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The List #0024: Race in the 24 Hours of LeMons
7. February 2012
Filed under: Motorsports , The List While we've already sent Jessi and Patrick to a professional driving school , there's no way their on-track training could prepare them for the the 24 Hours of LeMons . This relatively recent phenomenon of endurance racing with $500 beater cars has grown into a 20-race season for 2012 that, as the organizers themselves put it , is "Inexplicably Presented by Car and Driver ." It's legit racing with a laugh track, yet requires the same dedication to win, or even finish, as any real racing endeavor. Jessi and Patrick caught up with the 24 Hours of LeMons at Buttonwillow Raceway near Los Angeles, California where we got them rides with a team full of masochists who field only tiny British cars.
Continue reading...Canada’s Shaw creates a Super Bowl commercial, Canadian-style
6. February 2012
Filed under: Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Videos Here's a Super Bowl commercial that most of us probably missed, even those of you who stayed on the couch for all four quarters and didn't even get up during halftime.
Continue reading...Watch the "sheep cyclone" encircle a car
4. February 2012
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Filed under: Videos , Humor The beige blurs in the still above are sheep, and they're apparently very excited about something in that little blue car. Supposedly, a farmer in the Caucasus was just trying to get through a lane, and this, dubbed the "sheep cyclone," is what developed. Follow the jump for the video.
Continue reading...Studebaker Motor Company resuscitated, looking for investors
3. February 2012
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Filed under: Classics , Earnings/Financials The annals of automotive history are filled with nameplates that weren't quite able to survive the boom and bust nature of the business, especially here in the United States.
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7. February 2012
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