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Trackside at the Indy 500!
2008-05-27 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor This clip is about as far from broadcast-quality video as you can get, but I think that's what makes it so cool. When you watch the race on the tube, it's impossible to grasp how incredibly... More About: Indy 500 , Indy
Hey! I Was Totally Going To Do This...
2008-05-27 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor ...but someone beat me to it! My latest junk-car pipe-dream involves finding one of these rare mid-70's AMC Matador coupes and building a Bobby Allison tribute car based on the one I saw at the Hall...
Jay Leno's Choice Words For Detroit
2008-05-26 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor Our economy's heading into a rough patch, and one of the things that would help it is if more people consistently bought from American companies, particularly when purchasing big-ticket items like cars. Problem is, not everyone... More About: Words , Choice , Detroit
Street Legal
2008-05-26 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief A town in Poland decided to make street racing legal one day each month. Think something like this would work here in the States? Check out the BBC video. More About: Legal , Street
Busy Day for the Tire Mounters
2008-05-26 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Unlike Formula 1, where teams construct their cars from the ground up, Indy Cars are all built on Dallara chassis and powered by 650 horsepower Honda V8s. Unsurprisingly, they also all run the same rubber, Firestone... More About: Busy , Tire
Indy Hall of Fame!
2008-05-26 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum is amazing. It's also, from what I can tell, the only place inside the speedway complex where you have to wear a shirt to be admitted—€”and it's worth... More About: Indy
Firestone Freedom 100 Gets Indy Weekend Rolling!
2008-05-26 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Yesterday was Carburetion Day, when teams traditionally get some final track time to fine tune their cars before the green flag drops for the 500. Unfortunately, the weather was miserable. Heavy rain essentially canceled the session?it... More About: Freedom , Weekend , Indy , Rolling
Walking the Garages at Indy Speedway!
2008-05-26 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Look out! That's the advice I'd give anyone before attempting to walk through the garages at Indy Motor Speedway . While I was navigating that gorgeous mess of carbon fiber and horsepower earlier today, I was living... More About: Walking
After Taking Pole, Scott Dixon Wins Indy
2008-05-26 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Most of the time, the driver that takes the pole doesn't wind up taking the checkered. But today, Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon proved that "most of the time" doesn't mean "all of the time." The New... More About: Indy , Pole , Wins
Heartbreak for Danica as Pit Collision Knocks Her Out
2008-05-26 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor All day, Danica Patrick was reporting that her car was slow, but she still managed to keep it in the top ten for most of the race?until a collision with Ryan Briscoe in the pits ended... More About: Heartbreak , Collision
What's Your Dream Garage?
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief I always admire pristine garages like this one, but I don't think I'd ever actually manage to set up something similar for myself. It just seems too clean and neat or something--I like my garages to... More About: Garage , Dream
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor Watch a pair of ultra-slick Magnums lay down a bunch of epic burnouts. I sure am glad I'm not paying for those tires! More About: Smoke
Breck Rothage: Automotive Artist Capturing the Essence of Art and the Autom
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Rich Truesdell Automotive Traveler As an automotive photographer and editor, I spend a lot of time looking at and editing images of cars, my own as well as those taken by other photographers. And like many of you, I... More About: Artist
Bringing Back the Veritas?
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor The short-lived Veritas (1948-1953) gave Germany its first Formula 1 team, and now a new company is resurrecting the legendary name for the purpose of bringing a new supercar to market. The revised Veritas RS III... More About: Back
I'm Off to the Indy 500!
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor I've been watching the Indy 500 for years on TV, and right now, I'm about to hop on a plane for Indianapolis to see it in person. How awesome is that? I'm completely losing my mind!...
Vida Guerra : More Than Just A Pretty Face
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Kristie Bertucci DUB Magazine Living life to the fullest is Vida Guerra ?s mantra. And why shouldn't it be? Her first name does mean "life" in Spanish. But this model, actress and soon to be singer doesn't just want to... More About: Face , Pretty
Jet-Powered Bike Looks Like Metaphor For Sketchy
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Bob Maddox initially got started playing with jet engines so he could?no joke?turn himself into a human missile while skydiving. But after a couple of jet-boosted jumps, he began to question the safety of that endeavor,... More About: Bike
Hot Fuzz: UK Cops' New Diesel Rides
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor A fleet of new Peugeot 308 diesels are being fitted for police service in the UK, and will be on patrol within the month, according to Peugeot's Special Vehicle Operations, who will be installing all the... More About: Diesel , Cops , Hot Fuzz
With the Fingernails Matching
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Will Gock Rides Magazine If you?re going to do something out of line--like putting a trailer hitch on your supercar--you better go all out. Lucky for the owner's sake, we can?t really hate on this pairing spotted recently in...
Caption Contest!
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Remember that VW ad where the dude totally tackles the shopping cart? That spot makes me laugh every time I see it, and it was the first thing I though of when I saw this hilarious... More About: Contest , Caption
Aveo vs. Rio: No One Wins
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Rob Editor-in-Chief Ok, obviously I pushed you people too far. But I have to say, this was one of the more interesting and amusing Showroom Showdowns from the perspective of the guy who has to go through and read/count... More About: Wins
This Just In: New on the Net
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor The Friday before a three-day weekend always feels awesome. Hopefully, you don't have to work on on Memorial Day, but if you do, here's hoping you get overtime. Do any companies even do that anymore? Anyway,...
Another Fun Time Waster
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief This game is a lot of fun, especially if you're a Spy Hunter or Death Race 2000 fan, but I'm not sure why it's on a insurance company's site. Let us know if you actually manage... More About: Time
When a Caricature Comes to Life: Super GT NSX
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Ben Schaffer Bulletproof Automotive This is something I simply just don't understand. Last time I was in Tokyo I took a picture of this Super GT NSX car. This photo was taken because it was the largest, most idiotic... More About: Life , Caricature
Incredible Pinto Pangra Build Video
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor The it turns out, was an extremely rare option package offered by Ford dealers on the Pinto . It included this distincitve nosecone and pop-up headlights, a beefed-up suspension, and a turbocharged, Weber-carbed, OHC 2.3L. Brad owns... More About: Video , Incredible , Build
Hacked Steering Wheel
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief There is a lot of strange stuff on our site, but every once in a while we come across something that stops us in our tracks. What is this guy going for exactly? I've heard of... More About: Hacked , Wheel
Terrible Timing: Alfa Romeo Plans SUV
2008-05-24 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor I guess Alfa Romeo hasn't noticed all the traded-in SUV's rotting on dealer lots, because they've decided that now is the perfect time to bring a new soccer-mom mobile to market. They don't even feel they... More About: Plans , Timing
Seriously: Tire-Noise Legislation?
2008-05-23 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor Clearly, bureaucrats in Europe hate cars more than life itself, but this seems like a stretch even for them: the European Commission is now attacking the noise made by vehicle tires. But what noise are they... More About: Legislation , Noise , Tire
Lambo's LP-560/4 Deserves Better Than This
2008-05-23 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor As someone who loves Lambos, I have to admit I'm kind of disgusted by this new LP-560/4 spot. When it's not busy being way too stylized, it's making stupid statements about the Italian stallion's ability to...
Awesome: Street-Legal NASCARs, Starting at $50K
More articles from this author:2008-05-23 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor I ran across this bunch of furniture made out of stock cars on Born Rich, but digging a little deeper, found that the manufacturer also produces running street-legal NASCARs built to customer specifications. Rock! Mike Burkhardt... More About: Awesome , Legal , Street 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
