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Saturday

Dodge Charger Pursuit

We cover a ton of fast cars and torque-rich trucks here at TopSpeed, but sometimes we?ve got to examine what we?re up against — or what the bank robber who?s stolen a BMW 3 Series as a get-away car is up against. Take a look at the new 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit. The new police cruiser from Dodge gets all the updates the civilian Charger gets, but also comes with all the right stuff for nabbin? perps.

Cops are very demanding of their cars; it?s their rolling office and has to be comfortable for an eight-hour shift, plus be ready for chasing suspects sideways down a back road or at 120 mph on the interstate. Dodge has brought the goods with the 2015 Charger Pursuit, retaining all the positive characteristics from the previous Charger, plus incorporating some new features that keep officers happy and Dodge competitive in the squad car category. Remember Ford and Chevy offer some stiff competition.

Click past the jump to read more about the 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit.

Dodge Charger Pursuit originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 8 August 2014 15:00 EST.

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Chris Amon Bob Anderson Conny Andersson Mario Andretti

Friday

Twelve car crash hurts the Chase chances of Menard, Stewart and Vickers

Paul Menard, Tony Stewart and Brian Vickers were only three of the 12 drivers involved in a crazy crash on the backstretch on lap 118 of Sunday's race at Pocono. But when it comes to the championship, they were the drivers hurt the most.

The crash happened when Denny Hamlin got loose exiting turn one following a restart. Vickers was behind him and when he reacted, his car slid into Matt Kenseth's and the outside wall. From there, the track was essentially blocked and all of the cars behind them piled in.

Stewart's car ended up on top of the hood of Menard's.

All three drivers' cars were toast. While Menard wasn't officially classified out of the race, he finished 33rd, 17 laps down. Stewart finished 36th while Vickers finished 37th.

With five races to go before the Chase there are 11 different winners, meaning that unless there are five different new winners in the next five races (a HIGHLY unlikely possibility), winless drivers will make it in on points. And right now, with five winless drivers tentatively in the Chase, none of them are Menard, Vickers or Stewart.

Currently, Austin Dillon is the last winless driver in the Chase. Menard is now 26 points behind his teammate while Vickers and Stewart are even further back. Vickers is 49 points behind Dillon while Stewart is 51.

What does it mean? Well, the three better try to make that unlikely scenario a reality if they're to be part of the Chase. But the scenario is unlikely for a reason. Both Vickers and Menard have been consistent but haven't been in the hunt for wins. Neither has Stewart and his best chance for a win this year was the first Pocono race when he sped on pit road.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/12-car-crash-hurts-the-chase-chances-of-paul-menard--tony-stewart-and-brian-vickers-213442333.html

Martin Brundle Gianmaria Bruni Jimmy Bryan Clemar Bucci

INDYCAR: The Friday Setup (Fontana)

Source: http://www.popoffvalve.com/2012/9/14/3330856/indycar-the-friday-setup-fontana

Pedro Diniz Duke Dinsmore Frank Dochnal Jose Dolhem

Thursday

Unfiltered Race notes: Houston Race 2 2014

Welcome to the always off-the-cuff unfiltered race notes for race two of the Grand Prix of Houston. This is just my internal monologue that runs throughout the race. Sit back and enjoy! –Prerace– Hot Hot Hot today. IMSP package of … Continue reading →

Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/unfiltered-race-notes-houston-race-2-2014/

Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Keith Andrews Elio de Angelis

Wednesday

McLaren P1 by MSO

McLaren Special Operations, McLaren’s bespoke division, was first launched at the Pebble Beach Concours d?Elegance in 2011. Since that time, MSO has been responsible for a handful of unique creations, including the 12C Concept Car that we first saw in December 2013 and the 650S Coupe Concept that was unveiled in April 2014. For the 2014 Pebble Beach show, McLaren is returning to the scene of the MSO’s debut with two new customized projects, this time for the almighty P1 and the 650S Spider.

The former, in particular, was commissioned by a North American customer and it further reinforces MSO’s billing as McLaren’s full personalization service for its owners. MSO’s work on the P1 is completely stunning. Actually, "stunning" might not even be a clear representation of the work MSO put into turning this P1 into a true one-of-a-kind showpiece model.

There are rare moments in life when you just sit back and admire someone else’s work, and The MSO P1 is one of those moments. I’d love to wax poetic about it, but even the sincerest form of hyperbole probably won’t do justice to the work McLaren’s MSO division put into this P1.

Click past the jump to read more about the 2015 McLaren P1 By MSO.

McLaren P1 by MSO originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 5 August 2014 16:00 EST.

Source: http://feeds.topspeed.com/~r/topspeed/~3/qjbEeIqwh5g/2015-mclaren-p1-by-mso-ar164740.html

Andrea Chiesa Ettore Chimeri Louis Chiron Joie Chitwood

Tuesday

Dodge Offering the SRT Hellcat Engine Ringtone for Free

So you don’t have enough money to afford a $60,990 2015 Dodge Challegner SRT. Don’t feel too bad because you’re not alone. But don’t worry because Dodge is throwing us a bone of sorts. Instead of having to buy a Challenger SRT to enjoy the throaty roar of its HEMI Hellcat engine, Dodge has released a free mobile ringtone of the 6.2-liter, supercharged engine, and we can download and enjoy it to our heart’s content.

The ringtone is currently available for Apple, Android, and Blackberry devices, so unless you still own an old Nokia or one of those Siemens brick phones form the `90s, you can get the Hellcat ringtone at no charge. In addition to the ringtone, Dodge is also offering downloadable wallpaper images of the muscle car, which you can use on your desktop or smartphones. How sweet of Dodge to think of us.

All you need to do is download the ringtone HERE and you’re well on your way to equipping your smartphones with one of the most awesome-sounding engines in the entire world.

That’s more than what Chevrolet or Ford has given us in recent memory.

Click "Play" to hear the ringtone

Click past the jump to read more about the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.

Dodge Offering the SRT Hellcat Engine Ringtone for Free originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 5 August 2014 08:00 EST.

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Fred Agabashian Kurt Ahrens Jr Christijan Albers Michele Alboreto

Monday

Silly Season So Far, Post-Crutchlow - Who Is Going Where

With the announcement that Cal Crutchlow is to move to the LCR Honda team for 2015, making space for Andrea Iannone to move up to the Factory Ducati team, the beginnings of a MotoGP grid are starting to emerge for 2015. Both Repsol Honda seats are confirmed, as are both Factory Ducati riders and Valentino Rossi at Movistar Yamaha, with Jorge Lorenzo expected to announce a deal with Yamaha very soon. In the satellite teams, only Pol Espargaro is confirmed at Monster Tech 3 Yamaha, as is Crutchlow at CWM-LCR Honda.

With those names in place, we can start to draw up a list of who will be where, and who could be where for 2015. We have broken that list into three separate tables, based on the certainty of their deals: riders with confirmed contracts; riders and teams with deals that are expected to be confirmed very soon; and deals which are likely to happen, but are still not certain. The confirmed deals speak for themselves, those riders will definitely be on those bikes in 2015 (or longer - the contract date is in the last column of the table). The interest is in the expected and possible tables, where things are still far from certain.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotoGPMatters/~3/p6d7jhddLic/silly_season_so_far_post_crutchlow_who_i.html

Edgar Barth Giorgio Bassi Erwin Bauer Zsolt Baumgartner

Sunday

Denny Hamlin isn't expecting things to change much at the track without Darian Grubb

As Darian Grubb begins his six-week suspension because of the penalties levied by NASCAR after Sunday's race at Indianapolis, his driver Denny Hamlin doesn't think it'll change much at the track without his crew chief.

Hamlin said Friday that Grubb and interim crew chief Mike Wheeler will be in constant contact. Plus, Hamlin's been with Wheeler for 10 years.

"I think not only the technology that you have ? the communication technology ? but really I'm in pretty good hands," Hamlin said. "I'm with the guy that I've been with for 10 years. I've been with Mike Wheeler longer than I've been with anyone in the Cup Series. We worked together a lot and pretty confident in the job that he's going to do, but on top of that then I get who was my car chief for 10 years, get him back to the race track. Even though it's tough losing those guys and it's tough for them especially I don't think things will change at the race track too much. Darian is in constant contact with Wheels at all times and myself. So, it's not too bad as far as that's concerned."

Wheeler has also served as Hamlin's interim crew chief before. Well, in a limited capacity. In 2012 at New Hampshire, Wheeler was in charge of Hamlin's team for practice and qualifying as Grubb was home because of the birth of his child.

The team is currently appealing the penalties, but instead of waiting, Grubb and car chief Wesley Sherrill started to serve their suspensions immediately. That means that the suspension is guaranteed to be over before the Chase begins. Had the team had Grubb and Sherrill wait and the entire penalties were upheld, the suspensions would have bled over into the Chase.

And during the (presumed) six weeks of their absence, Hamlin still likes his team's chances.

"Well, you use stuff like this as motivation to go out there and prove that you can run fast no matter what and you can run well," Hamlin said. "We were on a run there last really month and a half to two months that I feel like our cars were really starting to turn the corner. So, really, I'm excited about what these next six weeks brings.� We've got some great race tracks ahead of us�? a lot of them which we feel like we can win."

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/denny-hamlin-isn-t-expecting-things-to-change-much-at-the-track-without-darian-grubb-165230107.html

Adolf Brudes Martin Brundle Gianmaria Bruni Jimmy Bryan

Iowa Rain Out Causes Pit Crew Problems

On a normal NASCAR weekend when the Truck Series and/or Nationwide Series run companion to the Cup cars, there are a lot of pit crew members who double or triple dip. Crew members make some extra cash and get more reps, and the teams get top talent pitting their cars. But this last weekend presented […]

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Patrick Depailler Pedro Diniz Duke Dinsmore Frank Dochnal

Saturday

Grand Prix of Indianapolis Signs Title Sponsor

Source: http://www.16thandgeorgetown.com/2014/06/grand-prix-of-indianapolis-signs-title.html

Sebastien Buemi Luiz Bueno Ian Burgess Luciano Burti

Friday

Two-stop strategy works out for a win for Carl Edwards at Sonoma

Tire wear was a big factor at Sonoma on Sunday. But ultimately, track position proved to be more vital.

Carl Edwards worked his way to the front of the field in the second half of the race thanks to a two-stop pit strategy and held off Jeff Gordon for his second win of the season and Edwards' first-ever road course win.

Track position is always important at NASCAR's road courses, and crew chiefs typically work the race "backwards" to stop for tires and fuel as few times as possible. However, the tires were wearing so quickly over the weekend at the wine country track that it was possible the additional speed gained from fresh tires an additional stop could override a driver on older tires who had stopped twice.

Because of the timing of caution flags it didn't happen, as Edwards' final pit stop came before a caution flag on lap 72. As Edwards was still on the lead lap after pitting and drivers ahead of him hit pit lane under caution, he found himself near the front of the field. He took the lead off a restart on lap 86 and never lost it.

Throughout the entire race, Edwards didn't have one of the fastest cars. But it was consistent, and that consistency paid off as Gordon wasn't able to completely close the gap that Edwards had opened up off the final restart.

"Real tough. That last lap was ugly. I grew up watching Jeff Gordon do well here so to have him in my mirror is special," Edwards said.

"This team has been working very hard. The whole group has. It's very special to be a part of something like this.

And of course, Edwards' win adds kindling to NASCAR's most-burning off-track topic in 2014: Edwards' contract status. How does the victory affect Edwards' chances of re-signing with Roush, or does it have any affect at all?

Edwards' contract with Roush Fenway Racing is up at the end of the season and if he leaves Roush, Joe Gibbs Racing is a likely destination, as the team has a capacity for a fourth car. Before the race on Sunday, JGR President J.D. Gibbs told the AP that he couldn't comment on Edwards and the AP also reported Edwards has a stipulation in his Roush contract that prevents any announcement of a new contract with a different team from happening until September.

If nothing has been decided on the contract front, a second win can't hurt. Besides breaking a five-race winning streak for Hendrick Motorsports, Edwards is now one of five drivers to have multiple wins in 2014. He's guaranteed to be Chasing in September. And maybe we'll know his future team by then too.

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Nick Bromberg is the editor of From The Marbles on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/two-stop-strategy-works-out-for-a-win-for-carl-edwards-at-sonoma-223432122.html

Jay Chamberlain Karun Chandhok Alain de Changy Colin Chapman

Thursday

'500' Practice Day 1

Source: http://www.16thandgeorgetown.com/2014/05/500-practice-day-1.html

Eric Brandon Don Branson Tom Bridger Tony Brise

Wednesday

2014 NASCAR World Cup Group F: Can Ambrose jump Hamlin or Biffle?

Throughout the summer we're running our second NASCAR World Cup. Will Carl Edwards repeat? Or will someone else take the title? Click here for a NASCAR World Cup explanation and a list of all the groups.

Group F: Denny Hamlin (8th in points, 1 win), Greg Biffle (14th, 0), Marcos Ambrose (23rd, 0), Cole Whitt (31st, 0)

Michigan Matchups: Hamlin vs. Whitt, Biffle vs. Ambrose

Sonoma Matchups: Hamlin vs. Biffle, Ambrose vs. Whitt

Kentucky Matchups: Hamlin vs. Ambrose, Biffle vs. Whitt

With a road course in the group stage, Marcos Ambrose is a good sleeper, right? Well, we're not so sure, simply based on the schedule. If you look at the two ovals, the one driver you'd put Ambrose ahead of unequivocally would be Whitt. However, Ambrose draws him at Sonoma. If Ambrose drew Hamlin, or, even better, Biffle at Sonoma, he'd be looking at a very realistic chance of 2-1 and moving out of the group. Instead, he's favored at Sonoma, just by a lot, and not favored in the other two matchups.

That's why this group looks really chalky. Biffle has been consistent enough to stay near the front and minimize bad finishes. However, given the speed Ambrose has shown at Michigan at the repave, he could keep it close at Michigan. Biffle's favored, but it's not by much. We'll say that the winner of Ambrose and Biffle at Michigan gets the second spot.

Projected standings: Hamlin 3-0, Biffle 2-1, Ambrose 1-2, Whitt 0-3

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/2014-nascar-world-cup-group-f--can-ambrose-jump-hamlin-or-biffle-224517664.html

Georges Berger Gerhard Berger Eric Bernard Enrique Bernoldi

Tuesday

Unfiltered Race Notes: Dual in Detroit Race 2 2014

Welcome back for day two of the Detroit indycar racing Extravaganza! Let’s do this thing. –Prerace– Power is so melodramatic RHR… dude… get it together today HC losing pole, what a funny guy. so animated TAKU!!!! AJ looks at Taku … Continue reading →

Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/unfultered-race-notes-duals-in-detroit-race-2-2014/

Bernard Collomb Alberto Colombo Erik Comas Franco Comotti

Lewis Hamilton move would not be a huge surprise

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2012/09/lewis_hamilton_move_would_not.html

Ivor Bueb Sebastien Buemi Luiz Bueno Ian Burgess

Monday

Former Mercedes DTM boss Ungar starts new Caterham job

Former Mercedes DTM technical director Gerhard Ungar has now officially joined Caterham, as first predicted here on July 8. Ungar will work alongside Christijan Albers in a Newey-style ‘chief technical officer’ role, although his job title has yet to be … Continue reading →

Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2014/07/27/former-mercedes-dtm-boss-ungar-starts-new-caterham-job/

Ivan Capelli Piero Carini Duane Carter Eugenio Castellotti

Sunday

Carl Edwards leaving Roush at the end of 2014 while Greg Biffle is staying

INDIANAPOLIS ? Roush Fenway Racing will be a three-car team in 2015 and one of those cars will not be driven by Carl Edwards.

The long-rumored possibility of Edwards leaving the team following the 2014 season became a reality on Sunday morning when Roush announced that Greg Biffle had signed a contract extension with the team while Edwards would not return.

?I will always be thankful for Carl?s contribution and the role he played in many Roush Fenway wins and championships,? team owner Jack Roush said in a statement. ?We wish him well for the future. �In the meantime, we are excited about continuing our quest for a championship with Carl and the No. 99 team in 2014.?

When asked if Edwards gave him a reason for leaving the only Sprint Cup team he's driven for, Roush said Edwards didn't provide specifics. He also said that Edwards' decision to not return has been made for over a month.

"(Edwards) didn't give me his reason, you'll have to ask him about that," Roush said while adding that he didn't ask Edwards for it.

In the garage, Edwards once again declined to provide specifics about his future destination saying there were "a lot of moving parts" and added it was unfortunate that the announcement of his departure happened on the morning before a race.

Joe Gibbs Racing is seen as the likely landing spot for Edwards. With three cars currently�? Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth�? the team can expand to a fourth car without changing its current driver lineup.

Wherever Edwards goes, he'll need a new primary sponsor. As part of its announcement Sunday, the team said that Fastenal would move over to the No. 17 of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. next season. Biffle, Stenhouse and Trevor Bayne will be the team's three full-time drivers in 2015. Bayne will be driving the No. 6 next year and Roush President Steve Newmark said that barring any unexpected developments, the No. 99 won't be in use full-time by Roush next season.

Edwards, who is sixth in the points standings, has Roush's only two wins in 2014. Once considered the standard bearer for intermediate-length race tracks, the team hasn't had the outright speed of the Hendrick-powered and Team Penske cars this season.

He got his first break at Roush in the Sprint Cup Series in 2004, jumping in the No. 99 for Jeff Burton, who left the team during the season. In nine full seasons and parts of two others, Edwards has 23 race wins, including nine in 2008. In 2011, he tied with Tony Stewart atop the points standings but lost the title via tiebreaker because Stewart had more wins.

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Nick Bromberg is the editor of From The Marbles on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/carl-edwards-leaving-roush-at-the-end-of-2014-while-greg-biffle-extends-contract-145334347.html

Alberto Crespo Antonio Creus Larry Crockett Tony Crook