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Mike Ryan Drifts His Pikes Peak Freightliner, Video Is Epic

To most folks, semi trucks are merely society?s beasts of burden?the unemotional, unwieldy, and unsexy polar opposites of race cars. This is why we so dearly love the FIA’s truck-racing series, which sees purpose-built rigs comically (they can’t help it) duking it out on track, and it is precisely why we can’t stop watching the [...]

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Peugeot Sport Total wins Petit Le Mans

Franck Montagny, Stephane Sarrazin and Alexander Wurz drove the No. 8 Peugeot Sport Total entry to victory Saturday night in the American Le Mans Series season-ending Petit Le Mans. The Peugeot 908 had a long battle with the No. 1 Audi that ended with three hours to go in the 1,000-mile race when the two touched, sending the Audi into the wall at Road Atlanta.

Source: http://www.nascarracinglive.com/nascar/peugeot-sport-total-wins-petit-le-mans.html

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Utility Van Driver: We Need Better NYPD Enforcement to Protect Pedestrians

Had to share this message from Daily News reader Ken Douglas in response to the opinion piece I wrote with Dr. Linda Prine about the health and safety benefits of complete streets. Our essay focused on the engineering side of the street safety equation — street designs like bike lanes and curb extensions that are [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/09/28/utility-van-driver-we-need-better-nypd-enforcement-to-protect-pedestrians/

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Local Data Confirm: NYC Bike-on-Ped Injuries Declined as Cycling Rates Rose

While the number of cyclists heading into Manhattan's central business district has soared since 2007, the number of pedestrians injured in collisions with bicycles in New York City has fallen almost ten percent. Both measures are indexed to 100 for the year 2007. When Hunter College professors Peter Tuckel and William Milczarski released a report finding that [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/09/29/local-data-confirm-nyc-bike-on-ped-injuries-declined-as-cycling-rates-rose/

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2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 Tested: American Iron vs. Mulholland Drive

With corners like Deadman’s, the old Mulholland racetrack seemed like the perfect place to test our mettle in a 470-hp hunk of American iron. Did we mention the wasps?!? Everybody in the party had been warned to wear long sleeves and hiking shoes. Almost nobody did. Just a few turns down from what we were [...]

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Merhi and Melker take Valencia poles

Roberto Merhi and Nigel Melker snared the pole positions for this weekend's penultimate round of the F3 Euro Series at Valencia. Local driver Merhi, who is likely to clinch the title this weekend, led the way for Prema Powerteam at the halfway point of the session in a time of 1m28.178s, with the similarly Mercedes-powered Mucke Dallaras of Melker and Felix Rosenqvist in close proximity

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/merhi-and-melker-take-valencia-poles/

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2012 Audi A6 3.0T Quattro Tested: Redefining the Boundaries of Best in Class

Winner’s Circles: Audi redefines the boundaries of best in class. Just over a year ago, an Audi A6 3.0T Quattro tallied winning marks in a three-way execucar rodeo versus two brand-new rides?a BMW 535i and an Infiniti M37 [?War Rooms,? August 2010]. This was remarkable because the Audi was basically a five-year-old design. An A6 [...]

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2012 BMW 650i Coupe First Drive: For Men of a Certain Age

BMW’s 6-series coupe somehow persists against all odds. Two-door luxury is very nearly dead. Decades ago, big coupes such as the Cadillac Eldorado, Oldsmobile Toronado, Buick Riviera, and Lincoln Mark-series ruled as symbols of the successful man?the longer the door, the more important the man. Keep Reading: 2012 BMW 650i Coupe – First Drive Review

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Merhi and Melker take Valencia poles

Roberto Merhi and Nigel Melker snared the pole positions for this weekend's penultimate round of the F3 Euro Series at Valencia. Local driver Merhi, who is likely to clinch the title this weekend, led the way for Prema Powerteam at the halfway point of the session in a time of 1m28.178s, with the similarly Mercedes-powered Mucke Dallaras of Melker and Felix Rosenqvist in close proximity

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/merhi-and-melker-take-valencia-poles/

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2012 BMW 650i Coupe First Drive: For Men of a Certain Age

BMW’s 6-series coupe somehow persists against all odds. Two-door luxury is very nearly dead. Decades ago, big coupes such as the Cadillac Eldorado, Oldsmobile Toronado, Buick Riviera, and Lincoln Mark-series ruled as symbols of the successful man?the longer the door, the more important the man. Keep Reading: 2012 BMW 650i Coupe – First Drive Review

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