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
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Remember Bad Brad?
Granted, he’s difficult to forget. All those Nationwide Series run-ins with Denny Hamlin, the ugly Sprint Cup rivalry with Carl Edwards, the sight of that red No. 12 Dodge flipping over onto its hood at Atlanta (watch), early-morning peace summits with NASCAR officials — it all left an impression and created an image, one that fairly or not followed Brad Keselowski wherever he went. This was the guy who held his line at Talladega and never expressed any remorse, who did it all with that devilish smile, who competed with a style that literally and figuratively could rub people the wrong way  … More
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The Red Bull Mexican Logistics father/son team of Gus Vildosola Sr. and Gus Vildosola Jr. have repeated their 2010 Baja 1000 overall win, giving a Mexican national team the overall title for only the second time in the history of the race. They completed the 1,121-mile course in less than 20 hours, beating the two-wheeled riders to the finish line for the second time in the past three contests.
Colton Udall, Timmy Weigand and David Kamo posted the top time among motorcycle teams on the Honda CRF450X, trailing Vildosola by over  …  More
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