Nyck De Vries Takes First Formula 2 Victory in Monaco Sprint Race
On Saturday, following the Formula One qualifying session, Formula 2 took to the track for its sprint race. The front row was held by Rapax teammates Johnny Cecotto and Nyck De Vries. Championship...
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Watch This BMW 5 Series Get Busted While Drifting a Roundabout
Daniel had just left work one early Sunday morning after working an overnight shift. It was a wet morning and he was driving his 1992 BMW 520i around his quiet neighborhood streets when he came across...
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The Oppo Rally: Tour de Connecticut
Sure, there are a bunch of races this weekend—Formula 1, Indy Car, Pirelli World Challenge - but let's talk about the only automotive competition that really matters in my book: The Oppo Rally....
View ArticleThe Oppo Rally: Strangeness and Strategy
The start of the Oppo Rally was just across the Connecticut border into New York at Port Chester. We awoke painfully early and cruised down, met Dusty Ventures, and officially registered for the...
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The Oppo Rally: Racking Up the Points
We hit Interstate 95—and promptly got bogged down in heavy Memorial Day weekend traffic. This was not the kind of driving we came to the Oppo Rally to do, but it was really the only way to get from...
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The Oppo Rally: Steaming Across Connecticut
Soon Stratford was behind us as we made our way north to the town of Gaylordsville, home of Hot Rod Heaven...also known as Big Al's Toy Box. Al Lombardo makes some amazing hot rods, and specializes in...
View ArticleBMW Production Halts in Multiple Plants Due to Supplier Issues, Report Says
According to German magazine Focus Online and two separate reports by Reuters, BMW has run into two seemingly separate supplier issues—both concerning parts related to the luxury automaker's steering...
View ArticleTakuma Sato's Most Memorable Moments Before His Indy 500 Win
Takuma Sato won the Indy 500 on Sunday. It was a crazy race, where just being running at the end was almost more important than pure speed. But Sato had one of the fastest cars, and he survived all...
View ArticleThese Japanese Racing Commentators Are in a League of Their Own
Maybe it's just these commentators, maybe it's how crazy Japanese TV can get, or maybe it's a cultural thing. I, as your average Gringo, have no authority on what makes some of Japan's motorsport...
View ArticleThis Alfa Romeo 4C Hillclimb Car Has a Formula 3000 V-8
The Alfa Romeo 4C is among the cheapest of the mid-engined sports cars to be sold in America since the demise of Toyota's MR2. Sitting at $55,900 in the USA, the 4C occupies a price point in the...
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Five Reasons Your Car’s Craigslist Ad Sucks and How to Improve It
Sometimes you find a rare gem on Craigslist, other times you might find a great deal at someone else's expense. Call it a lame hobby if you want, but this is one of my favorite things to do from time...
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The Alonso Effect: Did IndyCar Gain Followers On Social Media?
With Formula One's Fernando Alonso skipping the Monaco Grand Prix to race in the Indy 500, IndyCar got a lot of international attention. While IndyCar is relatively popular here in the United States,...
View ArticleA Lamborghini 4-Seat GT Could Be Coming After The Urus
We've already heard rumblings of a fourth Lamborghini model coming our way after the Urus crossover drops. Now, the Italian supercar maker's CEO is dropping hints as to what exactly that may look...
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Our Smyth Performance Ute Kit Is Here
I have taken delivery of my Smyth Performance Ute kit. Now I can begin the process of turning my own VW Jetta into a Ute. But before I pull the car in the garage and begin dismantling the back half of...
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The Oppo Rally: The End of the Road
After scoring a bunch of points in western Connecticut, we hit the highway to the town of Meriden in search of a traffic control tower that the police used to use to manage traffic through the center...
View ArticleCalifornia DeLorean DMC-12 Driver Given Speeding Ticket for Hitting 88 MPH
Back to the Future may have inspired millions to lust after the 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 sports car, but the movie's conceit largely ignores the fact that hitting the 88 mile-per-hour speed needed to...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan Claims They Can Reduce Self-Driving Car Testing by...
Testing self-driving cars is a labor-intensive process. Currently, multiple companies run fleets of prototype vehicles on public roads and test tracks, racking up millions of miles in order to detect...
View ArticlePick Up a Bugatti EB110 at Greenwich this Weekend
If you've got nothing going on this weekend and you have $500,000-$700,000 laying around, you could swing by the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance auction in Greenwich, Connecticut. That's the expected...
View ArticleCadillac Successfully Tests Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Tech with CTS
General Motors has managed to successfully bring vehicle-to-infrastructure—also known as V2I—communication to a Cadillac CTS test vehicle, a car that already comes equipped with vehicle-to-vehicle...
View ArticleCalifornia DMV Investigating Uber's Otto Self-Driving Truck Division
The California DMV is planning an inspection of Uber's self-driving truck division—formerly known as Otto—to determine whether the company tested autonomous trucks on public roads without permission,...
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