The Gumball 3000 Rally, a high-speed traveling circus of sorts involving sheiks, celebrities, musicians and athletes, will rattle and roar into Dallas about 7 p.m. on Tuesday after blasting through New Mexico and the Texas high plains.
About 100 cars — including a Rolls-Royce Drophead coupe, Bugatti Veyron, rare Porsches, Lamborghinis, Corvettes and everything else you can imagine — should arrive this evening at the W Hotel just north of downtown and will be there until about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday… Details
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Formula One led the advent of the “hybrid†race car with the introduction of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) this season. Corsa Motorsports tested its Q10 Hybrid LMP1 race car yesterday at Silverstone in England.
Corsa Motorsports’ Q10 Hybrid does not run like hybrids seen on the streets everyday. The Q10 Hybrid uses a system almost identical to the KERS seen on some of the 2009 Formula One cars.
The system uses regenerative braking to capture energy normally lost to heat during breaking. The recaptured energy is stored in a lithium-ion battery and can be used to power an electric motor.
The Q10 Hybrid is powered by a…Â Details
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Action sports fans in the Windy City of Chicago were blown away by the tight competition at the ASA Action World Sports Tour stop at the Sears Centre Arena Friday night where the top seeded athletes ultimately won both the Skateboard Vert and the Big Air BMX Triples but not before some heart-pounding moments where upsets seemed totally in reach. Skateboarder Pierre-Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada) had to come from behind in the penultimate round in order to beat out Danny Mayer (Omaha, Nebraska) and extend his win streak to seven straight ASA majors, and BMX champ T.J. Ellis (Moreno Valley, Calif.) made it to the final round only by virtue of a split decision over James Foster (Redlands, Calif.) But what really had fans screaming at the filled arena was the fact that hometown hero Koji Kraft made it to the Big Air Finals and landed on the podium for the first time at an ASA event since 2005… Details
This weekend, yes WEEKEND, May 2 &Â 3, we were shredding epic spring corn laps from the top of Glacier Express on Blackcomb to the bottom of Crystal Chair and beyond, without passing a single person. Just one or many ways you can tell the 2009 TELUSÂ World Ski & Snowboard Fest has come to a close. That, and the ringing in the back of your ear’s if you were here for it.
‘The Festival’, dubbed the biggest 10 day party on earth, definitely gave…Â Details
