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2010 Team Reviews: Stewart-Haas Racing Steps Back

Filed under: Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Sprint Cup, Stewart-Haas Racing, NASCAR

Not everyone doubted Tony Stewart when he announced his departure from Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008 to form his own Sprint Cup team, Stewart-Haas Racing.

But he will certainly note, as will anyone else around at that point, that so many people from so many corners of NASCAR thought the two-time champion was committing career suicide.

Instead, 2009 proved to be about as far from the gloomy predictions as possible when both Stewart and teammate Ryan Newman qualified for NASCAR's championship battle. Their campaigns in the 2009 Chase to the Sprint Cup were to little avail, but seemed to paint a soon-to-be-dominant future for the race team.

Comparatively, 2010 was a step back for the SHR team -- back to about the level most thought Stewart would be competing at by now.

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/01/19/2010-team-reviews-stewart-haas-racing-steps-back/

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Nissan Leaf wins European Car of the Year award

Beating out competitors such as the Alfa Romeo Giulietta and Opel Meriva, the Leaf was praised as a revolutionary vehicle which showcases the future of automotive transportation.

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Jake Weimer Injured Before Start of the 2011 Supercross Season

The 2011 Supercross season is still 10 days from the opening race in Anaheim, but it claimed it's first victim today. The 2010 West Supercross Lites Champion, Jake Weimer, broke his arm while practicing for the opener. He will undergo surgery later today to repair the break. No timetable has been established for his return and discussions on a replacement rider have yet to be held. Stay tuned to Supercross.com for the latest information on Weimer's injury and all other Supercross news.

Source: http://www.supercross.com/news/jake-weimer-injured-before-start-of-the-2011-supercross-season

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Daimler paying all 260,000 employees a 125th anniversary bonus

Filed under: Mercedes-Benz

January 29 is a big date in the history of Daimler. On that fateful day back in 1886, Carl Benz filed his patent for the world's first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine. Thus, January 29 a date worth celebrating, and Daimler management seems to agree.

The Detroit News reports that Daimler will pay out 125 million euros ($170 million in United States currency) in bonus money to the company's 260,000 employees. Split evenly, our math tells us that workers stand to gain about €480 (about $659) each, provided that the employee has been with the company for at least one year. Other reports, however, have stated that each person's bonus could be as high as €1,000, or about $1,360 based on current exchange rates.

Regardless of the exact dollar figure, Daimler workers will indeed be happy to receive an extra bonus this year. What's more, Daimler has reportedly worked out a deal with its employee council to shell out 3,125 euros ($4,315 USD) in bonus money for a successful 2010, so this year's bonus earnings could be even higher.

[Source: The Detroit News | Image: Torsten Silz/AFP/Getty Images]

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Aston Martin Rapide True Power film Part III [video]

Third installment in online series advances the plot then it doesn't as the Aston Martin Rapide winds its way through the Portuguese countryside.

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Richard Childress Reflects on Dale Earnhardt, Predicts an RCR Title

Filed under: Daytona Int'l Speedway, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Richard Childress Racing, NASCAR

WELCOME, N.C. -- Richard Childress knew the questions were coming. But that didn't make it any easier.

On Feb. 18, it will have been 10 years since his best friend, seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, was killed in the last corner of the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.

Earnhardt drove Childress' black No. 3 Chevy to six of his titles and most of his glory. But more than that, the two were like brothers -- best friends, hunting buddies, business partners.

So even before the NASCAR media descended upon the Richard Childress Racing headquarters about an hour north of Charlotte on this rainy, cold Tuesday afternoon, Childress had prepared himself for the inevitable questions as the sport solemnly marks 10 years since it lost its greatest star and Childress lost his greatest friend.

"I'm not dreading it, so to speak, but I know there's going to be a lot of questions that I know deserve answers and some of the answers I'm the only person that can give,'' Childress said during a nearly hour-long interview on NASCAR's annual preseason media tour.

"It (the accident) almost seems like yesterday because you're always still remembering and thinking of what's happened since that time. Ten years, it just doesn't seem like it.''

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/01/25/richard-childress-reflects-on-dale-earnhardt-and-predicts-an-rcr/

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