… The rare silver McLaren F1 road car, one of only about 100 made, was valued by the owner at $2 million before it burned.
(See http://www.stokednews.com/?p=13654 for details, pictures & video)
Owner and driver Irv Kessler of Minnesota said he was at the start of a roadtrip from Healdsburg to Oregon, where the car is registered, when the car caught fire.
As Kessler drove on Airport Boulevard just before 11 a.m. Monday, another motorist noticed smoke coming from the back and alerted him…Â Details & Pictures
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So far 2009 has been one of Formula 1’s biggest ever fairytale stories for Jenson Button. In 2007 and 2008 he had terrible cars, which gave him absolutely no hope of battling at the front. Even the best drivers, including the likes of Fernando Alonso, wouldn’t have been able to extract much more from those two forgettable cars.
Over the winter Jenson Button had been none the wiser over whether he would be actually racing at all in 2009. He came so close to being placed on the Formula 1 scrapheap. Now six races into the 2009 season he has won 5 races and holds a 16 point lead over Rubens Barrichello in the drivers’ championship, and 28 points over Sebastien Vettel. Button has simply obliterated the opposition so far.
The Englishman showed signs throughout his F1 career that he was potentially a great driver…Â Details
Roger Penske never made it big as a race car driver. As a businessman, however, he regularly leaves the competition in the dust.
Referred to in racing circles as “The Captain,” Penske is the most successful team owner in Indy car racing history and his automotive empire includes hundreds of car dealership franchises, a truck leasing business and a successful NASCAR team.
Now the 72-year-old Penske is taking on perhaps the biggest challenge of his career: turning around the Saturn passenger car brand after reaching a tentative agreement to buy it from General Motors. Given Penske’s competitive streak and record of success, people who have worked with him and raced against him expect he’ll pull it off…Â Details
Jesse James, the daredevil reality TV star who is wed to actress Sandra Bullock, is constantly stretching the limits of possibility by taking risks that could him kill him if the smallest detail go wrong. But there is no stopping Jesse, who is now getting ready for his new TV show ‘Jesse James is a Dead Man’, in which he is sure to take risk-taking to the next level. How does Sandra allow him to put his life in jeopardy? … Details