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One Lap of the Web: Indy 500 memories

-- In 1995, Jacques Villeneuve won the 79th Indy 500 and went on to the CART Championship. Viewers who tuned into ABC and saw the introduction to its Indy 500 broadcast, a five-minute rundown the entire history of American motorsport, were hyped up beyond belief to watch some cool-as-hell racing. Nineteen years later, the video can still get race fans PUMPED UP.

Video: Autoweek thrashes the 2011 Porsche GT2 RS

Join Autoweek senior editor for motorsports Mac Morrison and road test editor Jonathan Wong as they put the 2011 Porsche GT2 RS through the paces at GingerMan Raceway in southwest Michigan. They take a closer look at what makes the car so special, and they get behind the wheel to find out for themselves. We'll bring you the GT2 RS VBox lap later this week, and stay tuned for Lexus LFA track action coming soon.

Lotus revamps 2007 MG TF

By Phil McNamara Motor Industry 24 July 2006 06:11 The MG TF will be reborn at Longbridge in 2007 - and the roadster has been overhauled by the ride and handling experts at Lotus. Nanjing Automotive Corporation, the Chinese company that bought the assets of the bankrupt MG Rover in 2005, has lifted the lid on its plans. Assembly of up to 15,000 TFs annually will begin in the first half of next year, at the mothballed West Midlands plant.