Tag: NASCAR
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Shortened Volkswagen Bug, Whale Isuzu, Gyrocopter: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Photo: Facebook Marketplace This is an entirely normal Grand Prix GT from the year of our lord 2001. Yeah, like the space odyssey. It has a side-3xit exhaust, massive Goodyear Eagle tires, a full roll cage, and two seats — just like every other Grand Prix. I swear, mister DMV employee sir, this is the…
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NASCAR Truck Racer Who Works As A Server At Outback Steakhouse Gets Outback Steakhouse Sponsorship
Photo: Stephen Mallozzi Racing driver Stephen Mallozzi has recently come on the media scene as one of the most interesting stories in racing. While he started racing in karts as a nine-year-old, and at one point was racing— albeit on a much smaller budget — against the likes of Formula 1 driver Nicholas Latifi, he…
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When Darlington Was Making A Legend
Darlington Raceway hosted the Southern 500 on Sunday, the Labor Day weekend NASCAR race as it’s been since 2015, and for decades before that starting in 1950 as the first 500-mile NASCAR race. These days, Darlington is treated with respect even if it is a little past its old glory days, when it became part…
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Las Vegas Is More Of A Motorsport City Than You’d Expect
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been skeptical about Formula 1’s upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix, but as the race itself approaches and after a high-energy 30-hour trip to Vegas to check out all things F1, I have to say: I’ve changed my mind. About some things, at least. Broadway Star Wendell Pierce…
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Formula 1’s Permanent Las Vegas Grand Prix Paddock Is Not Named After Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock
Formula 1‘s Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend will be kicking off in under 80 days, and work in the city is in full swing, with roads being repaved and a permanent 300,000 square-foot paddock building being erected to house year-round F1-related activations. There’s one big problem, though: The locals think F1 has named that permanent…