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Last year, I chronicled my attempt to climb the ladder to success in Champ Car racing ["

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May 2004]. It was the often painful but great fun account of a season in the Skip Barber Racing School’s Midwest Championship, written by a guy who was seriously underfunded but eternally optimistic about, no kidding, becoming a race-car driver.

This year, I moved up another rung to Barber’s National Championship, a 14-race pro series for up-and-comers in open-wheel, Indy-style cars. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s the color of money. It’s the color of freshness. It’s the color of aphrodisiac M&M’s. But in the car world, green represents anything but allure, the inverse of interesting, the exact opposite of envy. No, when it comes to cars, “green” has always represented pragmatism, conservation, environmentalism. The color of life deserves better, we think.

Then again, green is also symbolic of virility and growth, so it is fitting that we now witness the green-car market exploding like a tomato garden on a Miracle-Gro drip. Read the rest of this entry »

:: When purchasing a new car you want to make sure you buy one that will long outlive its repair costs. With so many cars to choose from it’s easy to get swept up into the looks and style of a car, rather than considering what’s practical and most cost effective. Before starting your new car search you want research the most reliable cars and then pick style options from there. Below are some cars that have been noted for their extreme endurance on the road:

Subaru Wagons: The standard all-wheel drive on these cars helps get owners through tough weather conditions. Read the rest of this entry »

Four different flavors of Kizashi will be served up at the show. With Suzuki spreading its striking

series out over the past two years, we’re guessing at least a few custom tuning shops have been waiting to get their hands on a production version in order to add their own styling and flair. We just wish they’d given the same attention to the photography as they did the cars.

Road Race Motorsport’s Platinum Edition Kizashi Road Race Motorsport’s exterior modifications, while bold, are the most tasteful of those made to these four

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