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[motorsport] Ken Block to make World RX return in electric Ford Fiesta
The American will race a new Fiesta ERX built by Manfred Stohl’s STARD outfit, using the single-specification three-motor, four-wheel drive 450kW ‘revelution’ electric powertrain kit developed by Stohl’s concern that is mandated to be used in all cars in the series. Block made his World RX debut at the Norwegian round in 2014, driving a Ford Fiesta to a podium finish. Following a ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Traveling in Luxury: Our Long Weekend With the 2020 Ford F-250 Super Duty Limited
More on The 2020 Ford F-250 Here! Welcoming Our 2020 Pickup Truck of the Year Winning Ford F-250 Ford F-250 Super Duty Wins Truck Trend’s 2020 Pickup Truck of the Year Award Truck Trend’s 2020 Pickup Truck of the Year Recap: The MASTERPOST! TruckTrend’s annual Pickup Truck of the Year evaluation is widely recognized as View the full article
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[fourwheeler] An Introduction to the 2020 Ultimate Adventure Long Range Jeep #UA2020
Long ago, all over the world jeeps helped the allies win World War II. During the North Africa Campaign, mostly in the Sahara Desert MB and GPW jeeps were modified by the British SAS as fast attack vehicles and inflicted much damage on their foes. These jeeps would rush into an area, wreak havoc, usually View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Can Truckin Make a Toyota Highlander Cool? Part 4: The (Off) Road Test
Check Out the Rest of This Toyota Highlander Build! Can Truckin Make a Toyota Highlander Cool? Day Two! The Final Chapter! Who knew that when we took a few days and 1500 bucks and devoted it to a clean old Toyota Highlander that it would turn out to be so popular? Certainly not us! We View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR Pinty's Series to feature shortened season, no champion
The revised Pinty’s Series schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic will now feature two races apiece at Sunset Speedway (Aug. 15), Flamboro Speedway (Aug. 29) and Jukasa Speedway (Sept. 12). No fans will be allowed at any of the races. All races will air tape-delayed on TSN and RDS in Canada and MAV-TV in the United States. The full broadcast schedule, including start times, will be released at ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Citroen co-developed electric rallycross car set for debut
Being touted as the world’s first R5-based electric race car to be ready to be delivered to customers, the C3 ERX has been created from the C3 Rally2 machine’s rolling chassis, adopting 80% of the parts used in the rally version of the factory-built, four-wheel-drive car, and mated to STARD’s ‘revelution’ 450kW (613bhp) triple-motor electric powertrain system at STARD’s base in ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Citroen co-developed electric rallycross car set for debut
Being touted as the world’s first R5-based electric race car to be ready to be delivered to customers, the C3 ERX has been created from the C3 Rally2 machine’s rolling chassis, adopting 80% of the parts used in the rally version of the factory-built, four-wheel-drive car, and mated to STARD’s ‘revelution’ 450kW (613bhp) triple-motor electric powertrain system at STARD’s base in ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Are Flatbeds And Custom Pickup Truck Beds The Ultimate 4x4 Body Mod?
Is a flatbed or custom pickup truck bed the ultimate 4×4 body mod? Here in the farmland of northern Illinois, I see them quite often. I can see one with a custom bed now by simply looking over the top of my computer monitor, out my office window, and past the sheep pen. It’s parked View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR penalizes Labbe team for violation of no-testing policy
Team owner Mario Gosselin was fined $50,000 and penalized 75 owner points for the team’s violation of the testing policy. Last Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR officials halted driver Alex Labbe’s participation in an SCCA event on the Daytona road course after he completed approximately seven laps. Labbe was listed as driving a 2019 Chevrolet Camaro and photos clearly ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Electric Trucks, Roush Performance Ford Super Duty, 50 Years of Range Rover, and More!
Lordstown Electric Trucks Can Save Me Money? Let’s assume you want to buy the Lordstown Endurance electric four-wheel-drive pickup truck for its base price of $52,500. Factoring in 20,000 miles driven per year, fuel, maintenance, electricity costs, and some federal tax credits, the company estimates you could save over $9,000 in operating costs over other View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Milestar Patagonia STX for Our Roxor
Milestar Tires came onto the off-road tire scene with their Patagonia M/T the same way a tatted-up biker with a crooked nose walks into a dive bar: unafraid and like they’d been there before. And while the Patagonia MT probably isn’t the absolute best off-road tire ever invented, it is a darn good tire with View the full article
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[motorsport] Matt Kenseth gets new crew chief at Chip Ganassi Racing
In a statement, the team said engineer Phil Surgen would take over as crew chief for Kenseth’s team beginning with this weekend’s doubleheader at Michigan International Speedway and would remain in the role for the rest of the 2020 season. Surgen replaces Chad Johnston, who had served as crew chief of the No. 42 since the start of the 2016 season. Johnston previously worked with ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] VooDoo Is the Official Recovery Rope of Ultimate Adventure 2020! #UA2020
This is the fourth year in a row VooDoo Offroad is the official recovery rope of Ultimate Adventure. While it’s true we only infrequently used the company’s products on the hot, dry, dusty UA2017 to pull high-centered vehicles off obstacles or secure a vehicle to effect a trail repair, on UA2018 we visited the wet, View the full article
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[foxsports]
Ganassi makes crew chief change for Matt Kenseth
Chip Ganassi Racing has made a crew chief change for the No. 42 driven by Matt Kenseth, with engineer Phil Surgen taking over for the remainder of the season View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Nissan Turns Million-Mile 2007 Frontier Into Zero-Mile 2020 Frontier
It turns out that if you can put a million miles on a Nissan Frontier, the brand will reward you handsomely. Brian Murphy, an independent delivery driver and the only owner of the 2007 Nissan Frontier that rolled its odometer past a certified one-million-mile mark earlier this year, took delivery of his new 2020 Nissan View the full article
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[foxsports]
Leavine Family Racing to close at end of 2020 season
Leavine Family Racing has sold its NASCAR team but will finish the season with driver Christopher Bell View the full article
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[motorsport] Leavine Family Racing announces sale of its Cup team
The team, which has been in existence since 2011 and fielded a fulltime entry in the Cup Series since 2016, currently fields the No. 95 Toyota with rookie Christopher Bell and enjoys a technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing. “It’s with great sadness today that I announce the sale of the Leavine Family Racing team, assets and charter. Since 2011, Sharon and our entire family have enjoyed ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Dodge Durango vs. Chevy Suburban: Roadkill’s Cheap 4x4 Challenge
Which is the better cheap 4x4: the Chevy Suburban or Dodge Durango? David Freiburger and Steve Dulcich are going to find out in this episode of Roadkill! View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Installing Smittybilt Bumpers on our 1986 CJ-7
More on This 1986 CJ-7 Build! Jeep CJ-7 Build Basics- Introduction Installing a Pro Comp Lift, Wheels & Tires on our 1986 CJ-7 When we left off in the last installment, we had just finished lifting our ’86 CJ-7 out at 4 Wheel Parts in Santa Ana, CA. While we were there, we bolted up View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Ram Truck Partners With Nena Barlow for The 2020 Rebelle Rally
Ram Truck has announced today that it has renewed its partnership with Nena Barlow to compete in the 2020 Rebelle Rally. This will be the fourth time for Barlow in the Rebelle Rally with Ram Truck, having brought home the Bone Stock Award and other trophies for podium finishes in previous years. Team 4 Corners View the full article
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[autosport] Keselowski extends contact at Team Penske into 2021 NASCAR Cup season
One-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski has renewed his contract with Team Penske into 2021, ending speculation that he would leave upon the expiry of his current deal View the full article
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[foxsports]
Keselowski lands extension with Penske after 3rd victory
Brad Keselowski finally got a contract extension from Team Penske View the full article
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[motorsport] Team Penske and Brad Keselowski announce contract extension
Keselowski, who just won his third race of the 2020 season Sunday at New Hampshire, has raced for Penske since the 2010 season.After much speculation, it was revealed Monday that he will stay with Penske for the 2021 season. He has scored 32 of his 33 NCS victories with the team and currently sits second in the championship standings. “We are pleased that Brad will continue to be a part of ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Overland Truck Build: 1949 International KB2
Joel Elliott joined Four Wheeler’s Overland Adventure with his vintage overland truck build—a 1949 International KB2 on a 3/4-ton Chevy chassis. Read on to see what it took for his truck to tackle everything the East tossed at us. SEE MORE ABOUT THIS Head to the magazine stand (or your mail box) on October 23, View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Warn Is the Official Winch of Ultimate Adventure 2020! #UA2020
What’s going on the front of the UALRJ (Ultimate Adventure Long Range Jeep) that will serve as the official vehicle build of UA2020? Why, only the best production winch made today! That’s right, after taking a year off to meditate atop a mountain in Tibet, Warn has returned as the official winch of Ultimate Adventure View the full article