Stories are told about how drivers change when the helmet goes on, the visor slams shut and the engines roar to life. Some say the "nice guy" demeanor is replaced by a wild, savage creature desperate for success, no matter the consequences.
Next time you find yourself in traffic court, here's an excuse you can try: I can't be prosecuted because traffic laws don't apply to me!
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A horrible thing has happened today in China's Henan Province. A truck loaded to the gills with fireworks—intended for the country's upcoming Lunar New Year celebration—fired off its wares on a busy highway, leading to six minutes of the most brightly lit, celebratory destruction in recent memory.
It's easy to take interstate highways for granted these days. Sometimes we even associating them with traffic, ugly construction, and even lower quality of life. But there was a time when the lack of a freeway system kept people and things from getting where they were supposed to go.
Going blind is a terrible thing for anyone, but especially people who enjoy driving. Former New York governor David Paterson is legally blind, but managed to finagle his way into a 14-lap run at a go kart track in Syracuse, N.Y. last week.
What in most places would be considered outrageous is, in Florida, perfectly normal. That's why it's not terribly surprising that someone took pot shots at a Rolls Royce, and that the car then crashed into a building.
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Firefighting vehicles all seem to follow the same formula: big, red trucks that all looks the same. Jalopnik readers found ten blaze-extinguishing rigs that don't quite fit the mold.
Four years ago, one of my colleagues at the Santa Barbara Independent took the train from Santa Barbara, Calif., to Chicago, and on to Washington, D.C. to watch Barack Obama's first inauguration. It sounded fun. There were lots of people on the train and everyone was excited.
We say that racing is all about cheating, but is it? What if the greatest cheats, weren't even breaking the rules at all?
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It's no secret that President Barack Obama and his Washington, D.C. neighbors are tight. With a population that's more than 50 percent black and a median age of 33, the President's more or less liberal reputation sits cozily within the city's demographics.
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The Dakar has made its way into Chile, proving itself to be as grueling and even as deadly as you'd imagine.
The 2013 Dakar Rally plowed on yesterday, trudging through almost 180 miles of sand dunes. Unsurprisingly, it looked absolutely amazing.
Public records are a funny thing. With just a little time and research you can find out nearly anything you could ever possibly want to know. Sometimes those records will incite anger when published for public viewing.
In the early 2000s, Shane Hmiel was a promising racing driver in some of NASCAR's lower tier racing series. He was a front runner and race winner.
You know what question I get asked most as a racecar driver? No, not, "Do you get scared?" and, amazingly, not even, "How fast does your car go?" The most commonly asked question is, "Why do you have to be fit to drive a racecar? All you do is sit down and turn a wheel?"
The Sultan of Brunei's car collection is one of the most famous — and secretive — in the world. Hundreds of cars are kept squirreled away in a locked garage where they are rarely driven. That means that some of them are decaying while others remain pristine, brand new examples of the rarest cars in the world.
