Sims quickest in GP3 practice two

Alexander Sims was quickest in the second half-hour of GP3 free practice at Silverstone on Friday for Status Grand Prix. Sims lapped the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in 2m11.573s, almost a second clear of Lewis Williamson (MW Arden) and Daniel Morad (Carlin).

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Hagerty Insurance Wants You to Help Celebrate Collector Car Appreciation Day

Did you know that this Friday is Collector Car Appreciation Day? This marks the second year that SEMA has lured the U.S. Senate away from more-pressing matters to designate the second Friday in July as such, and we admit we are a bit perturbed that we don?t get the day off. Maybe once Collector Car [...]

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Alan Dershowitz: Vance Dragging His Feet on Fatal Crash Investigation

Adam Lemire at the Daily News reports that Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz is losing patience with the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Dershowitz’s sister-in-law, Marilyn Dershowitz, was killed by a postal truck driver as she biked on West 29th Street last weekend. The driver left the scene and had to be tracked [...]

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Video: This is what a tire looks like exploding in slow-motion

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The dangers of an exploding tire - Click above to watch video after the jump

As anyone who's been near a big rig that's lost a tire on the interstate will tell you, rubber under pressure can cause some serious damage. In an effort to promote shop safety, the crew from Branick Nitrogen put together a quick video showing just what kind of havoc overinflating a tire can cause inside of a garage. Apparently, this kind of scenario causes more than its share of accidental deaths around the world. After watching the footage, we can certainly believe it. In this case, it looks as if the bead lock separates from the rim itself, creating two large metal projectiles in addition to plenty of rubber shrapnel.

Fortunately, the tire in question was housed in a protective cage designed to handle this exact sort of situation. The force of the failure actually causes the cage to be ripped from its anchors and the metal structure suffers dearly at the hands of physics. Hit the jump to see the chaos for yourself.

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2013 Aston Martin DB9 Spy Photos: The Biggest Little Change to the DB Yet

Or maybe it?s a DBS. It?s often pointed out that Aston Martins all pretty much look alike. We know that, you know that, and the people who make them must know, too. But an Aston also looks like a Jaguar, a concept with which the team who cloaked this DB prototype appears to have had [...]

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2012 BMW 528i: Turbo Four and Optional All-Wheel Drive

A four-cylinder 5er, with optional power to all four wheels. Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday here in the land of freedom, BMW is announcing a 5-series with four cylinders. (That is the tie-in, right?) For 2012, the 528i will trade its naturally aspirated 3.0-liter inline-six for the company?s new N20 turbo [...]

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2013 Land Rover Range Rover Spy Photos: Would You Believe It?s Boxy?

We spy a prototype for the next Rover, and would you believe it?s boxy? Even for a vehicle with such historically long lifecycles, the Land Rover Range Rover is overdue for a full updating. You may remember that the current truck was designed under BMW ownership, updated by Ford, and recently got new engines and [...]

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Once is Enough

In a dramatic finish to Round Ten of the iRacing World Championship Series Road Racing, Greger Huttu sealed his third victory of the season at the virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway, to move into the shadow of current series points leader Klaus Kiveks. Huttu, who is defending his title in 2011, played out a single pit-stop strategy to set-up a thrilling finale with fellow championship protagonist Jesse Nieminen, who was glued to the tail of Huttu’s Team Redline Williams Toyota FW31 in a charge to the chequered flag. But the smallest of errors in the closing stages sent the iWCSRR rookie tumbling down the order to an eventual finish position of twenty-eighth in the online race. Starting from second on the grid, Huttu’s one-stop-strategy was soon evident, as he struggled to [...]

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