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Monday, February 28, 2011
2012 Ford Focus Gets 40-mpg EPA Highway Rating in SFE Trim
Ford’s new Focus will join the 40-mpg club. The compact has been rated by the EPA at 28 mpg city/40 highway?when the car is ordered in sedan form with the $495 SFE (or Super Fuel Economy) package. This package is paired exclusively with the company’s not-so-hot PowerShift dual-clutch automatic transmission, and outfits the Focus with [...]
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Comtec completes FR3.5 line-up
Comtec Racing has signed Formula 3 race winner Daniel McKenzie and Dutch teenager Daniel de Jong to its Formula Renault 3.5 team. McKenzie joins the Norfolk-based squad after a two-year spell in British F3 with Fortec. The Poole driver took two reverse-grid victories last season and was a dominant National Class champion in 2009
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/comtec-completes-fr3-5-line-up/
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Williams ?would?ve boycotted? Bahrain
Williams chairman Adam Parr says his team was unlikely to attend the Bahrain Grand Prix, had it not been cancelled earlier this week. Unrest in the country had called the event into doubt and it was eventually postponed on Monday, but several teams have indicated that they would not have travelled even if it had gone ahead. "The decision was right by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and if for whatever conceivable reason that hadn't been the decision, I don't think we would have [gone]," Parr told AUTOSPORT.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sami Selio And Mad Croc Capture Driver And Team Title's In '10!
F1 H2O / F1 Powerboat News ABU DHABI, U.A.E. ? December 31, 2010 Finland's Sami Selio scored 50 of his 94 total points in his final three races of the 2010 season in a brilliant come from behind performance to...
Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/01/sami_selio_and_mad_croc_c.php
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Mac Attack
The V8 virtual circus travelled to Sonoma and the Cup configuration of Infineon Raceway for Week Two of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series. The majestic rises and falls of the Sears Point track and the leery, oversteering nature of the Aussie beast- it’s almost as if they’re made for each other. For this, the early race, Michael McCabe was on pole from Mitchell McLeod. The pair of sim racers had been lightening fast in separate splits prior to this week which made it a delectable prospect for this top split. Simon Maddern and Scott McLaughlin filled the second row, the top three all in the 1 min 14s. At the green McCabe got away from McLeod but the young Victorian kept him in check. McLaughlin hung on to the leading [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/mac-attack/
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Well, I am back in....
Been out of modelling for awhile because of time constraints and other more pressing issues. I finally have some time to get back to my stash. I have many unfinished projects in the wings, but decided to get something finished to get the ball rolling again.
Started with the "Rides" Ford GT I purchased to get the engine assembly for a different project. After some time finishing the body and smothing a few dimples it had, I came up with this.
Pretty much box stock, but I painted the stripes and the parts box supplied an engine. The good old 427 Cammer with dual quads and intake tubes from a 66 Galaxie kit.
I am pleased with the first finished kit I have gone in awhile. Kit may be a bit basic, but built up nice.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/943960.aspx
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Drayson quits ALMS for electric series
American Le Mans Series race-winning team Drayson Racing is to switch to a new championship for electric cars this year.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Sandt Racking-Up Tour Modified Wins
The same driver, same state with a different track produced a similar story in the third week of online racing competition in the NASCAR iRacing Tour Modified series in 2011. Untamed Motorsports driver Robert Sandt poured the pressure on his fellow sim racers by capturing seven wins at the Richmond International Raceway and would be relentless as the tour headed to South Boston Speedway. Sandt, the fast qualifier for the week led the eighty-nine other drivers in the win column at ?SoBo? as he put down five victories at the tight oval. Those five field toppers in eight starts would be good enough for the overall win for Week Three in 2011 Season One as he scored 162 points for the effort. Ohio?s Shawn Colley made one start on the [...]
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/sandt-racking-up-tour-modified-wins/
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Daytona 500 Winner Trevor Bayne Living a Dream at 20
Filed under: Daytona Int'l Speedway, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Flashing his dimples, and looking even younger than his 20 years, Trevor Bayne grinned broadly, laughed and fidgeted as he conducted his first news conference as the youngest Daytona 500 winner in history.
One day after celebrating his 20th birthday Bayne drove the legendary No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford to victory Sunday in NASCAR's biggest race -- sharing the honor with the team's previous Daytona 500 winning drivers, A.J. Foyt, Cale Yarborough, Tiny Lund and David Pearson. Bayne wasn't even born when Pearson claimed the Wood Brothers' last Daytona 500 trophy in 1976.
Explaining how grateful he was for the opportunity, thankful for his good fortune and appreciative of his team's efforts, the good-looking, well-spoken Bayne sounded as mature and poised behind the microphone as he was behind the steering wheel in holding off three series champions and a handful of other veterans on the last two laps of Sunday's race.
The Knoxville, Tenn., native's biggest smile, however, seemed to come when he found out that his Twitter account expanded from 6,000 followers to 16,000 by the end of the race. And, he modestly conceded, he was going to need a friend to drive his Ford truck home. Seems that while most of Bayne's competitors flew in private jets to the race, he drove his Ford F150 pickup truck from Tennessee to Florida.
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Volvo to Unveil Diesel-Electric V60 Plug-In Hybrid at Geneva Auto Show [UPDATED]
Volvo has announced that it will unveil a ?virtually production-ready? diesel-electric plug-in hybrid version of the V60 wagon at the Geneva auto show, and the company has has confirmed it will be offered for sale in European markets beginning sometime in 2012. The hybrid system is befitting of the car?s complicated description, and represents a [...]
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Virgin continues Manor GP3 prize test
Virgin Racing will again offer a Formula 1 test to the most successful driver from the affiliated Manor Racing GP3 squad's line-up this year, the teams have confirmed. As part of a talent development system that will also see Virgin Racing back new karting category Formula KGP, the top scoring driver from Manor's three-car GP3 team will drive for Virgin in the winter young driver F1 sessions. Last year this prize saw Indonesian teenager Rio Haryanto get his first taste of F1 with Virgin in the Abu Dhabi tests, having taken fifth in the GP3 standings for Manor.
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[UPDATE - New photos] Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 image leak No. 2 and 3 - and 4
Once again, the vulnerabilities of the medium have given way to yet another magazine leak.Kurt Kuhnke Masami Kuwashima Robert La Caze Jacques Laffite Franck Lagorce
Friday, February 25, 2011
Drayson quits ALMS for electric series
American Le Mans Series race-winning team Drayson Racing is to switch to a new championship for electric cars this year.
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Ricciardo: Mixed weather a big help
Daniel Ricciardo believes the Formula 1 teams now have a much better grasp of handling the new Pirelli tyres in mixed conditions, following another wet morning at Barcelona today. The Toro Rosso reserve driver was on board the STR6 for the first half of today's running, which was mostly wet then dried enough for a run on slicks before the lunch break. When asked by AUTOSPORT about gathering data on the crossover point between the Pirelli inter and the slick, he said: "This morning was another big step forward with that
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With Sponsorship from Big Red and ALL SPORT Body Quencher, Germain Racing will Field Full Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Entry
ALL SPORT / Big RedAustin, TX (Feb. 24, 2011) ? Building on their heritage in motorsports, Big Red and ALL SPORT Body Quencher return to NASCAR Sprint Cup competition in 2011 with a full time entry in the Sprint Cup series. Landon Cassill will drive the No. 60 car beginning with the SUBWAY Fresh Fit...more»
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Spyker to sell off sports car division
Find out how much the Spyker brand is worth, and what the deal means for the C8 Aileron, D8 Peking-to-Paris and Saab, inside.Ignazio Giunti Timo Glock Helm Glöckler Paco Godia Carel Godin de Beaufort
Thursday, February 24, 2011
?No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone? reviewed | Book review
Review of Tom Bower's new book on Bernie Ecclestone.
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Journalists shocked at Korea award
 Scarecrows adorn the entrance to a barren Korean International Circuit |
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/12/journalists_shocked_at_korea_a.php
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F1 teams battle over cost-cutting
The first race of the 2011 season is still two months away, but the fight for a competitive advantage in Formula 1 is still raging away behind the scenes.
As their engineers put the finishing touches to their new cars in time for the start of pre-season testing next month, team bosses are trying to thrash out a new cost-saving agreement. And it's getting a bit nasty.
Rivals - almost without exception, I'm told - believe Red Bull exceeded en route to winning the world title last year the limitations laid out in the document that defines how teams commit their budgets. They also claim that Red Bull are blocking a new version of the so-called Resource Restriction Agreement to take the sport through to 2017, where the current one runs only to 2012.
One insider at a rival team said Red Bull had been "flouting" the RRA. This is quite a serious accusation, as it effectively claims Red Bull either spent longer developing the aerodynamics of their car, employed more staff, or spent more money - or all three - than they were allowed to. In other words, they had an unfair advantage.
Red Bull deny outright that they overspent in 2010, and insist they are objecting to the revised agreement only because it is flawed in its current form and they want to ensure it is "fair and equitable". More of which in a moment.
"We've worked in accordance with the RRA limits since they were introduced," Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told BBC Sport. "With tremendous hard work and internal efficiencies, we believe we've absolutely adhered to it.
"Red Bull has committed its budgets wisely and it's obviously surprising that people will feel that way, but it's inevitable, I guess, when you're at the front and winning races."
No one will go on the record to confirm their suspicions about Red Bull, but Virgin Racing chief executive officer Graeme Lowdon, while making it clear he does not know about Red Bull's budget, says: "On something as fundamental as this, on something that's there to make the whole business you're in sustainable, if someone was to even breach the spirit of that, then that's extremely disappointing.
"I cannot see how anyone can level a criticism at an RRA. If it made a worse show, or watered it down, then there would be a case to answer. But it doesn't so it's very disappointing if teams ignore something as fundamental as this."
In many ways, this financial dispute echoes the technical rows that enveloped Red Bull in 2010.
Unable to explain or understand how the RB6 car was so fast, rivals first accused Red Bull of having an illegal ride-height control system, and then of an overly flexible front wing. Red Bull insisted the car was completely legal, and the FIA, F1's governing body, never found otherwise.
Horner finds Red Bull in the middle of another controversy about 2010. Photo: Getty
"We expect other teams to potentially challenge [whether we have over-spent]," Horner says, "as they have done on front wings and ride heights and everything else in the course of last year. But we don't have any issue.
"Red Bull probably has the third or fourth biggest budget in F1. We spent prudently and have achieved great efficiency within the factory, and we have to top that in 2011."
This row has come up in the context of negotiations over revising ways of controlling F1's costs. Keeping a lid on budgets is, along with ensuring the racing remains as good as possible, one of the central themes for F1 stake-holders at the moment, as the sport's bosses seek to ensure it remains both compelling for its audience and affordable for its competitors in a difficult economic climate.
The RRA is the document the teams drew up in 2009 to control costs in F1. It defines a series of limitations on resources, getting stricter through 2010, 2011 and 2012, and the penalties for exceeding them. But it was always meant as a stepping-stone to a longer agreement.
In the current agreement, there is a sliding scale of penalties covering the following main areas of resource commitment:
- Aerodynamic development, measured in wind-tunnel hours or computational fluid dynamics data, with the more you do of one, up to a given limit, meaning the less you can do of the other;
- Total staff numbers, from 350 in 2010 down to 280 in 2011, and total external spend, from 40m Euros in 2010, down to 20m Euros in 2011, with the more you commit to one, the less you can spend on the other.
The penalties were based on a sliding scale. For example, a breach of up to 5% is punished by having that same amount taken off your resource allocation for the next year; a breach of 5-10% means having 1.1 times that amount taken off; and so on.
The new document - the fundamentals of which were largely agreed at a meeting at the Singapore Grand Prix last September - changes that.
One team principal, who did not wish to be identified, said that the new RRA relaxes the restrictions on resources - teams can spend a bit more money and employ a few more staff - and in return the policing is stricter, both in terms of how teams' spending is analysed and the penalties for exceeding the limits.
But the detail is proving problematic, with Red Bull in particular unhappy about the new document as it stands.
Horner says his objections are rooted in ensuring the new RRA, which would run until 2017, does what it is intended to do.
"The RRA is a positive thing for F1," he says. "I think a solution can be found for the outstanding issues, it just needs some sensible discussion between the teams, because the thought of an unrestricted spend in F1 is unpalatable for all the teams.
"So it is a matter of achieving transparency and a fair and equitable system between all independent and manufacturer-owned teams so that no party is at an advantage or disadvantage."
"The resource restriction needs to be sorted quite quickly because at the moment it is unclear what rules we are working to in 2011 in many respects, so it's important a solution is found and I think one will be found."
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/01/f1_teams_battle_over_cost-cutt.html
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
AMA SBK: Rog's Second Chance (Pt. II)
Roger Hayden talks about hitting the bottom following the 2009 season and describes just how close he came to calling it a career.
Source: http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/ama-sbk-rogs-second-chance-pt-ii/
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Heidfeld: F1 chance too good to miss
Nick Heidfeld has admitted he had to do some "intensive soul searching" before accepting Robert Kubica's drive at the Renault team. Heidfeld has been hired by Renault to replace Kubica after the Pole was injured in a rally crash. The German driver was without a seat for 2011, and he conceded replacing an injured driver made him hesitate because of the poor circumstances.
Eppie Wietzes Mike Wilds Jonathan Williams Roger Williamson Dempsey Wilson
MINI Rocketman concept revealed
In a shocking twist, MINI has unveiled something that is actually mini. Dubbed the Rocketman, the car is futuristic concept which draws inspiration from the original 1959 Mini.Source: http://feeds.worldcarfans.com/~r/worldcarfans/Jxfz/~3/O8-OPElj1mY/mini-rocketman-concept-revealed
Nelson Piquet Jnr explains infamous crash
Nelson Piquet Jnr has revealed he felt 'good' when asked by his former employers at Renault to crash his F1 car.
The incident, which took place at the Singapore Grand Prix during the 2008 season, went to court after Piquet sued Renault for libel after they claimed the Brazilian had lied about the orders he was given to crash.
Piquet has come out and described the crash which he was ordered ...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Aston Martin releases details on 2012 Virage Coupe and Volante
Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Aston Martin
2012 Aston Martin Virage Coupe - Click above for high-res image gallery
Aston Martin has taken the wraps of its new Virage Coupe and Virage Volante. Both models are based on the automaker's VH architecture - so they're "all-new"... kinda - and are meant to slot in between the DB9 and the DBS in the lineup. The bonded aluminum chassis, with aluminum, magnesium and composite body panels, receives the familiar 6.0-liter V12 rated at 490 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque. The standard transmission (a rear transaxle) is a six-speed automatic "Touchtronic 2" gearbox, helping to deliver a 0-60 time of about 4.5 seconds and maxing out at a top speed of 186 miles per hour.
The suspension is double-wishbone on all four corners, with Aston Martin's Adaptive Damping System (ADS) with Sport mode as standard equipment. Wheels are 20-inch alloys, mounted over carbon ceramic disc brakes at all four corners (six-piston calipers up front, four-piston units in the rear), with Pirelli P Zero tires standard.
No word yet on pricing or availablity (feel free to read through the press release after the break), but we'll be getting all the details on the new Virage at next week's Geneva Motor Show. Expect driving impressions to come... soon.
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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 2.22.11
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Head2Head: Is it a problem non-race winners currently lead? (NASCAR.com)
Head2Head: Is it a problem non-race winners currently lead?
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Drop center pusher axle?
I have a pretty good inkiling that i'm going to have to custom build one, but does anyone know of any kits that had a drop center pusher axle in them? I'm building a 1/25 KW W900, and want to add one in. I remember the "Can-do" wrecker had a pusher axle, but good luck if I'm ever going to find one of those kits anymore.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/924508.aspx
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Chandhok tests F3 car at Pembrey
Karun Chandhok tested with frontrunning British F3 team Double R Racing at Pembrey this week, in preparation for a return to Formula 1. The Indian is expected to test for Team Lotus soon, with a view to becoming the team's reserve driver. He completed 140 trouble-free laps of the Welsh circuit on Thursday
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BMW's new M performance exhaust [video]
Performance exhaust system is made of new heat-resistant material that reduces backpressure. Video reveals new sound of that sport exhaust.Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson Gimax Richie Ginther Yves GiraudCabantous
FIA announces new F1 rules
Teams will no longer be punished for using team orders, the FIA has announced.
Ferrari were found guilty of using team orders last season during the German Grand Prix when Felipe Massa was instructed to let his team-mate Fernando Alonso pass him.
Alonso was in the running for the world drivers' championship and picked ...
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Cannoball Run 2011
Okay folks it's that time again. Lets kick the tires and light the fires.
As I've mentioned in the announcement thread, this is the thirtieth anniversary of the film, The Cannonball Run. For me and a lot of others, it helped forge the love of cars and more specificly car movies. It still puts a smile on my face.
The rules.
Your car MUST represent a car that "could" have appeared in the 1981 film. It must be a 1981 or older vehicle, and must use the technology and stylings of the day. If you plan on using some tech or items that someone finds in question it is up to the BUILDER to provide proof that it was in use back in the day. So rule of thumb, if in doubt, do your research. * I'm no auto expert, so I'm relying on the SA community to help keep us honest on this rule.*
The car must represent a car that you would like to race across country. Remember huge horsepower is great quarter mile, but you should be thinking reliability to drive from NY to LA.
Any scale.
No diecast.
The race is open to vehicles of any origin, foreign or domestic. It does not have to be a car that was commecially available in the U.S.. If you wanna race a Holden, by all means do so.
A started kit are allowed as long as you are NOT more than 25% along.
A parts box build or a tear down & rebuild are fine also.
We'd like to see an unstarted kit or whatever mess-o-parts you are starting from.
Wheels are gonna be a bear on this build. Remember 1 millimeter is roughly 1 scale inch if the kit is 1/25. So if your wheels are much larger than 16 millimeters across, they are gonna be too big . Mixing scales is gonna be a pain too, a 1/24 scale rim is 17-18 millimeters across so on a 1/25 scale body they are going to look too large.
The last day of this CBP is going to be December 1st 2011. A bout two weeks prior I'll open a thread for you to post pics of your completed builds. On Dec 2 I'll close that thread and open a poll for our peers here to vote on their favorite.
Anyone can enter this CBP AT ANY TIME. As long as we see the beginning, a build progression and an end result, I don't care if you knock one out on the weekend before the race.
Let's get to it.
The 2011 Cannonball Rogue’s Gallery - so far that is.
Slantasaurus – Mercury Capri II (a what?)
MillerMeteor – 77 Pontiac Ventura
Alex_bman33 – 69 Chevy Nova
Ace-Motorsport – 79 Mustang II (aka “Shortshot”)
Wagonmaster – 69 Plymouth (our lone Mopar so far)
Wraith – (treating us like mushrooms)
Dingo – Ford Falcon XY 350 GTHO (eventually)
Crazyhorse – Farrah’s 76 Mustang Cobra II
Bloodyjaws – 427 Street Cobra (the cops will hear this one comin')
Zenrat – That 70’s Chevy Van (sheesh another van)
Highway76 – Lambo Countach LP500S (very discreet entry)
Jantrix – 53 Studebaker Coupe (bringing some Leowy style)
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/940157.aspx
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Hemi Cuda by Droptop Customs
If Chrysler doesn’t end up utilizing the b>Cuda name they just recently registered, at least we’ll have Droptop Customs’ personal Cuda program to help dull the pain. Their new tuning project based off of the 2009 Dodge Challenger is powered by a 6.1 liter SRT8 HEMI engine mated to six-speed manual transmission. This engine is the same engine used in the 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8, but we’re expecting more than the 425hp and 420lb-ft of torque considering it will also be getting a Mopar Catback exhaust system and a pistol grip Hurst shifter. For even better performance, Droptop Customs also added a KW coilover suspension with strut tower braces for both the front and the rear axles.
The exterior modifications for the Challenger include a special front grille, an updated aerodynamics, a shaker hood, and a retro rear bumper from HXC. DropTop Customs also added a new set of 20" BBS lightweight alloy wheels painted in black and contrasting with a yellow paint job, which were a big hit when the Cuda had its run in the seventies. The interior only received minor changes with a Kicker entertainment system and an electric-powered black soft top.
Hemi Cuda by Droptop Customs originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 18 February 2011 19:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/dodge/2011-hemi-cuda-by-droptop-customs-ar105185.html
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