What?s so Odd about Oddbins?

Oddbins is in trouble, and it needs a new lease of life, and probably a new investor, to survive, but brands CAN survive repeated near-death experiences if they have something to live for. Newspapers and the wine media are full of doom and gloom stories about the future of Oddbins, once the UK’s coolest wine [...]

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Mugen Building One-Off Higher-Performance Honda CR-Z

Renowned Japanese tuner Mugen has announced plans to develop a higher-performance version of the Honda CR-Z hybrid. The one-off?which Mugen says is not intended for production?will make its public debut this July at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. The company says it will upgrade the 122-hp, 1.5-liter gasoline engine and the car?s [...]

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2011 NNS Scotts EZ Seed 300 Starting Lineup

2011 NNS No. 6 Blackwell Angus Ford (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCARRicky Stenhouse Jr., with a qualifying lap speed of 126.071 mph, captured the NNS Scotts EZ Seed 300 Coors Light Pole Award at Bristol Motor Speedway. This was Stenhouse’s first series pole of the 2011 season, his second...more»

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Latvala keen for better Portugal form

Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala is aiming to stay out of trouble on next week's Rally of Portugal as the Finn aims to end his difficult run on the Faro-based event. The 25-year-old has crashed his Ford out of the rally for the last two years, with his 2009 accident reckoned to be one of the biggest in the sport, when he destroyed his Focus by rolling 17 times down a mountainside.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/latvala-keen-for-better-portugal-form/

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Wine research through a distorted lens

Last week, an organisation called Wine Intelligence put out a press release concerning the apparent lack of trust consumers had in wine bloggers. I can only imagine it was intended to bait bloggers and commentators into some sort of argument to create headlines. Ryan Opaz and I talked about it and found there were simply too [...]

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Dominant Stoner ?not at the limit yet?

Dominant Qatar practice pacesetter Casey Stoner says he has not yet approached the limit of the 2011 Honda. The Australian has been quickest in all three practice sessions at Losail, and every day of winter testing saw a works-spec Honda fastest.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/dominant-stoner-not-at-the-limit-yet/

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