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MIKE SPINELLI: Hey, welcome to Drive Central.
I'm Mike Spinelli, and here's where you're going to find out
what's going on Drive this week.
Don't forget, hit us up on @drive on Twitter.
I wish I could tell you more about what Siler and his crew
are doing at RideApart this week, but it's
a surprise to me.
But it's not going to be a surprise to you in a minute,
because let's check out the clip.
MALE SPEAKER: There's people that just legitimately want to
ride a cool bike that they can afford.
And for that sort of person, our bike makes sense.
You know, It's not an OCC sort of bike.
But it's a cool bike you can be proud to ride.
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MIKE SPINELLI: That's RideApart every Monday.
And this week on Driven, JF goes to visit the hallowed
halls of Lamborghini to meet the most famous test driver in
the world, Valentino Balboni.
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-There really is a passion that's put into these cars.
Yeah, I know Lamborghini is now pretty much Audi.
But you've got that Italian flavor in Italy.
It's I'm too busy to be caring.
I'm too busy to be bothered by that.
But I'm going to make a good product.
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-And one man-- one man--
that really defines Lamborghini from its past days
to present, well, it's Valentino Balboni, and that's
who we're going to meet today.
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MIKE SPINELLI: That's Driven, every Tuesday.
And this week, Chris Harris joins the mega cojones club by
taking a Noble M600 and an Ariel Atom V8 to the
Nurburgring.
Yeah, he's that crazy.
Let's take a look.
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-You just give it these bursts of acceleration [INAUDIBLE]
And we're wide open because [INAUDIBLE].
Like I said, [INAUDIBLE]
just a little bit softer, this car.
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MIKE SPINELLI: That's Chris "Opposite Lock" Harris on
Wednesdays here at Drive.
And this week on Big Muscle, Mike Musto engages in more
muscle car hijinks.
Let's take a look at what he did.
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-So how must car, do you think?
-402 at the rear wheels.
-And it weighs?
-2,600 pounds.
-Oh, Jesus.
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'That's the equivalent of strapping, like, a Saturn 5
rocket to your ass and lighting the fuse.
When you come around this corner, can you hang that
[BLEEP], hang the [BLEEP]
out far?
Plug it out, do a little sideways?
-Yeah, there you go.
-Don't tell 'em you did that.
-They would flog me if I--
-They would not flog you.
What are you talking about?
No, you don't have to pass somebody.
-Oh.
-But as opposed to doing it all neat and tidy, when you
come around, just give it a little extra gas.
-Oh, I can do that.
-That's what we're talking about.
-That's easy.
And we have him on camera saying that's easy.
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MIKE SPINELLI: That's Big Muscle here
on Drive every Thursday.
And this past weekend, Leo Parente was out at the Long
Beach Grand Prix, and I'm sure he's got something to tell you
about that.
Let's take a quick look at what's coming up later today
on Shakedown.
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-On Shakedown 2012, we haven't spoken a lot about IndyCar,
but we're here at Long Beach, and Long Beach is IndyCar.
However, when Tommy and JF went to the photographers'
briefing, they learned you can't videotape IndyCar on
track anymore.
Just like MotoGP and F1, they're trying to control the
message with the major networks.
You know, you'd think in IndyCar didn't realize they
needed some promotion.
But that being said, OK, no on-car action.
That doesn't mean we can't talk about IndyCar.
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MIKE SPINELLI: That's Shakedown with Leo Parente,
every Monday and Friday for all your racing needs.
And that's it for Drive Central this week.
Don't forget to hit us up on @drive and subscribe to us on
YouTube, and that's it.
I'm Mike Spinelli.
I'll see you.
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