What to watch this Independence Day Weekend (July 4th - July 9th)

• WeatherTech Sports Car Championship. IMSA action from Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. Sunday @ 1pm - 4pm (NBC(HD) & IMSA.com) live
• DTM. 2018 action from Norisring. Sunday @ 4pm - 6pm (CBSSN(HD)) same-day delayed airing
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (MotorTrendHD) replay
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (MotorTrendHD) replay
• Bitchin Rides. Tuesday @ 8pm - 9pm (MotorTrendHD)

Enjoy your holiday weekends (and yes I know the irony of today's video).

Video courtesy of Drivetribe.

Enthusiast Topic: 650 BHP ESS SUPERCHARGED *MANUAL* E90 BMW M3 (LivingLifeFast)

LLF looks at Anthony's supercharged E90M3 -- setup pretty nicely for moderate track work.


Video courtesy of LLF.

Car Pron: PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS | EVENING ON THE SUSTEN PASS (CarsWithLuke)

Luke goes on a photo shoot with his friend Lauro in his 991 GT3 RS through the mountains of Switzerland.


Video courtesy of CarsWithLuke.

Enthusiast Topic: Living with a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta | Ferrari F12 Review (LifeOnUnleaded)

Daily drive a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta? Why not.


Video courtesy of LifeOnUnleaded.

What to watch this Independence Day Weekend (June 30th - July 6th)

• Formula 1 - Austrian Grand Prix; from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Practice. Friday @ 8am - 9:30am (NBCSN(HD)) live; replay @ 10:30pm
• Formula 1 - Austrian Grand Prix; from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Qualifying. Saturday @ 8am - 9:30am (CNBC(HD)) live; replay @ 12pm (NBCSN(HD))
• World Rally Championship. Poland. Sunday @ 3am - 4pm, 6am - 7am (MAVTV) live
• Formula 1 - Austrian Grand Prix; from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Race. Sunday @ 7:30am - 10:30pm (CNBC(HD)) live
• United Sports Car Championship. Six hours of the Glen. From Watkins Glen International Raceway in New York. Sunday @ 10am - 4:30pm (FS1(HD)) live
•  Pirelli World Challenge. Road America. Sunday @ 3pm - 5pm (CBSSN(HD)) delayed airing from 6/25-6/26
• Top Gear (UK). Season 23 - Episode 6. Monday @ 9pm - 11pm (BBCAmerica(HD)) new
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (VelocityHD)
• Top Gear America. Tuesday @ 9pm - 10pm (HistoryChannel(HD)) new
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 10pm - 10:30pm (VelocityHD) new
• Wheeler Dealers. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (VelocityHD) new

We gots a great few days of motorsport ahead, but more importantly Independence Day here in the States. Look forward to the 6hrs of the Glen, Pirelli World Challenge, WRC, Top Gear, new eps of the regulars and F1 returns to Austria. Last go around, Nico got back to his winning ways, Vettel and Ferrari is still strong, but not quite on the level of the silver arrows, and Force India is turning into the surprise team of the season with Checo taking 3rd place for two races in a row. Hamilton's woes seem to be back, the tight street track of Baku catching him out on multiple occasions during the weekend. He started 10th due to issues during Q3 and finished 5th in the race primarily due to some settings glitch that had his Mercedes short on power for several laps. Ricciardo and Verstappen of Redbull may have pitted too early on the supersofts and fell victim to the one stop strategy of the majority of other front runners. Baku retired several cars and multiple people put their car in the concrete walls throughout the weekend, but was seen as positive by most of the paddock. With the smoke clear the Driver's Championship standings are as follows: Rosberg, Hamilton (-24), Vettel (-46), Raikkonen (-60), Ricciardo (-63), Verstappen (-87). Austria should be a race to see.

Enjoy your weekends.

Video courtesy of Lemans15.

Dope. #188

Image courtesy of Xn1ne.

Quick Vid: Driving the 2012 Tesla Model S (MotorTrend)

Tesla, the manufacturer responsible for the worlds first electric luxury sedan, has introduced it's newest and most affordable model; the Tesla Model S. This new model must have the biggest in-car touchscreen ever produced to date.

Video courtesy of MotorTrend.

ROTL Public Service Announcement (7.4.11)

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As an FYI to our regulars, we're going to be doing a lot of travelling this Summer. A couple of us are making our ways overseas for some much needed R&R and will hopefully return home with some exclusive material for all of you. There really isn't much for you all to do; we've worked our asses off to make sure things continue seamlessly during this time period. However, for those of you that mainly go to our sibling web pages on Facebook and Twitter, please take note. While there isn't any issue with the ROTL fb/Twitter pages themselves, there can be delays in blog post relaying when the Networked Blogs application doesn't forward appropriately. That said, if there's a day when you don't see a Mon-Fri post on the ROTL fb or Twitter pages, simply come here to the main website. We'll get skipped posts published on our sibling web portals as soon as possible. Hopefully this will never come up, but just in case, use this plan of action going forward.

In other news, we're celebrating our (drumroll please) one year anniversary this month! We've grown greatly over the year and have much more in store for you all before the years up. Keep on following us at our portals around the net and keep on telling your friends about us! Have a great Independence Day weekend all,

-ROTL Staff