Armed men attempted to attack the car carrying defending Formula One champion Jenson Button as he left the track after qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday, his team said.
McLaren said Button was driven away from danger and nobody was hurt in what appeared to be a robbery attempt near the Interlagos circuit in South America’s biggest city.
McLaren said the driver of Button’s vehicle “reacted swiftly and, using avoidance techniques, rapidly forced his way through the traffic, taking Jenson and the other occupants of the car immediately away from any danger and back to their hotel.â€Â   … Details
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Check out the size of the chain ring!!!!!
When I first spotted the picture below on Jalopnik I thought to myself “I need to know the story behind this picture.†As it turns out, there’s some interesting history and I learned about a sport that’s new to me, motor-pacing.
150 mph is fast, in any car, Porsche or not. Imagine how fast it must be on a bicycle? That was the speed Jean Claude Rude was trying to reach in his attempt to break the world bicycle speed record in 1979 (that’s him in the picture above holding on to the bike)  … Details & Pictures
Check out the picture of what it took to go 167 mph.
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This is an account of a month-long rambling thought process. I love NASCAR racing and I want it to flourish. But right now it’s not. Here’s why I believe one racer with unparalleled commercial appeal can help.
NASCAR needs Travis Pastrana.
It was a sunny Saturday morning at Auto Club Speedway last month. The obnoxious hum of Sprint Cup Happy Hour practice was wailing in the background, and I was walking from the garage to the media room on the suite level, head buried in my Blackberry when a familiar voice hollered my name …Â Details
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