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While Raikonnen and Grosjean may have come in 6th and 7th overall it was none the less a complete blast seeing Team Lotus hard at work on the amazing Circuit of the Americas track we’ve so adamantly watched be constructed over the course of the last two years. Thanks #USGP

The production Lexus LFA features a new V10 engine and a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) body. CFRP materials account for 65 percent of the LFA’s body composition by mass. The LFA went into production in late 2010, with a projected run of 500 vehicles at the base price of US$375,000. A circuit-tuned variant debuted in 2012 with a base price of US$445,000, making it the most expensive Japanese road car ever built.

Southern California based product model Brooke Thompson has become one of our favorite SEMA “Boot Babes” to photograph and catch up with every year. Beautiful, well spoken and very knowledgeable about the products she is representing, Brooke is one of the best in the industry.

The Z1 Motorsports G35 Coupe and 370Z take to the field together at the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama for the 8th Annual Z Nationals Track Day.

After a leaked image made the rounds on Facebook, Jaguar was eager to unveil its new F-Type sports car at this week’s Paris Motor Show. The F-Type, first announced last April at the New York Auto Show, is a two-seat roadster meant to evoke classic Jags like the E-Type and XK120.

At the end of the 1971 season, John Morton had earned two C Production Championship wins in this #46 BRE 240Z. This photo was taken at Orange County Raceway during a photo-shoot to capture images for the box of a Revel Model which would immortalize the “Champion”.

And then there was banjo…prior to completing their long-overdue follow-up EP, BSM released this heavily lauded, critically praised and banjo-laden cover of MIA’s “Paper Planes.” The result of which has been an organic ground-swell of viral out-reach, that has allowed a new audience to discover the music and style of this New York City based twang-folk duo.

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