Finding El Salvador's War-Tinged Racing History [Video]

The 1980s were brutal for El Salvador. A civil war pitting guerrilla fighters against an oppressive military junta, and its massacre-loving death squads, raged. Tens of thousands were killed over 12 years of fighting. But the racing went on. More »

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Mike Hailwood Mike Hale Ross Hannan

Engine problems take out Honda

Both Honda bikes have been forced to sit out as MotoGP testing continues in Malaysia on Wednesday. This follows an engine problem which was discovered yesterday.

Source: http://www.gpupdate.net/en/motogp-news/275128/engine-problems-take-out-honda/

Josef Albisser

Rutherford: New package will be 'exciting'

Story from www.indycar.com

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The car that we just went away...

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Karel Abrahám Brian Adams Duilio Agostini

What 25-Year-Old Car Would You Import? [Question Of The Day]

We remain frustrated by the persistence of the 25-year rule for EPA/DOT exemptions on car imports. However, slowly but surely a host of ultra-desirable cars are hitting the magic age and now avoid that regulatory silliness. Time for a midwinter escapist break: Given the funds, what 25-plus-year-old car would you import? More »

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George Andrews Luigi Anelli Marcel Ankone

Sepang II MotoGP test begins

The green lights went on to signal the start of the second official MotoGP test of the year at 10am local time at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.

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Mike Hale Ross Hannan Osmo Hansen

1970's ADAC Rally Trophies

Hi all, i have recently been given 5 rally trophys and would greatly appreciate any help you could give for what driver/Car if possible won them,...

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Leslie Graham Stuart Graham Alessandro Gramigni

Blackhawks Captain Jonathan Toews Crashes His $120K Mercedes [Car Crashes]

Jonathan Toews, captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, crashed his 2009 Mercedes CL63 AMG into one of the supports for the Chicago L train yesterday morning and, though he had a concussion the day before, he and his team claim that he is fine. More »

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Ernst Degner Mike di Meglio Cees van Dongen

The Biggest Movie Car Chase Ever [Video]

What happens when you seamlessly cut and splice together chase scenes from 14* of the biggest big budget action flicks — including The Rock, The Matrix Reloaded, Transformers, and Bad Boys II? You get this absolutely amazing eleven-and-a-half-minute short film calledChasing Trinity: Part 2. It's the biggest, baddest, most Michael Baygasmic car chase... in the world. Ever. More »

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Daniel Crivello Àlex Criville Graeme Crosby

Moto2: Toni Elias insists 'clear progress' made

Returning former Moto2 world champion Toni Elias finished the second of the two official 2012 pre-season tests in 14th place, after three days of testing at Jerez.

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James Ellison Aleix Espargaro Pol Espargaro

Lyndon B. Johnson's Lincoln Continental Heads To Auction [Car Auctions]

It's a somewhat little known fact that Lyndon B. Johnson loved cars, but the rather unique fleet of cars he kept on the ranch in Stonewall, TX where the 36th president grew up and lived for most of his life certainly tell the tale. More »

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Bob Anderson Chris Anderson Fergus Anderson

Account closure

Is it possible to have my account closed? Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/chitchat/151042-account-closure.html John Anderson Kent Andersson George Andrews Luigi Anelli Marcel Ankone Hans Georg Anscheidt

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Stu Avant Rex Avery Masao Azuma

Casey Stoner sizes up the 1000s

The 2011 World Champion shares his views on the 1000cc Repsol Honda heading into the 2012 season, the year that will see the MotoGP™ class returning to the high powered machines.

How is the 1000 different from the 800 on corner entry, mid-corner, exit?
"Well, it’s not so much a difference between the 1000 and the 800, but just an improvement that we've made with Honda, is braking stability. The wheelbase is maybe a little different and when we go on the brakes we've got a bit more stability entering the corner. The rear does not want to hop as much and we can actually sink our hands into the brakes a lot harder. So it's actually changing the braking points by less than what we'd expected, because our bike has improved quite substantially in that point. I'd say corner entry is exactly the same. Everything from that point on is very similar. I think it's mainly just chassis-wise that we've improved. The weight of the bike is exactly the same, the way it's going to react is very similar, if not the same.

The weight's the same?
"It was quite recently that they decided to add four kilos, but I think the extra weight isn't changing much. If it were 20 kilos, it might be different. At this point it just feels similar to the 800. The only thing that's different is how the chassis feels. And corner exit, we're able to use that power a lot better, we're able to get more torque out of the engine and have a lot more control with the engine because it's not so peaky. And actually I've found a lot more traction-because of the extra torque and control, it wants to drive out of the corner a lot longer before it spins."

Can you be less precise with the 1000 and still get away with it?
"I'd say no. In a small way, because of that extra torque you can square the corner off and shoot it out. But the 800s already had a lot of power. You've still got to ride them in a similar manner-very accurately. Everyone's just trying to massage out the bugs at the moment."

If you make a mistake, is it less forgiving than the 800?
"No, I think it's very similar. With the 800s you were carrying a bit more corner speed. With the 1000s, especially on a small track with a short gearbox, it just wants to wheelie quite a lot. So they did turn a little bit harder and you keep a little bit more throttle in the middle of the turn really. But such a minute amount. You can still ride them in exactly the same way. I was watching some of the lines others were taking and looking at some of the black marks. They're using the whole track still. I'm using less and less of the track, because I'm happy with that extra bit of torque. But in general you can still ride them in both ways."

You've won a title before. Is it harder to win a title or defend a title?
"I think there is no defending a title. You don't go into a season with a points advantage over anyone. So I don't think it's ever a title defense. I think you've got a different number on your bike, if you choose, but everyone starts at zero again. Especially this year; we're going from 800s to 1000s, so there's nothing similar to the past year except we're running tyres on bikes and we're doing the same kind of championship, but it’s a completely different category now. So, I don't think you ever go into a season trying to defend your championship. I think you're going out trying to attack for another one."

The year after you won your championship you had a number of problems, which made keeping the number one plate more difficult.
"I think we didn't start out so great with the 2008 bike. We struggled with it quite at the start of the season. We were having a lot of pumping issues and trying to figure out the chain tensions, small things like that to try to stop the pumping problems we had. But then we had a camera come off and flap around my bike in Estoril, and we had an engine go in Le Mans. Then we had major issues at the end of the year with my wrist falling to pieces, but everyone just remembers me losing the title. But I think we put up one hell of a fight considering the year we had. And I think I proved to everybody that we had every right to be champion again that year, but it wasn't to be. Same in 2009- We were leading the championship when my lactose issue started to play havoc. It was pretty much only 2010 that we didn't have any excuses. We didn't have the bike, we didn't have the equipment, we didn't get it sorted quick enough. We made mistakes. Pushed too hard in places we maybe shouldn't have. And things just didn't go well from there. But at the end of the season once we got everything sorted, we showed that we still had the speed and came out on a bike that hadn’t given us everything we wanted, and sort of showed everybody what we could do again."

Wayne Rainey famously said that with each passing championship he felt he had to win and that there was no settling for second place.
"I think this championship's changing quite a lot. Wayne was the benchmark so he had nothing really to chase, but I suppose you can always win more races during the season, you've always got goals. But for me, it's a problem the way the championship is heading and the way there are always rule changes. There are always excuses and it doesn't seem to be about racing as it was in those days and there's more to it than just going out and having a good scrap. It sort of makes me unhappy looking at the direction the championship, the way that it's going. But at the same time I've still got goals that I can set and try to fulfill, but if I can't, I've got to be happy with the career I've had."

One of his problems was that by winning so often, there were few improvement to his machinery. That doesn't seem to be a problem with Honda.
"With this team, every bit of input I give, I see it motivating them to try to do better. With Honda, you see that they just want to keep improving. They don't ever want to sit still. Now that there's a 1000 here, straight away there's a lot of input going into it and they're trying to sort out all the small gremlins."

At Laguna Seca, you had one of your most frustrating races in 2009 and last year you had one of your greatest races there.
"I think everyone can appreciate now that maybe the race wasn't so easy on a Ducati. That maybe it wasn't as clean cut as everyone thought it was. I rode my butt off in that race and things didn't work out. I forgot about that shortly after but nobody else did. So it's not my problem anymore."

The pass that you made on Jorge Lorenzo, how far ahead did you plan that?
"A few laps to be honest. Not in that exact spot; I just thought if the opportunity arose then I wouldn't have any doubt doing it. I've always been good in the last sector of Laguna- I was fast on the Ducati. It's all about getting the gear shifts right to keep the front down, because it's such a short track. On the laps previous to that I was catching Jorge every time in that spot. And I thought if I got close enough and he just made a small slip-up with shifting, it would be just enough. And it happened. If you watch, you'll see me all of a sudden get acceleration, but it was the fact that he held that wheelie a bit too long. And that allowed me to carry that momentum around the outside."

Some believe that was the turning point in the championship? Do you agree or disagree?
"No, I completely disagree. There are turning points constantly in the championship. Just let every race be a different turning point in the championship. There's always different moments and you just need to let them flow."

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/hjcWbt2XWDA/Casey+Stoner+sizes+up+1000s

Hans Bartl Harald Bartol Darren Barton

twowheelsblog: WSBK Phillip Island test: Tom Sykes and Carlos Checa divide top spot on day 1

Ten World Superbike teams and eighteen riders are taking part in a three day private at Phillip Island ahead of the the official test that takes place February 20th-21st, before the season opener that opens on February 26th in Australia.


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Lorenzo Baroni Jose Barresi Manliff Barrington

Padding (under clothes)

Has anyone worn racing pads\ armour under their clothes? Which product would you recommend for this? I’m a bouncer of medium build, and I thought… Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144691&goto=newpost Juan Bertran Willi Bertsch Paul Berwick Kees Besseling Max Biaggi Pier Paolo Bianchi

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Norick Abe Hubert Abold Karel Abrahám

The Ferrari 620 GT Will Be The "Most Powerful Ferrari Ever" [Ferrari 620 GT]

We've seen the 599-replacing Ferrari 620 GT's ass and heard the glorious roar of its engine. Now, thanks to a teaser on Ferrari.com, we've got a decent view of the shape and a promise from Ferrari that it'll be the most powerful Ferrari ever. More »

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Bernard Haenggeli Philipp Hafeneger Kensuke Haga

Husabergs Attempt World Record Altitude

A multinational team of Adventure Motorcyclists is preparing to set a new Guinness World Record for the highest altitude reached on a motorcycle.

Source: http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/733/12334/Motorcycle-Article/Husabergs-Attempt-World-Record-Altitude.aspx

Cees van Dongen Michael Doohan Bill Doran

EOS 5D Mark II replacement to be announced next week?

With Canon releasing its EOS 5D Mark II way back in 2008 - a lifetime in the world of digital cameras - rumors are circulating that the company has plans to announce its replacement early next week. .. Continue Reading EOS 5D Mark II replacement to be announced next week?

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Stu Avant Rex Avery Masao Azuma