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Cal Weathers Character Proves Kyle Petty Is A Good Sport

It’s not easy being heir to the throne.
In the racing world, there’s only one King – Richard Petty. The crown is so established that it even transfers into the cartoon world. Strip “The King” Weathers was a main character in Disney Pixar’s original Cars movie. With a return to the roots of the series being a theme, Cars 3 comes back to the American racing series, and with it, the return of some old characters.
While The King is still retired in the latest installment, his nephew, Cal Weathers, is Dinoco’s new driver. And during the early stages of the movie, Cal seems to be not exactly living up to The King’s legacy, regularly losing to Lightning McQueen. Fitingly, Cal is voiced by Richard Petty’s real-life son, Kyle Petty, who was a racer himself.

Kyle Petty brought the Mello Yello theme from Days to Thunder to life in the 90s.
This all fits fine if you’re okay with the fact that Kyle seems to be getting similar treatment in Cars 3 as he did in real life. While the son of the real King won eight races on Nascar’s top series, it pales in comparison with his dad’s record 200 wins.
All I can say is Kyle is a heck of a good sport, as he goes along with the fun poked at Cal during the movie that had to feel similar to his real-life racing career. And for what it’s worth, Kyle has never outwardly showed animosity for his life’s position.
He’s a better sport about it all than many of us would be, which allows the story to float closely to real-life Nascar lineage.
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The Most Interesting Aspects of the Dodge Demon

Many of us thought that the Dodge Challenger Hellcat was about as intimidating as a car could get. After all, people couldn’t hardly get them off the lot without crashing them when they first came out. Then Dodge upped the ante with the new Demon. But aside from the raw power, there are some other interesting aspects of the new Demon.
Check out the video below for a full rundown of just how unique this car is.
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Mercedes Names May Be Getting More Confusing

Think you finally have your Mercedes names mastered? Well, a new challenge appears to be coming, friend.
How to now identify Mercedes models by name
Some moves in the northwoods of Canada by the brand appear to signal a change in the naming conventions that will be used for Mercedes and AMG models. Candian trademarks have been filed for A 40, CLA 40, SLC 40, SLC 50 and GLE 50 in addition to CLA 53, G73 and S73.
If this proves true in the states, it would signal an end to the rule of two digits for Mercedes, three-digits for AMG counterparts. The new world would be two digits, ending in a “0” for Mercedes, and two digits ending in a “3” for AMG. This supports rumors of an AMG ‘73’ model with a hybrid powertrain.
While this change isn’t terribly difficult to comprehend, it certainly makes things interesting when comparing legacy and upcoming Mercedes models. There are a lot of numbers to keep straight, and a lot of explaining to do. And the letter and number combos leave something to be desired in terms of cachet.
It makes one appreciate the simplicity of giving each vehicle an actual name, like the domestic manufacturers do. Sure, that’s how we ended up with the Chevy Nova, but what are you going to do? There are only so many names, surely one for an automobile would end up meaning “no go” in some language, right?…
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What’s with Toyota’s weird shifter pattern?

I like my car. It’s a 2011 Toyota toaster, I mean Camry. If you made a list of everything a car has to do, the Camry would check all the boxes. It gets me from point A to point B with the consistency a learning golfer would envy. It’s a toaster. You put in the bread, choose your level of toastiness, push down the thingy and then wait for it to pop up. But there is one interesting thing about my car. The shifter. That’s it up there. That is definitely not conventional at all. So, what’s with Toyota’s weird shifter pattern? (more…)
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