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The California State Legislature’s Budget Conference Committee is meeting today to consider closing more than 200 state parks, including the Oceano Dunes SVRA, aka Pismo Beach (http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=406), a popular Central California OHV area and “the only California State Park where vehicles may be driven on the beach.”

As the leading advocate for trail stewardship and OHV access, the Yamaha OHV Access Initiative is asking all OHV enthusiasts to contact California state representatives and communicate just how important OHV access, state parks, and the Pismo Beach OHV area specifically are to you, your family and/or your business.  The Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA) is an important area that needs to stay open…  Details

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burntmclaren1Just imagine! Late one morning while driving down Airport Boulevard in Santa Rosa California, your $2 Million 1995 McLaren F-1 Coupe starts bellowing smoke and flames from its rear end and the engine bay eventually bursts into flames.

This is exactly what happened to the owner of this McLaren which he had not driven 6 months which probably explains why it had engine problems…  Details & Pictures

NHRA driver Courtney Force will document her summer on the drag-racing circuit in an online column for USA TODAY. This is her first entry:

I am excited to be contributing to USATODAY.com this summer. Many of you may not know me as well as you may know my dad, 14-time Funny Car champion John Force, or maybe my older sister, professional Funny Car driver Ashley Force Hood.

I have been racing in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series the past four years. I started my racing career just like Ashley in a Super Comp dragster. Last season I stepped up to the Top Alcohol Dragster class. This is the fastest class without racing professionally.

I promised my parents I would finish college before I started …  Details

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NASCAR on Tuesday moved Jeremy Mayfield’s challenge of his indefinite suspension to federal court, a move that could keep the driver out of his car another week.

The notification came a day before a North Carolina Superior Court was scheduled to hear arguments pertaining to Mayfield’s suspension for failing a random drug test. NASCAR’s action automatically stayed that proceeding.

Mayfield had hoped a judge would reinstate him in time to compete this weekend at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania. His attorneys will now have to either fight the suspension in federal court, or petition the case be moved back to the state level.

“Administration of NASCAR’s substance abuse policy extends to every state …  Details