Travis Pastrana has done a lot of cool motorcycle jumps in his day, but until now, he hadn't jumped over a helicopter. The jump was a promotion for Nitro Circus, which will take place all over Australia in the coming weeks. Sure, that's not the biggest jump in the world to make, but it's still pretty dangerous…

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Does Jesse McCartney hate America? Why else would he leave out part of the National Anthem (and at a NASCAR race no less, America's greatest bastion of fervored patriotism)? The singer performed the Star Spangled Banner prior to yesterday's Pepsi 500 NASCAR race in California, but gave the fans an edited version of the anthem. The line, "What…

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Fans heading to Australia's Bathurst 1000 motor-racing festival are facing a strict regulation this year. They are being limited to just 24 cans of beer per person per day or 4 liters of wine. Wait... 24 cans? Per day? Per person? I know they drink a lot in Australia, but somehow it doesn't seem like limiting people to a case of beer…

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Here's why horse racing and auto racing events are not held at the same time. A rally event in Argentina saw driver Federico Villagra plow right into a few horses that picked a terrible time to run across the track. One horse was flung into the air and had to be put down, though the car and…

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Formula 2 driver Henry Surtees was killed on Sunday in a crash at Brands Hatch in England. While there have been many incidents where drivers have been killed during a race, this one is particularly shocking. The car driven by Jack Clarke lost control in a turn and hit a wall. A tire came loose from his car and bounced across…

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