NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson Rebounds at Dover with Impressive Win
The leading rebounder in the Cup Series solidified his status in Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway.
Review: 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder … “Fellas, this gets the ladies excited!” – Funk Flex
“More for Less.” It’s the call to prayer of every car salesman to ever don a plaid jacket. Guys with sturdy names like Wally and Chuck would stop dead in their tracks and tell Porsche “Pal, this Boxster Spyder thing, you’re all upside-down.” You see, with the 2011 Boxster Spyder, Porsche has inverted the polarity on “more for less.” You pay more but get less. The Boxster Spyder has a high-performance mission: It’s a race car that doesn’t need a trailer. Porsche undertook a lightening program that started with a Boxster S and stripped a slew of equipment, lowered the suspension 3/4 of an inch and substituted aluminum for steel where possible in the body. One-hundred seventy-six pounds later, you’ve got a Boxster Spyder; lighter, lower, sharper. Has it worked for Porsche to go the Lotus route of obsessive weight reduction? Find out after the jump.
Bowyer Snaps 88-Race Drought in Chase Opener … “Bowyer is not one of my favorites but congrats!” – Funk Flex
Clint Bowyer’s No. 33 Chevrolet spun in a cloud of smoke as Bowyer celebrated victory in Sunday’s Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In the same frame, Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Chevy coasted slowly across the finish line, out of fuel and out of the running for a race win that had seemed a distinct possibility barely more than a lap earlier. More after the jump…
