Welcome to this weeks edition of the Monday Morning Rundown. I don’t want to bore you with my small talk so we will just get into the ‘meat’ of today’s post:
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Just when you thought Tanner Foust was done with drifting, Formula D went and tricked everyone. With cars still in the Middle East after last months UAE Invitational at Yas Marina Circuit, Formula D has arranged for another Middle East date in Qatar. Foust will take part in the Formula D ‘Global Challenge’ which will take place this Friday at the Qatar Racing club in Doha. DODOlogic will once again provide the live stream of the event.
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The first round of the 2011 XDC Series is in the book and this is what the top 3 Looked like:
- 1. Chelsea DeNofa
2. Odi Bakchis
3. George Marstanovic
Canada’s Dave Briggs qualified 2nd but couldn’t make the podium.
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Pictures are showing up on the net of the damage at Ebisu Circuit after last weeks earthquake. Pretty crazy stuff. Check out Wrecked Magazine for some of the most recent :
http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/2011/03/11/more-ebisu-circuit-post-earthquakes-images/
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If you haven’t already, please make sure you check out Drift Union’s Night Moves Video that is making it’s way around the net like wildfire.
http://driftunion.com/blog/?page_id=1863
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It looks like Volkswagen is ready to make their entry into the WRC formal sometime in the next couple of weeks. The car that VW would be campaigning is the always cute Polo. With the pending announcement of their WRC program, we now have to wait and see if those crazy rumours that VW has NASCAR intentions are true.
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Travis Pastrana had quite the weekend a couple of weeks ago. First a NASCAR K&N Series race that he crashed twice in and then his huge crash six turns into the 100 Acre Woods Rally. Check out the video for the weekend recap:
24 Hours of Demolition with Travis Pastrana from Alpinestars USA on Vimeo.
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McLaren is getting back into GT racing with the GT3 version of its MP4-12C. Video has surfaced of early testing of this extremely sexy looking car:
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Last week Mazda announced that they were recalling a large Number of Mazda 6’s because there is a potential of spiders making a home in the evap equipment of the fuel system. To make things even more weird PETA has requested that affected Mazda owners donate their car to PETA so they can free the spiders and keep your car.
Time for me to have my Eggs and Sausage. Have a good day.