Kyle Busch's teammate, Denny Hamlin says he'd help his teammate, but, not for a victory. Tonight's Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway will determine the final qualifiers for NASCAR's playoffs the Chase to the Sprint Cup. Multi-car teams raise the question, how far will a driver go to help a teammate?
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Both BMW-Sauber drivers retired from qualifying at Monza with the same failures in their fresh V8 engines, the team revealed on Saturday. First Nick Heidfeld and then Robert Kubica had to park their cars during the Q2 session, on the same day mechanics fitted new BMW engines for the high speed demands of the Autodromo Nazionale.
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F1 drivers on Saturday were warned about jumping over the new kerbs at Monza. Even though the kerbs were modified ahead of this year's Italian grand prix to prevent kerb-cutting, race director Charlie Whiting found the need to issue a caution to all teams on qualifying day.
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Brawn is still yet to decide whether to change Rubens Barrichello's Spa-specification gearbox ahead of the Italian grand prix. Despite having some concerns about the unit after the oil leak and fire at the end of the Spa race two weeks ago, it successfully got the Brazilian through third practice and qualifying at high-speed Monza on Saturday.
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Ford's idled Wixom assembly plant, once a showcase of the Lincoln brand, will be redeveloped into one of the US' largest renewable energy manufacturing parks.
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Eaton Corporation has launched what it says is its next generation of automated transmissions known as UltraShift PLUS.
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Ford has no problem with Magna's planned purchase of a majority stake in Detroit rival General Motors' European unit Opel.
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By the time announcements were made in Berlin yesterday afternoon, I, for one, had had about enough of Opel.
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Analysts at Edmunds.com say that there are signs of improvement to the US car market after an initially sharp dip that followed the ending of 'Cash for Clunkers'.
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What a squalid little affair the MG Rover Inquiry has become. Three documents of substance arise today and reading them makes the skin creep.
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New Grand C-Max breaks cover... Unofficial pictures reveal sliding doors and versatile cabin.
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New Grand C-Max breaks cover, boasting seven seats and sliding doors.
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Five and seven-seat versions of Ford's new compact MPV break cover in Frankfurt
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Five and seven-seat versions of Ford's new compact MPV break cover in Frankfurt
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Russian media gleefully reported the Opel deal involving Magna International and Russian partners Sberbank and GAZ, saying the country's auto industry would welcome access to new technology.
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Magna will put in place "appropriate firewalls" to separate its parts business from its 55% stake in Opel and protect customers' "confidential and proprietary information", chairman Frank Stronach has said.
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