Rally car racing super final sputters to conclusion when Travis Pastrana hits wall, giving Kenny Brack the victory.
Doors flew open, bumpers tore loose, and cars spun wildly and zipped around a Home Depot Center course that resembled some bizarre outdoor pinball machine during the X Games’ marquee event on its final day Sunday.
But the rally car racing super final was not all that super…Â Details
Ferrari have fired an astonishing attack at Williams, calling them losers and bad sports for refusing to allow Michael Schumacher a comeback test of this year’s car.
Maranello bosses are furious that the Grove team refused to agree an exception to the no testing rule brought in this season.
The seven-times champion has not driven an F1 car since the start of last year but is returning from retirement to replace the injured Felipe Massa. But Schumacher has less than three weeks to prepare for his debut in Valencia on August 23…Â Details
Remember the Maltese Falcon? That 290-foot marvel of engineering and ego that technology titan Tom Perkins proudly paraded before the nation on “60 Minutes†with Leslie Stahl? It was the sailboat that launched a book, a pile of awards and YouTube videos with titles like “The Greatest Sailboat Ever.†…
Tom Perkins, the venture capitalist behind such companies as Google, Genentech, Amazon, and AOL, doesn’t do things halfway. When he collected vintage cars, for instance, he had the world’s largest …
Well, Mr. Perkins lost interest in sailing the boat not long after it was finished. He put it on the market for 99 million euros, or about $143 million. It didn’t sell.
So now, according to Luxist, Mr. Perkins has cut the price to 70 million euros, or $100 million. That amounts to a price cut of more than $40 million, making the boat a downright bargain. Perhaps we should rename the boat the …Â Details
The Maltese Falcon finds a new owner
Tom Perkins, prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist and ultra-millionaire, is close to finalizing the sale of his super yacht, the Maltese Falcon.
The reported price tag: 60 million pounds ($101,531,400), according to the British newspaper The Times. After nearly a year on the market, the price was trimmed from about $150 million, which is believed to be about what Perkins had paid for the boat.
“It has taken a while,” Perkins told The Times. “It is not the best time in the world to sell it. I can’t tell you anything at all about the buyer. There is confidentiality.” … Details
It’s a perfectly clear day at Crissy Field and the San Francisco bay glows a Mediterranean teal. Suddenly, dozens of huge kites — more like mini-parachutes — lift up in the sky. Just as many wetsuit-clad athletes run down the beach, surfboards in hand. Harnesses attach athlete to kite, and some smaller folks sprint with the kite to prevent lift-off. Once in the surf, everyone jumps on their boards and across the waves they sail.
It’s kiteboarding, a once edgy and dangerous sport that’s gaining traction and credibility, largely due to the efforts of San Francisco locals. Tuesday kicked off the first ever Kiteboard Course Racing World Championship, a five-day competition drawing enthusiasts from all over the world .. Details & Pictures