Ups & Downs

Ups & Downs

ROUNDUP

UP:

To eBay junkies, for bidding on more than 45 one-of-a-kind items donated by Red Bull Athletes to benefit the Wings for Life charity. More than $565,000 was raised to help fund cutting-edge scientific research aimed at prevention of and healing spinal cord injuries. Among items up for bid were David Coulthard's actual Red Bull Racing Formula One race car, Cyril Despres' Dakar-winning 2007 KTM motorcycle, 2006 MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden's Arai helmet, Travis Pastrana's signed jersey, and 2006 Olympic Snowboard Gold Medalist Shaun White's 2008 X Games hel met. For more information on the charity go to: www.wingsforlife.com.

DOWN:

To fate, for IandinQ Ion~ time CW contributor Gary Inman and his cohort Ben Part clearly on the wrong side of The Pond. How so? Despite being based in England, the duo has a crazed passion for left turns and seems to prefer one of their boot soles made of steel. Which is why they published Sideburn, an 8¼-by-51/4-inch, per fect-bound magazine all about dirttrack. They've got it bad for American-style oval racing, and it shows with widely varied content that includes racing and racers old and new-Springsteen, Hayden, Romero ring a bell?-street-trackers, "speedway geezers" and more, all in a very entertaining rock-'n'-roll meets-ransom-note style. Order yours for $12 including post age from www sidebummaga zine.com. Tell them CW sent you so we can get some free T-shirts at the office...