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NEWS I OPINION I GOSSIP I STUFF
Mark Rechtin
Reference Mark @markrechtin
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brand-new season of Top Gear America, the
amazing new live-drama NASCAR show All In, and
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buffet of the past 20-plus seasons of the notorious Top
Gear and all the best of shows like Roadkill.
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For those of you living under a rock, MotorTrend got the the real story of influential but failed automakers. We dig
rights to produce Top Gear America, hired actor-slash-real- up unknown details of John Z. DeLorean’s stainless-steel
deal-car-guy Dax Shepard as host, along with comedian machine and Jerry Weigert’s Vector, not to mention the
Rob Corddry and legendary hot shoe Jethro Bovingdon, bizarre tale of The Dale, from our uniquely historical,
to take the series in a whole new direction. We know past cultural, and psychological perspective—warts and all.
iterations of TGA have been, uh, lukewarm. This is a whole In case that’s not enough prurient content, there’s
new deal, starting May 30. And. It. Will. Be. Awesome. AutoBiography Backroads, which tracks down the truth
Lest we forget, we are the only place where you can behind wild automotive urban legends. Teaser: Police
livestream the epic, historic 24 Hours of Le Mans, which find a $500,000 convertible in the middle of a winter
happens the weekend of June 13. snowstorm. The driver has vanished without a trace.
Why wait until spring, though? We just signed a deal What really happened?
with NASCAR to create All In: Battle for Daytona, which Bitchin’ Bootcamp, an offshoot of our acclaimed Bitchin’
profiles the seasonlong chase for the Cup, by going behind Rides, follows eight contestants working on crazily modified
the scenes with drivers Austin Dillon, Corey LaJoie, and cars—with the winner getting a full-time job at the Kindig-it
Tyler Reddick. You know the acclaimed football show Hard Design company featured on the flagship show.
Knocks? Think that, but at 200 mph with hot tempers. Meanwhile, you still get the great shows that viewers have
After Dillon finished second in the Busch clash, come to love, such as the unpredictable Road-
followed by Ryan Newman’s horrific, miraculous kill—where David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan
crash as Denny Hamlin took the checkered flag create rebuilds that have as much chance of self-
at the Daytona 500, there will be tons of fantastic immolating on the way to the
behind-the-scenes footage you won’t want to dragstrip as they do of turning
miss. (See page 12 for more details.) a 10-second quarter mile.
Don’t care for NASCAR, you say? Watch one While not taking those
episode, and you’ll change your tune. And if incredible risks to life and limb,
you do like NASCAR, then check out Blink of an Eye, our Finnegan has launched the offshoot Faster
exclusive documentary about two-time Daytona 500 With Finnegan—where Mike finds some of
winner Michael Waltrip and his star-crossed friendship the worst junkers in the world and, with
with legendary driver Dale Earnhardt. two nights of wrenching,
And that’s just the start. Among the cool tries to beat modern-era
new shows coming this year: cars on the track.
Ever wonder what it’s like to drive the most And that’s just the start.
extreme vehicles ever built? In Dream Jobs, There’s more cool stuff
Le Mans LMP2 driver and six-time Olympian coming in the second half of the year, which Faster With
Chris Hoy puts you in the passenger seat as I can’t tell you about yet. Finnegan,
an offshoot
he drives everything from rallycross racers There are two ways you can subscribe: of Roadkill,
to monster trucks (see page 26). make an annual payment, which comes out pits slapdash
rebuilds versus
Wonder what really happened to all the to $1.99/month, or a $4.99/month plan that
modern-era
automotive entrepreneurs who flew too close you can cancel anytime. metal.
to the sun? Delusions of Horsepower will tell Did I mention there’s no advertising? Q
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