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Coloradans who love to ski and snowboard may soon have the opportunity to celebrate those sports all year long on the vehicles they drive.

A proposal at the State Capitol to create a “Ski Country USA” license plate passed out of the State Senate 35-0 on Monday and is expected to sail through the State House as well.

Nearly 4,500 people have already committed to buying a plate, more than the 3,000 necessary for the state to break even on production costs…  Details


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This article is a guide on how to safely practice rally style driving in your spare time. Finding an off road path is sometimes a challenging event. You must find a path that your car can successfully navigate but have fun off road at the same time. Most paths in Florida a rally car can navigate. Sometimes paths will start out soft, and end up having big rutts in random places. Keeping the speed low your first time around can help extend the life of your alignment and suspension components…..  Details

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, knows what he wants from the Big Three auto executives: They should bow down to stockholders and apologize.

That’s one of the milder suggestions from Capitol Hill as to how Detroit’s top brass should behave.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., wants them to resign. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Ct., thinks that General Motors Chief Executive Richard Wagoner should “move on.” …  Details

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Tuesday’s meeting of the FIA World Motorsport Council in Paris was aimed mostly at changes to Formula One, but the council also confirmed that the World Rally Championship will look much different beginning next season.

In 2010, cars eligible to score points in the manufacturers’ championship will include the present and future World Rally Cars, and Super 2000-class cars.

“To reflect a need to further reduce and control costs, the proposed technical regulations for the future World Rally Car have been amended,” the FIA said….  Details