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Thursday, May 2, 2013
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Stephen Cox Articles
by Stephen Cox
California has passed a new law allowing “autonomous cars” on the roadways and Audi says it can have an automated car ready for sale by 2015. Look no further, folks. It has begun. Leprosy, smallpox, malaria… and now the driverless car. Let me be abundantly clear about why I don’t like the idea of a [...]
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Friday, March 1, 2013
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Atop the Spotter's Stand
by Heather Meyer
SpeedWeeks were exciting but now the real season starts. The hill at Phoenix International Raceway where fans sit overlooking the track is called Rattlesnake Hill. The track does a great job of clearing the snakes out before race weekend…. we hope. You might also enjoy…Atop the Spotters Stand: KentuckyAtop the Spotters Stand: Grand Finale, 2012Atop [...]
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Atop the Spotter's Stand, Sprint Cup
by Heather Meyer
Once again we get to have the pleasure of finding out what it’s like from the spotters stand with our 2 spotters, Chris Lambert who spots for Denny Hamlin and Earl Barban who spots for Jimmie Johnson. Since we have the new gen 6 car I waited until after the Sprint Unlimited for our spotters [...]
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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Atop the Spotter's Stand
by Heather Meyer
As we prepare to start the new season #48 spotter Earl Barban and I would like to welcome Chris Lambert to our weekly spotter’s stand chats. Chris spots for Denny Hamlin in the Sprint Cup and Brian Vickers in Nationwide. The 2013 racing season kicks off this weekend with the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Chris lets [...]
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Saturday, January 5, 2013
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Stephen Cox Articles
by Stephen Cox
On a hot summer afternoon in late August 1966, the telephone on John McComb’s desk rang. On the other end was automotive design engineer Chuck Cantwell of Carroll Shelby’s legendary racing shop, calling with the surprising news that Shelby had a Mustang Group 2 racecar for sale. You might also enjoy…Get Ready to Cheer for [...]
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
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TV Times
by Lou Modestino
The Motor Racing Network (MRN) recently revealed that the NBC Sports Channel, formerly known as Versus, is looking for a piece of NASCAR action to possibly knock out ESPN/ABC for the last third of the NASCAR Sprint Cup races. NBC Sports is also currently out shopping for top TV sports programs beyond the NASCAR Sprint Cup as well. [...]
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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TV Times
by Lou Modestino
The SPEED REPORT on the same-named cable network recently had some interesting coverage of the NASCAR shakedown runs of the new Chevys, Fords and Toyotas as they were held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. We were impressed on how closely the new Cup cars now resemble those that can be found in showrooms today. Also many [...]
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Monday, December 17, 2012
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Press Releases, Sprint Cup
by Webmaster
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – On this episode of “In Depth with Graham Bensinger,” Graham Bensinger sits down with 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Brad Keselowski. During the episode the twenty-eight-year-old recalls growing up in a racing family and blames himself for the failure of the family business, K-Automotive. He discusses his pivotal late season showdown with [...]
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Monday, December 17, 2012
- 645 reads
Stephen Cox Articles
by Stephen Cox
For weeks I’ve been listening to every media pundit and armchair racer debate what Indycar should do next. Their TV ratings are in the tank, they just fired a semi-popular CEO without cause, they literally can’t give away tickets to a short oval race and they’re hemorrhaging cash at an appalling rate. You might also [...]
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Friday, December 14, 2012
- 46 reads
Misc. Columns
by Webmaster
“Where can I explore the full potential of my sports car?” That’s the question that’s been on the lips of automotive enthusiasts for years. And for a long time all you could do with your sports car was experience it under the limitations of public roads. You might also enjoy…Looking in the Rearview Mirror: July [...]
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