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It wasn’t long ago that the idea of a car converting into a submarine was nothing more than a film-industry fantasy. But in the past few years, modern-day mad scientists have turned this and other mind-blowing amphibious vehicles into reality. The Rinspeed sQuba, for example, is a Lotus Elise with five electric motors, two propellers and a couple of jet nozzles that let it dive and swim underwater, much like the Lotus Esprit that James Bond drove in “the spy who love me” While the one-off sQuba might cost $1.5 million to build, other amazing amphibious cars cost much less and make the quaint old Amphicars and SchwimmWagens of decades past seem like antique bathtub toys. Here are our picks for eight of the coolest aqua rides.

NASCAR: Timothy Peters spins to win Truck Series race

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Timothy Peters leads the field during Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis.

By AL PEARCE on 7/29/2011

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Toyota driver Timothy Peters used his own spin and resulting caution period to make a critical pit stop that helped him win Friday night’s AAA   Camping World Truck Series 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway at Clermont, Ind. It was Peters’ first Truck Series win this year and third of his career, after Martinsville in 2009 and Daytona Beach in 2010.

When Peters spun at lap 91, crew chief Butch Hilton gave him four fresh tires and a full load of fuel. The race was green the last 106 laps—an unprecedented, perhaps record-setting stretch at the track—giving Peters just enough time to rally back toward the front. He passed leader James Buescher (who was in fuel-conservation mode) at lap 195 and easily led the rest of the way, winning by 2.645 seconds.

Buescher, who led twice for 97 laps, finished second, with David Starr, Miguel Paludo and four-time series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. rounding out the top five. Matt Crafton, Joey Coulter, Cole Whitt, pole-winner Austin Dillon and Ross Chastain completed the top 10. Points leader (by only four) Johnny Sauter led once for 44 laps, but a flat right-front tire and subsequent suspension damage left him 23rd among the 34 starters.

Buescher (97 laps) led the most, then Sauter (44), Dillon (the first 36), Parker Kligerman (twice for 16) Peters (the last six) and Bodine (once for one) were the only lap leaders.

Dillon was on the verge of a top-five finish and perhaps the points lead when Bodine wrecked him on the last lap. Dillon called the former two-time champion “an idiot” and Bodine didn’t disagree, saying the accident was strictly his fault.

“He has a right to be mad,” Bodine said after his lap-down 12th-place finish. “I just didn’t see him over there. It was my fault all the way.”

The race may have been the last in the foreseeable future for the Truck Series at the popular. 0.686-mile bullring.  Moving its annual Brickyard 400 weekend Nationwide Series race to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next year. Most series watchers expect NASCAR to also pull its trucks from Lucas Oil Raceway instead of going back for an 18th consecutive year.



Ford Teams With Azure for Hybrid Super Duty Trucks

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Ford Motor Co., moving to expand its hybrid truck lineup, has signed a deal with Azure Dynamics Corp. to put plug-in hybrid powertrains in F-Series Super Duty trucks.

Azure will retrofit the F-350, F-450and F-550 trucks with its hybrid-electric drive trains. The F-550 will be the first to feature the technology, early in 2013, Azure said.

The electrified trucks will be aimed at fleet and commercial customers.

The F-Series Super Duty accounts for about half of the 100,000 commercial cab and chassis produced and sold annually in the United States.

Azure and Ford have not determined how much fuel economy will be enhanced with the hybrid powertrain. The mild-hybrid technology will be offered first on gasoline-powered trucks and later on diesel-powered vehicles.

“The flexibility of our vehicle platforms and chassis allows Ford to develop our own alternative-fuel products or work with partners, like Azure Dynamics, to deliver consumers with the power of choice when purchasing a greener, more fuel efficient vehicle,” Rob Stevens, Ford’s commercial vehicle chief engineer, said in a statement.

The Super Duty deal is the third agreement between Ford and Azure, which is based in a Detroit suburb. The two companies previously teamed up to manufacture the Tramsit Electric and the 450 Balance Hybrid Electric Step Van and Shuttle Bus.