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Formula 1: McLaren-Honda, Alonso Score First Points of 2017

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F1: Honda engines finally finish in Top 10 during wild Baku race. McLaren-Honda needed one of the strangest races in recent Formula 1 history to score points, but they’ll take it. After one of the most trying seasons for a racer anywhere, Fernando Alonso managed a ninth-place finish at the Grand Prix of Europe in Baku, [...] More »

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Pontiac Firehawk Wins Rounds at No Prep Mayhem with Mega Wheelies

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This Pontiac can hook: big wheelies for the firechicken. Conventional drag-racing wisdom says something like “Giant wheelies lose races.” Apparently, nobody ever told this racer that, as evidenced by going rounds with his wheelie-popping machine at Kansas International Dragway’s No Prep Mayhem. In his all-black 2000 Pontiac Firehawk, the driver found every minute measure of grip [...] More »

Ferrari Crashes Into New York Horse Farm

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Ferrari crashed: New York teenage driver charged with DWI. Two teenagers were hospitalized and the driver charged with Driving Under the Influence on May 30 after the Ferrari they were riding in crashed onto a horse farm in New York state. The crash took place near Bedford, New York, and both 19-year-old occupants were taken [...] More »

Check out These Sweet Ford Trucks From Barrett-Jackson Northeast

Serious bucks were paid for seriously cool Ford trucks at this week's renowned auction.

Larry Larson Gate-Crashes Local Heads-Up Shootout

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Larry Larson and his five-second truck waxes local field of racers. Of all the street cars you never want to see show up in the other lane, Larry Larson’s monster S10 must rank highly. The six-time Hot Rod Drag Week winner has dropped some jaws with 5-second quarter-mile passes in the truck. Recently, he randomly [...] More »

Honda Motorsports Round-Up: June 24-25

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Honda Racing has been busy this past weekend. It was a relatively slow prior weekend fro Honda, with the 24 Hours of Le mans being the big news. However, this weekend saw a burst of big-time racing for Honda. Let’s look at the action, from Formula 1 to the World Touring Car Championships. Formula 1 at [...] More »

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Pescarolo Sport to Launch LS3-powered Prototype with Accompanying Series

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Pescarolo Sport introduces 04-LM Prototype with LS3 power. French race car builder Pescarolo Sport has announced a new LS3-powered prototype that they say will compete in its own racing series in 2018. The new car, the 04-LM, resembles a modern Le Mans Prototype-style car. However, it will not be eligible for official LMP2 or LMP3 [...] More »