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40 Years of Mmmm

In 1972, the Dow Jones closed above 1,000 for the first time, the Olympic Games in Munich were marred by the killings of 11 Israeli athletes, gasoline averaged 55 cents a gallon, Bobby Fischer became the world chess champion and the last U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam. It was also a notable year for German automaker BMW, as that year saw the birth of its famed M division.

Enter the Autoweek Big Game Giveaway!

What better way to spend some holiday free time than flat-out on the virtual limit. We're giving away copies of F1 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Forza Motorsport 4 for Xbox and Dirt 3 for both systems. We also have an Xbox wireless steering wheel bundled with Forza 4, and the grand prize is a Dirt 3-branded Playseat, a Kinect special-edition Xbox 360 250 GB and copies of F1 2011 and Dirt 3.

One Lap of the Web: Bugatti state of mind

-- Last week, we looked at the new Bugatti exhibit at the Mullin Museum, which taught us more about Bugatti in an afternoon than the last three years of idly flipping through Pebble Beach programs. Having thus immersed ourselves in the House That Ettore Built, we'd really like to drive to work in a faithful Type 35 replica by the aptly named Pur Sang, which Mark Dixon of Octane drove for his 140-mile commute. "You need to keep the revs up while the engine clears its throat and warms its plugs," he writes.