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First Two ‘Vettes Removed from Corvette Museum Sinkhole and One Still Runs! See Which One

The legendary prototype 2009 Corvette ZR1, also known as “Blue Devil,” became the first Corvette removed from the National Corvette Museum sinkhole—and it fired right up! According to the museum’s website, crowds of construction personnel, media, museum visitors, and staff cheered as the first lost Corvette emerged from the depths of the sinkhole this morning at approximately

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Video: Jeff Gordon and PepsiMAX Do it Again

Revenge is a dish best served on video. PepsiMAX teamed up with NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon about a year ago to film a funny prank video where Gordon, posing as a car shopper, took a car salesman on a wild ride with in-car cameras showing a frightened guy who didn’t know what was happening. We

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Video: Hennessey Venom GT Hits 270 MPH Mark on NASA Runway!

  The battle between the Hennessey Venom GT and Bugatti Veyron continues! Hennessey fired the latest salvo by making a 270.49 mile-per-hour pass on a Kennedy Space Center runway. The 3.22-mile pass bested the Veyron’s fastest speed by .063 miles-per-hour. That’s fast enough to impress everyone—everyone except the folks at NASA, that is. NASA officials wouldn’t let the Hennessey make a return

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“Big Daddy” Don Garlits Goes Electric in Quest for 200 MPH Pass!

[portfolio_slideshow id=28574] Racing legend “Big Daddy” Don Garlits officially began his latest quest for another racing milestone at the 2013 SEMA Show in Las Vegas last November. That’s where his latest dragster, the SR-37 “Quest for 200 MPH of Batteries” made its debut. Garlits, along with SR-37 co-owners Brad Hadman and Mike Gerry, are pushing to break

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Winter Games (Event #7) Biathlon – Best All-Purpose Vehicle

Before we wrap up the wildly popular OnAllCylinders Winter Games with our closing ceremonies, we’re proud to bring you the biathlon. It totally makes sense. It combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting, which makes almost as much sense as doing a Winter Olympics spin-off about cars and trucks. But the spirit of the competition isn’t

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Kodewa Unveils the Lotus C-01 Motorcycle

Despite its recent troubles, Lotus has made its initial foray into the motorcycle market—sort of. Although the newly unveiled Lotus C-01 motorcycle bears the Lotus name, it was actually built by Kodewa, the German company that built the Lotus Le Mans car. Outside of lending its brand name to the new superbike, Lotus has had

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Winter Games (Event #6): Bobsled – Best 2-Seaters

Remember when the Jamaican bobsled team made its debut at the 1988 Winter Games? The team took the Winter Games by storm, because they were lovable underdogs and represented a tropical nation in a winter sport. Up to that point, Jamaicans fit in at the Winter Games like Miley Cyrus at a Billy Graham Crusade. People were captivated. The point is

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