Latvala asked to push for Spain win

Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson has instructed Jari-Matti Latvala to go out and win this week's Catalunya Rally in an effort to help Mikko Hirvonen's World Rally Championship title hopes. Wilson said Hirvonen's priority has to be to reach the finish of the Salou-based event, while his team-mate has been told to take points away from Citroen's Sebastien Loeb. "Jari has shown he has the speed to win this rally," said Wilson

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Nissan Announces New Hybrid Powertrain With 2.5-Liter Supercharged Four and Lithium-Ion Battery

Nissan may be generating electric buzz with the new Leaf, but when it comes to hybrids, the company has never been a leader. After all, the discontinued Altima Hybrid didn?t even use a Nissan-designed system, but hybrid technology borrowed from Toyota. Without that car?which was actually only sold in 10 states with California?s strict emissions standards?the [...]

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Granny Grump: Vegas, Handsome Hornaday, Sadness, Charlotte, Rowdy Boy, Robo And Other Stuff

Granny GrumpHello loyal readers and other folks. I am sorry about no article last week. My baby sister, Freezie May (more on that later) decided to move back to these parts and needed help. Duck and I obliged and headed to her new homestead. When we got there Freezie asked me what a duck could...more»

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TaxSlayer.com Announces Extension With JR Motorsports

“TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet to race in 14 NNS events in 2012″ TaxSlayer.comMOORESVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 14, 2011) ? TaxSlayer.com, an online tax service that prepares and e-files millions of tax returns each year for its customers, announced today a partnership extension with JR Motorsports for 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series races in 2012. The extension was announced today...more»

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Friends roast absent Darrell Waltrip for charity

Michael Waltrip says its a good thing brother Darrell isnt around to defend himself at a charity roast. Otherwise, nobody would go home until the wee hours of the morning until the man nicknamed Jaws had finished responding. As Michael says of his brother, Darrell sure can talk. NASCAR President Mike Helton, X Games gold medalist and future Nationwide driver Travis Pastrana, Kyle Petty and...

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Dallara to name car after Wheldon

Dallara's 2012 IndyCar chassis will be named in honour of Dan Wheldon, the Italian racing car constructor has confirmed. Wheldon, who died from head injuries sustained in a 15-car pile-up at the IndyCar season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last Sunday, had conducted all the testing of the new-for-2012 car during the second half of this year

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Petrov handed grid penalty for India

Vitaly Petrov has been handed a five-place grid penalty, plus a reprimand, for his part in a collision with Michael Schumacher in the Korean Grand Prix. The Renault driver was in a slipstream battle with Fernando Alonso down the long straight into Turn 3 following the first round of pitstops on lap 16, which resulted in the pair arriving the corner too fast. While Alonso was able to take avoiding action to steer around slow cars ahead of them, Petrov had nowhere to go and slid into the back of Schumacher - putting both cars out of the grand prix.

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Hennessey Performance Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Limited-Edition HPE650 Supercharged Camaros

Tuning firm Hennessey Performance is celebrating its 20th birthday and has created a limited run of twenty 20th Anniversary HPE650 Camaros to celebrate. The 655-hp, supercharged HPE650 Camaro upon which the run of cars is based isn?t the most radical Camaro in Hennessey?s catalog?it?s not even the most powerful supercharged model?but several special Anniversary goodies [...]

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