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From the monthly archives:

October 2006

Star Racer on Discovery Channel

October 31, 2006

Tonight, Discovery Channel will air the second episode of the new reality series Star Racer. More real than most reality shows, Star Racer pits racers against one another with the prize being a chance to begin a dream career.
Take a look at pretty much any open wheel racer world wide and you’ll see that they’ve [...]

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More on the Camo Porsche

October 30, 2006

Last week Autoblog showed a pic of this camoflage beasty from here in the Toronto area.
After a couple of e-mails, I’m hopeful to get a real life eyeful of the machine. Meanwhile, the keeper of the beast, Shannon Larratt has posted a bunch of pics from all different angles.
In addition to his body mod empire, [...]

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Motorupdates stealing content

October 30, 2006

If you are reading this post in a blog called Motorupdates, then this content has been taken from The Garage without permission. In other words, you are reading stolen content.
To the owners of this aggregator, you have not sought permission, not has it been given. Please remove all of our content from your blog and [...]

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How and F1 Car Works

October 29, 2006

Sometimes corporations surprise me. Often, a lot of the stuff that sponsors supply to race fans can be pretty lame. This time though, the folks from Shell have hit the nail on  the head. Shell Motorsports is offering a booklet called How An F1 Car Works. When I ordered it, I half expected a lame [...]

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Tony Stewart Wins 2006 IROC Series

October 28, 2006

That Tony Stewart guy has done it again. This time, the championship he’s won is the 2006 International Race of Champions, proving he is one of the all time best drivers. He joins a pretty serious line of IROC Champions who are the best of the best in North American racing.

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Grassroots Motorsports $2006 Challenge

October 27, 2006

Having spent the last year and a half blogging about cars, traditional print car mags have lost their luster for me. Why? Really it’s just that by the time they print stuff, it’s very old news. I don’t even buy R & T any more, I just read Peter Egan’s Side Glances online. The only [...]

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Drivers compete for Sauber BMW F1 test

October 27, 2006

Formula BMW has become a pretty respected feeder series, mainly due to the talented drivers involved. As the end of the season approaches, 38 drivers from 18 countries are looking forward to contesting the DELL Formula BMW World Final. At stake is a $60,000 purse and perhaps more importantly a chance to test in [...]

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Video problems

October 27, 2006

Like any good project, a solid team effort is always a key. Here in The Garage, things are no different. Jaimie the IT guru puts the really cool stuff together and like a good team player I come along and bust it on him! We’ve got some killer videos on tap and some really cool [...]

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2006 Canadian Rally Championship Intro Video

October 26, 2006

Over at Formula Photo, Warwick has posted the fruits of his labour from the last year working with the Canadian Rally Championship. The team have put together a slick package that should draw viewers and help increase interest in Canadian Rally. Andrew Comrie Picard was a great choice as host and pairs well with Jen [...]

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Plymouth Tornado

October 26, 2006

Last week, The Hamster spoke about his jet powered ride:
“We wanted to use the afterburners because essentially, if an ordinary car has about 100 horsepower, after you light the afterburners it has 10,000 horsepower.”
Oops…wrong car.
The 1958 Plymouth Tornado Concept just looks like it would be jet powered. In fact, the space program inspired Tornado is [...]

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