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Porsche GT3 R Hybrid Coming to Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta

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Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Racecar will run at the American Le Mans Series finale, “Petit Le Mans,” Oct. 2, 2010 at Road Atlanta.

Come October 2, at Road Atlanta, we get the opportunity to see the GT3 R Hybrid in action for the first time on American soil!  Making her appearance at the season finale of the American Le Mans Series ‘Petit Le Mans’. The race will run more than 1000 miles or 10 hours at most. Although the Porsche will not be eligible for points, due to hybrid technology not being recognized by current CT regulations, it will have the opportunity to stretch it’s legs and show us some amazing technology!

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Gearing up for EuroRennen 2009

EuroRennen 2009

European car enthusiasts up and down the east coast are excited about the upcoming show EuroRennen 2009!

EuroRennen is an all European Car Show and Motorsport Event open to all European makes and models who wish to enter. Only minutes from the famous North Carolina beaches, EuroRennen will be taking place at Coastal Plains Raceway on Saturday June 20th, 2009.

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Jon Balch’s R32 Jetta Wagon ???

You read right! It takes a rare breed to take a perfectly working car and chop it up for a project. Jon Balch did exactly that. Jon took his MKIV Volkswagen Jetta Wagon and went to work striping her down to her shell. In store to replace all he took out… the vital workings of an 04 Volkswagen R32!

What makes this story so unique is that, Jon is no godly mechanic. Jon is a regular guy with a decent working mechanical knowledge. He doesn’t have years of experience as a mechanic, he hasn’t ripped apart vws and put them back together. Jon did one thing, that has commonly been the difference between success and failure on a project. He researched… and he did lots of it.

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