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MotoIQ Radio: L-Con, BorgWarner, John Naderi and Tyler McQuarrie
By Will Cannady
In the episode on 11/16/11 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we will be action packed with 4 guests, Louie Contreras from L-Con, Two reps from BorgWarner, John Naderi and Tyler McQuarrie.
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Global Time Attack - 2011 Season Finale at Infineon Raceway - Nov 11-12, 2011
by David Karey
Track and class records are set at the GTA season finale at Infineon Raceway. Teams brought out some of the quickest time attack cars and drivers in North America, with hopes of setting new track and class records.
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Super Lap Battles Finals 2011 - FXMD NSX & Tyler McQuarrie Break Overall Time Attack Record
By Laura Heng
For many of the top time attack teams the wait for November's Super Lap Battle is a lot like waiting for Christmas to arrive. Early in the year the teams set their sights on a target lap time to beat and have all year long to develop and fine tune their race cars to hit those targets. Super Lap Battle (SLB) is an invite only event and by tradition the event is held the first Wed after SEMA in November. November also happens to feature weather that is just about perfect for record breaking. This year was no exception and we saw more than a few high profile time attack records fall.
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Sim-Speeding: MotoIQ Reviews Forza Motosport 4
By Justin Banner
Forza Motorsport has been the staple of XBOX racing games since its inception in 2005. Now up to the fourth installment, Forza Motorsport 4 is the latest version, but is it the greatest version? Well, someone from Turn 10 decided it would be best for a guy who covers Formula Drift to try and find out. Wait, what?
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By Mike Kojima
What would you think of a clean green car with the fuel efficiency of a hybrid, the performance of a relatively peppy gasoline engine and without the lifecycle costs to the environment of its battery pack? The car would be cheap to operate and relatively exciting to drive. Would you buy one if you could? If this sounds like you next car purchase, this technology is coming just around the corner in the form of Mazda’s new diesel technology called Skyactiv D.
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VIDEO: Tyler McQuarrie record lap in the FXMD NSX at Buttonwillow
MotoIQ Staff Report
Catch a ride with our hero, Tyler "Good Quality Gasket" McQuarrie as he sets the North American Time Attack lap record at Buttonwillow configuration 13 Counterclockwise at Super Lap Battle in the FXMD NSX.
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VIDEO: Chevy Camaro ZL1 Phase Three: 24-hour Track Endurance
Industry Press Release
The Camaro ZL1 makes 24 hours of cumulative, rigorous testing look like pie. Watch as engineers put it through the gauntlet for showroom-to-track readiness at the Milford Proving Grounds in Milford, Michigan.
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Driver Profile: Emme Hall
By Amanda Martin
Get to know Emme Hall, driver of the #549 Hall Ass Racing Class 5 unlimited VW Baja Bug.
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TurnInConcepts' X-Brace - The Return of Awesome!
Industry Press Release
The folks at TiC are proud to announce that after a long absence from the market they will be bringing back the CarLab Development X-Brace. Those of you that were around a few years ago may recall this part for the 02-07 Subaru Impreza, but for those of you who were not - come take a look at what it does.
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Tested: Fluke Thermal Imager
By Khiem Dinh
Heat, it's a quantity we have to deal with in motorsports yet we often don't have a clear picture of it. Thermal management is critical to performance and reliability of any race vehicle; everything from brake fluid temperatures, to rear differential temperatures, to making sure hot parts in the engine bay don’t melt other components. One tool that can be used in product development and race track setup is a thermal imager. I had access to a Fluke Ti32 thermal imager and put it to use.
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It's another international show this week. This time Tech House & Speed is concentrating on international rallying and rallycross. We go from Australia to Wales with a couple stops in between in Norway and Holland. It's another example of the web's only topical weekly webcast with international sports car content including rally, drifting and time attack. And each week we bring you nothing but Winners, Champions and Legends.
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Dai Does it Again! Dai Yoshihara and Mike Bonanni Win MPTCC TU and TO Championships at North American Festival of Speed
MotoIQ Staff Report
Fresh off his 2011 Formula Drift Championship, Dai Yoshihara proved that he can drive grip as well as he can drift by clinching the MotoIQ Pacific Tuner Car Championship TU class at the first inaugural North American Festival of Speed at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend. Dai drove Team MotoIQ’s iconic Dog Car Nissan Sentra SE to one victory in the weekend double header after not finishing his first race due to a collision with the Acura TSX of APD Racing’s Brian Smith. The win gave Dai enough points to put a lock on the TU championship.
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by Sarah Forst
Vegas revved up for another exciting SEMA convention and it seems like the auto industry is taking off again. This year, ten of us MotoIQ editors hit the show like a piston slapping a valve; of course, we only damaged our livers…
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MotoIQ Radio: Sikky MFG and Aurimas "Odi" Bakchis
By Will Cannady
In the episode on 11/09/11 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, we are going to talk with one of the companies putting out V8 swap kits as well as an SRS2K kit which we will cover. We also have Aurimas "Odi" Bakchis, a drifter rocking a LS powered 240 giving us the low down on the pros and cons of the swap as it relates to drifting.
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