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Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s New Mustang RTR

Maryland native and professional drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. has a new car for the 2013 Formula Drift season. JR’s 2014 Ford Mustang RTR is now sponsored by Nitto Tire (a change this year from Falken tire – his previous sponsor) among other big names such as Monster Energy, Ford, K&N Filters, and Magnaflow. Read More

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Woman ticketed for driving 2mph under speed limit

An anonymous Maryland woman received a ticket on I95 for doing 63 miles per hour in a 65-mph zone. Police say the reason they ticketed her was that she was driving in the left lane reserved for speedier commuters. I always believed that the left lane was universally known to be the “fast lane” (but not “legally” so)… but... Read More

Pepsi MAX & Jeff Gordon Present: “Test Drive”

Jeff Gordon and Pepsi MAX go to a car dealership where a disguised Jeff Gordon takes an “unsuspecting” car salesman on the test drive of his life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5mHPo2yDG8

Lamborghini Aventador Limo Rendering

The first ever stretch Lamborghini Aventador limo is here, and it’s being brought to you by Cars For Stars, the UK’s leading luxury car rental company. The ground-breaking conceptual design is being released in the form of a highly-impressive, rendered, state-of-the-art video which shows every aspect of this stunning design in all its glory and... Read More

F-150 SVT Raptor at the Nurburgring

Tanner Foust rips a SVT Raptor around the world-famous Nurburgring in Germany. It’s a vehicle that you wouldn’t expect to see very often in Europe – much less on the infamous track that’s usually home to testing exotic sports cars. Discuss this on the forums! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuwcMyVNjt0

March 8, 2013

Ferrari LaFerrari

LaFerrari, the new limited-edition special series car from the Prancing Horse, has been unveiled at the Geneva International Motor Show 2013. The HY-KERS system and a carbon-fibre chassis are just two of the innovations sported by the new arrival.

February 25, 2013

Bahraini Teen Road Block

According to the post on LiveLeak.com: “A very common occurrence of few youths setting fires to tires causing road blocks. Police usually arrive 5-30 minutes to the scene to put the fire out. The youths claim its peaceful protesting while road users claim it’s a menace. It’s worth reporting that such acts occur only in... Read More

Repeal of Death Penalty in Maryland

Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill to abolish Maryland’s death penalty cleared a tall hurdle Thursday evening as a key Senate committee approved the measure for the first time and sent it to the full chamber for a vote next week. What do you think? Weigh in over in the forum!

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February 10, 2013

Harlem Shake At A Car Meet

Let me get you up to speed if you’ve been away from the internet for a few days. There’s a viral video dance craze going around. The premise is a single person is dancing the “harlem shake” (a dance that originated in 1981) to the song by Baauer – which actually came out a few months... Read More