Loix continues to dominate Ypres

Freddy Loix has moved into a dominant lead at the end of the first day of his home round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the Ypres Rally. The Skoda driver was quickest on all six Friday stages, to established a 36.7-second lead over Peugeot UK's Guy Wilks. Local Skoda man Pieter Tsjoen continues to fend off PH Peugeot's Bryan Bouffier in the battle for third.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/loix-continues-to-dominate-ypres/

Cliff Griffith Georges Grignard Bobby Grim Romain Grosjean Olivier Grouillard

Loix still leads in damp Ypres

Skoda driver Freddy Loix edged further away from the field on Saturday's first loop of Ypres Rally stages, stretching his lead over Guy Wilks to 46.9 seconds after SS9. In damp conditions this morning, most chose intermediate tyres, but Wilks and his Peugeot UK team gambled on cut slicks. Although this looked wise as Wilks finally interrupted Loix's run of stage wins on SS7, the Briton was only 0.4s faster than his Belgian rival - who then resumed his run of fastest times on the next two tests

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/loix-still-leads-in-damp-ypres/

Helm Glöckler Paco Godia Carel Godin de Beaufort Christian Goethals Paul Goldsmith

Ford Spreads Inflatable Rear Seatbelts to Flex and Some Lincolns, Sync AppLink to 10 Models

Ford has announced a bevy of updates to its 2012 lineup, including spreading its Sync AppLink smartphone app-control interface to 10 more models, and the addition of its inflatable rear seatbelts to the Ford Flex and several Lincolns next summer. AppLink?which has been available for download to Fiesta owners since that car went on sale [...]

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Brian Henton Johnny Herbert Al Herman Hans Herrmann François Hesnault

Bortolotti retakes F2 lead with win

Mirko Bortolotti launched himself back into the Formula 2 championship lead with a dominant performance in race two at Spa. Starting from third, Bortolotti was part of a three-way fight as the field ran down to La Source for the first time

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/bortolotti-retakes-f2-lead-with-win/

David Hampshire Sam Hanks Walt Hansgen Mike Harris Cuth Harrison

Name That Shifter, No. 29: 1990 Isuzu Impulse XS

On Monday we presented this week?s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. Many of you guessed that this week?s rubber-booted shifter was from a Geo Storm. Only a few of you surmised the shifter was from the Storm?s Japanese cousin, the 1990 Isuzu Impulse [...]

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Kyle Eugene Petty Floyd Anthony Raines Scott Russell Riggs Hiroshi Fushida Beppe Gabbiani

2013 Mercedes-Benz A-class Hatch / CLC Sedan Spy Photos: Tiny Benzes Incoming

We spy with our little eye two of the next-generation compact Benzes. Mercedes-Benz released two prototypes of its next-generation small cars into the wild this weekend, and our spy shooters were able to capture heavily camouflaged versions of the A-class five-door and ?four-door coupe? testing for the first time. The five-door hatch and Mercedes CLS?inspired [...]

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Jeffrey Michael Gordon Charles Robert Hamilton IV Charles Robert Hamilton V Kevin Michael Harvick Virgil Ernest Irvan III