Ed Krawiec and Andrew Hines have had a near perfect season: in the first 13 finals of the 16-race Pro Stock Motorcycle 2012 schedule, they combined to win 12 races, the only hiccup coming in Dallas when Michael Ray won his first career Wally (note: the PSM finals from Maple Grove Raceway, postponed due to weather, will be run at Las Vegas). The Screamin’ Eagles Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson duo is separated by just 17 points going into the second-to-last event on the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule, the Big O Tires NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thursday through Sunday, October 25th through 28th, with Krawiec in the lead. As multiple-time champions (Krawiec in 2008 and 2011, Hines with three straight from 2004 to 2006), they both know how  … More
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McLaren Automotive Ltd., maker of vehicles for the most winning Formula One team after Ferrari SpA, will target the market for supercars above $1 million with its P1 set for delivery in the second half of 2013.
“Customers want to make sure that it is not going to be a car that is available by the thousands,†Managing Director Antony Sheriff said in an interview in Tokyo. “We will be building it at a rate of no higher than one car per day.â€
The P1, a road-legal version of McLaren’s F1 racer  … More
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There was a time when an art form known as coachbuilding existed.
Back then, the coachbuilder did not have to answer to a CFO.
Back then, the coach builder did not have to compromise his vision due to government regulations.
Back then, the outrageous was possible.
The Lamborghini Countach could only have been born then.
Drive tastefully
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