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Radical Winter Cup. Silver Lining For 2012/2013
At a time when Middle East motorsport fans are wondering what the new season has in store, you’d be forgiven for thinking…
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WEC 2012. Round 4, Silverstone. Sealing The Deal
Well, that didn’t take very long. Four events in to an eight-race championship and Audi have already secured the inaugural World Endurance…
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Formula Drift 2012. Preview, The Road To Vegas
The clock is ticking… …but there’s still so many things to consider ahead of the Las Vegas round of the 2012 Formula…
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Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Dropping It…Literally
Jeremy Foley’s monumental barrel roll at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is already the stuff of legend. Coming into a…
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Lotus Festival 2012. Past Meets Present
2012. A Formula One Lotus thunders into turn one, the lead to his fellow Renault-powered counterpart sizeable and commanding, and the rest…
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Hassemer Racing. MotoX. On-board, Up High
Moto X: fast, furious, technical. And bloody scary! We’ve had opportunities to drive and ride some of the most desirable – and…
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Rally Raid. A Close Shave
This Mitsubishi will surely end up in the trees. The driver may only have overcooked it slightly, but that’s all that’s needed…
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Rush. Hunt vs. Lauda: Just Picture It…
When the autobiographical movie Senna was released last year, each member at crankandpiston went to see it. Then we went to see…
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McLaren Can-Am Edition. A 12C For The Track You Can Buy
The ‘ultimate track car’ is the holy grail of the automotive world: getting the balance between performance, experience and usability is a…
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Red Bull X-Fighters. Pazzles, Munich Sparkles
With a dazzling performance that had a frenzied crowd in Munich’s Olympic Stadium on its feet, France’s Thomas Pages beat defending Red…
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Racing with the fastest man on Earth. Chris Harris on Cars
The fastest Formula 1 drivers will get their machines to speeds above 320kph. Top fuel dragster pilots will top 500kph. But Andy Green?…
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ALMS 2012. Round 6, Road America. Preview
Already the 2012 American Le Mans Series season has taken its fans and competitors to some of America’s most iconic race circuits,…