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It Always Jason Stathams At Le Mans

Stef Schrader
6/18/16 10:20am
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One can only hope that Audi’s most famous spokesman, the Transporter himself, narrated this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans for the Audi pits as traffic circulated under the safety car this morning. Everything is more fascinating when narrated by Jason Statham: fact.

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Rally Portugal Safety Car Catches Fire On Stage, Left To Burn

Stef Schrader
5/26/15 3:00pm
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The 00 car at a rally has an important function: run the course before the competitors to inspect everything from signage and bannering to whether or not spectators are in the right locations. That is, unless it’s on fire. Then it doesn’t do a very good job of checking anything.

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How Lewis Hamilton Absolutely Blew An Easy Monaco Victory 

Stef Schrader
5/24/15 11:04am
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Everyone figured the Monaco Grand Prix was decided before the race was even halfway over with Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton making short work of increasing the gap on teammate Nico Rosberg. Not so. Here’s how Hamilton lost his first-place finish in one pit stop.

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Let It Be Known That This Is The Safety Car

Raphael Orlove
5/07/15 11:12am
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The lack of jack stands... less so.

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BMW May Have Just Made The Most Sinister-Looking Safety Car Ever

Patrick George
2/13/15 8:26am
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BMW is back again with another safety car for MotoGP, but in 2015, they're unleashing their dark side. Gone is the white livery with tri-color stripes that the past few cars have used. Instead, the new safety car is a BMW M4 Coupe in sinister-looking black.

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"Hit The Pace Car" Is A Real Thing

Stef Schrader
1/01/15 2:54pm
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Just because it's called a "safety car" doesn't mean it's always 100% safe. Any time you stick a slower vehicle out in front of faster-moving traffic, you're going to have trouble if everyone isn't paying attention. Here is a collection of pace car fails from over the years.

How The U.S. Government Killed The Safest Car Ever Built

Justin Hyde
5/27/10 4:15pm
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Thirty-five years ago, the U.S. government built a fleet of cars that were safer than anything on the road. Twenty-five years ago, the government shredded them in secret. Two escaped the crusher. This is their story.

Mercedes SL63 F1 Safety Car and C63 Medical Car Revealed

Wes Siler
3/07/08 1:00pm
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Mercedes has unveiled the official SL63 AMG pace car and C63 wagon medical car for the 2008 Formula One series. The models' first race will be at the Australian GP in Melbourne next week. In addition to copious amounts of safety equipment, the SL63 has received performance upgrades to make it more capable on the track.
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