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Honda offers up good Insight (KING5 Seattle)
Everything about the Honda Insight EX recalls the best of this brand's mottos: "Honda, we make it simple." Honda's newest hybrid..

Bentleys fastest and most powerful production car ever priced . - Motor Authority
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'Great Day' For Rahal At St. Petersburg! Takes Season Opening IndyCar Pole
Newman/Haas/Lanigan IndyCar driver Graham Rahal takes Pole at the 2009 IRL IndyCar season opener at St...

in Brief
Gary Player is calling it a career at Augusta National after his 52nd Masters appearance this week...

Plott Scores a Weekend Double at Texas Motor Speedway
Georgian Invades the Lone Star State on Cup Weekend and Dominates the Action CONCORD , NC - " Kyle Plott doesn't do the "Texas Two Step," but he certainly knows how to dance around the competition in Legends Car racing in the "Lonestar State." The 13-year-old Georgia native made the 13-hour trek to the Texas Motor Speedway with his family this past ...

Not just for rev-heads
The whole family can capture the spirit and excitement of the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in the school holidays...

New rules for gambling suppliers
Kansas regulators are making it easier for casinos to get slot machines and other gambling equipment...

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Posted By toninoname 2 hours, 29 minutes ago in Sports > Carrera's new digital 132 line which refers to the scale of the cars included...

Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Mouse Review
Microsoft was an early player in PC gaming, both in software and hardware, and lately they're trying to reassert themselves in the genre by offering up some interesting gaming devices...

Vettel 'unhappy' with penalty
Seb Vettel is lamenting his Australian GP penalty, which will cost him ten places on Sunday's Malaysia grid for what he believes was a "racing incident." Vettel was involved in a penultimate lap crash with Robert Kubica while the two were fighting over second place in Melbourne...

Philly casinos fight returns to Harrisburg (Delaware County Times)
HARRISBURG, Pa. EUR Even as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved a small slot-machine casino in Montgomery County, the agency's chaotic public meeting Wednesday signaled that the fight over the construction of two other casinos in Philadelphia has landed back in their lap...

SC: Tigerflow Racing Ennis summary (Motorsport.com)
Ennis, Texas -- With extreme weather changes being forecast in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex area of Texas, the opening race of the South Central Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series this past weekend was condensed to a two day event...

Philly casinos fight returns to state capital - Forbes
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Bands of brothers built up Detroit car industry -- Part II (Detroit News)
Whether Frank or Charles Duryea was the main cog in the development of the first gas-powered car in America, one thing is certain: Automakers who followed owed a debt to both brothers...

Viva bikes! (The Natal Witness Group)
With international mountain bikers flooding into the city this week, as well as the economic and environmental crises dominating most conversations, it seems a particularly apt moment to give very serious attention to the humble bicycle, probably the most efficient and environmentally-friendly form of transportation ever invented...

#39;Great Day#39; For Rahal At St. Petersburg! Takes Season Opening . - PaddockTalk
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PR-Ascs, a Hot Score for Skip Wilson in Inaugural Ascs Lone Star Event
Author Topic: PR-ASCS, A HOT Score for Skip Wilson in Inaugural ASCS Lone Star Event! A HOT Score for Skip Wilson in Inaugural ASCS Lone Star Event! Lonnie Wheatley, WACO, Texas - Skip Wilson inked his name into the record books as the first American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region feature winner by topping the series' inaugural 25-lap main ...

Malaysia 2009: The Grid
With qualifying completed, we now have the completed grid for tomorrow's Malaysian Grand Prix...

NHRA: Bob Bode gets his day in the sun at Las Vegas
Bob Bode has drag raced for nine years, but until Friday night at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway he'd never had a reason to visit the media center...

Car Racing Expansion (WIFR Rockford)
Expanding your business right now is probably the last thing companies are thinking about as they weather this shaky economy. But a local car racing enthusiast isn't letting that slow him down...

The Reel Life - Casino City Times
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Plott Scores a Weekend Double at Texas Motor Speedway - WhoWon.com
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Automakers Unveil More Economical, Fuel-Efficient Models at New . - FOXNews
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Dowty Slot Car Racing 2009 Update
2009 updates are now available, including results from all the latest races (1/32 scale, 1/24 scale and the Cotswold Challenge - race against Swindon's bslot car racing/b club). For more information about Dowty Slot Car Racing Club and b./b..

St. Petersburg: Duncan Tappy IRL Indy Lights Weekend Recap
Duncan Tappya s weekend in Florida didna t bring the results that everyone hoped for...

Sunday Team Quotes
Lewis Hamilton : "It was a very tough call because you could only see the clouds, and then some parts of the track were wetter than others so it was hard to commit...

DVR Viewers Bypassing 10 pm Slots, Research Shows - Wall Street Journal
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Hamilton: Most dangerous conditions I've raced in
Lewis Hamilton has described conditions in the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang as 'impossible' and 'the most dangerous' in which he has ever competed - " as the reigning Formula 1 World Champion admitted that he was relieved simply to keep his McLaren-Mercedes on the circuit and open his 2009 account...

Philly casinos fight returns to state capital (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Even as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved a small slot-machine casino in suburban Philadelphia, the agency's chaotic public meeting Wednesday signaled that the fight over the construction of two other casinos in Philadelphia has landed back in their lap...

im Economy Brings Changes to Fair (The Livermore Independent)
The Alameda County Fair will be going through some changes this year that have been brought about by the poorer economy. Among the changes are a Wednesday opening on July 1, closures on the two Mondays in its run, and an increase of racing dates above last year...

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Battle over Philly casinos back in Harrisburg (The Morning Call)
During raucous meeting, gaming board OKs small slots parlor in Montco. Even as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved a small slot-machine casino in Montgomery County, the agency's chaotic public meeting on Wednesday signaled that the fight over the construction of two other casinos in Philadelphia has landed back in their lap...

Slot-car enthusiasts come to town
By Kevin Eckleberry Sports Editor Instead of the giant roar of an explosive engine, these cars produce a small, tiny noise, kind of like a super-sized mosquito...

Bands of brothers built up Detroit car industry -- Part II - The Detroit News
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Bands of brothers built up Detroit car industry -- Part II
Whether Frank or Charles Duryea was the main cog in the development of the first gas-powered car in America, one thing is certain: Automakers who followed owed a debt to both brothers...

Casinos cut the price of playing to keep gamblers coming
Apr. 4--Up until a few months ago, the minimum blackjack table at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls had been $10. Now, Western New York's biggest casino advertises that $5 blackjack tables are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week...

im Economy Brings Changes to Fair
The Alameda County Fair will be going through some changes this year that have been brought about by the poorer economy...

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Battle over Philly casinos back in Harrisburg
Even as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved a small slot-machine casino in Montgomery County , the agency's chaotic public meeting on Wednesday signaled that the fight over the construction of two other casinos in Philadelphia has landed back in their lap...

Media Matters: What were the odds? - Radioactive Drag Racing News
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Philly casinos fight returns to Harrisburg
Even as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved a small slot-machine casino in suburban Philadelphia, the agency's chaotic public meeting Wednesday signaled that the fight over the construction of two other casinos in Philadelphia has landed back in their lap...

Lone Star Park Hopes To Add Slot Machines (KERA North Texas)
The horses are off & running tomorrow at Grand Prairie's Lone Star Park season opener. With the track's parent company under bankruptcy protection, Lone Star is betting on a bottom line boost by adding slot machines. That's if legislators and voters ok the move. KERA's Bill Zeeble has more..

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