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Here is the back-up run to our 265.7 mph run which took place on the 2.9 mile long runway at Naval Air Station Lemoore on February 9, 2013.

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Mark Webber has announced that he will leave Formula 1 at the end of the season to join Porsche’s new LMP1 sports car program.

The Australian’s decision leaves the second Red Bull seat alongside world champion Sebastian Vettel available for 2014, with Kimi Raikkonen already strongly linked to the drive.

Webber was first linked to Porsche   …  More

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Sebastien Loeb dominated the qualifying run for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, where he was almost five seconds per mile quicker than the nearest competitor.

Loeb completed the 5.1-mile qualifying run in 3m26.728s, 23 seconds ahead of Romain Dumas, who was driving a Norma prototype in the unlimited class, which includes 13 cars this year.

Qualifying quickest allows Loeb to   …  More

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Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima returns to the 90th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, assembling a new electric vehicle in hopes of breaking the world record time he set in 2011 while raising ‘climate change’ awareness.

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