The Nürburgring remained closed for a few hours this morning while crews worked to remove a gigantic white graffiti penis from the track. Seriously. This is a thing that happened.
‘Ring fansite Bridge to Gantry first reported the news this morning  … Picture and more
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While having discontinued its factory supported program in the American Le Mans Series for this year, Porsche has confirmed it will make the United SportsCar Racing series its primary focus for the new 911 RSR, potentially with a full works effort when it debuts in North America in 2014.
The German manufacturer’s all-new GTE contender was unveiled last week at Paul Ricard, ahead of a two-car factory program in this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship, which will see Porsche take on the likes of Aston Martin and Ferrari in the GTE-Pro ranks  … More
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I live in California, home to all sorts of environmental nonsense. We couldn’t build our house where we wanted to because of a tiny plant you can hardly see and a grasshopper that might – just might – live there.
It cost a fortune to replace our perfectly good septic system with a more environmentally friendly one to meet new codes. We’re just two people living on 10 acres. What do they think comes out of us, plastic?
You wouldn’t believe how many hoops we had to jump through and environmental consultants and regulators we had to pay off. It was a real nightmare  … More
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Well, that didn’t take long. Mere hours after laying off most of their employees, beleaguered Fisker Automotive was hit with a federal lawsuit from their now ex-workforce alleging that the company failed to give advance notice of the layoffs as required by law.
Automotive News reported this morning that Friday’s layoffs — which claimed a whopping 160  … More
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