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[motorsport] Spain WRX: Kristoffersson battles to victory to boost title bid
Kristoffersson’s nearest challenger for the crown, double DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom, topped the order in qualifying at the Barcelona-Catalunya Formula 1 venue, while for the first time this year, Kristoffersson didn’t set a single fastest qualifying time and wound up fifth in the Intermediate order. However, from third on the grid in the first semi-final Kristoffersson passed Kevin ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Chase Briscoe's Kansas Xfinity win sends him to Championship 4
Chase Briscoe dominated Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 nearly from start to finish, leading 159 of the 200 laps and easily held off Daniel Hemric to clinch his series-best ninth victory. With the win, Briscoe becomes one of the four drivers who will compete for the series title in two weeks at Phoenix regardless of how he finishes the next two weeks at Texas and Martinsville ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Moffitt grabs first Truck win at Kansas, advances to title race
Moffitt held off a furious challenge from his GMS Racing teammate Sheldon Creed in a two-lap overtime to win Saturday’s Clean Harbors 200 at Kansas Speedway, his first win this season and in more than a year. With the win, Moffitt becomes the first driver to advance to the Championship 4 and compete for the series title at Phoenix regardless of his performance over the next two ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Hailie Deegan to run complete Truck schedule in 2021
The Ford developmental driver is making her Truck debut this weekend and will transition full-time to the series next year. She is the 2020 ARCA Menards Series Rookie of the Year and ended the season third in the championship standings. “We are very happy with Hailie’s progress as demonstrated in her first year as a part of our Ford Performance driver development program” said Mark ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Spain WRX: Timmy Hansen claims first win for a year
Hansen qualified second in the Intermediate Classification and started from pole for semi-final two, then overcame brother Kevin Hansen during the race with a superior joker lap strategy. Series leader Kristoffersson headed qualifying, then dominated the first semi-final to secure pole for the all-important final. In the main event, the Swede survived being squeezed in turn one to lead for the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] FIA signs off hybrid system for next-gen WRC cars
As well as giving crews a power boost on the stages, the technology is set to be used on road sections. Test work on the new system, which was awarded to German firm Compact Dynamics in March, is expected to begin next February. To improve safety, Rally1 cars will feature a secondary hoop built into the roll cage behind the driver and co-driver to increase torsional stiffness in the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 3,000-hp Cummins Diesel Dyno Explosion, Disappearing Vans and SUVs, and More Cool Nissan Stuff!
36,000-Pound Crown! If you haven’t paid attention to the towing capability wars, we’ll give you a recap. Chevrolet has dethroned the Ford F-350 Super Duty and its 35,750-pound towing capacity. Here’s how you can put the power to pull 18 tons in your driveway: order a two-wheel-drive, regular-cab, dual-rear-wheel Silverado 3500HD equipped with the Duramax View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Tools to Love: Porta-Power
Tools and their use are two of the things that set humans apart from other animals. Sure, some other animals use tools to do what they do, but our large brains and opposable thumbs give us a huge advantage over other animals, enabling us to make tools from pointy sticks to high-end computers and everything View the full article
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[motorsport] 2012 NASCAR Truck Series champion James Buescher to make return
Buescher, 30, will pilot the FHE FracLock Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. The Texas native hasn't started a Truck race since 2015 and won the series championship back in 2012. His cousin Chris currently races full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series. Buescher has six wins at the Truck level and one in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. “I am thankful for everyone at Niece Motorsports ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Meet the UA2020 Staff #UA2020
There’s a core group of guys who spend an inordinate amount of time and/or effort to get Ultimate Adventure planned, executed, and covered in a such way that everybody who cares about the event can maximize their enjoyment of it. Fred Williams is always good for a solution to a problem or an industry contact View the full article
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[motorsport] Denny Hamlin looks to Kansas to 'lock in' his Cup title chances
While Kansas Speedway hasn’t always been a strong spot for Hamlin, he and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team have recently had a stranglehold on Victory Lane. Hamlin has three career wins at Kansas, including the last two races dating back to last fall. With a victory at Kansas earlier this year, Sunday’s race looks like a prime candidate for Hamlin to punch his ticket to the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Exclusive Preview: What’s Coming in the December 2020 Issue of Four Wheeler Magazine!
The December 2020 issue of Four Wheeler is like a mega buffet of awesome 4×4 sustenance! We’ve collected a wide range of 4×4 goodness that’ll feed your off-road hunger, and it goes on sale at newsstands around the world on October 23! Light Is Might The theme of the December 2020 issue is lighting, and View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 1966 Jeep Super Wagoneer: Looking Back
As we look back to the 1966 Jeep Super Wagoneer, Jeep has only begun to tease us with its latest entry in the premium luxury SUV field, the Grand Wagoneer concept. While we ogled the elegance of the concept’s enormous touchscreen displays, full-pane glass roof, and teak wood accents, we decided to calm our anxious View the full article
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[fourwheeler] The 2020 Ultimate Adventure Long Range Jeep #UA2020
In part one of these more in-depth and detailed articles on the 2020 Ultimate Adventure Long Range Jeep we introduced you, the reader, to the source material for the theme of the build. Namely the WWII SAS-piloted Jeeps that helped win the war for the Allies in North Africa. We also introduced the drivetrain components View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Daily Driving A 2021 Jeep Gladiator EcoDiesel Rubicon
Since the first introduction of the new Jeep Gladiator, we’ve been waiting patiently for the promised EcoDiesel engine option. Well, that time has finally arrived, and for 2021 Jeep’s fabulous 3.0L EcoDiesel V-6 has joined the 3.6L gasoline V-6 on the Gladiator’s options list. While we recently had the opportunity to jump behind the wheel View the full article
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[fourwheeler] My Long-Lost International Scout Photos
During some overdue office rearranging I recently unearthed a long-lost old photo album that I had forgotten about. The contents of the album included a collection of International Scout photos I took over 30 years ago. Way Back in 1989 The year was 1989, and I was an Illinois farm-dwelling International Scout and general 4×4 View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Meet the Video Van Guys and FWTV’s Ian Johnson From UA2020 #UA2020
Video is an incredibly powerful medium, and until Smellovision becomes a reality, it’s the best way to capture the full picture of what we’re out there doing, the places we’re going, and the obstacles we’re tackling. That’s why we invest so heavily in getting the best video crew and support staff we can. For the View the full article
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[motorsport] Harvick's advice to young racers: "It's just about the results"
“I think that’s the one thing that I try to explain to all the younger racers. An extra 100,000 people on Twitter isn’t going to make you stick around (the sport) longer,” Harvick said. “Performance on the race track is really the bread and butter of what we do and no matter if you have a funny personality or you have a famous last name it doesn’t matter. “In the end, Danica ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] WRC leader Elfyn Evans upbeat despite Rally Italy struggles
Evans finished fourth on the antepenultimate round of the championship to retain top spot in the drivers’ standings, although his lead over Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier was trimmed to 14 points. Two bonus points from the power stage ensured the gap between the two Yaris men was not closer and meant Evans ended what was a frustrating weekend on the Mediterranean island on a high ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Clint Bowyer: "It’s time to allow somebody else to have fun”
Bowyer, 41, announced last week that he was stepping away from his fulltime driving career in the NASCAR Cup Series at the end of the season and would join the Fox Sports NASCAR broadcast team in 2021. “Honestly, you’ll probably see a lot more of me, in general, anyway throughout the first half of the season especially – looking forward to that, got a lot of cool things, some new things ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Sneak Peek: Four Wheeler Magazine’s December 2020 Cover Sports A Stunning Backcountry Night Photo Of A Big Ram 2500!
The December 2020 issue of Four Wheeler magazine puts the spotlight on off-road lighting, and the striking nighttime cover photo was taken on the trail during a backcountry adventure. The Backstory Brian Sumner and Harry Wagner, two Four Wheeler freelancers with decades of wheeling and journalism experience, were off-roading this Ram 2500 Baja Runner that View the full article
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[motorsport] Rally GB edges closer to Northern Ireland move
Having refused to entertain the idea for many months on the grounds it did not represent good value for money in the current climate, the Department for the Economy and Tourism Northern Ireland appear to have softened their approach to the idea of welcoming Rally GB to the province. On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Department for the Economy said: “Tourism Northern Ireland has very recently ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] FIA launches tender process to find new WRX promoter
Motorsport.com exclusively revealed last week that World RX commercial rights holder IMG would step away from the discipline at the end of the current campaign, which has now been officially confirmed by the FIA. “The announcement follows discussions between IMG and the FIA, in which IMG has expressed a desire not to continue as the World RX promoter in 2021 and 2022,” said a statement from ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 4WP Goes Factory: Episode 143 of The Truck Show Podcast
On This Week’s Show: A Vague Death Wish 4WP Factory’s new wheels and tires Holman’s latest adventure Josh Mazerolle of Vague Industries returns to talk about his latest Death Wish project, what happened to the Hilux and what, exactly, did C10 Talk’s Ronnie Wetch have to do with its current state. The guys also get View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Meet the UA2020 Cronies #UA2020
Whether because of Ultimate Adventure or in spite of it, by now most of the UA Cronies are well-known off-road celebrities in their own right. But these guys don’t do it for fame, and they certainly don’t do it for fortune. As unpaid event support volunteers, the UA Cronies are a very special breed of View the full article