The compelling storyline on most NASCAR weekends would be if two "second-tier" drivers qualified on the front row for that weekend's Sprint Cup race.
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The NHRA's Top Fuel and Funny Car classes will keep their race distances at 1,000 feet to start the 2009 season, the NHRA said Friday, as the sanctioning body continues to look for ways to reduce engine output.
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A French banker named Edward de Cazalet special-ordered this Maserati Ghibli SS, and in the early 1970s, the Ghibli was just the sort of car sporting bankers aspired to own.
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RM Auctions, Hershey, Pa.
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We're waiting for the man from General Motors before we can unload, but truck driver Jerry Fulton has opened one of the side doors on his rig. In the shadows inside, we catch a glimpse of yesterday's future.
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Here's an update on some other long-term testers in the AutoWeek fleet.
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Bring up the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX with anyone here on the AutoWeek staff, and most will think about its screaming acceleration, great handling and telepathic steering response--but tin-can packaging.
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SENIOR EDITOR (NEWS) BOB GRITZINGER: Call this the Chevy conundrum.
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As it did with the Arnage, Bentley will add a more potent T variant to the Azure range, with a debut at the Los Angeles auto show this month.
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If Carl Edwards takes the pole this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his racing-spec Ford Fusion will be the one to follow another Blue Oval offering--the 2010 Fusion hybrid to be unveiled days later at the Los Angeles auto show.
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Former CART and Formula One driver Cristiano da Matta is on the verge of racing full-time in Grand-Am next season.
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F1 veteran Rubens Barrichello might have raced in his last Grand Prix.
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Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will remain with Renault F1 in 2009. Alonso, who switched from McLaren-Mercedes this year on a one-year contract, agreed to a new two-year deal, keeping him with the team through 2010.
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WRC co-driver Patrick Pivato, given a 50 percent chance of survival following an accident during the Rally Japan, is on the road to recovery.
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With the French Grand Prix out and no confirmation yet that the Canadian Grand Prix will be rescued by public funding for a new promoter, Bernie Ecclestone has shortened the 2009 Formula One schedule.
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Toyota's return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a hybrid-powered prototype appears to be closer. Toyota, which last raced at Le Mans in 1999, admitted that it continues to develop its hybrid technology for racing.
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Australian Craig Gore sent mixed signals, but it appears that his Team Australia IndyCar Series sponsorship package is in jeopardy.
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As expected, the Force India F1 Team terminated its engine supply contract with Ferrari one year early and signed a five-year deal with McLaren-Mercedes that will see the team's cars use a McLaren-Mercedes powertrain--including engine,...
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Ray Evernham, who left Hendrick Motorsports in 2000 to bring Dodge back into NASCAR and start his own team, soon will leave his post.
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In light of the controversial steward decision that cost Lewis Hamilton a potentially title-deciding win in the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, the FIA World Motor Sport Council will implement changes for 2009 in the hopes of avoiding questionable...
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