempt watching the inaugural Korean Grand Prix live on le Telescreen . As I scurried bout packing for my trip to Arizona , I didn’t bother setting my Old School VCR since it’s Pre-Daylight Savings Time2.0, which means that twice a year I have to manually manipulate the machine’s time settings since Comcast has thoroughly Buggered Up the Auto Time Setting features with the FORCED usage of their ALL knowing diggIT Tul BOX . And in case you’re wondering , I only stick with this recording medium for the simple fact that I can still READ the On-screen menu vs . NOT
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By the way, Keselowski won’t be the only NASCAR star appearing north of the border that Jan. 21-23 weekend. Michael Waltrip, who’s now trying to become a standup comedian (there are some who would say that his stock car racing career was pretty much a big joke), will be the headline act at the Caesars Windsor casino on the Saturday night.
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: skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , December 21, 2010 The Other Tom Walkinshaw Recently I scribbled some thoughts towards the late Messer Walkinshaw . In which perhaps I was a trifle too harsh Having called the esteemed Scotsman a total Wanker . As you see , I don’t have anything against Walkinshaw , and my comments were from a long-long-time ago in a Far-away land . It’s just that I was always a fan of THE BOSS’s , a.k.a . Jos Verstappen , who I feel was one of the more colourful characters in Formula 1 perhaps a Wee bit like Irv-the-Swerve , eh Eddie Irvine And thus , I too was disappointed by Verstappen being let-go in favour of Heinz 57 Heinz-Harald Frentzen who was also a decent bloke too who just seemed unable to escape Herr Schumacher’s shadow . As I seem to recall being even
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: : skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , December 21, 2010 F1 : 2010 Singapore GP recap Robert Kubica Source : f1fanatic.co.uk Round 15 of 19 Singapore Night race : Sept . 26, 2010 Whale I for one was overly gripped by the tension oozing from the never ending duel between Fredrico Suave and Master Zebb , as eventual race winner Fernando Alonso traded Fast lap times with Sebastian Vettel . Who eventually finished runner-up while teammate Mark Webber took a somewhat controversial third place after his coming together with Lewis Hamilton in the latter stages of the race , following the second Safety Car period . As the incident was put under investigation by the Race Stewards , who eventually deemed it a Racing Incident” and handed out no further penalties effectively scuttling Hamilton’s
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Will Power, the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series championship runner-up, marries Elizabeth Cannon in Hawaii ceremony.
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Project manager Tony Cotman talks about the driver-controlled fuel mixture switch and its impact on the racing.
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Next month, January 2011 sees the return of the gruelling Dakar Rally an awesome challenge of over 9,500km across Argentina and Chile.
French enduro and rally rider Cyril Despres will return to South America to defend the title he won last year, hoping his huge experience will reward him once again.
Watch the Red Bull profile of [...]
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: : skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , December 20, 2010 F1 : 2010 Belgian GP recap Kimi Raikkonen Source : f1fanatic.co.uk Round 13 of 19 Spa Francorchamps , Belgium : August 29, 2010 Can it really already be one year-plus since The Kimster’s last Grand Prix victory . When Kimi Raikkonen used his might N Turbo” button KERS to blast past Giancarlo Fisichella’s surprisingly fast Force India chassis . Arivaderchi Luca And although I have heard and read about the late Stefan Bellof , I was unaware that it was the 25th Anniversary of his death this past September 1st , which I only discovered upon returning from Indianapolis finally being able to scour ze internets after watching the Belgian Grand Prix via the Memorex nearly one week later . Stefan Bellof 25 years later Top 3 Qualifiers
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Let there be no doubt, Kanaan has talent. And owners love him because he's easy on the equipment. When he won the Indy car championship in 2004, for instance, he became the first driver in major auto racing history to complete every lap of every race.
Updated: 2010-12-20 00:00:00
Series will join IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights for weekend at exciting natural-terrain road course.
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Ana Beatriz comes from 11th on the grid to win in the International Challenge of Go-Kart Champions in Brazil.
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Tony Kanaan reunites with longtime friend and racing competitor Gil de Ferran for 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season.
Updated: 2010-12-19 05:53:56
In the off-season, racers do what is required to improve their machines, in preparation for the grueling, fender-banging, bumper-smashing season which lies ahead. In our case, the circuit racing season blips the throttle for the first race in April and as such, competitors have a 5 months window (from the final race) to get their [...]
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The newly branded Time Attack Ontario series, formerly Solosprint, has released their schedule for 2011. It’s exciting to see that we’ll have 3 events at the famed, and very fast Mosport International Raceway. This series is the premiere Time Attack/Time Trials racing series in Ontario. It offers both top-level competition as well as a certified [...]
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: skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , December 17, 2010 Last Lap for ANDO and Others Perhaps by now you’ve heard the news that ANDO , a.k.a . John Anderson has suddenly passed away at the age of 65 years young , whilst apparently suffering a Heart attack after playing racquetball with longtime friend Will . Phillips And I cannot say I knew much about ANDO , as sadly , it seems that the Team Personnel , i.e . Managers , Engineers , Mechanics , etc outta the Limelight rarely get the acknowledgement they deserve . Although I do know I noted ANDO’s taking up residence at USF1, along with knowing he’d been instrumental in running Gil de Ferran’s successful American Le Mans Series foray , along with having been Dario REO Speedwagon” Franchitti’s winning Team Strategist at Indianapolis in 2007,
