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[fourwheeler] How to Identify the Perfect 4x4 Engine in a Junkyard
Junkyards are the ultimate department stores for cheapskate gearheads. At each location there are acres and acres of potential goodies, but it takes a sharp-eyed bargain hunter and some special knowledge to grab a junkyard gem. This is true of many vehicle components but especially engines. It’s often not enough to know the year range View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Spied: F-150 Single-Cab Raptor or Something Else in Disguise?
Ford Motor Company has been the king of hiding things in plain sight. The next-generation Raptor was in front of our face the whole time, racing Baja. It had an older-style body on it so no one would suspect otherwise while Ford did its testing. Our spy photographers caught this single-cab F-150 Raptor driving the View the full article
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[motorsport] Kurt Busch “had a blast” with runner-up finish at Michigan
Busch was battling Martin Truex Jr. for second and hoping to close in on leader Joey Logano when Erik Jones brought out the final caution of the race and set up a two-lap overtime. Despite having damage on his No. 1 Monster Energy Chevrolet Camaro from brushing the wall earlier in the race, Busch was able to get past Truex for second in the overtime. But he was unable to get to Logano on the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] Penske's Logano survives overtime shootout for NASCAR Michigan win
Team Penske's Joey Logano survived a two-lap shootout to score a dominant win at Michigan and take the NASCAR Cup Series points' lead with his second win of the season View the full article
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[motorsport] Joey Logano beats Kurt Busch in two-lap shootout at Michigan
Logano led a race-high 163 laps en route to the victory. "You race this whole race and you keep building that notebook up. We had a great execution day, our pit crew was amazing, our race car was fast. T.J. Majors my spotter, spotted his butt off up there," Logano said after the race. "The race fans who stuck around until Monday - you guys are the best. Coming up here to Michigan, there's ...Keep reading View the full article
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FINAL LAPS: Joey Logano wins it in OT
Joey Logano wins it in OT against Kurt Busch View the full article
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Clint Bowyer hits the wall early in the final stage
Clint Bowyer gets loose under Erik Jones and hits the wall off of turn 2. View the full article
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[motorsport] Austin Dillon uses strategy to snag Stage 2 win at Michigan
As he did in Stage 1, Joey Logano set the pace leading until he pitted for tires and fuel on Lap 114. Logano was one of the top seven drivers to pit within the final six laps of the Stage and after pit stops ended Dillon was in front. Read Also: Joey Logano fends off Bowman for Stage 1 win at Michigan Kevin Harvick rebounded from being one lap down at the start of the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Joey Logano fends off Bowman for Stage 1 win at Michigan
Logano made it look pretty easy in the first stage until he started coming up on lapped traffic with six laps to go in the stage. Read Also: Rain washes out NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan Bowman, who started the race in 20th, was able to work his car up through the field and got to within a couple of car lengths of Logano for the lead by the final lap of the 60-lap ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Ram Announces 2020 1500 EcoDiesel
The 2020 1500 EcoDiesel is now available from Ram. The company boasts the EcoDiesel will be the most powerful truck in the segment with 480 lb-ft of torque and a 12,560-pound towing capacity. The EcoDiesel will be available on all 1500 models, including a first-time offering on the popular Ram Rebel. The third generation of View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Honda Announces Four-Seat Talon Side-by-Side
Just six months ago Honda announced it was getting into the sport side-by-side market with its new Talon side-by-side. Honda is now upping the competition with two new four-seat models. The new models were announced at Honda’s recent Power Lab dealer event in Texas. The Talon 1000X-4 is based on its two-seat brother, the 1000X, View the full article
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[fourwheeler] The Incredible Week to Wheelin’ Vintage Bronco Build Begins in Less Than Two Weeks!
A few weeks ago we gave you the lowdown on the upcoming Week to Wheelin’ Bronco build, and we’re excited to report that it’s right around the corner, taking place the week of June 24-29! It’s the latest in our series of Week to Wheelin’ builds, and it’s the biggest one yet. This time around View the full article
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[motorsport] Bubba Wallace is returning to Summer Shootout Series
Wallace got his start in racing at the grassroots level and he returns to one of those places where he got started in the sport on Tuesday night. The driver of the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro will step into a legends car at Charlotte Motor Speedway in their Bojangles Summer Shootout in the Boston Reid Real Estate Pro division. Wallace will make his first start in the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Hyundai wants to apologise to Loeb for Portugal problems
Portugal was Loeb's penultimate outing in his current part-time Hyundai deal, but fuel problems on stage three wrecked his weekend. Dani Sordo ran into similar issues. Read Also: Is Loeb's return paying off for Hyundai? "Apart from being upset about losing the two cars and affecting the Hyundai image, I am upset that we asked him to come and then we waste part of his ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Tyler Reddick: "My confidence is higher than it's ever been"
Reddick’s fuel-mileage win at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday was his third series win in the last five races, tying him for the most this year with drivers Christopher Bell and Cole Custer. Even more impressive for the reigning series champion is the phenomenal body of work he’s already amassed just 13 races into the 33-race season. Reddick now has 11 top-five and 12 top-10 ...Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] Michigan NASCAR Cup race postponed to Monday by rain
The NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan has been postponed until Monday following persistent light rain that left cars unable to complete more than a handful of formation laps View the full article
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[motorsport] Rain washes out NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan
NASCAR nearly got Sunday’s FireKeepers 400 started around 3 p.m. ET and was on the final pace lap when rain again picked up forcing the cars to be brought down pit road. NASCAR finally called the race around 4:30pm ET. It has been postponed until 5 p.m. ET Monday and will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1. Postponed races are generally started early the next day but all of Fox Sports’ ...Keep reading View the full article
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Michael Waltrip and Kevin Harvick react to Hailie Deegan’s controversial move to win at Colorado
Michael Waltrip and Kevin Harvick react to Hailie Deegan's controversial bump to Derek Kraus to win at Colorado View the full article
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[motorsport] Suninen gets new co-driver for rest of 2019
Suninen said the switch had come as he sought a more experienced co-driver alongside him for the rest of the season. Lehtinen, who has 169 WRC starts (all but eight of which were alongside Mikko Hirvonen), replaces Marko Salminen, who completed his 31st WRC round in fourth place at Rally of Portugal earlier this month. Suninen said: “I want to thank Marko because we achieved a lot ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Does anyone know what the Cup race at Michigan will look like?
Drivers in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series of late have been a bit hesitant to predict how the new aero package with perform in races, in particular because many of those predictions have turned out to be off-base. Some races, like Charlotte and Kansas, turned out better than expected. Others, like last weekend at Pocono, appeared to fall short of expectations. Entering this weekend at ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Hailie Deegan wins K&N West race in wild finish
Deegan and Kraus exchanged paint and bumped fenders over the final two laps of the race with the final incident sending Kraus for a spin in Turn 3 and giving the young driver her second win of the season and third of her career. Deegan had her No. 19 Toyota in the lead on the final restart, but Kraus was able to slip to the inside in his No. 16 Toyota and take the lead. He paid the price the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] FIA: Hybrid move won't harm WRC competition
Further details of the next generation of World Rally Cars will be revealed following next week’s meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council. Matton says competitiveness and cost-effectiveness are high on the list of priorities for the WRC's new era. “The target is to stay at the same cost [as the current cars],” he said. “[By] making some technical economies on some other ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Tyler Reddick stretches his fuel to take Michigan Xfinity win
Reddick stretched his fuel the final 47 of 125 laps in Saturday’s LTi Printing 250 and held off a fast-approaching Noah Gragson to claim the win at Michigan International Speedway. After getting clearance he had enough fuel to make it, Gragson passed two cars in the final two laps trying to chase Reddick down. The win is the sixth of Reddick’s career, coming with three different ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] No guarantee of more races for Texas Truck winner Greg Biffle
Timing may not be on Biffle’s side. Biffle’s win at Texas Motor Speedway in Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 51 Toyota was his first series start for the veteran since 2004 and first series win since October 2001. The victory also netted him an extra $50,000 bonus as part of this year’s Triple Truck Challenge. If Biffle entered and won the next two races, he could walk away with a total ...Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] Will Greg Biffle's NASCAR comeback continue after Truck win?
Greg Biffle took victory in his first NASCAR start since the end of the 2016 Cup season by triumphing in Friday night's Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway View the full article