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Possible Thursday Announcement Could Tell of Lowe's Motor Speedway's Future

By Geoffrey MillerOct 31st 2007 – 5:04AM

We've seen and heard the battle that the City of Concord (N.C.) and Lowe's Motor Speedway have had in the past month.Thursday could be the day of reckoning on whether or not LMS' parent company, Speedway Motorsports Inc., and CEO Bruton Smith will either ruin yet another fantastic piece of the NASCAR history (remember...

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Report: Chevy promises hotter Sonic soon, but it won't be an SS

By Jeremy Korzeniewski Oct 07th 2011 - 04:34PM

It is to Chevrolet what SRT is to Dodge , or what SVT, RS and ST are at Ford. In other words, the initials SS signal performance intent, and though Chevy has, in the past, sullied the SS moniker with ho-hum versions of already ho-hum cars and trucks, it won't be repeating the same mistake again by slapping the label on...

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Unique 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 auctioned at Barrett-Jackson

By Zach Bowman Sep 25th 2011 - 10:51AM

General Motors auctioned off a special 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to the public at this weekend's Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas auction for an estimated price of $250,000.

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Rumormill: Shelby to bring back rent-a-racer program?

By Jeff Glucker Jun 30th 2011 - 11:02AM

Most available choices at your local car rental agency are tame appliances built to shuttle you from Meeting A to Hotel B.

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Black Current sets street-bodied electric vehicle record with 9.51 sec 1/4 mile run [w/video]

By Eric Loveday Apr 25th 2011 - 05:07PM

Over the weekend, Oliver Young piloted his electrified Black Current dragster down the quarter-mile track at the UK's Santa Pod Raceway with a record-setting time of 9.51 seconds, becoming the first street-bodied electric vehicle to blaze down 1,320 feet of tarmac in the 9's!

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Prius-powered Predator outruns mega-watt Rocket [w/VIDEO]

By Domenick Yoney Apr 18th 2011 - 07:46PM

Disinger originally had lead acid batteries in the Predator and was in serious need of an upgrade.

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