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		<title>RACERS PAST: Mike Hailwood (1940-1981)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Hailwood is considered by some to be the most naturally talented motorcycle racer ever seen. He started racing bikes competitvely in 1957 and won his first Grand Prix just two years later. His first World Championship came in 1961 and was quickly followed by eight other World Championship titles in three different classes. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Frere (1917-2008)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Frere, the celebrated racing driver and journalist, has died at the age of 91. The Belgian never fully recovered from an accident at the end of 2006 while he was road testing a Honda Civic Type-R at the old Nurburgring in Germany. Frere, 89 at the time, suffered a shattered pelvis, several broken ribs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RACERS PAST: Mike Hawthorne (1929-1959)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2008 marks the 50th anniversary of Mike Hawthorne becoming Britain&#8217;s first F1 World Champion. Hawthorne was a dashing figure and a natural talent in all sorts of cars. His tragic death in a road accident shortly after his title win only added to his legend.
 John Michael Hawthorn was, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England.  When he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RACERS PAST &#8211; Reg Parnell (1911 &#8211; 1964)</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/racers-past-reg-parnell-1911-1964/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reg Parnell is perhaps best rememberd as a Team Manager in various motor sports arenas, but started out as a very sucessful driver. Parnell&#8217;s racing career started before World War II with victories driving several marques including Bugattis.  When racing resumed after the war so did Parnell&#8217;s career, with the Englishman progressing up to competing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peugeot Leads Le Mans Testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Peugeot 908 diesel powered sports prototype (below) has come out ahead of its Audi rival during the first official test session for this year&#8217;s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Driven by triple ChampCar Champion Sebastian Bourdais, the French car lapped the clsssic cicruit at a record pace a full 1.5 seconds ahead of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Car Footage of the Week &#8211; Mike Hawthorn / Le Mans 1956</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/in-car-footage-of-the-week-mike-hawthorn-le-mans-1956/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 01:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Le Mans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first in an occasional series of posts highlighting some of the best in in car camera footage.
A lap of Le Mans in 1956 with Mike Hawthron in the D-Type Jaguar. Amazing footage as they strap two camera&#8217;s on Hawthron&#8217;s Jaguar and a microphone to his chest and send him out while the roads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prodrive Buys Aston Martin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report on Autosport.com a consortium led by Prodrive boss David Richards has bought luxury car maker Aston Martin from Ford.
Richards has a strong motor-sports pedigree having run sucessful rally teams, been World Rally Champion co-driver and being part of the group that holds the commerical rights for the World Rally Championship series.  Richards has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jacques Goes For The Quad..</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/jacques-goes-for-the-quad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report in the French newspaper L&#8217;Equipe, ex-F1 and Champ Car champion Jacques Villeneuve has been added to the already impressive line up of drivers for Peugeot&#8217;s return to Le Mans.
Autosport.com says that the newspaper report claims that Villeneuve will join Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais and Ferrari test driver Marc Gene, plus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Seabass&#8221; gives up on F1</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/seabass-gives-up-on-f1/</link>
		<comments>http://thespeedblog.com/seabass-gives-up-on-f1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to reports on Autosport.com that 3-time Champ Car champion Sebastian Bourdais has given up on his long held ambitions to land a seat on Formula One, however he has confirmed that he will participate in next year&#8217;s Le Mans 24 Hour as a member of the new Peugeot team.
Meanwhile Bourdais winning move on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Racers Past &#8211; Ricardo Rodriguez (1942-1962)</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/racers-past-ricardo-rodriguez-1942-1962/</link>
		<comments>http://thespeedblog.com/racers-past-ricardo-rodriguez-1942-1962/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Ricardo Rodriguez was a true racing phenomena, bursting onto the international racing scene at a young age and immediately proving himself as both a winner and potential champion. Born in Mexico City, Ricardo started racing bicycles and then graduated to motorbikes winning several national championships before we has even 14. As a teenager he switched [...]]]></description>
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