Bostrom lands LCR ride for Laguna Seca

American Ben Bostrom will make his MotoGP debut this weekend after securing a wild-card ride for the Laguna Seca race. Bostrom, currently competing in the AMA Superbike class with Michael Jordan Motorsports, will join Toni Elias at the LCR team, riding a second Honda for the Italian squad. "Words can't express how excited I am to get this amazing opportunity to race on my home track in front of the whole world," said Bostrom, 39, a former competitor in World Superbikes

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Mercedes-Benz Drops 422-hp Naturally Aspirated Version of New 5.5-liter V8 into 2012 SLK55 AMG

Mercedes-Benz has just pulled the wraps off of the V-8 that will power the 2012 SLK55 AMG. The naturally aspirated 5.5-liter V-8 makes 422 hp and 398 lb-ft of torque in the hot SLK, and will be paired to a traditional torque-converter seven-speed automatic gearbox?not Benz’s MCT transmission, which swaps in a clutch pack in [...]

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Bestwick, Briscoe to Expand Roles in ESPN?s NASCAR Coverage

ESPN's Allen Bestwick Allen Bestwick and Nicole Briscoe, two veterans of ESPN?s NASCAR coverage team, will have expanded roles as ESPN?s telecasts of the final 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races of the season begin next week. Bestwick, who has filled a variety of positions since ESPN returned to live NASCAR event coverage in 2007,...more»

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Senate Staff Says Transpo Bill Maintains Dedicated Funding For Bike/Ped

We reported yesterday that the outline of the Senate bill appeared not to preserve dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian programs. It has come to our attention that the complete draft of the bill will include a hard commitment to bike-ped programs. Senate staff tells us that Sen. Barbara Boxer worked hard and was able to maintain her [...]

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City of New York Buys 50 Chevrolet Volts to Spread EV Awareness

Since 2007 the city of New York has been expanding its fleet of electric vehicles as part of its PlaNYC push for metropolitan green-ness, and now the city has ordered 50 Chevrolet Volts for its squadron. The Volts are part of a 70-car purchase by the city and bring its count for hybrids and EVs [...]

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Grosser Gravy: 10 Things You Didn?t Know About the Mercedes-Benz 600

In our August issue, we took a short look at the life of Karl Middelhauve, the Wisconsin man who makes his living restoring Mercedes-Benz?s 600 Grosser limousine. In addition to being a world-renowned authority on one of the most fascinating cars ever built, he?s a fantastic storyteller. When we put the print issue to bed, [...]

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