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Richard Childress Accuses SVG of a Payback Wreck at Chicagoland – And NASCAR Let It Ride
Austin Hill didn’t need to watch the replay to know what happened. Neither did Richard Childress.Forty-seven laps into Sunday’s eero…
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Marc van der Straten Dies at 78 After Five Decades Building a Racing Empire on Two Wheels and Four
Marc van der Straten died at his home in Switzerland on July 5, at age 78. If your motorsport diet…
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Red Bull Borrowed Ferrari’s Wing Trick. Now It’s Putting Verstappen In The Gravel Twice.
Two crashes in two consecutive races, at two different circuits, both traced to the same part failing in the same…
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Dodge Can’t Bring Back the Real Viper GTS-R, So It’s Giving You One in Fortnite Instead
Stellantis can’t get a new Viper past federal crash standards. Pixels, it turns out, don’t need airbags.Starting July 2 at…
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The Off-Road Recovery Gear That’ll Actually Save You, and the Junk Wasting Space in Your Trunk
Everyone loves buying off-road parts until they’re buried to the axles in mud two hours from pavement with a shovel…
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564,000 People Showed Up At Silverstone This Weekend, The Biggest Crowd F1 Has Ever Drawn
Silverstone doesn’t have a bowl like Indianapolis, and Northamptonshire isn’t exactly blessed with parking capacity. And yet 564,000 people found…
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Your Fast Car Is Basically Useless Without a Limited-Slip Differential, Here’s Why
You can have all the horsepower in the world, but if only one tire is doing the work, you’re going…
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Someone’s Ex Turned This Cadillac CTS Into a Rolling Confession Booth, and Now It’s Headed to Auction
Breakups end in all sorts of ways. Some people delete photos. Some people burn letters. And apparently, at least one…
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Leclerc Wins A Chaotic British Grand Prix As Verstappen’s Wing Fails Again And Antonelli’s Weekend Falls Apart
Silverstone didn’t need much help manufacturing drama this year, but the 2026 British Grand Prix weekend still found a way…
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A Leaking Semi Truck Buried An Ohio Interstate In 40,000 Pounds Of Frank’s RedHot
40,000 pounds of Frank’s RedHot leaked onto an Ohio interstate, and the EPA had to help clean it up.
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Watch: A Texas Tow Truck Driver Tried To Pull A Flooded Sedan To Safety. He Flipped It On Its Side Instead.
Highway 59 in Marshall, Texas isn’t built for boats, but Monday afternoon it briefly worked like one. A fast, heavy…
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How a Turbocharger Actually Works, No Engineering Degree Required
Turbo. It’s one of the best words in all of car culture, and also one of the most misunderstood. Everyone…