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[motorsport] Hungaroring in frame for World Rallycross round
Szabo raced full time in World RX last year with a Mattias Ekstrom-owned Audi S1, and is contesting selected events this season in a GRX SET Hyundai i20. During the opening rounds of the season in Sweden last weekend Szabo ran Hungaroring branding on his i20. “I really hope that in the near future Hungary will organise a World RX race and it will be at the Hungaroring,” Szabo ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Bumpstops for the 2020 Ultimate Adventure Long Range Jeep #UA2020
Bumpstops… every suspension needs them. Our Ultimate Adventure 2020 Long Range Jeep is no exception, and after a little noodling with friends on what to do, and a long weekend fabricating, the Jeep is ready for the suspension bottoming. At the end of the day, bumpstops can be as simple as metal to metal crashing View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Why I’ll Be Keeping My Raptor, for Now…
It’s been roughly a week now since the world was introduced to the all-new 2021 Ram 1500 TRX. The flashy presentation opened with a scene from the movie Jurassic Park where a T-rex violently attacks a velociraptor, throwing it across the room. This scene set the tone for the rest of the presentation where Ram View the full article
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[autosport] NASCAR "happy with the speed" of Gen-7 car in Dover test
NASCAR has declared itself happy with the speed of the prototype Next Generation car now scheduled to be introduced for the 2022 Cup Series after resuming testing this week View the full article
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[autosport] NASCAR "happy with the speed" of Gen-7 car in Dover test
NASCAR has declared itself happy with the speed of the prototype Next Generation car now scheduled to be introduced for the 2022 Cup Series after resuming testing this week View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR HEAT 5’s second Content Pack available from August 27
August 26, 2020: The second NASCAR Heat 5 Content Pack will be released on August 27th containing 59 new paint schemes and 3 in-game Challenges. Included within the game’s Season Pass or available separately, priced at $12.99, the new Content Pack will be available for NASCAR Heat 5 players on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR HEAT 5’s second Content Pack available from August 27
August 26, 2020: The second NASCAR Heat 5 Content Pack will be released on August 27th containing 59 new paint schemes and 3 in-game Challenges. Included within the game’s Season Pass or available separately, priced at $12.99, the new Content Pack will be available for NASCAR Heat 5 players on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] WRC cancels Rally Germany, moves Italy date to avoid F1 clash
The Bostalsee-based Tarmac event in south-west Germany becomes the latest WRC casualty of the COVID-19 outbreak and joins Argentina, Portugal, Finland, Kenya, New Zealand, Wales Rally GB and Japan on the sidelines. The German event was scheduled to be round six on a revised schedule, but bosses have decided against running it due to ongoing regional government restrictions that prohibit mass ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] WRC cancels Rally Germany, moves Italy date to avoid F1 clash
The Bostalsee-based Tarmac event in south-west Germany becomes the latest WRC casualty of the COVID-19 outbreak and joins Argentina, Portugal, Finland, Kenya, New Zealand, Wales Rally GB and Japan on the sidelines. The German event was scheduled to be round six on a revised schedule, but bosses have decided against running it due to ongoing regional government restrictions that prohibit mass ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR "happy with the speed" of Next Gen car
Monday and Tuesday’s test at Dover (Del.) International Speedway with driver Cole Custer was the first since March and the first since NASCAR made the decision to postpone the scheduled 2021 debut of the car. The test car still has a manufacturer-generic overall design, but that could soon change. “Right now, the most important part of the project is getting all of the OEM bodies ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR "happy with the speed" of Next Gen car
Monday and Tuesday’s test at Dover (Del.) International Speedway with driver Cole Custer was the first since March and the first since NASCAR made the decision to postpone the scheduled 2021 debut of the car. The test car still has a manufacturer-generic overall design, but that could soon change. “Right now, the most important part of the project is getting all of the OEM bodies ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Custom High-Clearance Rock Sliders for the 2020 Ultimate Adventure Long Range Jeep #UA2020
Rock sliders or rocker guards are a must-have for any rig that sees heavy trail use… assuming you don’t like wrinkled sheetmetal and doors that used to open as intended. We are OK with some wrinkled sheetmetal but would rather keep as much as possible straight. Rock sliders protect one of the more vulnerable parts View the full article
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[motorsport] Kevin Harvick: "Narrow minded" to focus on rivalry with Hamlin
Together, the two veterans have won 13 of the season’s first 25 races and are split nearly evenly with Harvick having seven wins and Hamlin six. In fact, four times this season when either Hamlin or Harvick have won a race, the other has followed up with a victory the very next week. It happened again in last weekend’s doubleheader at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, with Hamlin ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Kevin Harvick: "Narrow minded" to focus on rivalry with Hamlin
Together, the two veterans have won 13 of the season’s first 25 races and are split nearly evenly with Harvick having seven wins and Hamlin six. In fact, four times this season when either Hamlin or Harvick have won a race, the other has followed up with a victory the very next week. It happened again in last weekend’s doubleheader at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, with Hamlin ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Ultimate Adventure 2020 Returning Reader: David Tucker! #UA2020
Yeah, it’s a Japanese 4×4 with an American GM drivetrain and a mishmash of later-model Land Cruiser axles, but the whole thing is reliable as a Swiss watch. This is actually the third Ultimate Adventure for which Dave Tucker has received an invite. We originally voted him in for UA2018, but his ’65 FJ40 wasn’t View the full article
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[autosport] Johnson's NASCAR playoff hopes in final season go down to Daytona
Despite one of his best finishes of the season at Dover, Jimmie Johnson will go into the final race to make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs as an outside shot View the full article
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[autosport] Johnson's NASCAR playoff hopes in final season go down to Daytona
Despite one of his best finishes of the season at Dover, Jimmie Johnson will go into the final race to make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs as an outside shot View the full article
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[motorsport] Loeb to make Hyundai WRC return in Rally Turkey
The nine-time champion will join Hyundai's full-season drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak for the Marmaris-based event at the wheel of a third i20 Coupe WRC. It will mark Loeb's first top-level outing since January's Monte Carlo Rally, one of three events this year to take place before the COVID-19 pause, in which he finished sixth. Craig Breen took over the third Hyundai for the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Loeb to make Hyundai WRC return in Rally Turkey
The nine-time champion will join Hyundai's full-season drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak for the Marmaris-based event at the wheel of a third i20 Coupe WRC. It will mark Loeb's first top-level outing since January's Monte Carlo Rally, one of three events this year to take place before the COVID-19 pause, in which he finished sixth. Craig Breen took over the third Hyundai for the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Reader Emails: 1952 Dodge Power Wagon, Adhesive Tape Tips, Big-Block 1970 Jeep Renegade, Toyota Tacoma 2-Lo Mod, And More
“I Should Have Kept It” Here are photos of my 1952 Dodge Power Wagon that I owned for 18-plus years. In a weak moment I sold it to buy a tractor. In hindsight I should have kept it. I set it up with a plow and jib crane for building my post and beam garage. I purchased View the full article
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[motorsport] Watch: How to vinyl wrap a NASCAR Cup stock car
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[fourwheeler] Warn Epic Wheels for Jeeps
You already know Warn for get-yourself-unstuck winches, legendary locking four-wheel drive hubs, and off-road bumpers, but did you know the company is offering wheels for Jeep Wranglers? Epic Wheels from Warn are designed specifically for the 2007–2020 Jeep Wranglers and the new Jeep Gladiator trucks with the same rugged durability you’ve come to expect. The View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Hellcats and Hellephants: Episode 136 of The Truck Show Podcast
On This Week’s Truck Show Podcast: Jared Petiprin and Chris Holt from America’s Most Wanted 4×4 The new horsepower king of factory trucks, the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX, is sporting 702 snorting stallions ready-to-rock underhood, but in case that isn’t enough, America’s Most Wanted 4×4 can give you up to 1,000 by swapping out those View the full article
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[fourwheeler] No, The 2021 Ram 1500 TRX Does Not Have a Hellcat V-8
The centerpiece of the all-new 2021 Ram 1500 TRX is its supercharged 6.2L V-8 engine. It pumps out 702 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque, and it is a straight-up beast. But there’s still something that most people should have noticed as missing, and that’s any mention of the word “Hellcat.” If you’ve been on View the full article
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[motorsport] Martin Truex Jr. on playoffs: "We're ready to pounce"
Over the last seven races, Truex and his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team has finished no worse than third, including a pair of back-to-back second-place finishes at the doubleheader this past weekend at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. But he has also come up short in finishing those runs off with a victory. His lone 2020 win came in June at Martinsville, Va. The recent performance ...Keep reading View the full article