Button: Early tyre switch crucial

Jenson Button said that McLaren's decision to switch him onto medium tyres midway through the Brazilian Grand Prix was instrumental in his podium finish. The 2009 world champion was running fourth, between Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton, and struggling on soft rubber when the decision was made to switch the Briton. During the second half of the race Button used two sets of the medium tyres, enabling him to overtake Alonso for the final podium spot with nine laps to go

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Shane Wilson named new Kevin Harvick #29 crew chief

RCR Announces Personnel Changes to its NASCAR Sprint Cup Program Wilson, Martin take on new roles for 2012 season WELCOME, N.C. (November 23, 2011) — Richard Childress Racing has made organizational changes to its competition department in preparation for the 2012 NASCAR season. Long-time RCR crew chiefs Shane Wilson and Gil Martin have taken new [...]

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With State Finances Deteriorating, New York Needs to Lock Down Transit Funds (MTR) Two Cops Crash Into Each Other, Wreck East New York Laundromat (Post) Connecting Manhattan to Gov’s Island With Landfill Might Not Be So Far-Fetched (NYT) Dust Complaints Interrupt Second Ave Subway Blasting (News, NYT) Is the New Prospect Park Bike Chute Making Anyone Safer? (Brooklyn Spoke) Photos: [...]

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Taking Stock of NYC Streets and Transit at Stringer?s Transpo Conference

When Scott Stringer held his first transportation conference five years ago, streets like this didn't exist in NYC. Photo of First Avenue: NYC DOT Times have changed since Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer hosted a conference on transportation reform in 2006. Five years ago, New York City appeared to be on the verge of shaking off [...]

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?The Best Is Yet To Come? at Newly Car-Free New Lots Triangle

More than 70 people packed into the New Lots Triangle in East New York this morning for the official ribbon cutting of a new public space, but perhaps the most important sign of the plaza’s popularity wasn’t the big crowd but the senior citizens who had simply stopped there to sit down and drink a [...]

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Road Race Motorsports Fiat 500 Club Sportivo Tested: Cinquecento Gets (Slightly) Nasty

Road Race Motorsports offers a warmed-up Fiat 500 in advance of the Abarth. Often, with cars like the Volkswagen Beetle or Fiat 500, the curse of cuteness can be totally reversed by adding slick wheels, applying a few decals, and slamming the sucker. You don?t even have to touch the engine. Fleets of first-gen Scion [...]

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Subaru Says Turbocharging to Continue for Next-Gen WRX/STI, STI Will Still Have 300 HP

Besides confirming the U.S.-market name for its new small crossover, Subaru also used the L.A. auto show to reassure the assembled media that the rear-drive-only BRZ doesn?t signal the end of its AWD hot rods. It comes on the heels of the news that the next-generation WRX and STI will for the first time use [...]

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Volkswagen to Replace Inline-Five with 1.8-Liter Turbo Four in the U.S.

Volkswagen will soon drop its naturally aspirated five-cylinder engine from its U.S. lineup and replace it with a turbocharged 1.8-liter four, two sources at the company have told us. The new engine is a 1.8-liter version of the 2.0-liter turbo four VW offers in the GTI, GLI, and Tiguan?the engine family is EA888, if you’re [...]

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Abt sets pace on first day of testing

Daniel Abt topped the first day of GP3's post-season test at Valencia, eventually ending more than six tenths clear of the rest of the field. The Lotus ART driver was the first man to break the 1m40s barrier in cold early conditions, and then moved comfortably clear of his opposition when he bolted on fresh rubber as the day drew to a close. Jenzer Motorsport's Patric Niederhauser ended the day second fastest but 0.636s in arrears - with Victor Guerin (Lotus ART) and Conor Daly (Carlin) also able to get within seven tenths of Abt's benchmark.

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HUD Awards Bring ?Bittersweet? End to Sustainability Program

Just days after the interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities was issued a death blow by having its funding axed in the FY2012 transportation budget, which President Obama signed into law Friday, HUD issued a reminder of just how sad that loss is: The agency released its list of 2011 award grantees — communities embarking on [...]

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