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Aiming for Win #5 Muscle Milk Sets the Pace At Mid-Ohio

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On August - 3 - 2012

Muscle Milk Pickett Racing’s try for a fifth straight victory in the American Le Mans Series is off to a good start; driver Lucas Luhr set the fastest time in testing Thursday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – a 1:12.331 (112.383 mph) in the team’s No. 6 Honda Performance Development ARX-03a.

Muscle Milk Pickett Racing topped the time charts Thursday at Mid-Ohio as American Le Mans Series teams gear up for Saturday’s Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge. | Click to Enlarge - 1920×1200

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American Le Mans, Automotive News, Motorsports & Events

Ryan Hunter-Reay Takes Third Straight Win In Toronto

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On July - 9 - 2012

Not even a grind-it-out course with a reputation for devastating cars could slow down Ryan Hunter-Reay, who extended his IndyCar Series win streak to three after taking the checkered flag at the Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday.

While several drivers suffered mechanical or self-inflicted errors, fender-benders and clips were few compared to last year’s Honda Indy, when many complained of reckless driving. “It was a pretty docile Toronto event from my perspective,” Hunter-Reay said. Click to Enlarge – 1920×1200

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Automotive News, Down Shift Features, Indy Car, Motorsports & Events

Driving West Georgia’s Pastoral Backroads – Part 1

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On June - 8 - 2012

As Floridians one of the most simple, cathartic and utterly complete weekend get-aways we are easily afforded, is the exploration of our northern neighbor’s pastoral small towns and blue-highways…

The beautiful pastoral winding roads of rural Georgia offer green landscapes, twisty-highways and most importantly very little traffic to ruin a good time....

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Winding Roads

Foothills Grill (Dahlonega, GA)

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On May - 3 - 2012

Recently while on a 1,100+ mile road-trip designed to put Honda’s 2012 Civic SI to the test we chose to take an unconventional path that wound include both interstates and blue-highways. Winding our way north from the suburbs of Tampa, Florida all the way up to the pastoral woodlands of North Georgia’s Appalachian foothills we were afforded a unique opportunity to enjoy some of the South’s best driving roads, agrarian scenery and small-town eateries.

Simple, delicious and decidedly local the excellently hidden Foothill Grill of Dahlonega, Georgia.

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This Week's Eats

The St. Petersburg Grand Prix’s Other Open Wheels

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On March - 27 - 2012

The 2012 Mazda Road to Indianapolis officially opened this weekend as the USF2000 National Championship, Star Mazda Championship and Indy Lights series took to the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida as part of the IndyCar Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Spencer Pigot swept the USF2000 competition claiming both race wins. (Click to Enlarge - 1920x1200)

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Automotive News, Indy Car, Motorsports & Events

NSX-GT FR Hybrid

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On March - 3 - 2012

Honda was recently spotted at the the Twin Ring Motegi circuit sporting the test car for their 2012 Super GT series that enables teams to equip and use a Hybrid system on race cars…

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Automotive News, Green Scene, Motorsports & Events

2006 HONDA/RAYBRIG GT500 NSX

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On March - 3 - 2012

For use in the Super GT (formerly the JGTC), the NSX has been highly modified with chassis development by Dome and extensive engine development by Mugen.

Honda's breakthrough engineering in the NSX was a major contributor to the design of the McLaren F1... (1920x1200)

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Photo Of the Day

2003 Tanabe-Acura NSX-R

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On February - 27 - 2012

America’s love affair with the NSX has been rekindled courtesy of a Superbowl commercial featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno competing for ownership of the first gen-2 US car. With that fervor for the Japanese mid-engine supercar in mind we gladly kick off our week of featured NSX’s with one of the best the 2003 Tanabe tuned NSX-R.