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If you're ever invited to watch the X Games do yourself a favor and skip the events and just watch them on television. If you're ever invited to an X Games party do yourself a favor and suck down a lot of energy drinks so you can enjoy as many of them as possible. More »
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Pikes Peak is one of the most treacherous venues in all of racing — maybe in all of sports — hell, maybe in all of anything. Each year, dozens of hardened teams of racers attempt the seemingly impossible task of assaulting this 14,115-foot mountain and being crowned the fastest man to the top. More »
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Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima's run up Pikes Peak Sunday not only broke the 10-minute mark for the first time, but was his sixth straight overall victory. Maybe you can pick up some tips by riding along from the GoPro on the roof. It will only take 9 minutes, 51.58 seconds. More »
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Like many kids, you may have once imagined that under your bed lived a monster which one day would eat you. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Miata is a monster that lives in the garage, but does its price bite? More »
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We recently had a few moments with the Ford Fiesta set to star in Ken Block's next YouTube gymkhana video. We don't know much about it, but we were able to snap some wallpaper-worthy detail goodness. Enjoy! More »
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Ken Block crashed out of last weekend's World Rally Championship race, bringing an otherwise strong showing to a premature end. We were sad to see him go, but thankfully, YouTube was there to show us how it happened. More »
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Ken Block's Ford Fiesta made its competition debut this weekend at Michigan's Sno*Drift Rally. Block retired early with suspension problems, but his car lived long enough to give the world some wicked video. Special-stage snow hoonage and gallery action below. More »
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Up in Northern Michigan, the rally action is as furious as ever. Join us below for our mega gallery of what can only be described as Michigan's great motorsport secret. More »
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The standard Lada Oka is your typical eastern European econobox; humble transportation that makes a Tata Nano feel macho. But apparently there are some Russians who look at the poor little thing and see the perfect starting point for an all-terrain monster. We have no idea what the thought process was that led up to the creation of such an awesome machine. Given the choice between this and a Jeep or a Hummer, we'd take this every time. Check out the gallery below and see what it originally looked like here. [English Russia] More »
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You know, pictures never really convey the awesomeness of at thing quite like video can. After seeing the "Monster Motorbike" this morning, we felt some intrepid videographer had to have commited video to the web - and they have! Check out this short video of the 25 foot long crushcycle in action at an event in Perth. This is the kind of thing that never ends well. More »
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What's the difference between a Ducati Monster 695 motorcycle and a Fiat Panda? Let's see: they've both got around 70 hp and they're both Italian (Ducati's ownership being back in old-country hands). Other than that, not so much, especially since the Ducati measures its zero-to-60 times in single digits and the Panda in double. The connection is this: Fiat's ready to release a limited number of tricked-out four-wheeled Pandas that are an homage to the two-wheeled Monster. Shown as a concept at last year's Bologna motor show, the Panda Monster will get the same, 70 bhp 1.3 16v Multijet engine as its brethren, but will be tricked out with four-wheel-drive, a black-on-black paint scheme, tinted windows and gold brake calipers. Only 695 of the Pandas will be built, and they'll be sold via an undefined approval process that we hope has nothing to do with the Black Hand (or a sacrifice to the Chimaera). More »
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