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Mr. Malcolm Simons, our favorite Service Manager, won at Redline Raceway last Friday.  He’s 8th in the points standing. MODFIED Car # Name Total Points 1 4011 CIMAROLLI 620 2 LX03 JONES 560 3 4106 BOLTON 505 4 400N BOWERS 460 5 QX53 BONER 405 6 LX26 BONER 350 7 RX40 JARVIS 340 8 Z407 SIMONS 315 9 RX81 NICHOLSON 290 10 RX32 WEISENBURG 290 11 HX41 HOWARD 260 12 PX55 PROSEK 240 13 LX41 HOWARD 235 14 RX78 BRACKEY 230 15 488J BOWERS 230   Malcolm has 3 Races left for the season.  The next three Race Days are Friday September 5th, Friday, September 12th, and Friday, September 19th.  He also plans on going to the bracket finals which are hosted on October 2nd though the 5th at Pine Valley Raceway in Lufkin, TX...

  Not many pickup trucks have melted headlights and turn indicators, so I figured it had to be my buddy's Silverado that appeared in a Chevy commercial during the Olympics coverage. Sure enough, there was my pal Firefighter Craig Monahan beside the truck he had driven in from Staten Island on 9/11. One of the two off-duty firefighters with him had leaned out the window, imitating a siren...

                8/ 12/2008, 12:04 a.m. EDT,  By DEE-ANN DURBIN,  The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. is releasing new, more fuel-efficient versions of its full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles later this fall...

Canwest News Service Published Friday August 8th When it was introduced at the North American International auto Show in Detroit in January, the 2009 Corvette ZR1's power was estimated at 100 horsepower for each of its 6.2 litres of displacement. GM Powertrain has completed SAE certification of the ZR1's supercharged LS9 V8 and the results exceed the estimate -- 638 hp and 604 pound-feet of torque. The LS9's output is nearly 103 hp per litre...

    What is it?    2009 Chevrolet Traverse What’s special about it?  Let’s break it down. There’s a new full-size, unibody SUV platform in the house of the General, called the Lambda. GMC got a version, called the Acadia...

    Earlier this week, the 2010 Camaro debuted to great reviews.  Many reporters and consumers expressed their amazement of how true the production model is to the concept.  They were also amazed to learn about the technology, safety and performance features included in the Camaro, the new definition of the 21st Century Sports Car.  Here are some Camaro highlights:  Design    •  Sleek styling with heritage-inspired cues and 10 available exterior colors. •  Detailed interior with excellent attention to detail and available ambient LED lighting technology. • RS Appearance Package available on LT and SS, with HID headlamps that include integrated  “halo ring” feature, spoiler, specific taillamps and 20-inch wheels...

     From nicely equipped entry subcompacts to award-winning midsize sedans and a capable, compact SUV, General Motors offers plenty of choices for consumers who want to wring more miles out of a gallon of gas. Seventeen 2008 GM models — more than any other automaker — achieve EPA fuel economy of 30 miles per gallon or higher.  Chevrolet leads the pack with eight models — including the hot-selling Chevrolet Malibu midsize sedan, the 2008 North American Car of the Year — followed by Saturn with five and Pontiac with four. Topping the mpg performers are the recently released Chevrolet Cobalt XFE (Extended Fuel Economy), equipped with a 2.2L four-cylinder engine and a five- speed manual transmission that deliver 36 mpg and 35 mpg, respectively, on the highway...

There were two auctions this weekend that showed the two extremes of the car hobby. First was the Barrett-Jackson auction from Scottsdale, Arizona. The cars coming across the block there were amazing in their quality and, for some, their price...

It's that week again. That week in January where I plop myself down in front of the tube with an A-Treat soda in one hand, pretzel sticks in the other, and both eyes glued to the Speed Channel for another 40 hours of auction coverage...the Barrett-Jackson auction from Scottsdale. Back in 1990, FNN (the Financial News Network...now CNBC) covered this auction for one Sunday afternoon and it was wonderful...

I saw this billboard for the Chevy Volt at Hollywood & Highland a few weeks ago. I thought it was pretty cool. Related: Some guy from the Midwest was in Hollywood.