Contest: Bosch Superfan Showdown Video

Submit a video and prove you’re the biggest, craziest, most passionate superfan. The winner of the competition gets a tour of the Hendrick Motorsports headquarters, garage and hauler, a meet and greet with a Hendrick Motorsports. They’ll also receive a VIP pass (includes garage and hauler tour) and opportunity to watch the October 15, 2011 race in Charlotte for [...]

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Casey Mears Records 17th in Richmond; 9/11 Heavy on His Heart

2011 NSCS No. 13 GEICO Toyota Camry (driven by Casey Mears) - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCARRichmond, VA (September 12, 2011) ? After a tough weekend in Atlanta, Casey Mears and the GEICO team had visions of rebounding in Richmond. But, before taking their turn at redemption, Mears traveled to Washington, DC, to meet...more»

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Sprint to Celebrate Monica Palumbo?s Four-Year Reign as Miss Sprint Cup

Miss Sprint Cup Monica PalumboHUNTERSVILLE, N.C. ? Sept. 12, 2011 ? After four years in the Miss Sprint Cup program, Monica Palumbo has notified Sprint that 2011 will be her last in the role that has made her one of the most recognizable faces in NASCAR. ?I’ve been Miss Sprint Cup for four years, experienced...more»

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Da Costa wins thrilling season finale

Antonio Felix da Costa won a dramatic GP3 season finale at Monza on Sunday. The Status Grand Prix driver was in the lead train of cars throughout the race, in what turned out to be another classic slipstreaming affair. Da Costa made his decisive move for the lead on the penultimate lap, passing James Calado at the second chicane after the Briton had just come together with Mitch Evans at the start of the lap.

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Video: BAC Mono single-seat road car is "fan-bleeding-tastic"

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Autocar's ex-racer scribe Steve Sutcliffe sat himself in the middle of the BAC Mono - which is the only place to sit, actually - and came away with a helmet full of glee. The £79,950 single-seater apparently drives just like an F3 car, an effect created in part by its 1,190-pound weight, 280-horsepower, four-cylinder Cosworth engine and its F3 suspension. Sutcliffe said it handles better than a Lotus Elise, which one might expect of a race car for the road, but that it also drives better, too.

Briggs Automotive Company is making 35 Monos this year, but they're all spoken for. Next year's run of 50 is also sold out. So while you wait for 2013 and a bunch of money to afford it, there's the video after the jump to keep you entertained. Another video you'll find there: Bjork's "All is Full of Love," which was said to have influenced the BAC Mono's design. That's what we call cool.

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Alguersuari suprised by car pace

Jaime Alguersuari admitted he was surprised with the performance of his Toro Rosso car during the Italian Grand Prix after a superb charge from the back. The Spanish driver had qualified in 18th position on Saturday but, as he had done often this year, charged into the points in the race, finishing in career-best seventh position

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Official: Ford Transit Connect CNG taxis swing into action across U.S.

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Ford Transit Connect CNG Taxi

The next time you hail a cab in Southern California, you could be jumping into a vehicle fueled by clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG). That's because California Yellow Cab of Orange County has become the state's first taxi company to put CNG-fueled Ford Transit Connect vans into service. California Yellow Cab says 10 (and soon more than 120) natural gas Connects are on the roads and ready to pick up passengers in the greater Los Angeles area.

Meanwhile, over in Chicago, Taxi Medallion Management says it has a dozen Ford Transit Connect CNG taxis in service. And in Connecticut, two cab companies are waiting for Ford to fulfill orders for 70 CNG-fueled Transit Connect taxis.

Later on, CNG-fueled Transits will ship out to Las Vegas and St. Louis. Philadelphia is expected to get in on the CNG action, too, once city officials approve natural gas vehicles for taxi duty.

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