2012 Audi A6 Hybrid Driven: Audi Boards the Hybrid Bandwagon

Audi?s satisfying A6 gets hybridized?and somewhat less satisfying. Does driving a hybrid change a person? We’d rather leave that question unanswered, but driving a hybrid does change your driving style. All of a sudden, even the leadfoots around here shift their attention to the energy flow charts blinking in the instrument cluster, we don’t plot [...]

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Plato on top in first practice

Reigning British Touring Car champion Jason Plato topped the first free practice session on the Snetterton 300 circuit this morning. The works Chevrolet Cruze driver was the first driver to break the two-minute barrier on the BTCC's first visit to the new Snetterton layout.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/plato-on-top-in-first-practice/

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DC?s Public Bike Network Goes Bigger and Gets Better With Capital Bikeshare

Nearly three years ago Streetfilms took a day trip to Washington, D.C. to see their new bike-share system, Smart Bike DC, in action. We found the trial system a fun ride with great potential, but with only 120 bikes there wasn’t widespread use. Flash forward to 2011. With more than 1,100 bicycles and 110 stations, D.C.’s [...]

Source: http://www.streetfilms.org/the-phenomenal-success-of-capital-bikeshare/

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Amid Christie and Cuomo Raids, Port Authority Plans Huge Fare and Toll Hike

The Port Authority has planned massive fare and toll hikes for the PATH and its bridges and tunnels, made worse by billions taken from the agency by Governors Christie and Cuomo. Photo: Terraplanner via Flickr. Crossing the Hudson River will get much more expensive under a proposed Port Authority plan to sharply increase tolls and fares [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/08/05/amid-christie-and-cuomo-raids-port-authority-plans-huge-fare-and-toll-hike/

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Toyota Motorsports, 2011 NSCS Good Sam RV Insurance 500 Post-Qualifying Recaps

Toyota Motorsports LogoJOEY LOGANO, No. 20 Home Depot Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Finishing Position: 1st Did you learn anything from Denny Hamlin’s qualifying lap? “I watched it on TV — ESPN has great coverage. I think I saw that in a movie too. I learned a little bit just by watching and obviously talking...more»

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Rankings: Button and Muller on the up

Jenson Button broke back into the Castrol EDGE Rankings top eight courtesy of his perfectly judged victory in changeable weather conditions in Hungary. A run of bad luck - including consecutive retirements at Silverstone and the Nurburgring ? had dropped Button to a two-year low of ninth in the Rankings, but Hungary proved the perfect tonic as Button once again showcased his ability to win in the trickiest of conditions in what was his 200th grand prix start. The win not only reinvigorated Button's challenge in the 2011 championship, but moved him back to eighth ahead of NASCAR's Carl Edwards.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/rankings-button-and-muller-on-the-up/

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Heidfeld uninjured after ?scary? fire

Nick Heidfeld confessed that his fiery escape in the Hungarian Grand Prix was much scarier than the similar incident he suffered in Spain earlier this year.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/heidfeld-uninjured-after-scary-fire/

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