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Saturday, April 7, 2007

WSORR - Unveils New Racing Logo for Season Opener (4-7-07)

WSORR - Unveils New Racing Logo for Season Opener (4-7-07)

CORONA, CA – The Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) unveiled a new logo for its inaugural 2007 season and beyond (see above). The logo features the familiar Lucas Oil red, white and blue colors with the Series name and a checkered flag placed over an oval with a world map background. The new logo wi ... Continue reading

ALMS - 2000 American Le Mans GT2 Champ Steps-In at Long Beach, Houston for Injured Enge

ALMS - 2000 American Le Mans GT2 Champ Steps-In at Long Beach, Houston for Injured Enge

LONG BEACH, Calif., April 7, 2007 – Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing announced today that Dirk Müller (a native of Germany, living in Monaco) will fill-in for regular team driver Tomas Enge (a native Czech who also lives in Monaco) at the next two rounds of the American Le Mans Series. Müller, the 20 ... Continue reading

AMA SUPERBIKE - Suzuki's Mladin, Spies Post Top Time at Motorcycle Test Session

AMA SUPERBIKE - Suzuki's Mladin, Spies Post Top Time at Motorcycle Test Session

SONOMA, Calif. (April 6, 2007) - Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin and Ben Spies posted the top time on Friday as top AMA riders completed a two-day test session at Infineon Raceway. More than 500 race fans attended Friday's test session, billed as Two-Wheel Thunder, and they weren't disappointed as Mladin and Spies clocke ... Continue reading

ARCA - Qualifying Notes & Quotes

ARCA - Qualifying Notes & Quotes

The ARCA RE/MAX Series held time trials late Friday afternoon into early evening under blistering cold temperatures in preparation for Saturday's Nashville ARCA 150, the third ARS (ARCA RE/MAX Series) event on the 2007 racing calendar. DEXTER BEAN, NO. 6 FIVE STAR TELECOM CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: Practice Time: 19th (30. ... Continue reading

ALMS - Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Driver Anticipated Back in ALMS by July

ALMS - Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Driver Anticipated Back in ALMS by July

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., April 6, 2007 – Following surgery to repair his fractured left elbow, doctors anticipate that Tomas Enge (a native of the Czech Republic living in Monaco) will make a full recovery from injuries sustained in a brutal accident nearly one week ago in St. Petersburg, Fla. The surgery, performed t ... Continue reading

NHRA - Q&A with Mike Ashley

NHRA - Q&A with Mike Ashley

Q&A with Mike Ashley, driver of the Torco Race Fuels, Inc. Dodge Charger and vice president of Lend America, the Official Mortgage Source of NHRA. Mike Ashley talks about his red light in Houston, the current status of the mortgage business and Lend America, his feelings about mourning Eric Medlen, and the importance o ... Continue reading

F1 - HONDA RACING F1 ­­­2007 MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING

F1 - HONDA RACING F1 ­­­2007 MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING

The Honda Racing F1 Team drivers endured a difficult qualifying session in Sepang today with Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello ending the session in 15th and 19th positions respectively. Given the performance issues experienced here this weekend, the team was realistic about the challenge of today's qualifying, but ... Continue reading

NHRA - SPORTSMAN SPOTLIGHTS TO DEBUT ON INSIDE DRAG RACING

NHRA - SPORTSMAN SPOTLIGHTS TO DEBUT ON INSIDE DRAG RACING

GLENDORA, Calif. –The NHRA Sportsman Spotlight which includes features on drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, as well as spotlights on NHRA’s member track network, is part of the debut of the popular show Inside Drag Racing, Friday, April 6 at 8 p.m. (ET) on The Outdoor Channel. Inside Drag Raci ... Continue reading

AutoTrader.com Refutes Relationship with CompleteAuto

AutoTrader.com Refutes Relationship with CompleteAuto

ATLANTA--AutoTrader.com, the ultimate automotive marketplace, today rebuffs reports alleging a business relationship exists with CompleteAuto or its parent company Rocket City Automotive Group (RCAU). Wednesday, April 4, CompleteAuto issued an unauthorized and misleading press release implying a business relationship w ... Continue reading

Calendar Girl Music Festival to Rock the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend July 14th-15th 2007

Calendar Girl Music Festival to Rock the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend July 14th-15th 2007

4/10/2007 For Immediate Release 2-Day Calendar Girl Music Festival Rocks the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend July 14th-15th 2007 Just when you figured the annual LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend, America's premier custom and performance streetbike event weekend couldn't get any hotter, producer Jim Gianatsis has ... Continue reading

Tracinda Corporation Reinforces Intention to Pursue True Partnership

Tracinda Corporation Reinforces Intention to Pursue True Partnership

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--Tracinda Corporation today issued the following statement regarding its offer to acquire the Chrysler Group segment of DaimlerChryslerAG (“Chrysler”): “What we have in mind is a true partnership of all the constituencies—the company’s management, all of its employees (bot ... Continue reading

RACING VENUES - Cold Won't Stop the Valley From Getting Started! Warm-Ups Set to Go

RACING VENUES - Cold Won't Stop the Valley From Getting Started! Warm-Ups Set to Go

Valley Set to Weather the Cold By: Rodney Rescott Saturday April 7, 2007 West Lebanon, NY: With almost all other local speedways putting the breaks on getting their season openers started because “…it’s too cold”, the Valley of Speed invites the true race fans to the legendary High Banks for a round ... Continue reading

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