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The period of the A/FX car is a time that will never be seen again on such a scale as it existed during the early to mid-60’s. It was a time when the cars were based off of production models, used factory parts (for the most part) and when safety was a secondary consideration. As exciting as it is to see a modern Pro-Stocker light ‘em up and make a flawless pass down the ’strip, the drama of the old days is sadly, gone. There are no wheelstands, no diving front ends as drivers reached for another gear on the four-speed, no nuthin’. However, this period is not forgotten, nor is it dormant. It lives on with guys like Mr. Rich “The Performance King” Lefebvre and those like him. Read the rest of this entry »

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“Street’s closed pizza boy, find another way home!” Apparently that’s the case in Lodz, Poland.

Polish street racers (huge fans of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker) have been given the green light to speed through Lodz, Poland’s second largest city.

In an effort to stop the increasing spread of illegal street racing in Lodz, city officials and the police have made it legal in a section of the city to street race at night. They hope this will keep the youth from speeding at night throughout the city, not only endangering themselves, but the onlookers watching the races and citizens of Lodz.

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Phoenix, Ariz.- Jack Beckman is the Funny Car winner this weekend at Firebird International raceway, beating out Robert Hight who shut his car down early in his final run. Beckman’s winning ET was a 4.86-second pass. Larry Dixon beat out championship leader Tony Schumacher in the final round in Top Fuel, with a 4.534 run in the final to Schumacher’s 4.529, owing his victory to a quick reaction time. V. Gaines 6.70 ET was enough to net him the Pro Stock win, holding off Jason Line, who had to get out of the accelerator early in the final run.

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It was recently found that in a study based on sales data, white is the most popular color for vehicles in the U.S., beating out former frontrunner, silver, for the title. This begs the question: What’s the color you prefer on your vehicle? Read the rest of this entry »

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Subaru Rally Team’s Ken Block took his third consecutive first place overall finish in Rally America’s 100 Acre Wood Rally.  His teammate, Travis Pastrana, rounded up second place overall.  Third place, went to Matthew Johnson–marking his second national podium finish.  Comrie-Picard’s Mitsubishi had suffered damage in day one and a second crash in day two, tied with tranny problems left them finishing fourth overall.

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So car manufacturers are dropping pictures left and right about upcoming models before Geneva and BMW has just revealed the John Cooper Works Mini Cooper S and Clumban models.

If you wish to own the sportiest variant of the Mini Cooper S or Clubman, save up your pennies for the John Cooper Works models, which always bring a smile to my face after falling in love with the new Mini in The Italian Job (2003). Read the rest of this entry »

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Since it’s Saturday as I write this, I thought it appropriate to find something a little different, but still pertinent to current automotive events. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you…the TANGO! Read the rest of this entry »

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Oops. More leaked pictures prior to the big car show. You are looking at the Lancer Prototype S, that wasn’t supposed to be showed off until next month’s Geneva Car Show. Everything looks great until you get to the rear of the car… then well, that hatch thingy happened. And here’s the thin, I love hatches and wagons, but this just a Lexus RX ass was grafted onto a Lancer Raliart. Supposedly, this will be hitting the European market later this summer.

More pictures of this thing after the break.

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