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Saturday, April 14, 2007

Ford's Trio of Vehicles at NY Auto Show, Including Shelby GT500KR - VIDEO ENHANCED

Ford's Trio of Vehicles at NY Auto Show, Including Shelby GT500KR - VIDEO ENHANCED

New, limited-edition vehicles developed with hip hop guru Funkmaster Flex and hot rodder Chip Foose will join the 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR – the most powerful Mustang ever – at the 2007 New York International Auto Show. 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR roars to life in spring 2008. 2008 Ford F-150 Foose Edition hits ... Continue reading

HRF1 (GP OF BAHRAIN) - TEAM QUALIFYING

HRF1 (GP OF BAHRAIN) - TEAM QUALIFYING

Honda Racing F1 Team drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button will start tomorrow's Bahrain Grand Prix side by side on the 8th row of the grid. Conditions were slightly overcast for the qualifying hour after the threat of a rain shower at the end of this morning's free practice session. The ambient and track temper ... Continue reading

GRAND AM (HOMESTEAD) - Limoges Takes First Career KONI Challenge Pole Position at Homestead

GRAND AM (HOMESTEAD) - Limoges Takes First Career KONI Challenge Pole Position at Homestead

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (April 14, 2007) - Canadian racer Valerie Limoges, from Longueuil, Quebec, became the first female driver to earn an overall pole position for a Grand-Am-sanctioned race when she turned a best lap at 1:28.800 (93.243 mph) in the No. 4 USG Sheetrock/Ramset Tools Ford Mustang GT to secure the top starting ... Continue reading

SCCA (LONG BEACH) - Fellows, Pilgrim Lead Speed GT Qualifying

SCCA (LONG BEACH) - Fellows, Pilgrim Lead Speed GT Qualifying

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 14, 2007) -Andy Pilgrim became the first SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship driver to break the 1 minute 26 second barrier at Long Beach, but it was Team Cadillac teammate Ron Fellows who stole the glory in the final minute of Saturday morning's final practice session. Drivi ... Continue reading

LEMANS SERIES (MONZA) - TEAM BRUICHLADDICH RADICAL TAKES SECOND ROW FOR MONZA RACE

LEMANS SERIES (MONZA) - TEAM BRUICHLADDICH RADICAL TAKES SECOND ROW FOR MONZA RACE

Today's qualifying saw Stuart Moseley set fourth fastest LMP2 time at the hot and sunny Italian circuit for tomorrow's 1000km of Monza. The team was slightly disappointed but pragmatic following a significant loss of practice time yesterday when a gearbox issue lost the majority of the first one-hour session. Session t ... Continue reading

A1GP (SHANGHAI) - McIntosh Ninth Fastest In Shanghai Qualifying

A1GP (SHANGHAI) - McIntosh Ninth Fastest In Shanghai Qualifying

Saturday 14 April, 2007 - Sean McIntosh returned A1 Team Canada to the top-ten in qualifying for the first time since January's sixth round in New Zealand as he posted the ninth fastest time from 22 nations at the Shanghai International Circuit in China prior to Sunday's tenth and penultimate round of the 2006-07 A1GP ... Continue reading

LE MANS SERIES (MONZA) - Horag Racing's van de Poele Qualifies Fifth in LMP2

LE MANS SERIES (MONZA) - Horag Racing's van de Poele Qualifies Fifth in LMP2

MONZA, Monza and Brianza, Italy, April 14 - Eric van de Poele of Sart-Risbart, Belgium qualified the Horag Racing Lola B05/40 Judd fifth in the LMP2 class and 14th overall for Sunday's 1,000 Kilometers of Monza in action Saturday afternoon at the historic Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Behind the wheel of the immaculate Li ... Continue reading

NHRA (TEXAS) - Friday in Las Vegas Finds WJ in Seventh

NHRA (TEXAS) - Friday in Las Vegas Finds WJ in Seventh

Warren Johnson continued his string of consistent performances during Friday's qualifying sessions for the SummitRacing.com Nationals, making two competitive runs down the Nevada quarter-mile. After opening with a solid 6.805-second, 202.73 mph pass, WJ picked up the pace in the evening run, with his GM Performance Par ... Continue reading

NHRA (TEXAS) - ASHLEY LEADS FUNNY CAR FIELD AT LAS VEGAS WITH FASTEST SPEED IN HISTORY

NHRA (TEXAS) - ASHLEY LEADS FUNNY CAR FIELD AT LAS VEGAS WITH FASTEST SPEED IN HISTORY

LAS VEGAS -- Mike Ashley raced to the fastest Funny Car speed in drag racing history Friday night at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals. Tony Schumacher and Jeg Coughlin also were leaders in their respective categories at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Ashley powered his Torco Racing Fuels Dodge Charger to a c ... Continue reading

2009 FORD FLEX: All-New Full Size Crossover Redifines the Journey For The American Family - VIDEO STORY

2009 FORD FLEX: All-New Full Size Crossover Redifines the Journey For The American Family - VIDEO STORY

Bold Design Inside and Out: New Ford Flex full-size crossover is the first vehicle of its kind with a bold design, striking interior and seven-passenger seating for families. Cool Features: Interior refrigerator, second-row footrests, Ford Sync™ in-car communications and entertainment system, capless fueling, a 2, ... Continue reading

Volvo Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary - GREAT VIDEO

Volvo Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary - GREAT VIDEO

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - April 14, 2007: Its exactly 80 years since the first Volvo car, the Volvo A–V4, rolled off the production line at the plant in Hisingen, Gothenburg. Meanwhile, Volvo has developed into both a global manufacturer of commercial vehicles and a world-leading carmaker. Volvo's founders were convinced th ... Continue reading

Flexcars Drive onto Campus at USC

Flexcars Drive onto Campus at USC

LOS ANGELES--Flexcar (www.flexcar.com) and the University of Southern California today will announce the launch of a campus car-sharing program at a special event at Tommy Trojan at 12:00 noon. A total of nine vehicles, including hybrids, utility vehicles and sporty cars are now parked both on- and off-campus and avail ... Continue reading

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