Travis Pastrana knows his attempt to crossover from Motocross and Rally Car, to the sport of Nascar will be difficult, just how dificult, no one knows.
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Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him?
“Check it out. It’s actually a jet engine,” says Johnathan Goodwin, with a low whistle. “This thing is gonna be even cooler than I thought.” We’re hunched on the floor of Goodwin’s gleaming workshop in Wichita, Kansas, surrounded by the shards of a wooden packing crate. Inside the wreckage sits his latest toy–a 1985-issue turbine engine originally designed for the military. It can spin at a blistering 60,000 rpm and burn almost any fuel. And Goodwin has some startling plans for this esoteric piece of hardware: He’s going to use it to create the most fuel-efficient Hummer in history … Details & Photos
Carlos Sainz of Spain won the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally, chopping almost two minutes off the overall lead of Volkswagen teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah.
The defending champion, Sainz finished 1 minute, 56 seconds ahead of Al-Attiyah and 9:02 in front of Giniel de Villiers of South Africa on Tuesday. Al-Attiyah leads Sainz by 3:18 overall in what is a two-man contest heading to Sunday’s finish in Buenos Aires
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Last year Carl Edwards finished the season in fourth in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup standings and second in the Nationwide Series.
Don’t expect that to happen again. Drivers in NASCAR’s three series — Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Trucks — will not be allowed to accrue points in more than one series for the 2011 season, according to  … More