Huff stretches lead with Brno win

Championship leader Rob Huff scored his fifth World Touring Car Championship race win of the season at Brno after a terrific opening lap scrap with polesitter Yvan Muller. Following a strong rolling start for both drivers, Muller defended hard from Huff into Turn 1, the Briton nearly taking to the grass in his efforts to avoid contact with his Chevrolet team-mate

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/huff-stretches-lead-with-brno-win/

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Clarkson gets nostalgic (in his way) about VW's new Beetle

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Jeremy Clarkson certainly has a way with words, and when he applies his wit to a topic the result is quite often an enjoyable reading experience. Clarkson has plied his wit upon the subject of Volkswagen's redesigned 2012 Beetle.

It's no secret that Jeremy and his Top Gear cohorts are not fans of the people's car. Perhaps Volkswagen can change his mind with the newest iteration of its iconic automobile?

Nope. In fact, his choice of descriptive words gets a little blue towards the end of the piece. Sample:

"Launching a modern-day incarnation that has sporty credentials is like launching a modern-day incarnation of the Mona Lisa who's crapping herself laughing."

Hop over to the Top Gear website to read Mr. Clarkson's musings on the reborn icon.

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Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/20/clarkson-gets-nostalgic-in-his-way-about-vws-new-beetle/

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Jackson wins race three at Croft

Mat Jackson took his third reversed-grid race victory of this year's British Touring Car Championship in the day's final race at Croft. Jackson's Motorbase Ford Focus powered past the WSR BMW of series rookie and polesitter Nick Foster on the run to Tower on lap one. For a while he looked safe, but Foster and team-mate Rob Collard, up from sixth, were never far behind

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/jackson-wins-race-three-at-croft/

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D WILK'S RACE DAY NEVER GETS OFF THE GROUND

TEAM WILKERSON RACING Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nitro Funny Car POST-EVENT REPORT Ford Thunder Valley Nationals Bristol Dragway Bristol, Tenn. Sun, Jun 19, 2011 QUALIFYING Dan Wilkerson - No. 16 (4.270 seconds) ELIMINATIONS Dan Wilkerson Lost to Bob Tasca in...

Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/06/d_wilks_race_day_never_ge.php

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Tarquini gets new engine for Brno

Gabriele Tarquini will switch to SEAT's 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine in time for this weekend's World Touring Car Championship round at Brno. The 2009 world champion had been expected to use the unit last time out at the Hungaroring, until the SUNRED squad opted to delay the switches of both his own car and that of Tiago Monteiro. But after fellow SUNRED drivers Fredy Barth, Pepe Oriola, Aleksei Dudukalo and Michel Nykjaer used the new engines in Hungary, the team's two star drivers have now made the switch from the 2-litre turbodiesels they had been using previously

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/tarquini-gets-new-engine-for-brno/

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Winterbottom makes it a pole double

Mark Winterbottom completed a pole double in qualifying for the second of this weekend's V8 Supercars events at Hidden Valley. The Ford Performance Racing driver led from pole in Saturday's race until a late restart tangle with Jamie Whincup, Shane van Gisbergen and Lee Holdsworth sent Winterbottom tumbling to 15th and let Rick Kelly win. Whincup, Winterbottom and van Gisbergen have all had 25 points deducted from their tallies as a punishment for that incident.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/winterbottom-makes-it-a-pole-double/

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Solberg holds big lead after leg one

Petter Solberg will take a huge 51-second lead into day two of the Acropolis Rally, as his rivals all hit trouble or backed off to try and give each other inferior road positions for Saturday. The Solberg Citroen driver preferred to keep pushing flat-out to try and build a lead that he could defend when running first on the road tomorrow, and won four of today's six stages

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/solberg-holds-big-lead-after-leg-one/

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Huff stretches lead with Brno win

Championship leader Rob Huff scored his fifth World Touring Car Championship race win of the season at Brno after a terrific opening lap scrap with polesitter Yvan Muller. Following a strong rolling start for both drivers, Muller defended hard from Huff into Turn 1, the Briton nearly taking to the grass in his efforts to avoid contact with his Chevrolet team-mate

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/huff-stretches-lead-with-brno-win/

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2011 Race #14 Results: Pocono

1 3 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 200 47 4 131.3 $223,836 Running 2 1 22 Kurt Busch Shell / Pennzoil Dodge 200 43 1 131.5 $203,800 Running 3 34 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota 200 42 1 106.2 $177,666 Running 4 14 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 200 41 1 113.5 $160,961 Running 5 [...]

Source: http://finallapradio.com/2011/06/12/2011-race-14-results-pocono/

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