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[fourwheeler] Bollinger Set to Build the First Electric Dually
In the last few years, electric-vehicle manufacturers have made steady inroads in their development of light- and medium-duty trucks, with several companies recently announcing and debuting new pickup variants. Bollinger Motors of Oak Park, Michigan, maker of the B1 SUV and B2 pickup, takes its truck program another step forward with the announcement of a View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Have You Seen the Cricket Overland Camper?
Taxa Outdoors Cricket Camper The Taxa Outdoors Cricket Overland Camper has a reinforced frame, picture window, axle-less design, and it can sleep two adults with two children. The Cricket Overland camper trailer is built to take you and your family into the wilderness along with more than a few comforts of home. The Taxa Outdoors View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR Truck racer tests positive for COVID, will miss Atlanta
Wright, who drives the No. 02 Chevrolet for Young’s Motorsports, is the first driver to miss a race this season due to the novel coronavirus. In order to return to competition Wright, 26, will need to receive two negative test results at least 24 hours apart and medical clearance from his doctor. Wright has made two starts this season with Young’s Motorsports, with a best finish of 12th ...Keep reading View the full article
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4x4 Airing Down Offroading 101 with Scott Carline
In the fifth installment of our "Offroad 101" series, Scott covers the basics of airing down! He'll discuss why it's important to air down your jeep's tires when going offroad, share the PSI to aim for and demonstrate some techniques and tools used to efficiently air down your tires. View the full article
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[motorsport] Solberg focused on WRC2 title despite impressive WRC debut
Even though he lost his regular co-driver due to an incorrect COVID-19 test result and had to draft in Sebastian Marshall at short notice, Solberg went on to complete the winter event in seventh place on his class debut with Hyundai. That led to Hyundai Motorsport team principal Andrea Adamo having to field repeated questions about when the 19-year-old might return to the series’ top flight ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Chase Elliott: HMS showing "fundamental upgrades" this season
Even though a Hendrick Motorsports driver won the NASCAR Cup Series title in 2020, it’s clear the organization has taken another big step forward this season. Chase Elliott won the 2020 series title behind a five-win season but wins were not as easy to come by for the group’s other three drivers. Through five races this season, newcomer Kyle Larson and William Byron have already secured ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 2021 Four Wheeler Pickup Truck of the Year Recap
We get it, sometimes the internet is a difficult place to navigate. To help with that, we’ve gathered up the full collection of our 2021 Four Wheeler Pickup Truck of the Year test stories in one convenient place. Enjoy! Introduction How We Test Fifth Place – 2021 GMC Canyon AT4 Fourth Place – 2021 Nissan View the full article
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[motorsport] Bubba Wallace to run Truck race at Bristol Dirt Track
Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, Ryan Newman, and Chase Briscoe are among the other Cup drivers who have entered the Truck Series race. Wallace will pilot the No. 11 Spencer Davis Motorsport Toyota Tundra in 49th appearance in the Trucks Series, where he has won six times. Notably, Wallace won the Truck race at the Eldora dirt track in 2014. Columbia Sportswear will serve as ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Bubba Wallace: Gen-7 car "sounds really mean" on track
Although the test session Wednesday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway got a late start due to rain in the area, it did give Wallace his first hands-on look of the new car. The test was primarily for Goodyear and its efforts to develop race tires for the car. “To be honest, I didn’t talk to other drivers about the car before this test. I wanted to just come here and figure it out for myself ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] GM: Some 2021 Chevy/GMC Fullsize Pickups Will Lose Fuel Economy Due to Global Chip Shortage
Add “semiconductor chips,” well, a major, world-wide shortage of the microdevices and the negative impact it’s having on the fullsize-pickup market, to the list of challenges that U.S. truck manufacturers have been facing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Last week, General Motors announced the lack of semiconductor chips, which is believed View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Check Out This Rare International Loadstar Crew Cab For Sale
We have to be honest in that we don’t really know all that much about classic International Loadstar trucks. But we do know International didn’t make too many 4×4 crew-cab Loadstar trucks in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, so this one is probably pretty rare. We dig the look of them and appreciate any classic View the full article
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[motorsport] Breen crash "hasn't affected" Hyundai's WRC Rally Croatia plans
Breen entered round one of the Italian Rally Championship to bring him back up to speed on asphalt, but a promising run alongside Paul Nagle ended when they left the road towards the end of the fifth test. Their Hyundai i20 R5 ended up on its roof but both Breen and Nagle managed to walk away uninjured - although both were taken to hospital for follow-up checks and later discharged. It later ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Stewart Friesen adds Cup race to his Bristol Dirt Track weekend
Friesen, who was already scheduled to compete in the March 27 Truck Series race at the Bristol Dirt Track, has added the March 28 Cup race on his schedule as well. Friesen, who has more than 300 wins in dirt modified racing, will compete for Spire Motorsports in its No. 77 Chevrolet in the Cup race, making his series debut. The Cup Series’ race on dirt is its first in more than 50 years ...Keep reading View the full article
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Radioactive: Phoenix – “I was ready to wreck the 42 anyways, glad he got me first”
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[motorsport] Two NASCAR Cup Series crew chiefs suspended for lug nut issues
This week, NASCAR handed out $70,000 in fines for lug nut violations, resulting in the suspensions of two Cup Series crew chiefs. The crew chiefs of Kurt Busch (Chip Ganassi Racing), Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing) and William Byron (Hendrick Motorsports) were all fined $10,000 for one improperly installed lug nut. However, the No. 2 car of Brad Keselowski (Team Penske) and the No. 99 of ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] The Tale of the Four Wheeler RTI Ramp
Every now and then I’ll stumble across a digital photo folder with images of something I’ve taken for which I had completely forgotten being a part. With the annual Four Wheeler Pickup Truck and SUV competition as the singular exception, RTI ramps in general might be one of those things scrubbed from my working memory View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Colorado Blizzard Rescue: LMTV Pulls State Troopers, Trucks From Deep Snow
Guido Kimble and his Stewart & Stevenson M1078 Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) hit the snow-covered streets of Colorado to help rescue motorists stuck in the snow due to the massive blizzard affecting the region. Read a full feature on Guido’s LMTV HERE Equipped with more than enough spare fuel, water, and supplies and with View the full article
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[motorsport] Loeb splits with co-driver Elena after 23-year partnership
Loeb admitted “it wasn’t an easy decision” to make and it is understood that he called Elena around midday today to deliver the news to him, having most recently competed together at this year’s Dakar Rally for the Bahrain Raid Xtreme team. The Prodrive-build BRX1 car’s debut at the Dakar Rally was marred with mechanical problems, including a broken suspension arm on stage six and a ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Kevin Hart Is Coming to MotorTrend!
Kevin Hart has been a car enthusiast his whole life, and his closest friends and comedy crew–the Plastic Cup Boyz–are just as in love with cars. Namely, muscle cars. We’ve heard for years about Kevin’s impressive car collection, including a convertible Pontiac GTO and not one but two Mustangs—a 1965 Ford Mustang convertible and a View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 2021 Ford F-150 Police Responder First Look
As if the roads weren’t a scary enough place already, speed demons everywhere have a new set of headlights to memorize. Ford has just introduced an all-new model of America’s only pursuit-rated pickup for public safety agencies, the 2021 Ford F-150 Police Responder. The all-new F-150 Police Responder joins Ford’s best-selling police vehicle lineup, which View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 2021 Four Wheeler Pickup Truck of the Year Specs
2021 GMC Canyon AT4 Base Price: $40,000 Price As Tested: $42,585 Options As Tested: GMC Infotainment System With Navigation ($995), Driver Alert Package ($395), Destination Charge ($1,195) Engine Type: 3.6L DOHC V-6 Bore X Stroke: 3.74 x 3.37 Compression Ratio: 11.5:1 Horsepower: 308 @ 6,800 RPM Torque: 275 @ 4,000 RPM Fuel Type: Regular Unleaded View the full article
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[motorsport] Truex joins KBM for Truck race at Bristol Dirt Track
Although he wasn’t planning to make the announcement Sunday following his first Cup win of the season at Phoenix Raceway, Truex ended up confirming his entry in the race after he was told one of his sponsors promoted his appearance in an Instagram post. “Damn, they spilled the beans? Okay, yeah, we are,” Truex said. “We’re going to run the Truck race.” Truex said he will be ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Joey Logano: "I didn't see that one coming" from Truex
But seeing was believing. Logano was first off pit road on the final round of pit stops in the race and was the race leader when Sunday’s race restarted with 25 of 312 laps remaining. He lined up on the inside, which had worked to perfection for him earlier in this race and in previous races and got a good run off Turn 4 once the race went green. This time, however, as he moved up the ...Keep reading View the full article
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HIGHLIGHTS: Instacart 500 at Phoenix
Full highlights from Sunday's Instacart 500 at Phoenix Raceway for the NASCAR Cup Series. View the full article
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[motorsport] Truex snaps winless streak, bests Logano at Phoenix
Joey Logano was first off pit road on the race’s final pit stops but on a restart with 25 of 312 laps remaining, Truex powered to the outside of Logano and grabbed the lead through Turns 1 and 2. The race remained caution-free from there and Truex held off Logano by 1.698 seconds at the finish. Truex had a difficult start in the first stage, at one point tagging the wall and ...Keep reading View the full article