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Penske Truck Leasing Orders 100 Compressed Natural Gas Tractors
June 2013 New Car Sales Expected to Be Up Nearly Eight Percent  
Supreme Court sides with ethanol in renewable fuel debate 
FedEx Adds 1,900 New Lightweight, Fuel Efficient Vehicles to Fleet
Americans Favor Additional Funding for Transportation - Under Certain Conditions 
Class 8 Net Orders Rise 29% y/y in May Says ACT Research

FleetNewsDaily.com 

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Optima Battery Faceoff Challenge completed at Road America, winner Bret Voelkel with Factory Five '33 Ford, and 4 invitations announced for Optima Street Car Invitational in November the day after SEMA

above photo of the 2400 pound, 630 Hp '33 Ford made by Factory Five, owned by the Ride Tech owner, from my coverage of this springs race in Irvine, full gallery at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-variety-of-cars-at-2013-run-to-cost.html

2400 pounds, 630 Hp

1933 Factory Five Ford (Above),
 1964 Chevy Corvette,
2013 Nissan GTR, (in the middle photo below)
1963 Pontiac Tempest (Shown Below)
 and 1981 Pontiac Trans Am
won entries to the 2013 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational

Full gallery at http://bangshift.com/gallery/optima-faceoff-at-road-america-2013.html?pid=150440 who covers cool races like this

Think about watching the kick ass cars live, it's possible, and you can bet the best race will be the Optima Street Car Invitational in November just outside Las Vegas on the Saturday after SEMA

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we know that some dogs chase motorcycles, and now a wolf has decided to join the hunt

a guy was giving his new bike a test ride, when a wolf came out of the forest and chased him
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2013/06/12/calgary-wolf-banff-motorcycle-ob.html via http://themotolady.com/page/2

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Bob Lutz has a new book coming out this week

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Rodders Journal is having a "buy one get one free" subscription deal until Fathers Day

http://www.roddersjournal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=18&products_id=233&utm_source=TRJ+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=ba74993684-Buy_One_Get_One_5_29_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_016fd74f35-ba74993684-85734653

seriously, this is the coolest hot rodding magazine I've ever come across, and I've been paying the regular price for years... this deal is for $49 dollars for 2 years... and it's a quarterly issue magazine. Comes in a sturdy cardboard envelope that the post office hasn't screwed up yet. 

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Honda is giving back to their car and SUV owners on Monday, a free tank of gas if you are north of San Diego but in Southern California. San Diego gets no love again!

Here are the cities :
 Van Nuys, Encino, Pasadena, North Hollywood, Whittier, Gardena, Lawndale,
 Torrance, Rancho Santa Margarita, Mission Viejo, Hemet, Temecula, Moreno Valley, Riverside, Thousand Oaks, Santa Clarita, Pacoima, Downey, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Westminster, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Ontario, Upland, Fontana and Victorville.

·        How many gallons per vehicle?
 However many it takes to fill up a tank.

·        Are there any limits to this deal? Any Honda? How about a Honda
towing or carrying a Honda... Will both the car or truck and the atv/orv or
motorcycle get  gassed up?

 Any Honda vehicle (not Acura for clarification) being driven (not towed or
 carried). And while we would not turn away a Honda motorcycle the event is
really meant for Honda drivers.



this is a facebook and twitter promotion, so if you are into those websites, and drive a Honda, and live in So Cal but not San Diego, you might be in luck. 

There will only be one team per location, and I wasn't informed how many teams per city, probably only one, as they are going to 27 cities. But NOT San Diego. I don't drive a Honda, but I think it sucks that this is the 7th largest city in America and is avoided by events and concerts.

SCHDA will be providing live updates on their Twitter handle the day of the event. @helpfulhonda: https://twitter.com/HelpfulHonda . 

 get real time updates on where the Street Teams are giving away free gas, Facebook.com/SoCalHondaDealers
Twitter.com/HelpfulHonda

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