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In those days, Bruce’s vision was shared by fewer than half a dozen loyal souls, who slogged across the world to race his self-made cars. Nowadays, the McLaren Group employs more than 2000 people, all of whom still share Bruce’s ideals of combining sportsmanship with solid engineering practice and cutting-edge technical expertise. Full story

SEMA VEHICLE DEBUT: LINE-X® PROTECTIVE COATINGS AND WEST COAST CUSTOMS® UNVEIL UNIQUE LINE-X CAMARO FOR 2012 SEMA SHOW LINE-X Protective Coatings, the nation’s leading developer and provider of high performance protective coatings, will feature a surprising vehicle unveiling in their 2012 Specialty Equipment Market Association Show booth #34135 today, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, at 3:00 p.m., in collaboration with the world famous design team ... Full story

SO-CAL SPEED SHOP & CHAMPIONS MOTO UNVEIL 625HP “COYOTE” ROADSTER IN FORD BOOTH AT SEMA To Celebrate 80th anniversary of the ’32 Ford Roadster, the SO-CAL Speed Shop and clothing/motorcycle brand Champions Moto debut Ford-powered hot rod with ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons and SO-CAL’s own Alex Xydias and Jimmy Shine With 2012 marking the 80th anniversary of the 1932 Ford, the legendary SO-CAL Speed Shop debuted ... Full story

Justin Pawlak Wins the Tires.com Triple Crown Long Beach, Calif. – October 26, 2012 – Justin Pawlak in the Falken Tire Ford Mustang is the winner of the Tires.com Triple Crown bonus prize taking home $10,000 and a 51-30 Nixon watch. Pawlak finished fourth in the overall 2012 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship standings. "This was an exciting Tires.com Triple Crown chase. We could not believe ... Full story

Daigo Saito is Victorious at Round 7: Title Fight and is Crowned the 2012 Formula DRIFT Champion Long Beach, Calif. – October 13, 2012 – Formula DRIFT returned to Irwindale Speedway for the 2012 season finale. Daigo Saito in the Achilles Tire / Bridges Racing Lexus SC430 takes the event victory and wins the 2012 Formula DRIFT Championship. Round 7: Title Fight at Irwindale Speedway ... Full story

First road-going Juke-R ready for delivery Gets new look and more power than original Juke-R concept Will star alongside Juke NISMO in Gameloft Asphalt 7: Heatmobile game The first production Juke-R is ready for delivery to its lucky owner - and Nissan’s wildest crossover is also making its debut in the virtual world. Following phenomenal interest, the Juke-R has made the leap from one-off concept to road car. And ... Full story

Jonathan Rea set the fifth fastest time in this afternoon’s opening qualifying session at Magny-Cours in France for the last two World Superbike races of 2012 on Sunday afternoon. Carrying a new, one-off livery to highlight the unveiling of the 2013 CBR1000RR Fireblade last Tuesday, Rea was fastest in the first free practice session this morning. However, provisional pole position was taken by Tom Sykes who ... Full story

Superchips’ ECU remap gains 41 bhp and 70 Nm of torque for Volkswagen Golf Mk6 models using the 105 PS, 1.6 TDi engine Backed up by Superchips’ industry-leading warranty Buckingham, United Kingdom, 5th October 2012 Superchips Ltd, the world leader in high performance vehicle ECU remapping, has been enhancing Volkswagen turbodiesel powerplants since 1994. During this time the Buckingham based firm has developed an impressive portfolio of performance ... Full story

Counting Cars (AKA Counts Customs) I have been writing more about TV shows lately than I have about cars, comps and shops. Danny (AKA The Count) was introduced to most of us from another reality series Pawn Stars. Rick from the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop calls him in as the local expert to advise him when he has a question about the profitability of a ... Full story

SHANE GRAY, NTB/SERVICE CENTRAL PONTIAC GXP FINAL RACE REPORT – AAA TEXAS NHRA FALL NATIONALS TEXAS MOTORPLEX, ENNIS, TEXAS SEPT. 20-23, 2012 NTB Service Central driver Shane Gray misses the field in Dallas but sees the silver lining Service Central Racing Pro Stock driver Shane Gray is leaving Texas Motorplex earlier than planned, but what was gained over the course of the abbreviated weekend at the AAA Texas ... Full story