MotoGP Championship standings for round 9, 2013
Saturday
Friday
Roberto Cavalli shows us his vision of the MINI Paceman
Roberto Cavalli, one of the most famous fashion designers in the world, today announced a MINI Paceman literally unique, a creation that has been undertaken to work closely with designers and engineers from the very MINI. The model was presented at an event in Vienna this same weekend, just hours before this MINI Paceman so [...]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/482-roberto-cavalli-shows-us-his-vision-of-the-mini-paceman.html
Thursday
Chrome Horn Episode 17: Road Course Randomness
Join special guest Jay Busbee and yours truly for the latest Chrome Horn podcast! Geoffrey Miller decided to go on vacation, so we talk road course racing, parallel parking, other weird things and there's even a Minka Kelly and Ryan Gosling reference in there somewhere too.
Got any questions for us to use in the mailbag or the podcast? Hit us at HappyHourMailbag@Yahoo.com. We may even do a live Hangout sometime soon.
Click here to download the podcast or here to listen to in your browser. And we're now on iTunes! Find us in the Podcast section right here and subscribe. Listen!
Roberto Bussinello Jenson Button Tommy Byrne Giulio Cabianca
Wednesday
2013 Moscow World Supersport Race: Red-Flagged And Cancelled
The World Supersport race was red-flagged after just one lap as Andrea Antonelli was involved in a nasty crash on the straight. The one lap that was contested was a typical fight between Sam Lowes and Kenan Sofuoglu and Michael Van Der Mark was duelling with Vladimir Leonov for third.
The rain is too bad for a restart; there will be no more racing today, in any class. There is no news on Antonelli's condition as yet.
Tuesday
Into the Crystal Ball? 500 Miles To Go Edition
A 500 mile race in indycar racing, and especially the Indy 500, is an endurance test packaged as a sprint race. There is literally no time to think during this race, only time to allow ones instincts to make the … Continue reading 
Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/1408/
Luki Botha JeanChristophe Boullion Sebastien Bourdais Thierry Boutsen
Monday
Video: Nissan GT-R Alpha Omega Runs the Quarter in Under 8 Seconds
In the past few months, AMS Performance’s GT-R Alpha Omega car smashed record after record. On July 13, 2013 the GT-R Alpha made history one more time: it managed to run the quarter mile in under 8 seconds, making the AMS GT-R the first 9, 8 and 7 second R35 GT-R!
Just 2 days before achieving this incredible result, the GT-R Alpha managed to run the quarter mile in 8.25 seconds at a speed of 185 mph. Still a very impressive result, but as the car seemed to be capable of much more. After two days, it was pushed to its limits once again and this time it managed to run the quarter mile in 7.984 seconds at a speed of 186.14 mph.
What’s even more incredible is that the car used to brake the record is a "full street trim car," with only some minor drag race parts added, like the parachute and the 18-inch drag wheels.
One more video after the jump.
Video: Nissan GT-R Alpha Omega Runs the Quarter in Under 8 Seconds originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 20 July 2013 23:00 EST.
Sunday
Chrome Horn Episode 18: Daytona version 2.0
Join Geoffrey Miller and yours truly for the latest edition of our Chrome Horn podcast! We talk the winner of Daytona, no penalties, IndyCar at Pocono and unveil our Daytona Haikus.
Oh, there's also a lot of commercials.
Got any questions for us to use in the mailbag or the podcast? Hit us at HappyHourMailbag@Yahoo.com. We may even do a live Hangout sometime soon.
Click here to download the podcast or here to listen to in your browser. And we're now on iTunes! Find us in the Podcast section right here and subscribe. Listen!
Saturday
Caption Competition 33: Ecclestone and Hembery | Caption Competition
What have F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone and Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery been chatting about? That's for you to decide.
Source: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/07/20/caption-competition-34-ecclestone-and-hembery/
Duane Carter Eugenio Castellotti Johnny Cecotto Andrea de Cesaris
Thursday
Wednesday
Massa Looking To Force India And Lotus
Felipe Massa may well turn to the likes of Force India and Lotus if his current contract at Ferrari is allowed to expire this year. Reports that Jules Bianchi is in line to replace the Brazilian have been circulating all weekend. Should the Marussia man make the step up, Massa would be pushed out, but [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Formula1Fancast/~3/sh_54hiyxrg/massa-looking-to-force-india-and-lotus
Tuesday
Driver line-up confirmed for Young Drivers? Test | 2013 F1 season
The driver-line up for the Young Drivers' Test which starts at Silverstone tomorrow has been confirmed.
Source: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/07/16/complete-driver-line-up-for-silverstone-young-drivers-test/
Mбrio de Araъjo Cabral Frank Armi Chuck Arnold Rene Arnoux
Greg Biffle wins second consecutive Michigan race for Ford?s 1,000th win
After a late tire-issue for Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle cruised to the checkered flag for his second Michigan win in a row on Sunday and first victory of the season.
Biffle was in command of the race after the final restart but was feeling pressure from Johnson, who was closing. Did he have enough time to catch Biffle? With two laps to go and Johnson trailing Biffle by under a second, he lost a tire in the middle of turns one and two and his car skated up towards the wall.
The right side of the car was pancaked. Johnson's chances at the win were toast, and Biffle finished more than four seconds ahead of Kevin Harvick.
"I love it when the 48 crashes trying to catch me. Love it," Biffle exclaimed over the radio after crossing the finish line.
He explained his comment on the radio later -- Johnson came through the field to the front numerous times Sunday and said he had to drive really hard over the last segment of the race to get near Biffle.
"Well, let me clarify that a little bit" Biffle said. "I don?t want to see anybody wreck; I should have said make a mistake. And that?s truly what he did is he made a mistake. He pushed the envelope, and we all do that. I almost did that; he almost busted me, and basically that?s what I was referring to was breaking him. We got him to make a mistake, we got him to falter, and we pushed the envelope, and that?s part of racing and part of running hard and being competitive, and it makes you feel good when you push the guy over the edge, and he made a mistake.
It was also the second straight Michigan race that Johnson had a problem while racing Biffle for the win. Last August, Johnson's engine started to wane while he was in the lead and Biffle passed him for the win shortly before it expired with five laps to go.
Biffle had the lead on that final restart thanks to a great break on pit road during a green flag pit stop cycle. As Biffle had just hit pit road on lap 167 of the 200 lap race, Jamie McMurray blew a tire and brought out a caution flag. But because he was in his pit stall when the caution waved, Biffle was able to exit the pits without going a lap down.
That meant that as the rest of the lead lap cars who hadn't pitted made their way in for service during the caution, Biffle inherited the lead and never gave it back. His teammate Carl Edwards, who started on the pole, had pitted just prior to Biffle. He wasn't so lucky. He was forced to take the wavearound and finished 8th.
"I was really worried about that 48, you know, he'd been pretty fast, but when this thing got in clean air it was all over," Biffle said.
The win was Ford's 1,000th race win across all of NASCAR's national series.
Last week, Biffle finished second to Johnson at Pocono. And it was possible the opposite would be true this week. But because of the tire issue Johnson ended up 28th, the highest finishing Hendrick Motorsports car after Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne also all had problems.
Johnson's points lead is now 31 over Edwards and Biffle is 8th in the standings.
Marco Apicella Mбrio de Araъjo Cabral Frank Armi Chuck Arnold
Monday
Buick Enclave
When Buick recently decided to name 11 "greatest hits" from its back catalog, it wanted one vehicle to define each decade the company has been making luxury cars. The most current model on the list and the one representing the modern Buick brand? The Enclave.
This full-size crossover seats up to eight people in a giant interior that could also double as a moving van. Its luxury styling elements, quiet cabin and optional AWD have earned the V-6-powered Enclave not only prestige within Buick?s history, but also a breakout sales success rank that few expected when the model was launched as a 2008 model.
The name is pronounced ?On Clave? and loosely means "to surround and protect." The name matches the mission of this family friendly wagon: offer almost all of the normal minivan space and safety benefits in a more fashionable SUV shell - with optional AWD and 4,500-pound towing capability.
The latest 2014 Buick Enclave packs a few updates to its interior amenities, new safety tech and a light exterior refresh that includes LED lights front and rear. How does it fare versus its primary competition in the $45,000 luxury crossover segment: the Infiniti JX35 and the new Acura MDX? Does it have enough luxury to justify the extra spend over the latest seven-passenger Hyundai Santa Fe?
Click past the jump for the full review of the 2014 Buick Enclave with mega photo gallery of the revised exterior and interior.
Buick Enclave originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 15 July 2013 19:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/buick/2014-buick-enclave-ar159666.html
Jimmie Johnson completes Daytona season sweep
Much like he did in the season's opening race, Jimmie Johnson kept the rest of the field at bay in the final laps at Daytona International Speedway to win the Coke Zero 400.
At the Daytona 500, Johnson had six laps of green flag racing to hold off any challengers. Saturday night, he had two, after the race was extended for a green-white-checker restart.
Johnson was the leader for the restart and pulled away from Kevin Harvick on the backstretch of the penultimate lap. Then, over the next lap and a half of racing, the rest of the field was jostling for second place. By the time Tony Stewart was comfortably there, there wasn't enough distance to make a move on Johnson's lead before the checkered flag as two separate crashes happened on the final lap behind the leaders.
"I think I showed strength early and a lot of guys knew that and were willing to work with me," Johnson, who led for 94 of the race's 161 laps and became the first driver since Bobby Allison to win both of Daytona's races in a single season, said. "And kind of help me through situations which was great, and I don't know if I really made a bad move tonight so I'm pretty proud of that."
There's no denying that Johnson was the race's dominant driver, given the massive amount of time he spent up front all evening. His car was able to work both the top and bottom groove flawlessly and while leading, Johnson was able to change lanes seamlessly to draft with and blunt the momentum of the faster lane behind him.
However, with six laps to go, there was a move that could have been his undoing had the race stayed green -- and Johnson wondered at the time if it might have been.
Johnson was the leader on the inside line while the pack was running double file behind him. As the outside line moved forward, Johnson moved to the top side to jump in its draft. But when he did that, it drew Kahne alongside him.
He and Kahne stayed side-by-side through turns one and two, and off of turn two, Johnson's car stayed high, which opened up a gap between the two for Marcos Ambrose, who was just behind Johnson on the outside line. Ambrose went for the three-wide pass for the lead, but as he did, Johnson moved back down towards Kahne. Ambrose had nowhere to go but to the left and he hit Kahne, sending Kahne shooting towards the inside backstretch wall and the caution flag into the air.
"Throughout the race I was able to move up to whatever lane was advancing and stall them out," Johnson said. "(Ambrose) had a huge run and I moved up to defend it. He didn't push me off. I certainly had some concerns there. The thought of making the wrong move did go through my mind as I went up the frontstretch."
It worked out for Johnson as he was the leader at the time of the caution, so he kept the lead. But Kahne had been up near the front with Johnson all evening, his car was one of the few strong enough to pose a challenge to Johnson's prowess.
Instead, he finished 32nd and just a week after Matt Kenseth broke the tie with Johnson and took his circuit-leading fourth win of the season, Johnson's tied again with him and his points lead is even bigger. Thanks to Carl Edwards' late race troubles, Johnson now leads Clint Bowyer by 49 points.
More Spy Photos: Lamborghini Aventador SV
The very last week saw some new spy photos of the Lamborghini Aventador SV, through prototype testing with a camouflage, of course, was superior to the prototype we found today. The prototype we have below and has been hunted for this weekend, reminds us once again that the Lamborghini Aventador SV is only a matter [...]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/479-more-spy-photos-lamborghini-aventador-sv.html
Ernesto Brambilla Vittorio Brambilla Toni Branca Gianfranco Brancatelli
2013 Sachsenring Moto2 And Moto3 Saturday Press Releases
Press releases from the Moto2 and Moto3 teams after qualifying for the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring:
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