Buttarelli takes first Auto GP win

TP Formula's Samuele Buttarelli secured his first Auto GP series victory in the second race at Brno, having led proceedings from the early stages. Buttarelli initially lost position to Rio Haryanto after making a poor getaway from his front row grid position. The fast-starting Haryanto made an ambitious move around the outside of Turn 1 before setting off in pursuit of polesitter - and fellow DAMS driver - Sergei Afanasiev

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Ricky Carmichael, No. 30 Monster Energy Chevrolet Impala Road America Preview

15-time AMA champion and full-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) driver, Ricky Carmichael, is set to make his 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) debut in the No. 30 Monster Energy Chevrolet at Road America. Carmichael made his NNS debut in 2010, finishing a career-best 18th at Kansas Speedway. He is scheduled to make three more NNS starts in 2011 at Daytona International Speedway, Richmond International Raceway and Phoenix International Raceway.

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More on ZF?s Nine-Speed Automatic for Front-Wheel-Drive Transverse Applications

At this year?s Detroit auto show, supplier ZF announced it was developing a nine-speed automatic transmission for front-drive, transverse-engine layouts, and now we’ve got more details. ZF now claims fuel-efficiency gains of up to 16 percent versus a typical six-speed automatic. Some credit for the improvement goes to the tranny?s high total gear-ratio spread of [...]

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Nissan Altima Hybrid Euthanized for 2012

Nissan will discontinue its Altima hybrid model after 2011 and instead focus on ?four- and six-cylinder models for model year 2012, which make up the large majority of sales for the [Altima],? according to a company spokesman. We take this to mean that the limited-availability hybrid wasn’t moving in sufficiently large volumes to keep it [...]

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Eyes on the Street: Parking Meter Reincarnated as Bike Rack

Photo: Joanna Oltman Smith Hundreds of defunct parking meters are on their way to a second life as bike racks. Reader Joanna Oltman Smith sends this photo of DOT handiwork on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, where the columns of defunct coin-slot meters have been awaiting rebirth as bike racks for some time. Muni meters took [...]

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