PSA Features Automotive Maintenance Tips From NASCAR Stars; Sweepstakes Gives Fans Chance To Win Trip To NASCAR Champion?s Week NASCAR LogoCHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 20, 2011) ? NASCAR Automotive Group and its family of automotive partners under the NASCAR Performance brand has launched the 2011 ?Extreme Measures? public service announcement campaign and accompanying sweepstakes, which provides...more»

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We’re pleased to welcome Stephen Smith as a new contributor to Streetsblog Capitol Hill. We’ll be running Stephen’s work on a regular basis, and you can catch more of his writing at his home blog, Market Urbanism. Amtrak’s annual ridership may inch over 30 million for the first time this year, but the assault on its [...]

Source: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/07/22/amtraks-loco-locomotive-purchase-for-the-northeast-corridor/

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John Hopkins will return to MotoGP when he races for the Suzuki team in the Czech Republic round at Brno in August. The Anglo-American, who already made an appearance with the team this year when he replaced the injured Alvaro Bautista at Jerez, will join the Spaniard this time for Suzuki's first two-bike effort of the year. Hopkins, currently competing in the British Superbike championship, last raced at Brno in 2007, when he finished in second place with Suzuki.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/hopkins-returns-to-suzuki-for-brno-race/

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Renault says that it will not be afraid to ditch the forward-facing exhaust concept that it pioneered if a new rear design proves to be better. Although the team's R31 was built around the idea of forward-facing exists to make the most of blowing air under the car, the team suspects that there could be advantages from a Red Bull Racing-style blown diffuser instead. A test of an initial design at Duxford last month provided some promising feedback on the design and, as AUTOSPORT revealed, the team is experimenting with rearward facing exhausts in practice at the Nurburgring after fitting it to Nick Heidfeld's car.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/renault-open-minded-on-exhausts/

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Local favourite James Hinchcliffe was quickest in the opening free practice session at the new-style Edmonton circuit. The Canadian airport track has been substantially revised over the winter, but the IndyCar field did not get any chance to try it on Friday as heavy rain left the circuit flooded.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/indycar-news/indycar/hinchcliffe-stars-in-first-practice/

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With the new small Chevy Colorado pickup likely to come stateside, a fraternal SUV has now joined the fray. The Chevrolet Colorado has stirred up more buzz than any mid-size pickup has in a very long time?a little surprising, since it hasn?t officially been confirmed for sale in the United States. Is it just another [...]

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Last year we sent former executive editor Mark Gillies off to Virginia City, Nevada, to run a Dodge Viper ACR in the Spectre 341 Challenge, a 5.2-mile wide-open-throttle hill climb up twisty Nevada state route 341, in the rocky hills about 20 minutes east of the state capital in Carson City. Gillies managed to duck [...]

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“Why I Ride” is on hiatus this week. Instead we bring you the latest transit innovation from the Dutch city of Utrecht — the “transfer accelerator.” Translation courtesy of The Pop-Up City: The designers explain that their slide is meant to be a nice gesture to the travellers. They brilliantly foresaw that such a playful urban intervention [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/07/22/fun-routes-to-transit/

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Week Eleven in the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge took the sim racers to Braselton, Georgia for the twists and turns of one of the United States? most famous road courses: 2.54-mile, 12-turn Road Atlanta.  During the week a total of 426 drivers attempted to conquer the monster of a track, but it was Laszlo Kotrocz (England) who sailed away from the field by scoring the most points for Week Eleven. Weekly High Strength of Field Although Kimmo Suominen (Finland) didn?t earn the most points for the week, he was able to stomp the field in the week?s highest Strength of Field (SoF) event.  Suominen lead all 18 laps of the online racing event and cruised to a 14.597s margin of victory over second place Danis Richard (Central-Eastern Europe).  Sascha Thomaszik (DE-AT-CH) [...]

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John Hopkins will return to MotoGP when he races for the Suzuki team in the Czech Republic round at Brno in August. The Anglo-American, who already made an appearance with the team this year when he replaced the injured Alvaro Bautista at Jerez, will join the Spaniard this time for Suzuki's first two-bike effort of the year. Hopkins, currently competing in the British Superbike championship, last raced at Brno in 2007, when he finished in second place with Suzuki.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/hopkins-returns-to-suzuki-for-brno-race/

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