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Is NASCAR failing female drivers? Katherine Legge reveals death threats and sexual harassment after crash

The Times of India 25 Apr 2025
... while transitioning from open-wheel and sports car racing to NASCAR’s high-stakes, high-pressure environment.“Being a woman racing in NASCAR… comes with a level of scrutiny and harassment,” she said.
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Andrew Flintoff feels cricket coaching chance ‘saved me’ after Top Gear crash

Yahoo Daily News 24 Apr 2025
The 47-year-old sustained serious facial injuries when a three-wheeled, open-topped car overturned while he was driving it on a runway at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, Top Gear’s regular filming location ... And the wheel came off at the front.
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'Wish I were killed, it would've been much easier': Former England captain Andrew Flintoff couldn't ...

Hindustan Times 24 Apr 2025
Flintoff was driving a Morgan Super 3 three-wheeled sports car when it overturned. The open-topped car is capable of hitting 130 mph (209 km/h) and the cricketer wasn't wearing a helmet when it flipped over.
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Pharmacy student from Holmdel wins prestigious scholarship, aims to fix drug prices

app 21 Apr 2025
After filling the orders, Abuattieh held the exit door open for the gentleman. “When he left, he didn’t have a car — he wheeled himself down the road,” Abuattieh recalled.
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Oscar Piastri wins F1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen fumes | Daily Mail Online

The Daily Mail 20 Apr 2025
'I knew I had enough of my car in front to take the first corner,' Piastri said ... Further back, still on the opening lap, Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly banged wheels and were both out - forcing an early safety car.
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Andrew Flintoff to share ‘vivid’ memories of Top Gear crash

Yahoo Daily News 17 Apr 2025
I remember everything about it … it’s so vivid.” ... Flintoff was left with severe facial injuries and broken ribs after the three-wheel, open-topped car that he was road-testing flipped over and slid along the track ... That’s why I’m doing this now.” ... .
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Classic car buffs in Bohemia: looking cool, driving with caution

Newsday 14 Apr 2025
... Nesconset, recalled on Sunday at a classic car meet in Bohemia, surrounded by dozens of gearheads milling about open-hooded hot rods, muscle cars with shiny chrome wheels and retrofitted convertibles.
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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri surges to dominant victory at Bahrain F1 GP

Yahoo Daily News 13 Apr 2025
“As long as the steering wheel doesn’t fall off,” he observed with no little nonchalance as the transponder on his car also gave up the ghost ... The car was clearly struggling and at one point the DRS ...
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AutoMatters & More: Celebrating 50 years — auto racing returns to the streets of Long Beach

San Diego Union-Tribune 13 Apr 2025
... showcasing five historic race cars spanning the three iconic racing eras – Formula 5000, Formula 1 and IndyCar – representing the evolution of open-wheel racing at North America’s premier street race.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. joins dad, other giants in Daytona-based motorsports hall of fame

The Daytona Beach News Journal 12 Apr 2025
But Daytona being Daytona, and stock-car racing very much part of this hall’s universe, the undeniable headliner of the 2026 class will be Dale Earnhardt Jr ... (motorcycles), Sammy Swindell (open-wheel) and Dave Villwock (powerboats).
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'It just sucks': Car fault costs Lawson, to start 17th at Bahrain Grand Prix

NewstalkZB 12 Apr 2025
Liam Lawson was eliminated in the first qualifying session for Formula One’s Bahrain Grand Prix, and will start 17th on the grid as the last-placed of Red Bull’s four cars ... “I had a wheel spin out of the corner, opened DRS, and then it closed again.
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Grand Prix of Long Beach kicks off Day 2 festivities

LA Daily News 12 Apr 2025
Gates for Day 2 opened at 7.30 a.m ... The first Historic Formula exhibition of the weekend — a tribute to Long Beach’s open-wheel racing heritage — will start at 10.45 a.m.
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Freddie Flintoff shows off his fully healed face as he announces new Disney+ documentary about ...

The Daily Mail 11 Apr 2025
The cricketing legend, 47, crashed in an open-topped three-wheel 130mph Morgan Super 3 car, which had no air bags ... He had been driving in an open-topped three-wheel 130mph Morgan Super 3 car, which had no air bags (pictured).
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Freddie Flintoff's horrific injuries and chilling message to wife as new crash film emerges

Yahoo Daily News 11 Apr 2025
The cricket legend was a presenter on the show and had been driving an open-topped three wheel car around the show's test track at around 130mph as part of an episode segment.
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Thrift store Booth 202 rebranding to 605 Diecast, a place for families to unplug and play

Argus Leader 08 Apr 2025
Die-cast toy cars, according to Whitman, are essentially anything with wheels and made out of metal ... and racing cars on the 22-foot-long, six-lane racetrack and slot car drag strip,” Whitman said.
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