Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen NASCAR HotPass on DIRECTV Lineup

Ride Along with Ambrose, Stewart, J. Gordon and Montoya at Watkins Glen on DIRECTV NASCAR HotPass on DirectvEvent: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Previous Winner: Juan Pablo Montoya (beat Kurt Busch by 4.735 seconds on August 8, 2010) Date / Time: Sunday, August 14, at 1 p.m. EDT Track: Watkins Glen (N.Y.)...more»

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Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson Gimax Richie Ginther Yves Giraud Cabantous

Plato on top in first practice

Reigning British Touring Car champion Jason Plato topped the first free practice session on the Snetterton 300 circuit this morning. The works Chevrolet Cruze driver was the first driver to break the two-minute barrier on the BTCC's first visit to the new Snetterton layout.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/plato-on-top-in-first-practice/

Gus Hutchison Jacky Ickx Yuji Ide Jesús Iglesias Taki Inoue

Tiny Chevrolet Spark Reconfirmed for U.S. by GM via Twitter

We were previously told that the global subcompact, sub-Sonic Chevrolet Spark would be sold in the U.S., but then GM reportedly changed its mind. Now, using that most official of PR channels, Twitter, a GM representative has reconfirmed the Spark’s arrival here, stating ?Spark minicar will give Chevrolet A-B-C-D-E segment coverage for first time in [...]

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Welch: Proton can be front-runner

British Touring Car team boss John Welch believes the new Proton Gen-2 can be a future frontrunner in the series after its first track appearances at Snetterton on Saturday. Daniel Welch drove the front-wheel-drive Swindon-engined NGTC car in both free practice sessions on the Snetterton 300 circuit. With no track running beforehand, the car suffered some minor teething problems, such as high water temperatures and power steering issues, but completed 16 laps.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/welch-proton-can-be-front-runner/

Gary Hocking Ingo Hoffmann Bill Holland Jackie Holmes Bill Homeier

Alex Steffen: We Can?t Avert Climate Change Without Dense Cities

Alex Steffen goes by the title ?planetary futurist,? which makes me realize I should probably spruce up my title to something that makes me sound like I should be wearing a cape, too. What he does is write about sustainable cities, on WorldChanging.com for seven years and more recently in his book, Carbon Zero. He just [...]

Source: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/08/09/alex-steffen-says-dense-cities-are-the-only-way-to-reduce-emissions/

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2013 Cadillac XTS Finally Gets a Name

Cadillac has confirmed that it will introduce a new large luxury sedan in spring of 2012, a car that was previewed at the 2010 Detroit auto show by the XTS Platinum concept. Now we have learned that said flagship sedan will have a name, also previewed by the XTS Platinum concept (sans the Platinum and [...]

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Out! Pet Care Toyota Jason Leffler David Carl Allison Gregory Jack Biffle David Lee Blaney

Earnhardt Jr. Sits Down with NASCAR Race Hub Tonight in In-Depth Interview

SPEED TVSPEED will air a multi-segment, sit-down interview with Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on NASCAR Race Hub. Host Steve Byrnes caught up with NASCAR?s most popular driver, currently fighting for a spot in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup, in an honest look at everything from talk that he ?is...more»

Source: http://www.catchfence.com/2011/sprintcup/08/11/earnhardt-jr-sits-down-with-nascar-race-hub-tonight-in-in-depth-interview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earnhardt-jr-sits-down-with-nascar-race-hub-tonight-in-in-depth-interview

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