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Mini JCW essentials: Only die-hards need apply; Jaguar XJ says goodbye, for now; SPOILERS: Racing action from Detroit, Pocono, Chicago and more!

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Monday, June 03, 2019
Car Reviews

Mini Cooper JCW Hardtop essentials: One for the superfans

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Car News

Goodbye Jaguar XJ, hello Jaguar XJ EV

The Jaguar XJ sedan, the company’s flagship, will cease to exist in its current form 10 years after its launch, according to reports and subsequently confirmed. It was the oldest car in Jag’s lineup, but it did have a certain charm.

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Classic Cars

Our six favorite Toyotas from Toyotafest 2019

Toyotas are not boring! For proof, look no further than Toyotafest, the big celebration of all things Toyota put on every year for the past 24 years by the Toyota Owners and Restorers’ Club in Long Beach, Calif.

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Car Life

'Ford v Ferrari' trailer: Maybe Hollywood got racing right this time

A big-budget movie on the rivalry between Ford and Ferrari at Le Mans 53 years ago is set for release in November, and the publicity for it has begun in earnest with the release of a movie trailer.

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Classic Ads

1966: Tom McCahill prefers the Jeep Wagoneer to 130 mph Fancy Dan

The SJ Jeep Wagoneer stayed in production for an eternity in automotive years: 1962 through 1991, built by Willys, Kaiser Jeep, American Motors and Chrysler during that period. The idea of a big boxy truck as everyday, non-rural transportation seemed novel in 1966, so Kaiser Jeep Corporation hired noted automotive journalist Tom McCahill to pitch the Wagoneer as the vehicle he'd choose to drive out of the $50,000 (about $400,000 in 2019 dollars) in loaned automotive inventory sitting in his yard.

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Classic Cars

Street-Spotted: MG ZT-T

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Podcast

The ‘Autoweek Podcast’ Ep. 59: Detroit GP special with Rick Mears, Johnny O’Connell, Jordan Taylor, Graham Rahal, Jack Hawksworth and Ed Jones interviewed

On this star-studded episode of the “Autoweek Podcast,” host Rory Carroll is joined by the usual Autoweek co-hosts and no shortage of guests. On this episode, you’ll hear legends like Rick Mears and Johnny O’Connell talk about their history with Detroit.

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IndyCar

IndyCar Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix race 1 results: Josef Newgarden capitalizes on timely pit stop

A timely pit stop catapulted Josef Newgarden to victory in the rain-shortened opener of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Saturday.

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IndyCar

IndyCar Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix race 2 results: Scott Dixon stages royal rebound

On the same day he was bestowed an honor by her majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Scott Dixon wrote another chapter in his royal Indy car history.

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IndyCar

Roger that! Team Penske scores IndyCar, IMSA Weathertech sweep Saturday on Belle Isle

You can't stop Roger Penske -- you can only hope to contain him. And, in Detroit, perhaps not even. 

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IMSA

Acura Team Penske's Juan Pablo Montoya, Dane Cameron take IMSA WeatherTech DPi win in Detroit

Juan Pablo Montoya and Dane Cameron, co-drivers of the No. 6 Acura Team Penske ARX-05 DPi, accomplished something in Saturday’s Chevrolet Sports Car Classic that never has been done since IMSA began racing on Detroit’s Belle Isle Park.

 

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Car News

Opinion: Live streaming is the best of times for racing fans

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

NASCAR Pocono Cup race results: Kyle Busch dominates for win

Kyle Busch didn’t suck Sunday.

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

Martin Truex Jr. goes from NASCAR hero to zero at Pocono

Martin Truex Jr. came to Pocono as last week’s winner and was tied with Kyle Busch for three wins on the season. 

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Formula One

Flavio Briatore hopes Fernando Alonso does not return to IndyCar, Indy 500 ... with McLaren, anyway

Flavio Briatore, longtime Formula 1 influencer who is credited for discovering Fernando Alonso, hopes that Alonso does not return to the Indy 500 with McLaren.
 

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

NASCAR’s Austin Dillon ‘disappointed’ with former teammate at Pocono

Austin Dillon didn’t really get a chance to show what he had Sunday at Pocono Raceway.

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NASCAR Xfinity

NASCAR Xfinity Pocono race results: Cole Custer wins with last-lap pass

Cole Custer led 59 laps from the pole. At one point in Saturday’s Pocono Green 250, he held a lead of more than 13 seconds, but it took a pass through the final corner in overtime for the driver of the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to win his third NASCAR Xfinity Series race of the season.

 

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NHRA

NHRA Route 66 Nationals: Sunday results, updated standings

Tommy Johnson Jr. piloted his Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car to victory for his first win since the Auto Club NHRA Finals in 2017 in an explosive final round at the 22nd annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway.

 

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NHRA

Video: Leah Pritchett escapes injury as NHRA Top Fuel dragster blows tire at Chicagoland

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IMSA

AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus takes second consecutive IMSA GTD win

Don’t look now but AIM Vasser Sullivan is getting comfortable atop the IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup standings.

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World Endurance Championship

Toyota leads test day for WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans

Toyota dominated the official test day ahead of this month's WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Japanese manufacturer's TS050 HYBRIDs finished one-two in each of the pair of four-hour sessions and ended up nearly two seconds clear of their nearest rival.

 

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Baja

Andy McMillin makes it two in a row with victory in the Baja 500

Andy McMillin makes it two in a row with victory in the Baja 500 as the third-generation racer lead from pole and never gave up the lead in 487 miles

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Racing

Tony Ave wins Trans Am Series Motor City Dash

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World Endurance Championship

WRC Rally Portugal results: Ott Tänak takes second consecutive win

Ott Tänak withstood intense pressure to claim his second consecutive FIA World Rally Championship victory in an action-packed finale in Portugal Sunday afternoon.

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