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Kumho Tire launches free multicar racing app

Kumho Tire USA is launching “Kumho Tire Drive”--a free multicar racing game application for car enthusiasts who use Apple products. “Kumho Tire Drive” lets the gamer race a supercar equipped with Kumho tires on curvy city streets, a famous proving ground in Germany and other tracks around the world. The garage feature allows racers to use their accumulated points to upgrade from an entry-level import tuner to a classic muscle car or an exotic dream car.

Avoiding the California Highway Patrol on the Autoweek America Adventure

"Damn revenuers," said Tommy Kendall. "They are draped all along the side of the road." He spoke, of course, about the California Highway Patrol, whose strategically positioned cars--and subsequent laser-detection devices and KA-band radar--were lighting up this two-lane south of Klamath Falls, Ore., less than two miles inside the state line. It's a fact of economics, especially in California, a state that's running out of money faster than Greece.

Chevy, Michigan Tech unveil a different kind of racer

At the 113th Army-Navy Game on Dec. 8, Chevrolet and students from Michigan Technological University unveiled a new hand cycle designed to make it easier for wounded vets to compete in racing events, including marathons. General Motors CEO Dan Akerson said GM will build 10 prototypes for use by the Achilles Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans in marathons across the country.