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[fourwheeler] Episode 82 of The Truck Show Podcast: Goodbye Cummins 5.0L?
The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with DECKED… …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist Sean Holman and veteran Los Angeles radio personality Jay “Lightning” Tilles. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the latest episode of The Truck Show Podcast. View the full article
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Take a lap with Austin Dillon at Darlington Raceway on the iRacing simulator
Take a lap with Austin Dillon at Darlington Raceway on the iRacing simulator for this weekend's Southern 500 View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Jessi Combs: 1983-2019 Racer, Fabricator, and TV Personality Killed Attempting Land-Speed Record
Jessi Combs—vehicle fabricator, TV personality, and all-around good human—died attempting to break her own land-speed record on August 27 in the Alvord Desert. She was 36. Jessi is the current “fastest woman on four wheels” record holder, thanks to her two-way average 393 mph run in 2013. She broke that record in the North American View the full article
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[motorsport] Hyundai "wasted a good opportunity" in Germany, says team boss
Dani Sordo was comfortably in the fight for a podium on last weekend's Rally Germany before a gearbox issue halted his progress on the Friday, forcing him to fight back through the order over the next two days. On the stage before the gearbox issue, Sordo had just overtaken Kris Meeke, who went on to finish second after Hyundai's Thierry Neuville and Citroen's Sebastien Ogier both got ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] M-Sport hopes Ford can aid its bid to sign Tanak
Tanak had looked set to re-sign with Toyota following the end of his current contract with the team in 2019, but Wilson met with the WRC championship leader and another M-Sport ex-driver – Tanak’s advisor Markko Martin – over the Rally Germany weekend. Tanak confirmed before the start of the event that no deal had been signed with Toyota, his representatives were in talks with other teams ...Keep reading View the full article
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Austin Dillon's throwback paint scheme for Darlington
Austin Dillon is honoring his grandfather with his paint scheme for Darlington Raceway. View the full article
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[motorsport] Christopher Bell's path to Xfinity championship is 'spot on'
He and his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team don’t plan on making the same mistake twice. Bell wrecked out of consecutive races in the playoffs last fall, won at Phoenix in a “must-win” situation to contend for the championship at Homestead, only to run 11th in the season finale as Tyler Reddick won the race and the title. Bell collected his sixth win of the 2019 season on Saturday, earning ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Sweet Suite: A Look at the Sportz Truck Tent
Looking for an inexpensive way to camp? We were, but we had certain criteria. We wanted to be off the ground, and we wanted to stay dry when it rained. We wanted something with enough room so that we could move around and not feel cramped. We wanted to point and laugh at bugs because View the full article
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Column: Hamlin cites new maturity in turnaround season
Column: Hamlin cites new maturity in turnaround season View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Episode 83 of The Truck Show Podcast: How Fuel Efficient is GM’s 3.0L Duramax Diesel?
The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with DECKED… …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist Sean Holman and veteran Los Angeles radio personality Jay “Lightning” Tilles. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the latest episode of The Truck Show Podcast. View the full article
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[fourwheeler] RPM: Automotive and 4x4 News From Around the World
1. That’s Interesting The average age of vehicles on the road in the U.S. is 11.8 years. Montana has the oldest average, at 16.6 years, while Vermont maintains the youngest, at 9.9 years. This is all according to IHS Markit, which studies this stuff. Have the Chevrolet Marketplace commerce thingy in your vehicle? You can View the full article
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[motorsport] Cup crew chief Matt Borland indefinitely suspended by NASCAR
Borland has most recently served as crew chief for driver Ty Dillon at Germain Racing. In his 15-year career as a Cup series crew chief, he has 13 wins and 39 poles – all with driver Ryan Newman. Justin Alexander will serve as Dillon’s crew chief until Borland’s return. In a statement released early Monday morning, Borland said he was informed over the weekend he tested positive in a ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Brett Moffitt dominates at CTMP, beating Tagliani
Moffitt is already locked into the second round of the playoffs, but further cements himself as the title favorite with his fourth win of the season. He beat Alex Tagliani to the line by 5.1 seconds, leading an impressive 44 of 64 laps. "I'd say we are hitting our stride at the right time," said Moffitt. "Before it was like we were missing a little bit everywhere and now we're hitting ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Matt DiBenedetto on Road America wreck: "I drove stupid"
DiBenedetto got the opportunity to drive Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 Toyota in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Road America and for much of the weekend he appeared ready to capitalize. Instead, teammate Christopher Bell ended up with his first road course victory and DiBenedetto’s hopes for his first NASCAR national series win ended in the final turn of the final lap. “Just being ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Cool New Products for Your Jeep
Street Light Baja Designs announces the company’s first street-legal light line, the Squadron SAE. The new lights are based on the popular Squadron Series off-road lights, but the Squadron SAE lights are engineered to be street-legal fog/driving lights. A prominent difference between the lines is that the new series complies with the SAE J583 standard View the full article
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[motorsport] Germany WRC: Tanak wins, Toyota locks out podium
Tanak led a clean sweep of the podium for the Japanese marque, with Kris Meeke coming home 20.8s in arrears, with Jari-Matti Latvala third. Neuville salvaged fifth behind Hyundai teammate Dani Sordo on the Powerstage – which he won – after falling out of victory contention after changing a wheel at the end of Saturday’s running. He now moves ahead of six-time WRC ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Christopher Bell takes Xfinity win at Road America
Bell held off a wild charge from Austin Cindric on new tires following a restart with two of 45 laps remaining to take the win in Saturday’s CTECH 180 at Road America. The victory is Bell’s first on a road course in his NASCAR career. The win is Bell’s sixth of the 2019 season and 14th of his Xfinity Series career. “Man, I’m honestly in shock,” Bell said. “I really butchered ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Germany WRC: Tanak leading Toyota 1-2-3, puncture for Ogier
Hyundai driver Neuville and Tanak had been embroiled in an intense battle for the lead on Friday that continued into Saturday morning, but the fight was defused on the first run through the 41km Panzerplatte stage. Neuville collected a rear-left puncture early on the stage, but incredibly minimised the time loss to just 1m26.8s after stopping to change the tyre. Nonetheless, he plummeted from ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] A.J. Allmendinger wins pole for Road America Xfinity race
Allmendinger's average lap speed of 109.792 mph topped Matt DiBenedetto (109.382 mph) to claim the pole for Saturday's CTECH Manufacturing 180 at Road America. In his fourth series start of the season for Kaulig Racing, it's Allmendinger's first pole. He is coming off a third-place finish a few weeks ago at Mid-Ohio. "I'm very satisfied. I feel our chances are better to win this week," ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Jeremy Clements ready to capitalize on another Road America win
When Clements earned his stunning first career NASCAR victory in 2017 at Road America, it helped catapult his team into the playoffs. But his small, underfunded family organization wasn’t in a good position to capitalize on it but did manage to finish a career-best 12th in the series standings. “We were not prepared honestly at the time. We weren’t running very good that year in a ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Part Eleventy-Hundred of Our 1969 Bronco Build
Sadly, our Early Bronco project has been languishing. That’s for a few reasons, and not all are worth going into during this tale of Bronco construction. The main reason for this rig resting idle is because of our personal indecision as it comes to what transmission to run in the Bronco. Generally we are all View the full article
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[motorsport] Neuville's Rally Germany win hopes dashed by puncture
Drivers suffered multiple punctures on the pre-event recce, but Neuville was the only leading driver to fall foul in the event proper, suffering a deflated cover in the first half of the stage on his i20 Coupe WRC. The Belgian driver had trailed Tanak by 5.6s heading into the stage, and entered the event 25-points behind Tanak in the WRC points’ standings. Toyota’s Tanak takes a lead ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] WRC spectator escapes injury after fall, Ostberg near-miss
On SS5 of the World Rally Championship's German round, during the second running of the 19.44kmh Stein und Wein stage, the spectator fell off a short wall “head first” onto the stage on a straight section, just as Ostberg rounded a quick right-hander in his Citroen C3 R5. Ostberg veered left in a desperate attempt to avoid the spectator who he said he missed by ‘half a metre or a ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Germany WRC: Tanak pulls small gap over Neuville
Neuville had chopped 1.3 seconds out of Tanak on the first run of Freisen to trim the Toyota driver’s overall advantage to 1.5s. But he overcooked his entry and stalled into a hairpin on the proceeding Romerstrasse test. He dropped 6.7s to Tanak who won the stage when a stubborn fuse delayed him further when trying to restart the Hyundai. Neuville nicked 0.2s back on the repeat of Freisen ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 2020 Ram 1500 Rebel Gets a Diesel
The Rebel 1500 was introduced in 2015, so it has been in the Ram stable of trucks for five years. The 2WD and 4WD models are built and targeted for off-road styling and function, and they’ve proven to be fun trucks. For those looking for a factory off-road package, the Rebel offers a taller stance, View the full article