Marussia Racing consultant Pat Symonds believes that the team’s 2011 car had very good potential in some areas but was badly hamstrung by poor aerodynamics. After relying solely on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for its first two designs, the ex-Virgin team is embracing windtunnel technology as part of its design restructuring, which has also seen the exit of former partner Wirth Research and the announcement of a new collaboration with McLaren

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The iRacing V8 Supercar series by Bigpond Sport continues to thrill, and the top split is heading for a showdown worthy of it’s immense status. This epic iRacing event will take place at Road Atlanta this Monday 23rd January. The final season for 2011/12 has been a story of intense, consistent rivalry between Trans-Tasman’s Madison Down, Tatts.com Racing’s Mitchell McLeod and Nfinity Esports’ Rens Broekman. While Down has had the upper hand, indeed dominating most rounds, McLeod has shown him up enough to stay in the chase. “Road Atlanta will be bigger than Ben Hur…” Right now, the gap between Down and McLeod, first and second, is a measly 42 points. Meanwhile, a dropping-worst-round points system stands to benefit Broekman. Since our last report on a messy Round Six at [...]

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Caterham have announced their F1 car will be seen for the first time on January 26th – earlier than any of the other teams’ launch dates.

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Southern Maine Scale Modelers will be holding it's annual Model Contest on Sunday, April 1st, 2012 at the Linnell Gymnasium of Thornton Academy in Saco, ME. The event begins at 8:30 am. There will be door prizes, raffle, food, and a Make and Take Program for the kids. For more info, please contact Norm at spudbub@aol.com.

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Longer, lower, wider. Those words were a Detroit marketing mantra in the 1950s, when the original Volkswagen Beetle began its march to immortality here in the U.S. But of course the thing that made the Bug so lovable, and such a counterculture icon, was that it possessed none of those traits. Keep Reading: 2012 Volkswagen [...]

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DUCATI HAYDEN INJURED IN TRAINING ACCIDENT Thursday Dec 29 2011 Nicky Hayden’s winter vacation was marred on Tuesday, December 27, when he broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs while training near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Hayden was…

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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers.
Looking for a job? Here are this week?s listings:
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Full Name	Red Bull Racing	Seasons	6
Principal	Christian Horner	Races	107
Nationality	Austria	Wins	15
Engine	Renault	Championships	1
Chassis	RB7
Sebastian Vettel (GER)		Mark Webber (AUS)
	Seasons 4 Races 62 Wins 10 C’ships 1		Seasons 9 Races 159 Wins 6 C’ships 0
Full Name	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	Seasons	45
Principal	Martin Whitmarsh	Races	684
Nationality	Great Britain	Wins	168
Engine	Mercedes	Championships	8
Chassis	MP4-26
Lewis Hamilton (GBR)		Jenson Button (GBR)
	Seasons 4 Races 71 Wins 14 C’ships 1		Seasons 11 Races 191 Wins 9 C’ships 1
Full Name	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Seasons	61
Principal	Stefano Domenicali	Races	812
Nationality	Italy	Wins	215
Engine	Ferrari	Championships	16
Chassis	F150
Fernando Alonso (ESP)		Felipe Massa (BRA)
	Seasons 9 Races 159 Wins 26 C’ships 2		Seasons 8 Races 135 Wins 11 C’ships 0
Full Name	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Seasons	3
Principal	Ross Brawn	Races	30
Nationality	Germany	Wins	9
Engine	Mercedes	Championships	0
Chassis	MGP W02
Michael Schumacher (GER)		Nico Rosberg (GER)
	Seasons 17 Races 269 Wins 91 C’ships 7		Seasons 5 Races 89 Wins 0 C’ships 0
Full Name	Lotus Renault GP Team	Seasons	18
Principal	Eric Boullier	Races	281
Nationality	France	Wins	35
Engine	Renault	Championships	2
Chassis	R31
Robert Kubica (POL)		Vitaly Petrov (RUS)
	Seasons 5 Races 76 Wins 1 C’ships 0		Seasons 1 Races 19 Wins 0 C’ships 0
Full Name	AT&T Williams	Seasons	35
Principal	Frank Williams	Races	554
Nationality	Great Britain	Wins	113
Engine	Cosworth	Championships	9
Chassis	FW33
Rubens Barrichello (BRA)		Pastor Maldonado (VEN)
	Seasons 18 Races 307 Wins 11 C’ships 0
Full Name	Force India F1 Team	Seasons	3
Principal	Vijay Mallya	Races	53
Nationality	India	Wins	0
Engine	Mercedes	Championships	0
Chassis	VJM04
Adrian Sutil (GER)		Paul di Resta (GBR)
	Seasons 4 Races 71 Wins 0 C’ships 0
Full Name	Sauber F1 Team	Seasons	13
Principal	Peter Sauber	Races	216
Nationality	Switzerland	Wins	0
Engine	Ferrari	Championships	0
Chassis	C30
Kamui Kobayashi (JPN)		Sergio Perez (MEX)
	Seasons 2 Races 21 Wins 0 C’ships 0
Full Name	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Seasons	5
Principal	Franz Tost	Races	88
Nationality	Italy	Wins	1
Engine	Ferrari	Championships	0
Chassis	STR6
Jaime Alguersuari (ESP)		Sébastien Buemi (SUI)
	Seasons 2 Races 27 Wins 0 C’ships 0		Seasons 2 Races 36 Wins 0 C’ships 0
Full Name	Lotus Racing	Seasons	38
Principal	Tony Fernandes	Races	509
Nationality	Malaysia	Wins	79
Engine	Renault	Championships	7
Chassis	TL11
Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)		Jarno Trulli (ITA)
	Seasons 4 Races 71 Wins 1 C’ships 0		Seasons 14 Races 238 Wins 1 C’ships 0
Full Name	HRT F1 Team	Seasons	1
Principal	Colin Kolles	Races	18
Nationality	Spain	Wins	0
Engine	Cosworth	Championships	0
Chassis	F111
Narain Karthikeyan (IND)		TBA
	Seasons 1 Races 19 Wins 0 C’ships 0
Full Name	Marussia Virgin Racing	Seasons	1
Principal	John Booth	Races	18
Nationality	Great Britain	Wins	0
Engine	Cosworth	Championships	0
Chassis	MVR-02
Timo Glock (GER)		Jerome d’Ambrosio (BEL)
	Seasons 4 Races 56 Wins 0 C’ships 0

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Citroen drivers Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen are predicting difficult conditions on this week’s Monte Carlo Rally following a change of weather in the build-up to the event. Eight-time world champion Loeb explained that conditions had been mild when the crews started their preparations for the WRC season-opener, but that the roads had become more difficult on the eve of the rally, which kicks off tomorrow. “The first two days in the recce it was looking like a tarmac rally, with wet and humid conditions in some places,” said Loeb

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Filed under: Performance, Etc., Videos, Crossover, Nissan, Middle East

The Nissan Juke-R found some adventurous extracurriculars to take part in while in Dubai to pace the Dunlop 24-Hour race. Nissan said it would be making a film of the Juke-R taking on other street-legal supercars in the Dubai International Marina, but that race is meant to include a Mercedes/McLaren SLR-engined Mercedes-Benz SLK.

This appears to be something different, with the Juke-R going up against a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, a Mercedes SLS AMG, and a Ferrari 458 Italia. Lucas Ordonez, the first GTAcademy winner from 2008 is reportedly behind the wheel of the Juke-R. We don’t know the driving level of his competition, but we do know this: Nissan’s little beastie is really, really quick. Check out the (admittedly grainy) video after the jump to have your horizons expanded.

Continue reading Nissan Juke-R takes on Gallardo, 458 Italia and SLS AMG in Dubai

Nissan Juke-R takes on Gallardo, 458 Italia and SLS AMG in Dubai originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchback, Volkswagen, Design/Style

To help tell the story of the 256-horsepower 2012 Golf R, Volkswagen has enlisted aid from an unexpected quarter: hot rodder and kandy-kolored-tangerine-flake-inclined Chip Foose.

Turns out that Mr. Overhaulin’ owned a 1985 Golf GTI and thought the world of it, and he engages in a couple minutes of reminiscing about his Mk II to prove it.

The video is after the jump, and there’s a new Golf R Apple iPad app which should also help those of you looking for more interactive elements when digging into the history of one of the original hot hatches (we’ve included a video of the app after the jump, too).

Continue reading Nothing says “Chip Foose” like… Volkswagen?

Nothing says “Chip Foose” like… Volkswagen? originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In an interview in the Times, former world champion Emerson Fittipaldi?s outlined his five-point plan to enhance Formula One. Cut costs ?They spend a fortune in wind-tunnel testing alone. Reduce costs and the slowest teams would catch up and make it more even.? Limit downforce ?They need to reduce enormously the downforce in the cars, the only way to bring back overtaking. We need more mechanical grip so that you have longer braking areas, can set up the car coming out of a corner, get in the slipstream and then overtake.? Close the pitlane ?When the safety car goes out they should close the pitlane. Now it?s just a lottery.? Lift ban on team orders ?It is a very stupid rule. It?s why they are called teams, it?s why they have two cars. If a driver is leading in the championship, everything has to go in his favour. What is wrong with that? It?s so easy for teams to camouflage their orders anyway. All they need to do is tell one guy on the radio he has a problem with his brakes. They can bend the rules very easily. In the old days they would even swap cars, so why do we have this ban now?? Retain traditional grands prix ?These places are the soul of racing. The Americas are under-represented. We have Canada back, but there is no USA, no Argentina, no Mexico. We need to stay in the heartlands.?

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In his 2012 CES keynote speech, Mercedes-Benz chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche announced the new mbrace2 system that will debut in the 2013 SL roadster and outlined some of the future products coming from Mercedes-Benz. The big announcement, the mbrace2 telematics system, uses an iPhone or Android phone to connect to online services. The feature list [...]

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From smartphones to digital cameras, the world is awash in video-capturing devices that will document your particular brand of ?hoonage. But you can?t?okay, shouldn?t?drive while holding an iPhone out the window, and you don?t want to break your dedicated home-movie camera ghost-riding the Fairmont wagon your uncle left you in his will. Fortunately, there are [...]

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Steve Rider has called on the BBC to broadcast more top-level motorsport in a bid to boost its diminished coverage of Formula 1 this year. Rider, who has fronted F1 broadcasts for both the BBC and ITV in the past, will form part of Sky’s line-up when its contract to broadcast all grands prix live in the UK commences this year. He believes that it is time for the BBC to support top domestic and international championships, such as world rallying and British Formula 3, to make up for losing its deal to show full live coverage of the F1 season to Sky this year.

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People often ask how Formula 1 teams are funded. It is not a subject about which there is much information available. Most of the teams have annual tax returns which become public but these do not (generally) give breakdowns of where revenues were generated. Teams gain money from different sources: notably sponsorship, merchandising and in [...]

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UPDATE ON KUBICA’s CONDITION:  http://wp.me/p3uiu-11K Renault Lotus F1 driver Robert Kubica has been airlifted to hospital following a car accident while competing on a rally. The incident, described as a high speed accident, left the Pole injured and he had to be airlifted to hospital.  His co-driver Jakub Gerber was uninjured in the incident. While [...]

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There has been much written on the subject of a suspension system that was tried on the Renault last year. This year the cars will be called Lotuses but the system is expected to be seen again. It may have been on the cars for quite a while, but was first spotted in the end [...]

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Sky Sports has signed former Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill to provide expert analysis for 10 races. He will join the line-up commentators announced last month and will appear in coverage of practice and qualifying sessions as well as races. “The plans Sky Sports have for Formula 1 are very impressive, particularly the dedicated [...]

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Another AMT kit converted to a curbside lowrider.

Built and painted the same style as the 72 Nova lowrider I posted awhile back.

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John Surtees has called for Formula 1 teams and the FIA to do more to make sure top young drivers aren’t prevented from reaching the pinnacle of the sport due to a lack of money. Speaking on the main stage at AUTOSPORT International to promote the charity set up in memory of his late son Henry, the 1964 world champion said he was disappointed to see the number of drivers buying seats in Formula 1 going up again. “We’ve returned to a situation like in the 1970s where one or two teams – including my own back then ? have to take drivers with budgets,” said Surtees.

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The TV/Movie Car CBP is back with our new sequel to the TV/MC franchise…The Model And The Modelers.  This will be a six month production starting on October 1, 2011 and ending on April 1, 2012.  You are cordially invited to audition and to complete as many roles as you wish.  While I am the Executive Producer and Director, I will also participate with my own role as well to be announced later.  If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ask me here. 

The Rules

1. The model must represent a vehicle from a TV show, movie or video that is accessible through normal channels to all.  Please announce your role during your audition.  No what-if's!
2. To be fair to all, the model must be unstarted or to be rebuilt from a disassembled model.
3. Any scale except 1:1.
4. Can be built from plastic, resin, or modified die-cast.
5. Use aftermarket parts and accessories if desired.
6. This is a six month production.

FYI

If you have never participated in one of my TV/Movie Car CBPs before, I run this like a like a TV or movie production.  Please be ready to start when the Director calls for ACTION and have your role completed when the Director calls THAT'S A WRAP!   The future of this franchise depends upon the success of this production.  I am depending upon all actors to work together as a team! 

Let the auditions begin!

The Actors

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• Spencer1984
• F1 Starr
• avidinha
• Charger 01
• aussiemuscle308
• ohlly
• crazyhorse

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Swiss tuner FAB Design has taken on the Mercedes-Benz E-Class for the first time with a styling kit that is neither offensive or bland.

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C/D: NASCAR attendance is down. Is the sport in trouble? JR: It?s not catastrophic. Spectators are challenged with the necessities of life, and they aren?t expanding toward entertainment as they did in happier times. But I think we?ve seen the low-water mark. Subjectively, I?m seeing more people in the stands. NASCAR remains the second-most-popular spectator [...]

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