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From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Flat Over Crest releases video of Dave Mirra’s Rally debut

January 31, 2008

The boys over at Flat Over Crest have put together a great video of BMX legend debut in his rally debut. It’s pretty cool that Mirra’s first event was the historic Rally of The Tall Pines here in Ontario. Visit FOC to see the video.
Photo by Dave Campbell for FOC

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Gallery: 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona

January 31, 2008

Following up his work with Team No Hot Wire earlier in the weekend, Will Faules scouted out the pits and paddock of Daytona to bring our readers some great behind the scenes images. He even got a few pit babes!
Slideshow after the break

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Video: Travis Pastrana’s Snodrift Rally ends after chance meeting with Bambi

January 31, 2008

Race cars and wildlife are never a good combination, just ask Christiano da Matta. Travis Pastrana found out the hard way at the SnoDrift Rally last weekend. While in a solid first place, Pastrana smoked a 4 legged forest dweller with authority. Fortunately, Pastrana and co-driver Christian Edstrom weren’t hurt, but the damage to the [...]

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Tata set to become a household name in North America?

January 30, 2008

Regular readers know that I rarely comment on the business side of the auto industry. It’s just not my thing. Over the past few weeks though, the Carnival of Wheels has received an increasing number of submissions from Indian bloggers since the Tata company announced their $2,500 Nano.
Who would have thought that the manufacturer [...]

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The latest news on Dakar… finally.

January 29, 2008

Not only has the route been changed but so has the name. Now it will be called the Dakar Series which will take place in three stages. The first stage will start on April 11th in Budapest and finish in Hungary and Romania. The second stage will begin in Portugal in September and then they [...]

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NASCAR Withdrawal Syndrome

January 29, 2008

Got a bad case of ‘NASCAR Withdrawal Syndrome’? Hang tight, there’s only 21 days left until the 50th running of the Daytona 500 and we will, once again, be talking NASCAR, arguing NASCAR & getting our general fill of everything NASCAR.
When NASCAR fans look back on the 2007 season, most often the first story [...]

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No Nano in North America

January 29, 2008

GM’s Product Czar Bob Lutz told the media who had surrounded him like overly polite sharks looking at a meal that the likelihood that GM would produce a $2,500 car is highly unlikely.
Tata Motors’ new Nano is basically a step above a moped, which is what many folks in India are carting their families around [...]

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This week in The Garage: 2008 Toyota Highlander

January 29, 2008

We’ve spent a lot of time lately in traditional domestic family movers, now the time has come to sample what the Big T has on offer. Our tester this week is a 2008 Toyota Highlander SR5. The first thing that really got my attention was the fact that the Toyota folks have gone to the [...]

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Carnival of Wheels: Edition #56

January 27, 2008

This weekend was the beginning of the 2008 racing season, with the Rolex 24 at Daytona kicking things off. We’ve been pretty lucky here in The Garage to get some killer pit lane coverage from Will Faules, while yours truly runs from the SpeedTV coverage to the kids hockey games. Somehow, I even managed to [...]

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Video: Daytona Prototype Pit Stop

January 27, 2008

I suspect that Will is currently on a plane somewhere between rainy Fla and flooded Ca as I write this. Will was kind enough to grab a bit of pit lane video in the early evening yesterday during the Rolex 24. This was a typical DP stop, with no repairs. During this stop, they dump [...]

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