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Canadian Motorsports Expo has something for everyone

March 1, 2008

As I mentioned earlier in the week, the Canadian Motorsports Expo is on this weekend at the Toronto Congress Center. There really is a bit of something for everyone this year, from road racing to rally, stock cars and even a monster truck. For those looking for new performance or safety gear for the upcoming [...]

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A Workday Diversion

January 8, 2008

If you like abusing your internet privileges at work, here’s a great Thursday diversion.
To ensure all media and fans do not miss a minute of the official unveiling of the new Toyota F-1 TF108 car, the event will be shown live on www.toyota-f1.com from 10.30 CET until around 11.10 CET. If my time calculations [...]

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Toyota needs a Checker

January 2, 2008

Toyota might be smug in regard to being on the threshold of world dominance in the car wars, but motorsports on the other hand has given many company executives reason to chomp on green tea flavored Tums.

Formula 1 has been a virtual money pit. A lot of investment on Toyota’s part with lackluster [...]

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No more Cossie for Williams

July 27, 2006

It’s been close to 40 years since Cosworth started building engines for Grand Prix cars, specifically for Matra and Lotus. Now, British Formula 1 team Williams has confirmed that their cars will no longer be using Cosworth power. Williams have entered a 3 year contract with Toyota to run the same engine as powers the [...]

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