Fashion designer Ralph Lauren made history when he bought the Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic at auction for over $30m. Story here.
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Joey Logano and Tony Stewart exchange words (and punches) yesterday.
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Earlier this week, Jalopnik shared the ten best controlled bridge explosions.
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Bristol has lived up to its legacy as fight breaks out between Logano and Hamlin.
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- Another Bristol crash from the Nationwide Race
Jeff Gordon pranks a used car salesman with the help of Pepsi MAX, but it turned out to be fake.
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The story behind Saddam Hussein’s 1978 Mercedes-Benz 600.
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The designer of the infamous Edsel AKA “E-Bomb” has died.
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Photo credits: TTAC
The running of the Daytona 500 over the weekend may have been the most eventful, exciting and scariest race in years.
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There’s a 14 year old girl in Michigan rebuilding a Pontiac Fiero. She’s like the prodigal child of automakers. Watch her story below.
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The world of NASCAR as we know it was changed when Toyota entered the ranks of racing in 2007 with the Toyota Camry. This got the blood boiling for many fans who took it as a personal affront that a foreign car manufacturer was allowed to race with their beloved Fords, Dodges, and Chevys. The most common argument made was that NASCAR rules state that vehicles competing on the racing circuit must be based on American vehicles. I think we can clear this little misunderstanding up right away.
The Toyota Camry, the nameplate on the 2007 race car, is manufactured in Georgetown, Kentucky. This same Camry has been the best-selling car in the United Stated for years and Toyota employs some 152,000 American workers. It is obvious that Toyota can now be considered as much an American manufacturer as GM and Ford, who still build a significant number of their vehicles in Mexico and Canada.
Plus, Toyota developed their race cars for NASCAR in North Carolina. These facts make Toyota more than qualified to race according to the NASCAR rulebook. And race they have. [keep reading]