After he claimed his first success in Paralympic Games in London in the H4 category's time trial event on Wednesday, Alessandro Zanardi took a second gold medal in the individual road race.
The Italian driver, who lost his legs in a horrifying crash at the Lausitzring in Indycar back in 2001, competed in his first Paralympic Games this year in the H4 (wheel chair) category.
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| Alex Zanardi (Photo: Ralph Hardwick) |
This is his second gold medal for Zanardi, who will now be looking for a third victory in the team relay race on Saturday.
Ironically, the H4 races of the events in the Paralympic Games used parts of the Brands Hatch circuit, where Zanardi raced in cars.
GM has stopped the sale of several of its most popular 2013 vehicles because of a software glitch that affects their OnStar communication systems.
Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz unit won a U.S. lawsuit that accused the automaker of infringing a patent for a monitor to detect when a motorist is drowsy. The patent, owned by licensing company Ibormeith IP, is invalid, U.S.
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The Detroit 3 automakers want to avoid a strike and seem willing to engage in "constructive dialogue," the head of the CAW said today, two days after threatening to shut them down if the two sides could not reach a deal soon.
The upcoming Cadillac ELR was spotted on the road, testing in camouflage.
In the last year, we've spent time in two of VW's north-or-south-of-200k twin-turbo machines. The
McLaren is expected to launch a high-performance version of the MP4-12C sports car at the
In 1997, a classic-car dealer in Florida was sent to jail. Among the charges was an attempt to swindle Howard and Norma Weaver out of $30,000, which the couple had put down in 1992 for a '31 DeSoto that had spent seven years in restoration.
Texas is preparing to open a stretch of toll road this November with the highest speed limit in America: 85 mph.
General Motors said today that it will hire 500 information-technology workers to staff a new center in Austin, Texas, an early step in GM's plan to build out its own global IT infrastructure.
Lime Rock Park's Heritage Festival 30 Presented by Jaguar was a rousing success by any measure. The event staged over the Labor Day weekend is actually several events rolled into one.
General Motors has the stamina to turn around its troubled European unit Opel and has already mapped out where it wants to take the brand in the next 10 years, new Opel CFO Michael Lohscheller said in his first interview since assuming the post one...
Last week, the Hell Garage Demons went all luxurious with ancient Detroit limousines.
Car production in Brazil rose 10.6% year on year in August while sales in the month increased by 15.3% month over month and 28.2% year over year to 420,100 units in August in the wake of a consumer rush to take advantage of government tax breaks.
The obvious highlight of a very busy first-week-back-from-summer-hols was Ford's new product extravaganza in Amsterdam on Thursday (6 September) which was most interesting and had me thinking back to how much our industry and how we journalists cover it has changed in my 30 years (ye gods!) in the biz.
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