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15/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Cubism // The Start of Something New
Cubism // The Start of Something New   Getting a 'new' car is always an exciting time that, for most of us, doesn't come around too often. When I found out that my time with company lease cars was coming to an end, the search was on for my [...]
14/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Aussie Speed Week // What a trip.
Aussie Speed Week // What a trip.   After 17 hours in the car, 3 hours of that on tricky dirt roads, we somehow made it back home after the epic trip from the salt flats of Lake Gairdner in South Australia. I still have the best part [...]
13/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Doha // The classics...
Doha // The classics...   Picture the scene, it's around 10pm in the local football stadium car park and i'm sitting having tea with around 20 influential Qatari men, all of them with one common passion (apart from their [...]
13/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Lap57 // Chevy V8 Supercars // Bahrain F1 Support
Lap57 // Chevy V8 Supercars // Bahrain F1 Support   The gang from Lap57 are out in the Chevrolet V8 Supercars this weekend in Bahrain supporting the first race of the 2010 F1 Season. We wish the drivers and the team well and will be bringing you [...]
12/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: F1 // 2010 // Let the controversy begin
F1 // 2010 // Let the controversy begin   Welcome back Formula1!! I woke up this morning a happy man and sat in front of my Mac, fired up the little program that makes bbc.co.uk work for me and kicked back. 2010 is going to be the most [...]
12/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Great Roads // Salalah bound
Great Roads // Salalah bound   Truly epic stretches of tarmac are few and far between in this part of the world, there are some - but you have to really look hard for them. We first found the Salalah hairpins during an idle [...]
11/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: crankandpiston // C+P GTi Race car // Update
crankandpiston // C+P GTi Race car // Update   CrankandPiston Racing // Rd5 // UAE Touring Cars from crankandpiston on Vimeo. The Crankandpiston.com Golf GTI had a fine day out on the track during Round 5 of the ever burgeoning UAE Touring Car [...]
 
11/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: crankandpiston // shot of the day // don't trash California
crankandpiston // shot of the day // don't trash California   [...]
11/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Pimp my Ride // Doha style
Pimp my Ride // Doha style   Spotted recently in Doha, the 'must have' accessory for every eco-warrior Segway owner... a Mercedes GL 550??? Leigh [...]
10/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Mercedes 500e // Porsche built // Loon Wagon
Mercedes 500e // Porsche built // Loon Wagon   In the past I'd never really been a big fan of Mercedes. They kinda drifted along in my mind as the big German Stuttgart taxi wagon that I either got collected from Munich Airport in or my mates [...]
10/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Ruf's // 8-cylinder // Porsche 911
Ruf's // 8-cylinder // Porsche 911   The legend that is RUF rocked up to the Geneva Motorshow with news that it is to make its own bespoke V8 engine for the next generation of its 911-based RGT model. The all new in house designed [...]
09/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: crankandpiston // shot of the day // Evil Ben's Yard // Air-Cooled madness
crankandpiston // shot of the day // Evil Ben's Yard // Air-Cooled madness   I feel a million miles away from what makes me tick when I see pictures like this. A country buggy (look it up), type3 notch back (again...look it up) and a Ghia all looking completely awesome on [...]
09/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Exotica London bound // Summer Holidays // Pt1
Exotica London bound // Summer Holidays // Pt1   We brought you a couple of these stories at the back end of the Middle Eastern summer last year and thanks to the skills of Jaime Lipman and the guys at carmiddleeast.com we bring you some more to [...]
07/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: KAMAZ-4326 // David Coulthard // Random Awesomeness
KAMAZ-4326 // David Coulthard // Random Awesomeness   Thanks to jalopnik.com I came across this rather humerous picture of ex F1 Driver and King of the Chin's, David Coulthard ripping it up in a KAMAZ-4326. It must be hard to be a retired Formula One [...]
06/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Qatar International Road Racing Championship // Watch this space...
Qatar International Road Racing Championship // Watch this space...   In that eternal search for anything motorsport related here in Qatar, I came across this small fledgling series that's ran at the local Losail International Circuit. The series is very similar to the [...]
06/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: FIA GT1 Championship // A brief Intro
FIA GT1 Championship // A brief Intro   2010 is the year that GT racing becomes truly global with the launch of the FIA GT1 World Championship. Twelve teams, with a total of twenty four cars representing six brands and driven by forty eight [...]
06/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: crankandpiston // shot of the day // Huge Turbo
crankandpiston // shot of the day // Huge Turbo   There is something oh so right about this picture...The car, the composition and scene and of course that insane looking turbo poking out of the bonnet...I can almost hear the noise it would make. [...]
 
05/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Khaleji Motorsport // Ferrari F430 GTC // Given the nod????
Khaleji Motorsport // Ferrari F430 GTC // Given the nod????   The word on the street and the internet gossip forums is that the awesomely successful and gorgeous Khaleji Motorsport GT2 Ferrari F430 GTC has been given the nod to run in an Invitational Class in [...]
04/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Mercedes 190SL // Old School cool
Mercedes 190SL // Old School cool   Dismissed somewhat at its first showing as a concept at the New York Auto Show in 1954, the Mercedes-Benz 190SL was considered a poor relation to the spectacular 300SL and 300SLR race cars, on which [...]
03/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: UAE National Racing // Touring Cars // Round 5
UAE National Racing // Touring Cars // Round 5   Coming off the last round it looked like things might be starting to get a little predictable on the Touring Car grid - the SEATs of Al Mutawaa, Simmonds and Bin Khader running around in a class of [...]
02/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: crankandpiston // shot of the day // splitting the flock
crankandpiston // shot of the day // splitting the flock   Thanks to Camden Thrasher for this great shot that he dragged out of his archives... Phil camdenthrasher.com [...]
01/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Porsche 918 Spyder // The Future Has Arrived
Porsche 918 Spyder // The Future Has Arrived   I was jumping up and down inside my dressing gown like a blurry eyed school boy when I sat down in front of my pc this morning. To my delight, right there in front of me was this rather special [...]
01/03/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: UAE National Racing // Touring Cars // Rd5 // it is coming
UAE National Racing // Touring Cars // Rd5 // it is coming   Well Rd5 of the super competitive UAE Touring Car Championships has been and gone, yet there is still no sight of the report from the team here at Ranch C+P!!!! Can you believe it??? Believe me it is [...]
28/02/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: crankandpiston // shot of the day // eclectic electric
crankandpiston // shot of the day // eclectic electric   It's super expensive, looks superb, goes like the clappers (0-60 mph (0-97 km/h) in 3.7 seconds), but doesn't make any more noise than the sound of the wind that its carving through. More to come on [...]
27/02/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: Harris Irfan // Drivers Diary // ARM GT3 // Rd5 // Yas Marina
Harris Irfan // Drivers Diary // ARM GT3 // Rd5 // Yas Marina   I can feel it slipping away. It's been weighing on my mind ever since I ran out of fuel whilst in the lead at National Race Day 2. A great start to the season and the promise of more to come, I was [...]
27/02/10 - Crank and Piston
Crank and Piston: MotoGP // 2010 // Sepang // The Final Test
MotoGP // 2010 // Sepang // The Final Test   As promised in my previous coverage three weeks ago, here I am, back at Sepang to witness the final MotoGP test session. Rossi had dominated both official pre-season tests previously, with a best lap [...]
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