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• Videos: Why you should love the European Hill Climb Championship

  Banovsky on October 19, 2009

  A few spare hours here and there will uncover some amazing things. I knew the European Hill Climb Championship existed, but haven't seen it on TV or in person. What to do? YouTube.

  

  Let's catch some air, shall we?

  Thanks to hillclimbfans.com for capturing these great videos. Without further adieu, click through for a few videos of this amazing form of motorsports.

  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under Event, Video, Feature, Europe, motorsport, Original

• Learning that puts gravel between your teeth

  Banovsky on June 19, 2009

  We think that, sometimes, our Northern friends get to have all the fun.

  

  [Photo: Warwick Patterson]

  Mitsubishi Canada and ACP Racing have teamed with the University of Windsor to provide engineering students with a unique learning experience.

  Over the next two years, students will work with ACP Racing to "design and develop a variety of improved components for Lancer Evolution rally cars. The team will assist the program in testing and data acquisition, installing the components on their own Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution rally car and putting them through their paces in a real race environment."

  Mitsubishi Canada president Koji Soga says that the company is, "delighted to make a difference when money is often a barrier to learning."

  Amen to that.

  And for you American engineering students: Windsor is but five minutes from downtown Detroit, Michigan.

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  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under News, Mitsubishi, Motorsport, rally, fun, motorsport, Canada, school, Andrew Comrie-Picard

• How much did this car sell for at auction this weekend?

  Banovsky on May 18, 2009

  $12.2 million USD. It's a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, of which 22 were made. [via]

  

  "Testa Rossa" means "Red Head" in Italian, because the valve covers were painted red.

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  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under Event, News, Classic, Auction, Europe, Sports car, Misc, Ferrari, Motorsport, motorsport