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Watching racer Marco Simoncelli crash on a Malaysian track, lose his helmet, get struck and suffer ultimately fatal head, neck and chest trauma isn't easy to watch. But, it happened, so you can do so if you so choose. More »
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It took a lot of time and effort to build this 2000-foot long Hot Wheels track—From The Marbles says that's equivalent to 24 miles in big people land—with only a three-minute video payoff. We say it was absolutely worth it. We found ourselves unaccountably rooting for the little plastic car, especially during the heart-stopping moment at 1:32 when it nearly jumps the track. Go little car, go! More »
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The Windsor Mall in Hong Kong gives us a preview of what life will be like if there's no football on Sundays. Like our Chinese friends, we will take to the malls and race our babies. Says our tipster: More »
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Plans for the 2012 American Grand Prix to be held at a new racetrack in Austin, are coming to fruition, with the track under construction and a date of June 17, 2012 circled on the F1 calendar. More »
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Co.Design takes a look at the Audi commercial featuring Scottish driver Allan McNish, who explains the toll the 24 hour Le Mans race — which is the "equivalent of an entire Formula One season — takes on his body. Woozy motion graphics ahead. [Co.Design] More »
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We don't usually lead with NASCAR. But then, NASCAR races of 500 miles aren't usually decided by two thousandths of a second. More »
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This young man is Igor Walilko, a 13-year-old national junior champion driver from Poland and owner of a flashy, hilariously translated official website. In June 2010, Walilko tested positive for a banned substance called nikethamide after competing in an international kart race in Germany. He was 12 years old at the time. More »
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Helio Castroneves won the pole for next Sunday's Indy 500. But the real story out of qualifying yesterday was Danica getting lustily booed by the crowd. Let's posit some explanations. More »
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Racing fans may be wondering what's up with their favorite tweaked out NASCAR family, but sadly the trial of the century between Jeremy Mayfield and his drug-testing bosses has been called off due to crazy things like "the law." More »
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Unpredictable terrain. Wild weather. Nothing can break the singular focus of the rally car driver. Except, evidently, one random fellow at the side of the road with his pants around his ankles. More »
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NASCAR's Jeremy Mayfield is being sued by his stepmother, Lisa, for "slanderous, false and defamatory statements" she says he made about her. You mean the murdering whore thing? Wait ... you were upset about? More »
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Then again, Dale Earnhardt's accident at Daytona looked pretty vanilla. Felipe Massa's condition continues to improve after a head injury threatened his life. [OSG Sports] More »
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As noted last night, NASCAR says that Jeremy Mayfield failed another drug test, but he has fired back with even more outrageous countercharges—like implying NASCAR's chairman is on drugs and flat-out accusing his stepmother of murdering his father. More »
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British Formula 1 driver Jenson Button was so excited to win the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, that he couldn't wait until after meeting with the media to start the celebration. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5194294&view=rss&microfeed=true This really stretches the definition of a "sports" video, but when you get a load of some of these insane domino contraptions you realize that it takes more physical dexterity and coordination to set these babies up than it does to play poker. (Or be an NFL punter.) Plus, Domino Day is broadcast live in eight countries and 85 million people watched it last year, so it's at least as popular as TV bowling. And where else can you get the answer to one of life's greatest unanswered mysteries—can a man outrun falling dominoes over 30 meters? More »
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When you see a headline like "Belgium Man Breaks Blind Speed World Record" you can't just simply ignore it and go about your business like nothing happened. The Belgium in question, a Mr. Luc Costermans, topped out at 308.78 km/h - or 192 mph in American - while driving his Lamborghini Gallardo at an airstrip in France. Costermans broke his previous record of by about 40 km/h, which seems like a large amount even without doing the conversion to mph, which we're way too tired to do. More »
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We interrupt today's basketball coverage to tell you about Bill Lester, the first black man to qualify for a NASCAR race in 20 years. He'll be in the field for today's prestigious Golden Corral 500, which is underway as we speak. More »
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In the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally, an Australian motorcyclist named Andy Caldecott died in a crash. More »
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Hey wait, a wedding, and we weren't invited? It seems that elfin Indy driver Danica Patrick went and got married over the weekend, right under our noses, and we're just now hearing about it. And the staffers at Star call themselves journalists ... More »
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