Houston Comes Back to Life After Hurricane (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)

Houston Comes Back to Life After Hurricane (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)
HOUSTON (AP) - Airlines resumed service and cars flowed easily over freeways as Houston flickered back to life Sunday, avoiding at least for now a repeat of the gridlock that plagued the evacuation before Hurricane Rita. There were signs the eerie emptiness was lifting in the nation's fourth-largest city: More gas stations offered fuel, and supermarkets, drug stores and restaurants opened their

2005 Monterey Historics
A weekend of amazing cars and racing superstars at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California.
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Passion key to car enthusiasts (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
You might say that Lamar Jakes was a natural to fix up an old hot rod and show it off occasionally at a car show. "I've just been around cars all my life," he said. "In fact, I was born in a car -- Aug. 21, 1954 -- on the way to the hospital in Phenix City. I was born in my grandfather's 1954 Ford."

Houston Shows Signs of Life After Rita (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)
HOUSTON (AP) - Airlines resumed service and cars flowed easily over freeways as Houston flickered back to life Sunday, avoiding at least for now a repeat of the gridlock the plagued the evacuation before Hurricane Rita. There were signs the eerie emptiness was lifting in the nation's fourth-largest city: More gas stations offered precious fuel, and supermarkets, drug stores and restaurants opened

World's Most Expensive Cars 2005 (Forbes)
How expensive are these cars? Put it this way: No Ferrari, Bentley or Lamborghini make the list.

Judge slams hot-rod Customs deal (The Advertiser)
A DIRECTOR of Australia's largest hot-rod wheel and tyre supplier has been fined $3.5 million for smuggling car accessories into the country and defrauding Customs.

Tops in Vehicle Satisfaction
Nissan models dominated all others in this annual vehicle satisfaction study.
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Dover II: Dodge teams qualifying quotes (Motorsport.com)
"The track is awful loose out there right now. It's really hot. It's really slick. But, that's the best lap I've ran since I've been here, so it's a pretty good run for us."

Grand Valley Lanthorn - www.lanthorn.com (Grand Valley Lanthorn)
No planes, but trains! Cars can be costly, and the short distance is impractical for planes, leaving one option trains. The Amtrak train goes from Grand Rapids to Chicago s Union Station and back in one day.