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LVMS set to host Pro Stock contest

Jeg Coughlin Jr. won’t have to rely on slipping into a bobsled to satiate his need for speed this weekend.

Redesigned Z packs punch

Proof of a sports car’s validity is sometimes seen when its successor is highly refined as opposed to heavily made over.

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Baldwin heads field in Laughlin

Laughlin is a short drive from B.J. Baldwin’s home in Las Vegas, but the 29-year-old has traveled many miles of dusty, rock-strewn roads to reach the pinnacle of off-road racing.

Buzz builds for ’09 season

Listen and you can hear the building rumble of high-horsepower engines.

Hemi-powered Chryslers ruled 1960s

If there was a Hemi-powered Chrysler on the drag strip in the mid-to-late 1960s, you had better pray to the heavens that you wouldn’t have to square off against it at the starting line.

Detroit Auto Show stays positive in tough times

With the eyes of a nation on the auto industry, the North American International Auto Show (Jan. 17-25) in Detroit is an indicator of what’s to come.

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SPRINT CUP

Drag racing season to open at LVMS

Las Vegas Motor Speedway opens the drag-racing season this weekend with its annual Blast-Off Testing session.

Porsche refits Boxster

Incremental gain is what Porsche is all about.

Briggs Cunningham paved way for Cobra

In 1962, Carroll Shelby envisioned building a lightweight roadster with a powerful American V-8 under the hood. That vision became the Cobra sports car.

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