Teammates Corey Perin, a technician with Hendrick Automotive Group, and Kevin Moler, Hendrick Motorsports machinist, won this year’s Randy Dorton Hendrick Engine Builder Showdown when they assembled the final Chevrolet R-07 engine in 27 minutes, 26 seconds.
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A key cog in the Formula 1 traveling circus is the legion of rich folks that pour money into the sport and its ancillary activities. They must, of course, get to the race and parties somehow, and we ain’t talking about no rental Versa. Every race location is inundated with piles of exotic hardware, and Austin, Texas, is no different, with the parking lots at the Circuit of the Americas having no shortage of high-end metal to complement the F1 cars tearing up the track. But with F1’s large demographic spread, there also were tons of completely normal autos, as well as a metric crapton of pickup trucks—this is Texas, after all. Here are a few of our favorites:  … More
According to the L.A. Times: American Suzuki Motor Corp. said Monday that it will file for bankruptcy protection and will stop selling cars in the U.S.
The Brea-based company plans to restructure so that it can continue to sell Suzuki motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and marine outboard engines. “The realignment is intended to … More
As careful as they are, classic car drivers aren’t any more immune to back luck than the average Camry driver. And while parking lot fender benders and intersectional collisions may be the norm for normal cars, the classic car world can be downright bizarre at times. Here are five classic examples from the files of classic car insurer Hagerty  … More