iRacer Profile: John Schweickart

When it comes to iRacing, John Schweickart is on movin? on up.  Although the Dayton, Ohio-based Schweickurt has been sim racing for the best part of a decade, he is only now closing-in on completing his second full year of iRacing.  And looking better and better all the time.  After finishing a rather distant (at least from the top of the score sheets) 305th in the overall NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series standings in Season 3 (95th in Division 2), he finds himself knocking on the top ten of Division 2 and the top 30 overall. It?s all a matter of focus.  Although Schweickart has run a few NASCAR iRacing.com Class C open and fixed setup events this season, he?s concentrating on the Class A series . . . with [...]

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Penske parts company with Kurt Busch

Penske has confirmed that it has ended its relationship with Kurt Busch, effective immediately. A team statement said it had reached a "mutual agreement" with the 33-year-old, whose position had been under pressure since he was caught on camera making an obscene gesture in his car at the NASCAR season finale at Homestead, and then later being filmed by a fan while verbally abusing a member of the media.

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The List: The List is coming...

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There are all sorts of lists - grocery lists, to-do lists, bucket lists. We're particularly interested in the latter, because a life well lived is one with an empty bucket list at the end. With that in mind, next week we're premiering the first episode of The List: 1,001 Car Things To Do Before You Die.

This new video series from the editors of Autoblog is the ultimate automotive to-do list brought to life. We've carefully selected two hosts, one with car culture pedigree and the other Your Average Joe. Together they'll dutifully check off everything we have on our list of 1,001 Car Things To Do Before You Die.

But The List isn't complete, and we need your help to finish it. Click here to submit ideas that would be on your list, and stay tuned next week for the premier episode.

The List is coming... originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ford SVT: Raptor on the Rocks and Celebrating 20 Years

Ford?s F-150 SVT Raptor is no longer an unknown entity; we?ve grown to love its high-flying antics, the 100-mph blasts through the desert, and the ability to tear through just about any type of muck imaginable all in the comfort of a $44,000 street truck with a warranty. That hasn?t stopped Ford from making it [...]

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How to Hold NYPD Accountable for Abuse of Traffic Violence Victims

It isn’t often that stories of traffic justice denied make the pages of New York Times, but the case of Mathieu Lefevre got the attention of Jim Dwyer, whose article in today’s paper highlights NYPD ineptitude and provides further details of the inhumane treatment suffered by the Lefevre family at the hands of the 90th [...]

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National Driver of the Year: Matt Neal

Matt Neal has been named National Driver of the Year at the AUTOSPORT Awards in London. Neal, who sealed his third British Touring Car Championship crown this year, beat his touring car rivals Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato and British Formula 3 champion Felipe Nasr to win the award. Neal paid tribute to his fierce rivalry with Plato as he accepted the award, saying: "We have a bit of a love/hate relationship.

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ESPN2 to Air NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series Season Reviews

ESPNWith one of the most competitive NASCAR seasons in history now in the record books, ESPN2 will take a look back at the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series seasons in a pair of programs to air later this week. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, which ended with Tony Stewart winning his third...more»

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Salvatore Takes Iowa

Brandon Salvatore continued his march to the 2011 Season Four NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modified Series (NiTMS) title during Round Four of the series as he edged-out the weekly win at the Iowa Speedway. Salvatore?s win was good for just one more point than the race which was taken down by Jamie Collier when it came to looking at the strength of fields (sof), which locked-down the win for the Georgia sim racer. Salvatore?s win came on  Thursday’s 3246 sof online race. The 100-lap race was slowed by four cautions and Salvatore led the most laps (71) of any of the three leaders. Herb Engelhart finished in Salvatore?s tire-tracks in second, followed by Jerold John, Kevin Walker and Derrick Cormier2. The win garnered Salvatore 202 points, which was tops on the [...]

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