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German premier automotive maker BMW continues to maintain its hold as the top selling luxury auto brand in the world. Battling with archrival Mercedes-Benz year in and year out for the highest laurels, BMW continues to constantly tweak its existing line and add new vehicles to its line in a bid to stimulate and strengthen customer interest. One area where BMW has found much of its recent success is with its race car inspired line of vehicles, the M Series. Since 1979 various Motorsports [M} tags have been affixed to vehicles that have been developed by the BMW Motorsports division, including the BMW M3 a car based on BMW’s popular 3 Series. Today, BMW engineers are hard at work on developing an all new BMW M3 and, if all of the auto buzz is correct, very few cars will be able to keep up with this 400 hp road commander. Please keep reading for a closer look at the all new, soon to be released, BMW M3.

A pitched battle in autodom continues to gather force pitting German automaker against German automaker. Legendary Mercedes-Benz is taking on heralded BMW for the right to call themselves the top selling luxury brand in the world. For years, the honor belonged exclusively to Mercedes-Benz, but a recent stumble on Mercedes’ part coupled with a surge of new products from BMW has placed BMW in first place. Not far behind the two is Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, but for now the battle remains a fight between these two German automakers.

For luxury car enthusiasts, the BMW-Mercedes rivalry has been a win-win battle as both automakers have been pouring engineering funds into their vehicles. Neither automaker is resting on their past achievements; instead both are pressing forward to add the latest safety features including Mercedes’ Night Vision Assist and BMW’s impact absorbing bumpers which absorb stronger impacts without damaging the vehicle’s main body. Safety is one of the chief concerns for consumers when selecting a particular luxury brand according to all of the leading automotive industry surveys.

For BMW, its latest automotive project has been a closely guarded secret until very recently. Camouflaged spy shots of the all new BMW M3 have been circulating on the internet for some time now but only since June has a pre-production version of a fully unclothed BMW M3 been spotted. It was seen navigating the twisting roads of Southern California according to The Car Connection, the vehicle information and shopping site.

For BMW enthusiasts, news of a BMW M3 pre-production sighting means one thing: BMW will soon announce the date in 2007 when its latest M Series car will be available in dealer showrooms.

Right now, the current BMW M3 is still based on the fourth generation 3 Series which was replaced in 2006. The new BMW M3 will be based on the latest generation body frame and feature some notable improvements over the previous BMW M3 model including:

A larger, more potent V8 engine with an output of 400 horses. Currently, the BMW M3 features an inline six engine with a 333 horsepower output. The new model is expected to rocket from start to 60 in under 5 seconds, topping out at 155 mph.

A six or possibly seven speed manual transmission.

A longer wheelbase for better weight distribution.

Styling cues from the BMW M3 will find its way to the new model from front wing vents to twin exit exhausts along with the ubiquitous M series recognized emblems.

For Mercedes enthusiasts they can point to the soon to be released 2007 C Class, which is the direct competitor for the BMW 3 Series, as evidence that DaimlerChrysler will not let BMW out of its crosshairs anytime soon. A new AMG version of the C Class will follow, ratcheting up what is certain to a pitched battle to be enjoyed by compact luxury car devotees worldwide.

To help realize our hidden desires and long-cherished wishes, Race Car Driving Schools exist. Danger and immense pleasure, juxtaposed together, make up race car driving. Therefore, to drive a race car or to race, we have to attend a proper Race Car Driving School.

Many schools provide excellent Race Car Driving lessons to novices or even experienced drivers. Schools can be divided into several types, such as drag Racing Schools, NASCAR Racing Schools, kart Racing School, GT Racing Schools, and many more. Teaching comprises of a mixture of theory and practical classes. Such schools even provide all the necessary equipment and gear needed while racecar driving.

Using NASCAR-style cars, Finish Line Racing Schools provide a variety of courses all suited to different levels of students. The Buck Baker Racing School also belongs to the NASCAR-style category.

Usually it helps if a given school is accredited by the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America), as it enables the driver to participate in the competitive races organized by the club. Skip Barber Racing School, Russell Racing School, Bertil Roos Racing School, Derek Daly Racing School, Panoz Racing School, and Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving are the schools that have been accredited by the SCCA.

Russell Racing School provides courses that span from several hours to several days. Ranging from basic courses to advanced-level courses, it provides excellent driving lessons. Courses such as grand-prix racing, advanced driving and teenage race car driving can all be found at Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Racing School.

Derek Daly Academy and Bertil Roos Racing School use formula racing cars, and their courses also run from some hours to days, covering all the basics needed in driving a race car.

Besides the aforementioned schools, there are other schools which are recognized by the SCCA. The Mid-Ohio School, Pacific Rim Performance, and Driving Dynamics, among others, are examples of such schools. The advanced high performance course of Mid-Ohio School is especially commendable.

The kids car games can be played for free, if you have a computer and an Internet connection. You can select the race car games for kids that you want your children to play. You can choose from a wide range of games, starting from simple car race games till more complicated strategy games, in which your children have to involve and think about the way they should act in order to continue the game.

These race car games for kids were specially designed for children combining exciting races with activities suited for children’s age. You can choose the kids car games by age. In order to find out the age range for which these race car games for kids were intended, just read a little info on the game. Most of these kids car games can be played by two players, so if you have only one computer and two children, that is not a problem. When you access these free kids car games, you will be given some explanations and instructions of the game, and you can watch a short demo to see how it works. The majority of these games involve some strategies, and most of them are also educational, so the kids do not only play, but learn a little as well. By going online to play these race car games for kids, the children can compete with other users and actually join a real competition, which is a highly challenging activity for a youngster.

When playing race car games for kids online, the children can enter some forums, where they can make new friends and chat about their scores at different kids car games. These race car games for kids can also be downloaded, so the children can play them also when they are not online.

There’s also the option of getting kids car games via e-mail, so your children can keep up to date with the latest and coolest race car games for kids. All in all, the race car games for kids are a pleasant way to spend some time while joining an exciting competition and using some clever strategies to solve the tasks given in the game.

Australian grassroots motor racing grew up with the home built special. Many examples of these historic cars are still in existence today. Some were built as circuit racers, but many were built for the ever-popular hill climb events held at the various climbs scattered around Australia.

To build a competitive home built racecar today requires many skills. Most importantly the racecar enthusiast constructor will need to have hands on knowledge of metal fabrication skills, i.e., knowing how to weld or braze metal, or machining skills may also be required to operate lathes and milling machines to produce many of the special one off parts. Just as in the early days of Australian motor racing, today’s constructor needs to be extremely resourceful.

If the budget is tight, the home race-car builder can use many avenues to keep the construction costs down to an acceptable level, being multi skilled will allow the home fabricator to construct all manner of things instead of resorting to expensive of the shelf custom made parts.

Many people are unaware that metal casting techniques can be used in the home workshop to cast lightweight aluminium parts. Metal casting is not that difficult to do, and in the last couple of years there has been a worldwide resurgence of home metal casting, i.e., people have been busy setting up a simple home workshop foundry to cast special metal parts that would otherwise be quite expensive if sourced professionally.

Basically all you really need is to build some simple foundry equipment, and learn & practice the basic skills, and before long you will soon be creating some amazing things in metal with your own mini foundry.

A basic understanding of foundry knowledge and self - built equipment is the key to your metal casting success.

Proven foundry methods and techniques are employed by model engineers, home mechanics, car & motorbike restorers etc, to create high quality cast parts that would be otherwise unobtainable. If you have never contemplated casting your own metal parts, then you’d be amazed at the many different things that can be made, especially if you have a well-equipped machine shop. It is possible to make those hard to get parts right in your own home foundry workshop… for a very low cost.

The foundry process is basically carried out by producing a pattern, which is normally made from timber, but patterns can also be made from many other materials, one particular compound that can be used to reproduce broken parts to make a new pattern is RTV silicone.

Once a pattern is produced, it is imbedded into the foundry sand to make a cavity, green sand is a common type of foundry sand, but there are many other types of easy to use sand moulding mediums. After the sand is rammed around the pattern, or the silicate sand has set, the pattern is carefully removed from the sand mould, and the mould is closed and made ready for the pour..

A simple gas fired furnace can be constructed to melt the metal which is then poured into the sand mould to create the casting. Once the casting has cooled, it is removed from the sand mould, cleaned and prepared for the machining & finishing operations. Quite often, the complete operation; from pattern to finished casting can be achieved in just a few days, and that is the great advantage of being in full control of the whole operation, you can manufacture and finish everything in house, while reducing the overall cost to an absolute minimum.

Once you are familiar with the basic foundry techniques, and you understand the techniques involved, you will be able to create many things in metal that you would otherwise not thought possible.

Finding race car parts online is just as easy as it is finding them at performance shops, catalogs, magazines, and salvage yards. There are many maybe even thousands of retailers online just waiting for you to visit there site and help you find whatever it may be for race car parts that your looking for.

Some times you can find used race car parts online because when you use performance race car parts you always want the best especially if your racing with them and, So, this leaves an open market to sell used race car parts, even though they are still good working parts, most race car drivers wouldn’t want to take the chance of breaking down in the middle of a race just because they wanted to save a couple dollars and didn’t replace the older version carburetor with a brand new one.

So, the best way to go about finding the race car pats for you, is to use your favorite search engine and type the word “race car parts” now this is very broad, So, after you narrow your search down a little bit, meaning after you’ve some what found what your looking for, try it again, So, say you were looking for a high performance race car part + carburetor types the word carburetor then you get your results, then you find lets say, “Holley carbs”, So, then you go back to your search engine and type the word “Holley carburetor”. Wa-la, you get thousands of competitors trying to out do each other to provide you with the best deal, That’s how you save money on race car parts.

Race car parts are usually pretty high priced. So, finding a deal is big concern to many people, there has never been a better place then to do just that. The online market place is a booming muilti billion dollar industry phenomenon, and while there are still people are online shopping there will always be a great deal or bargain to find.

Many sellers online will try to sell useless race car parts to unsuspecting customers. Don’t let this happen to you, These hassles can be avoided if the race car parts are bought directly from a trusted merchant, do your research before you buy anything. Some times you can find an affiliate offering a better deal on race car parts then the manufacture is offering, the reason for this is, they make a commission off the sale and want to do whatever it takes to get it, offering you extra bonuses and rewards and sometimes even a percentage off the original sales price.

The online world has never been a healthier market to shop for race car parts and for anything else at that. So if your looking to find a great bargain, do alittle research and get the steal.