2011 BMW X3 xDrive35i ? Short Take Road Test

BMW?s X3 crossover grows up and gets its turbo on. Introduced seven years ago, the original 3-series?based BMW X3 was getting old. In spite of a mid-cycle refresh for 2007, in our last comparison test of small luxury crossovers, we called it ?a five-year-old BMW on stilts,? and poked fun at its tight back seat, dated [...] Related posts:
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2010 Team Reviews: Penske Racing Perseveres as Lone Dodge Team

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When Ryan Newman took the checkered flag in the 2008 Daytona 500, Penske Racing, his team at the time, got its first win in NASCAR's biggest race. Now team owner and motorsports mogul Roger Penske is in the market for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

In that regard, Penske looked to be in terrible position before the start of last season after it became the lone team operating under the Dodge banner. Penske made the best of the situation and, in fact, may have gained from the undivided attention his operation received from Dodge.

The team's driving leader, former champion Kurt Busch, made a small push by securing another berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, while Brad Keselowski often struggled in his first season as a full-time driver in the Cup Series. The team's other driver, Sam Hornish Jr., may see his ride disappear in NASCAR's top division after yet another disappointing season in his three-year career.

11th - Kurt Busch [2 wins, 9 Top-5s, 17 Top-10s, 2 DNFs, 15.3 Avg. Finish]

It took just four races in the 2010 season for Kurt Busch to lay claim to his first win of the year, taking the checkered flag at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March. The win -- which featured Busch scraping the wall several times -- seemed to galvanize Busch's chance of being a real championship contender.

 

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Eighteen Sprint Cup Teams Set for Tire Test at Repaved Daytona

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The fresh asphalt laid at NASCAR's Mecca -- all 50,000 tons of it -- will get its first big workout next week.

At least 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers are scheduled to test the new surface of the high banks of the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway Dec. 15 and 16 as part of a Goodyear tire test, the track said Wednesday.

It will mark the first time NASCAR drivers will have driven on a new surface at the Florida superspeedway since the last time it was repaved in 1978.

"This place is going to have a totally new look to the drivers and the teams," two-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart said in October. "We're going to fill every square inch of the race track because the surface is so even now."

Goodyear will utilize the test to develop appropriate tire compounds for the preseason Sprint Cup Series test to be held in the middle of January.

The track was faced with repaving after a pot hole opened up in turn two during this year's Daytona 500, forcing substantial, hours-long delays to the race. Essentially, the force of the cars began to tear an ever-widening gouge into the typically smooth surface.

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/12/08/eighteen-sprint-cup-teams-set-for-tire-test-at-repaved-daytona/

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Brawn sure Schumacher will improve

Ross Brawn is convinced Michael Schumacher will show a big improvement in form in 2011 - judging by the progress the seven-time champion made at the end of last year. Schumacher's return to F1 in 2010 did not live up to its pre-season hype, as he failed to finish on the podium and was beaten regularly by team-mate Nico Rosberg

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Historic ?Checkered Flag Run? will Help Celebrate Black History Month at Phoenix International Raceway

First-of-its-kind event to culminate with escorted motorcycle run to NASCAR race Phoenix International Raceway(PHOENIX, Ariz.) ? To celebrate Black History Month this February, Phoenix International Raceway ? in conjunction with Talking Stick Resort and Casino and the Second II None Phoenix Motorcycle Club ? are hosting a historic ?Checkered Flag Run.? The Run, a first-of-its-kind...more»

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T.A.?s Jammy Jam 2011: Your Community Board Needs You

Even if city transportation staff, empirical data and public opinion are all pointing in the same direction, livable streets projects are notoriously prone to snags at the community board level. When, for example, a neighborhood where 75 percent of residents don’t own cars can muster only a 55 percent vote in support of safer walking [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/01/06/t-a-s-jammy-jam-2011-your-community-board-needs-you/

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Cuomo Touts Smart Growth Grants But Stays Mum on MTA Funding

Smart growth grants, framed as a green jobs program, made it into the governor's State of the State slideshow. If his State of the State address yesterday offers any indication, transportation policy isn’t going to be a top-tier priority for Andrew Cuomo. He didn’t mention pressing issues like the MTA’s looming deficits or the state’s crumbling [...]

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You Tell Us the Motorsports Story of 2010

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Thanks to history-making performances and an abundance of audacious racing, motor racing provided the entire sports world with some of the most compelling stories of the year.

Perhaps we should have seen it coming. The surreal pothole misadventure in the season-opening Daytona 500 may have been a sign this would be a year like no other.

Whether a highlight reel of great efforts or one of great feuds grabbed your attention, FanHouse wants you, the fans, to pick the motorsports story of the year, and I have spotlighted a few of the plenty to chose from.

Jimmie Johnson's unprecedented fifth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title is Hall of Fame worthy and will likely never be equaled, nor will 60-year-old drag racing icon John Force's amazing 15th championship run in NHRA Funny Car drag racing, coming as it did three years after a death-defying crash.

Chip Ganassi became the first team owner in history to win the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 in the same year and threw in victories in NASCAR's Brickyard 400 Indianapolis race, the IZOD IndyCar Series championship and the Grand-Am sports car title for good measure. NASCAR's favorite bad boy Kyle Busch good-naturedly endured the boos and jeers en route to victory circle after victory circle, racking up a record 24 wins in three national divisions.

Team Penske driver Will Power returned from a broken back in 2009 with a series-best five wins and eight poles in the IZOD IndyCar Series, only to have rival Dario Franchitti dramatically grab the championship in the final race -- the second straight year Franchitti trailed entering the last race and took the trophy home.

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/12/30/you-tell-us-the-motorsports-story-of-2010/

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